Lorna Simpson

African-American (born 1960)

Lorna Simpson was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York and she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts from the University of California in San Diego, CA.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1995 “Wigs: An Installation of Prints on Felt”, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1996 “The Body and Deception”, Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany

1997 “Lorna Simpson: Interior/Exterior, Full/Empty”, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

1998 “Call Waiting”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

2000 “Scenarios: Recent Work by Lorna Simpson”, Artist in Residency, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

2002 “Lorna Simpson: Cameos and Appearances”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

2004 “Corridor”, Wohnmaschine, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1996 “Thinking Print”, The Museum of Modern Art, NY

“To Live is to Leave Traces”, Expoarte Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

1997 “Dream III”, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

1998 “Photoimage: Printmaking 60s to 90s”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, traveling to Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

1999 “Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century”, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

2000 “Beyond the Press: Innovations in Print”, Hand Workshops Art Center, Richmond, VA

2002 Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

2003 “Yankee Remix”, MassMoCA, North Adams, MA