Rose B. Simpson
Simpson in 2008
Born1983 (age 40–41)
NationalitySanta Clara Pueblo (Tewa)
EducationInstitute of American Indian Art, BFA
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA
Known forsculpture, ceramics
Notable workMaria
Websitehttps://www.rosebsimpson.com

Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) (born 1983) is a mixed-media artist who works in ceramic, metal, fashion, painting, music, performance, and installation. She lives and works in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.[1][2] Her work has been exhibited at SITE Santa Fe[3] (2008, 2015); the Heard Museum (2009, 2010); the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe (2010); the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian (2008); the Denver Art Museum;[4] Pomona College Museum of Art (2016); Ford Foundation Gallery (2019); The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (2017); the Minneapolis Institute of Art (2019);[5] the Savannah College of Art and Design (2020); the Nevada Museum of Art (2021); and Whitney Museum of American Art (2023, 2024).

Education

Simpson studied art at the University of New Mexico and the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, where she received her BFA in 2007.[6] She went on to receive an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011[7] and another MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018.[8] She is also a graduate of the now defunct automotive science program at Northern New Mexico College in Española, New Mexico.[9]

Artwork

Simpson is a mixed-media artist, whose work artwork investigates the complex issues of past, present and future aspects of humanity's tenuous survival in our current ecological condition.[10]

Exhibitions

In 2021, Simpson opened the large-scale solo exhibition "Countdown," at Savannah College of Art and Design.[11]

In 2019 to 2020, her work was featured in the traveling exhibition, "Hearts of Our People".[12][13] Simpson exhibited the sculptural work, Maria, an homage to the San Ildefonso Native American ceramicist, Maria Martinez in which she modified and customized a 1985 Chevy El Camino with San Ildefonso blackware (glossy black on matte black) pottery designs.[14][15]

In 2018 to 2019 Simpson had a solo museum retrospective exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe New Mexico, titled LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson.[2][16] The museum produced a catalog of Simpson's work in conjunction with the exhibition.[17][18]

In 2016 she had a solo exhibition, entitled Ground, at the Pomona College Museum of Art, California.[19] In this exhibition she acted within the role of artist and curator. She mined the museum's collections to recontextualize historical objects among her own sculptures to "obliterate the western dichotomy of aesthetic versus utilitarian objects to propose an indigenous aesthetic of use and human connectedness'.[19] Her intention in doing so was "to ground oneself is to reconnect physically to the earth, to root, to restore power, to build a strong foundation."[19]

In 2016, her work was included in Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Lowriders at the New Mexico Museum of Art.[20]

Collections

Awards / Fellowships / Residencies

Personal life

Simpson comes from a long line of Santa Clara Pueblo ceramic artists, including her mother Roxanne Swentzell,[35] her great-aunt Nora Naranjo-Morse, and her great her great uncle Michael Naranjo.[36] Her father is the sculptor, Patrick Simpson.[21]

Musical career

For a number of years, Simpson was the lead singer in the Native American punk band, Chocolate Helicopter.[37][38][39] She also played in the hip-hop band, Garbage Pail Kidz.[40]

References

  1. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". Mud Season Review. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. 1 2 Abaytemarco, Michael (December 7, 2018). "Review: Cabinets of curiosities: "LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson"". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson - SITE Santa Fe". SITE Santa Fe. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". Pomona College Museum of Art. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". Minneapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". Artisan. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "DUO: Rose B. Simpson | RISD Alumni". alumni.risd.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  8. ↑ Duke, Ellie (2020-03-09). "Meet the US Southwest's Art Community: Rose B. Simpson Believes Culture Is for "Conscious Nurturing"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  9. ↑ "3 Questions". Arc Publishing. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  10. ↑ Duke, Ellie (March 9, 2020). "Meet the Art Community of the US Southwest: Rose B. Simpson Believes Culture Is for "Conscious Nurturing"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson exhibition: 'Countdown'". SCAD.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  12. ↑ "A groundbreaking exhibition finally tells the stories of Native women artists". PBS NewsHour. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  13. ↑ Catwhipple (June 5, 2019). "Exhibit is first major show of artwork by Native women". The Circle: Native American News and Arts. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  14. ↑ Keats, Jonathan (June 10, 2019). "A Spectacular Exhibit Of Indigenous Women Artists Counters 500 Years Of Exploitation And Ignorance". Forbes. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  15. ↑ Allaire, Christian (June 3, 2019). "In "Hearts of Our People," Indigenous Women Reclaim Space Through Art". Vogue. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Exhibitions › LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson". Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ↑ Swentzell, Porter; Chavez, Yve (2018). Lit: The Work of Rose B. Simpson. Santa Fe, NM: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. ISBN 9780997310917. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". San Francisco Chronicle. August 24, 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 "Rose B. Simpson: Ground". Pomona College Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  20. ↑ Sanchez, Casey. "Auto-body experience: Rose B. Simpson and her El Camino". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Diaz, RoseMary (December 26, 2017). "Art Characters". Taos News. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  22. ↑ "Rose Simpson, "Nurturer"". Online Collections. Denver Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  23. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson, "Warrior"". Online Collections. Denver Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  24. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson, "Explorer"". Online Collections. Denver Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson". Online Collections. Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  26. ↑ "Simpson, Rose B. · SFMOMA". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  27. ↑ "Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Inaugural Fellows". www.artforum.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  28. ↑ "VIA Art Fund | Rose B. Simpson: Title TBD". VIA Art Fund. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  29. ↑ "FWM Announces 2021-2022 Cohort of Artists-in-Residence". The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  30. ↑ "Rose B. Simpson | Tamarind Institute". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  31. ↑ "Visiting Artist: Rose B. Simpson". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  32. ↑ admin (2018-09-19). "Awards | Women's Caucus for Art". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  33. ↑ Wainright, Cecilia. "Santa Clara Artist Rose B. Simpson, Revives Ancient Arts With Contemporary Context". Jemez Post. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  34. ↑ "Rose Simpson: 2013 National Artist Fellowship". Native Arts & Cultures Foundation. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  35. ↑ "My Mother, The Builder". www.newmexico.org. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  36. ↑ Simpson, Rose B. (November 2018). "FOUND(ATION)". New Mexico Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  37. ↑ Montiel, Anna (Fall 2009). "Rose Bean Simpson: Pueblo Multimedia Artist challenges the viewer to think differently about gender, ethnicity and culture" (PDF). National Museum of the American Indian Magazine: 14–19. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  38. ↑ Dean, Rob (2010). Santa Fe: Its 400th Year : Exploring the Past, Defining the Future. Sunstone Press. p. 228. ISBN 9780865347953. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  39. ↑ Walsh, Candice; Diaz, Rosemary (12 September 2012). "Native Innovators: A look at some of New Mexico's 'It Artists'". New Mexico Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  40. ↑ Weideman, Paul (January 1, 2010). "Rose B. Simpson: Get back you dominant paradigms!". Pasatiempo Magazine (New Mexican newspaper weekly arts mag). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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