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Lorna Simpson Biography
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1960 |
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Born in Brooklyn, New York
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1983 |
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B.F.A. in Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
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1985 |
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M.F.A. in Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, CA
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1989 |
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Artists’ Space Board of Directors, New York, NY
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1990 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY
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1994 |
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College Art Association
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1998 |
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Award Finalist, The Hugo Boss Prize 1998, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY
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2001 |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art Award sponsored by Cartier and The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
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2003 |
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Distinguished Artist-In-Residence, The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
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2008 |
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Women’s Art: Women’s Vision Honoree, National Women's History Project
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Resides in Brooklyn, New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art, ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY
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2008
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Mixed Emotions, Apuntes para une coleccion del signlo XXI, DA2 - Domus Artium 2002 Salamanca
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2007
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Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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2007
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the BIG picture, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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2006
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Lorna Simpson, American Federation of the Arts traveling show, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC (solo)
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2005
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Lorna Simpson: 31, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo)
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2005
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Artists Interrogate: Race and Identity, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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2005
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Bodies of Evidence: Work by Women of Color in the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
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2005
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Collection Remixed, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
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2005
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Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Collection, MoMA, New York, NY
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2005
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Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas
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2005
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Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
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2005
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Transcending Time: Recent Work by Bill Viola and Lorna Simpson, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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2005
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Adams and 21 Eves: Women Photographers from the Vault, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
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2004
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Beginning Here: 101 Ways, School of Visual Arts, NY
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2004
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Public/Private, Auckland Triennial, Auckland, New Zealand
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2004
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Lorna Simpson, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio (solo)
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2004
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Lorna Simpson: Videos and Photographs, Galerie Obadia, Paris, France (solo)
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2004
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Lorna Simpson, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio (solo)
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2004
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Lorna Simpson: 31, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (solo)
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2004
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Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo)
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2004
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Lorna Simpson, Sean Kelly Gallery, NY (solo)
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2004
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Lorna Simpson: Corridor, Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Lorna Simpson, Consejo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
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| Literature |
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2005
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“April 2006 Preview: Lorna Simpson,” Art in America: Annual Guide, No. 7, August 2005, p. 45
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2005
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Copeland, Huey, “‘Bye, Bye Black Girl’: Lorna Simpson’s Figurative Retreat,” art journal, Vol. 64, No. 2, Summer 2005, pp. 62-78
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2005
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Derieux, Florence, “Lorna Simpson,” Flash Art, March-April 2005, pp. 122-123
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2005
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Hanor, Stephanie, “Collectors XX: Building A Museum Collection,” View, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, April/May/June 2005, p.3
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2005
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Julian, Betty, “Lorna Simpson,” Images Festival 2005 Guide [Toronto,Canada], pp. 47-49
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2005
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Lamoureux, Johanne, “From Form to Platform: The Politics of Representation and the Representation of Politics,” art journal,Vol. 64, No. 1, Spring 2005, pp. 65-73
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2005
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“Lorna Simpson, le noir dans la peau,” Le Figaro Littéraire, Thursday, January 20th, 2005
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2005
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MacSweeney, Eve, “Golden Year,” Vogue, Vol. 195, No. 4, April 2005, pp. 348-351
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2005
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Milroy, Sarah, “At The Galleries: Lorna Simpson,” The Globe And Mail, Friday, April 8th, 2005
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2005
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Nochlin, Linda, et. al. “The New Modern: Itineraries,” Art in America, March 2005, pp. 51-59
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