Diane Simpson (artist)

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Diane Simpson
Born1935 (age 88–89)
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forSculpture

Diane Simpson (born 1935, Joliet, Illinois) is an artist who lives and works in Wilmette, Illinois. [1]

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Background

Diane Simpson was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1935. She undertook her BFA and MFA in Fine Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1971-1978. Simpson constructs sculptures that evolve from a broad range of materials, clothing, and architectural sources, often addressing issues of gender and abstraction. She employs a diverse combination of materials in her sculptures, including cardboard, fibreboard, aluminium, wool, polyester, poplar, faux fur, fleece, mahogany, brass, copper and steel. [2] [3] [4]

Exhibitions

Simpson's work has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, [5] [6] the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, [7] White Columns, New York, [8] [9] the Jewish Museum (Manhattan), Manhattan, [10] the Chicago Cultural Center, [11] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, [12] the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, [13] Frye Art Museum, Seattle [14] and Nottingham Contemporary, UK. [15] In 2019, Simpson undertook a residency at FD13 residency for the arts, Minneapolis. [16]

Awards

In 2018 Simpson was awarded the Graham Foundation Grant. [17] In 2010 Simpson won the Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Project Grant. She undertook a Fellowship in Visual Arts, awarded by the Illinois Arts Council, in 1983, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2007. From 1993-4, Simpson undertook the Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, by Arts Midwest/NEA. In 1980 she won the Walter M. Campana Prize, awarded by the Art Institute of Chicago. [18] [19]

Collections

Her artwork is part of the public collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, the Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on Hudson, US, the Art Institute of Chicago, the DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, US, the James Thompson Center, Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France and San Francisco, US, the M Woods Museum, Beijing, the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, the Rockford Art Museum, US and Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, US. [20]

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  2. ↑ Entertainment, The only biannual Magazine for Architectural. "DIANE SIMPSON, "FEMALE GENIUS"". pinupmagazine.org.
  3. ↑ "SOURCE CODE: THE ART OF DIANE SIMPSON". www.artforum.com. November 2015.
  4. ↑ Clark, Judith (11 March 2016). "Formal Wear". Frieze (178).
  5. ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2019". www.whitney.org.
  6. ↑ "These 8 Female Artists Only Saw Their Careers Catch Fire Well Into Their 80s. Here's How They Finally Got Their Due". artnet News. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg in Dialogue". KW Institute for Contemporary Art. July 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "White Columns - Exhibitions". www.whitecolumns.org.
  9. ↑ "White Columns Archive". www.whitecolumns.org.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Ken (November 12, 2015). "'Unorthodox' Faces Paradox at the Jewish Museum". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "Review: Diane Simpson/Chicago Cultural Center". Newcity Art. April 27, 2010.
  12. ↑ "BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Diane Simpson". MCA.
  13. ↑ "First solo museum exhibition of artist Diane Simpson opens Dec. 16 | icaboston.org". www.icaboston.org.
  14. ↑ "Dress Codes: Ellen Lesperance and Diane Simpson". Frye Art Museum.
  15. ↑ "Review: Diane Simpson at Nottingham Contemporary". Corbett vs. Dempsey. April 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Upcoming".
  17. ↑ "Graham Foundation > Grantees > Diane Simpson". www.grahamfoundation.org.
  18. ↑ "JTT / ARTISTS / Diane Simpson / Biography". www.jttnyc.com.
  19. ↑ "Diane Simpson Biography – Diane Simpson on artnet". www.artnet.com.
  20. ↑ "Diane Simpson". dianesimpson.net.
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