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Receiving her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and her MFA from UC San Diego, Lorna Simpson first gained critical notice in the mid-80s for her large-scale photograph-and-text works that challenge conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history, and memory. In subsequent work, she expanded upon similar themes through a variety of mediums: large multipanel photographs printed on felt; film and video works; and drawings. Venues at which her work has been exhibited include MoMA in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA). She participated in the Hugo Boss Prize at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and Documenta XI in Kassel (Germany) and is the subject of a number of articles, catalogue essays, and a monograph. A mid-career survey of Simpson’s work was exhibited at such venues as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. lsimpsonstudio.com
