2024 MFA, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2018 BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2016 Spring semester, Florence University of the Arts, Florence, Italy
2025 Limescale, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
2024 Usonia, Gallery 7, Madison, WI
2023 Eavesdropping, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2018 Ritual Gaze, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2016 Works by Skyler Simpson, III of Cups in Parrish Studios, Lincoln, NE
2024 AXA Art Prize Exhibition, juried by Ian Alteveer (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Sandra Jackson-Dumont (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art), Monique Long (Independent Curator), Helen Toomer (Independent Curator) , New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, Heart of my Heart: The Figure in Contemporary Art, Day & Night Projects, Atlanta, GA
Spruced Up, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
2023 AXA Art Prize Exhibition, juried by Ian Alteveer (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Peter Eleey (UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in China), Ann Philbin (Hammer Museum at UCLA), and Nancy Spector (Independent Curator), New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
Painting Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
Annual TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
So Longing, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2022 AXA Art Prize Exhibition, juried by Ian Alteveer (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Ruth Erickson (Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston), Louise Neri (Gagosian), and Stephanie Sparling Williams (Brooklyn Museum), New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
Microdosing Madness, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Lost in the Supermarket, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Here, There, and Nowhere, Online Exhibition
2021 Manifest, four person show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ONWARD 2.0, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Things Considered, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Pick Three Words, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Small Works Group Exhibition, One Modern Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Girls will be Girls curated by Marcelina Gonzales, Rusteberg Art Gallery, Brownsville, TX
Everything but the Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Flat File curated by Adam Bateman, The Flat File, Salt Lake City, UT
Now curated by Aaron Holz, Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE
2019 Interim, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
300 Plates Exhibition, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2018 Senior Capstone Exhibition, Eisentrager – Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition juried by David Gracie, Eisentrager – Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Un//Inhabited, two person exhibition with Madeline Cass, Ghost Gallery, Omaha, NE
2017 Nebraska National Exhibition juried by Robert Mahoney, Eisentrager – Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Million Dollar Babies, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Nebraska Touring juried by Robert Derr, Valentine, Kearney, Grand Island, NE
Being Human, Chez Hay, Lincoln, NE
Seventeen, Turbine Flats, Lincoln, NE
2024 Temkin Award, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Finalist in AXA Art Prize Competition, New York City, NY
2023 UW Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Finalist in AXA Art Prize Competition, New York City, NY
Creative Arts Award, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2022 Finalist in AXA Art Prize Competition, New York City, NY
Third Place Award in MFA Online Exhibition Here, There, and Nowhere for Sinking
2018 Perry Family Award in Senior Capstone Exhibition, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Graduated with High Distinction, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Entry Fee Award in Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
2017 Howard Award of Excellence for Best Painting in Nebraska National Exhibition, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Undergraduate Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
2015 Full tuition scholarship for workshop at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
Nominated for Elgas Promise Award, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
13-18 Regents Scholar (full tuition scholarship), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Susan T. Buffett Scholar (full tuition scholarship), University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Kimmel Art Scholarship Recipient, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Dean’s List, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2025 - 2027 Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
2024 New American Paintings, No. 171 MFA Annual Issue, April, 2024
2021 Juxtapoz, “Manifest: BIJIJOO, Calvin Wong, Emily Casares, and Skyler Simpson @ La Luz de Jesus, LA,” juxtapoz.com, November 5, 2021
2020 Inertia Studio Visits, “Studio Visit - Skyler Simpson,” Intertiastudiovisits.com, November 9, 2020
POBA Zine, issue n*6 “Inclusione”, April 21, 2020
Booooooom Staff, “Artist Spotlight: Skyler Simpson,” Booooooom.com, February 5, 2020
2018 Wolgamott, Kent, “Psychological portraits by Skyler Simpson on view at Lux,” Lincoln Journal Star, November 20, 2018
2025 Illustration, Red Theater, Kairos, Chicago, IL
2024 Illustration, Red Theater, Dogs, Chicago, IL
2020 Illustration, Ports 1961, Fall/Winter Look 23, @ports1961 Instagram
2019 Book cover, “Honeypot” by Brenna Womer, published by Spuyten Duyvil
Tandem Press, Tepid (2023), Madison, WI
Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI