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DANNY SIMMONS
Daniel “Danny” Simmons, Jr. is an abstract-expressionist
painter. Older brother of hip-hop impressario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph
Simmons (“Reverend Run” of Run DMC), he is the founder and President of the
Rush Arts Gallery. In addition, Simmons converted part of his loft in Brooklyn
into the Corridor Gallery. Along with his brother Russell, Simmons established
Def Poetry Jam, which has enjoyed long-running success on HBO. Simmons is also
the founder and Vice-President of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, a
non-profit organization. In 2004, Simmons published Three Days As The Crow
Flies, a fictional account of the 1980′s New York art scene. He has also
written a book of artwork and poetry called I Dreamed My People Were Calling
But I Couldn’t Find My Way Home. Simmons is the son of Daniel Simmons, Sr., a
truant officer and black history professor who also wrote poetry, and Evelyn
Simmons, a teacher who painted as a hobby. He earned a degree in social work
from New York University and a master’s in public finance from Long Island
University. He began painting after he realized how much he hated his job with
the Bureau of Child Support. Simmons, an abstract-expressionist painter, has
had his work shown nationally. Chase Manhattan Bank, the United Nations, and
the Schomburg Center for Black Culture all show his work as part of their
collections. He is also an avid collector of African art and comic books.
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