He is currently finishing his master in photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. Simoens has had exhibitions at the MRO Foundation in France (2015), the Kunsthal in Netherlands (2015), the Centre for Fine Arts – Bozar in Belgium (2014). Awards include the Nikon Young Promising Award (2015) and the Foto8 Summershow in London (2012). His series Blue, See focuses on the children placed in the boarding school of the Ibis school in Ostend (Belgium) to learn the profession of sailor.