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Diane Simpson
Born: Joliet, IL
Education
1971-BA, 1978-MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selected Solo Shows
2008 Diane Simpson: cover-ups, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007-08 Diane Simpson: Window Dressing, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2006 Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis
2005 I Space, Chicago
2003 Northeastern Illinois University , Chicago, IL
2001 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
1999 Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
1996 Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan
1995 Chicago Cultural Center
1995 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
1992 Dart Gallery, Chicago
1983 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
1981 Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
1980 Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
1979 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
Selected Group Shows
2008 Begin Again Right Back Here, (curated by B. Wurtz), White Columns, NY
2008 The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Soft Edge, curated by MCA Associate Curator Staci Boris
2004 Zolla/Lieberman Galllery, Chicago, Onward and Upward
2004 Next Step Studio, Ferndale, Michigan, Black and White, curated by Linda Ross Contemporary/Art+Projects, Huntington Woods, Michigan
2003 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, The Art of Containment: From High Concept to High Craft, Raye Bemis, Michele Feder-Nadoff, Diane Simpson
2001 Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell Univerity, Ithaca, New York, Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, (Catalogue)
2001 Columbia College, Chicago, Sculpture in Chicago Now, curated by Corey Postiglione
2000 Heron Gallery, Heron School of Art/IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana, HxWxDx6
2000 Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, ADressing The Body
1999 South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, Midwest 3-D Fiber, (Catalogue)
1998 West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.V., Chicago Subjects, curated by Paul Krainak
1997 Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, The Clothes Show: Objects For and About Clothing
1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Art in Chicago: 1945-95, Curated by Lynne Warren, catalogue
1996 Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, Constructivists
1996 Columbia College, Chicago, Drawing in Chicago Now, Curated by Corey Postiglione; Traveled, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
1996 Snite Museum , Notre Dame University, Indiana, Contemporary American Sculpture
1995 213 W. Institute Place, Chicago, Radius: Sculpture-Video Event, Curated by Lance Kinz and Fitz Gerald
1995 Cultural Center, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, 16 Chicago Sculptors, Curated by Miklos Simon
1993 Textile Art Center, Chicago, Architectural Fiber
1992 Dart Gallery, Chicago, Nine Women
1989 Dart Gallery, Chicago, Midwest-New York-Europe
1989 Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Erie Art Museum, Chicago Works, Art From the Windy City, Curated by Joyce Fernandes (Catalogue)
1988 State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Imagining Form, Curated by Victor Cassidy
1988 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Selected Works, Ilinois Collection
1987 Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky, National Juried Sculpture Exhibition: Works by Women
1987 C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago Sculpture
1985 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Wood: Hue or Knot?
1984 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Alternative Spaces:A History in Chicago, Curated by Lynne Warren
1979 Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Artists, 100 Years, Guest Curator, Katharine Kuh
1979 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, 31st Invitational
1979 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, New Dimensions: Volume and Space, Curated by Pauline Saliga (Brochure)
1979 Herron School of Art/IUPUI, Indianapolis,Indiana, Chicago Alternatives
1978, 1980, 1981, 1985 Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity
Awards
2007 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant
2001 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
2000 Finalist, Chicago Public Art Program - outdoor sculpture for Chicago Police Headquarters
1997 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
1995 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
1993/94 Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
1992 Grand Prize, Chicago Title and Trust Center Sculpture Competition
1983 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
1980 Walter M. Campana Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition
1978 E. Garrison Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition
Public Collections
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Collection
The Illinois Collection, James Thompson Center, Chicago
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
The Crocker Bank, San Francisco, California
Bibliography
2008 Foumberg, Jason. Diane Simpson: Portrait of the Artist, Newcity Chicago, Oct. 2, 2008
2008 Artner, Alan. Artist shows the steel side of familiar domestic pieces, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 26, 2008
2007 Roberts, Lee B . So Much More than Window Dressing, Racine Journal Times, Sept. 17, p. 9A
2006 Berry, S.L. Diane Simpson: Sculpture + Drawings, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Star, Sept. 8, p. 30
2006 Thibodeaux, Juliann. Diane Simpson at Herron School of Art and Design, NUVO, Oct. 4, p. 22
2005 Artner, Alan . Diane Simpson, Review, I Space, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, March 25
2005 Cassidy, Victor. Constructing Domesticity: Diane Simpson, Focus article, Sculpture, Jan.Feb. p.20,21
2005 Rezac, Richard. In Particular, essay, Diane Simpson: New Sculpture and Drawings, I Space Gallery
2001 Snodgrass, Susan. The Transformational Poetics of Dress: Diane Simpson=s Aprons, Deep Pockets and Sleeves. Essay in catalogue published for exhibitions at Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan and Fassbender Gallery, Chicago
2001 Nawrocki, Dennis A., Architectonic Attire. Essay in brochure published by Sybaris Gallery
2001 Uncommon Threads - Contemporary Artists and Clothing. Catalogue published by the Herbert F. Johnson
2001 Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca New York. pps. 44, 58
2001 Mannisto, Glen. Diane Simpson at Sybaris, New Art Examiner, Sept/Oct, p.99,100
2001 Guten Cohen, Keri. Fashion Sense at Sybaris, Detroit Free Press, June 17, 7F
1999 Snodgrass, Susan. Diane Simpson at Fassbender, Art in America, May, p. 164
1997 Camper, Fred. A Hairy Who=s Who, Art in Chicago 1945-95, Reader, Jan 10, Sec. 1, p 38
1997 Cassidy, Victor. Chicago Report, Art in Chicago 1945-95, Museum of Contemporary Art, Artnet, Jan.1997
1997 Postiglione, Corey. Regionalism=s Last Gasp: Art in Chicago 1945-95, Dialogue, Jan../Feb.,p14-17 (illus)
1996 Art in Chicago 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Catalogue of exhibition organized by Lynn Warren, p. 206-207 (illus.), p 283 (bio.)
1996 Postiglione, Corey. Headgear: Sculpture and Drawings--Diane Simpson, Chicago Cultural Center, Dialogue, Jan./Feb. p. 17 and cover (illus.)
1995 Yood, James. Diane Simpson, Gahlberg Gallery, College of Du Page (Catologue essay)
1995 McCracken, David. Imagining Form, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 26 (Interview)
1993 Ulrich, Polly. Structures: Building Architectural Fiber, Textile Art Center, Chicago, Fiber Arts, Nov. (Illus)
1993 McCracken, David. Structures: Building Architectural Fiber, Chicago Tribune, Apr. 2
1990 Fishman, Ted. The Chicago Show, New City, May 10, p.19
1988 Abel, Jeff. Imagining Form, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, New Art Examiner, April
1998 McCracken, David. Imagining Form, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Feb.26 (Interview)
1998 Pieszak, Devonna. Underpinnings Sculpted into Art Forms, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 3, p.30
1986 Watson-Jones, Virginia. Contemporary American Women Sculptors: An Illustrated Biographical and Bibliographic Directory of 328 Established and Emerging Women Sculptors; 1986, Oryx Press
1983 Artner, Alan. Diane Simpson, Phyllis Kind, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 11, Sec. 5, P. 9
1980 Pieszak, Devonna. Diane Simpson, Arts Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, p. 19 (monograph)
1980 Larson, Kay. Diane Simpson, Phyllis Kind, New York, Village Voice, Apr. 7, p. 69
1979 Nye, Mason. Diane Simpson, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, New Art Examiner, Feb.
1979 Saliga, Pauline A. New Dimensions: Volume and Space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (catalogue essay)
1979 100 Artists, 100 Years, Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue for Centennial Exhibition, Alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Guest Curator, Katherine Kuh, p. 18 (illus.)