Duncan Simcoe, M.F.A.

Duncan received his MFA from Cal State Long Beach in 1987. Since 1989, Duncan has been producing an ongoing series of narrative paintings based on the story of Abraham and Ishmael in the Book of Genesis. His latest “Ishmael” series has the one-legged black mannequin as the centerpiece in Civil War battle scenes that are culled from The Golden Book of the Civil War.

Duncan’s work has been exhibited in several galleries around the world including: Daniel Arvizu Gallery, Santa Ana; Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach; John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica; Horner Gallery, Gordon College, Wenham MA; ARTSPACE Gallery; John Thomas Gallery; Laguna Beach Museum; Cathedral of St. George, Jerusalem, Israel; Los Angeles Municipal Museum; Vatican Collection of Modern Art, Rome; Queens College, Cambridge, UK and Bode Museum, Berkeley, CA.

ART 204, Basic Drawing
Art 208, Studio Drawing
Art 283, 383, Painting 1 & 2
Art 225, Printmaking
Art 305 & 405, Figure Drawing 1 & 2
ART 430, Art & the Bible
ART 200, Art Appreciation
Humanities

Art
Aesthetics
Church History
Integrated Theology

Teaching Experience:
Guest Lecturer at Biola University and La Sierra University in Art and the Bible 2005.
Visiting Artist at: College of the Ozarks, 2012 & George Foxx University, 2015

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Transparency, 3-person exhibition at the Progress Gallery, Pomona CA
2019, Wisdom of The Desert, group Exhibit at the Sasse Museum, Upland CA
2018, What Dreams May Come, group exhibition at Biola University
2016, CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) Conference exhibit, Azusa Pacific University
2015, One to me is pleasure or pain, 2-person exhibit at George-Foxx University, Portland OR
2014, Solo retrospective exhibit at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa CA
2005 6degrees Festival, Selah Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
2005 CIVA Conference, Azusa Pacific University
Solo exhibition of drawings, Peter Blake Gallery in Laguna Beach, 2004.
SCOPES Art Fair, London, England, 2004.

Writing/Conference:
2014, two reviews produced for the online journal of Christianity and Culture, Biola University: James Turrell at LACMA and Emil Nolde at the Staddle Museum, Frankfurt
2005, “What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?” Oxbridge conference/ Cambridge site (also played flamenco guitar for the poetry reading).

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Exhibition Coordinator, 2005 CIVA Conference, Azusa Pacific University.
(Juried) Group Show, In America Now, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Hollywood , CA, 2004.
(Juried) Color Reproduction Section of the CIVA Directory, 2004.
Group Exhibition, Concordia University, 2005.
Solo exhibitions at The Latino Art Museum, Pomona CA (July '02)
Gordon College, Wenham MA (October, '01)
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach CA. (October '01)
Biola University, La Mirada CA (February, '02)
Roberts-Weslyan College, Rochester, NY (September '01)
Taught in the study abroad program operated by Gordon College, sited in Orvieto Italy, Nov-Dec 2001
Exhibitions: 1. Duncan Simcoe, Black Drawings.
Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks CA 2. Practicing Theology, group exhibit, BIOLA University, la Mirada CA 3.
Succour, group exhibition, the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove CA 4. Culture?, a juried show held in conjunction with the 2009 CIVA conference, Bethel University, St. Paul MN. 5.
'Meditations on the Apocalyptic' 4-person exhibit at Cal Poly Pomona.

St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Irvine CA.
Choir member

Community Service/Involvement:
M-2 Prison visitation program at Heman G. Stark, YCA.

Professor Simcoe lost his first wife to cancer in 2013. He has since re-married to Suma Simcoe. They have two children and regularly travel to India.

Music, he plays guitar and sings;
History
International affairs
Gardening

Ultimately, if you can't ground the things that you do, say or think in love, they aren't worth doing, saying, thinking.