Jonah Simmons is an artist from rural Northern California and an MFA candidate in Ceramics at Fort Hays State University. With more than two decades of sustained engagement in mixed media and sculptural practice, he began working with clay and other materials in 2002 as an undergraduate. In 2016, Simmons made a focused commitment to pursuing his art career professionally, further developing both his conceptual inquiry and technical discipline while expanding his material investigations.

His interdisciplinary practice centers on ceramics and mixed media sculpture, integrating mold making, casting, and glaze chemistry. Through material experimentation and process-driven research, his work examines themes of psychological inheritance, mortality, resilience, and transformation. Drawing from personal experiences with trauma, chronic illness, and recovery, Simmons uses material processes as frameworks for exploring the human condition and the possibility of renewal through adversity.

Simmons earned a B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Art History from Humboldt State University. He has taught as Associate Faculty at College of the Redwoods and served on the Board of Directors for the Redwood Art Association in Eureka, California.

His work has been exhibited in local, regional, and national exhibitions. Since 2023, Simmons has developed original glaze formulas, particularly lava and reactive surfaces, as part of an ongoing investigation into glaze chemistry and material control.