DIANE SIMPSON
Born Diane Klafter in Joliet, Illinois
Lives and works near Chicago
EDUCATION:
1978 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1971 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ONE- PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Chicago Cultural Center, 4th floor exhibition hall (scheduled 30 year retrospective)
2008 Alfedena Gallery, Chicago
2007 Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
2006 Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis
2005 I space, Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2003 Northeastern Illinois University , Chicago
2001 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
1999 Fassbender Gallery, Chicago
1997 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
1996 Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan
1995 Chicago Cultural Center
Gahlberg Gallery, 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 EXHIBITIONS:
2008-2010
University of Tennessee; William Patterson U.; Lehigh U., Bradley U., West Virginia U; Bucknell U.
Concurrent: Natalie Alper, Tim McFarlane, Diane Simpson, Larry Webb: Catalogue
2008 White Columns, New York, Begin Again Right Back Here , Curated by B. Wurtz
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Soft Edge, curated by MCA Associate Curator Staci Boris
Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Onward and Upward
Linda Ross Contemporary/Art+Projects, Huntington Woods, Michigan, Black & White
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 University, Ithaca, New York, Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing: Catalogue
Columbia College, Chicago, Sculpture in Chicago Now, Curated by Corey Postiglione
2000 Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art/IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana, HxWxDx6
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
Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, Constructivists
Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 10th Anniversary Show
Columbia College, Chicago, Carleton College,Northfield,MN, Drawing in Chicago Now,
Curated by Corey Postiglione
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
Cultural Center, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, 16 Chicago Sculptors, Curated by Miklos Simon
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, Adornment, Curated by Richard Dubeshter
1993 Textile Art Center, Chicago, Architectural Fiber
1992 Dart Gallery, Chicago, Nine Women
1989 Dart Gallery, Chicago, Midwest-New York-Europe
Erie Art Museum, and Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 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
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Selected Works, Illinois Collection
1987 Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky, National Juried Sculpture Exhibition: Works by Women
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
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, 31st Invitational
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, New Dimensions: Volume and Space, Six Sculptors,
Curated by Pauline Saliga: Brochure
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 in Visual Arts
2001 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
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 -
1983 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts
1980 Walter M. Campana Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity Exhibition
1978 E. Garrison Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity Exhibition
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Art Institute of Chicago: Print and Drawing Collection
Crocker Bank, San Francisco, California
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
James Thompson Center, Chicago: The Illinois Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2009 Johnston, Karen Stanger. The Importance of Drawing in Fiber Arts, Drawing ,Winter, p19 p.21
2008 Artner, Alan. Diane Simpson - Cover-ups, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Sept.26, p.18
Foumberg, Jason. Portrait of the Artist – Diane Simpson, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, New City, Oct.2, 2008
Hawkins, Margaret. Diane Simpson: Cover-ups, Fiberarts, January, p.54,55
Krainak, Paul. Diane Simpson: Form Over Form, Catalogue essay for Concurrent exhibition, p.26-32
Sanabria, Denise. Concurrent-Four mid-career artists at the Ewing Gallery, Knoxville Voice, Nov.27
2007 Roberts, Lee B. So Much More Than Window Dressing, Racine Art Museum, Racine Journal Times, Sept.17
2006 Berry,S.L. Diane Simpson: Sculpture + Drawings, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Star, Sept.8,p.30
Thibodeaux, Julianna. Diane Simpson at Herron School of Art and Design, NUVO, Oct. 4, p.22
2005 Artner, Alan. Diane Simpson, Ispace Gallery, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, March 25, Sec. 7, p.21
Cassidy, Victor. Constructing Domesticity: Diane Simpson, Focus article, Sculpture, Jan.Feb. p.20,21
Rezac ,Richard. In Particular, Brochure essay published by Ispace Gallery
2001 Guten Cohen, Keri. Fashion Sense at Sybaris, Detroit Free Press, June 17, 7F
Mannisto, Glen. Diane Simpson at Sybaris, New Art Examiner, Sept/Oct, p.99,100 Snodgrass, Susan. The Transformational Poetics of Dress: Diane Simpson’s Aprons, Deep Pockets, and
Sleeves, catalogue essay
Ulmer, Sean M. Uncommon Threads - Contemporary Artists and Clothing. Catalogue published by the
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca New York. p. 44, 58
1999 Snodgrass, Susan. Diane Simpson at Fassbender, Art in America, May, p. 164
1996 Postiglione, Corey. Headgear: Sculpture and Drawings - Diane Simpson, Chicago Cultural Center,
Dialogue, Jan/Feb. p.17 and cover
Warren, Lynne and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Art in Chicago 1945-1995:Catalogue
1995 Yood, James. Diane Simpson, Gahlberg Gallery, College of Du Page (Catalogue essay)
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
McCracken, David. Imagining Form, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Feb.26(Interview)
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, Sec. 5, P. 9
1980 Larson, Kay. Diane Simpson, Phyllis Kind, New York, Village Voice, Apr. 7, p. 69
Pieszak, Devonna. Diane Simpson, Arts Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 8, p. 19
1979 Kuh, Katherine, guest curator and The Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Artists, 100 Years, Centennial
Exhibition, Alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Catalogue
Nye, Mason. Diane Simpson, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, New Art Examiner, Feb.
Saliga, Pauline A. New Dimensions: Volume and Space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Brochure Essay