John Sims is a Detroit native a multi-disciplinary mathartist who creates multimedia projects in the areas of visual mathematics, art, text and political activism. As the former coordinator of mathematics at Ringling College Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, he designed a visual mathematics curriculum for artists and visual thinkers. Sims has curated more than 15 mathematical art exhibitions including the exhibition/film project called Rhythm of Structure: Bowery and Beyond which featured over 75 artists and poets. He has lectured and exhibited nationally and internationally, and his work has been featured in Nature, Science News, Sculpture, FiberArts, Art in America, BOMB, NYArts, CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post.