Diane Simpson

Diane Simpson studied at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Places of work recorded in the authority are Chicago. Work by Diane Simpson is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Racine Art Museum, Rockford Art Museum and Hessel Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Anonymous Was A Woman Award.

• Name — Diane Simpson • Born — 1935 • Birthplace — Joliet, Illinois, U.S. • Education — School of the Art Institute of Chicago • Known for — Sculpture

Diane Simpson was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1935. She undertook her BFA and MFA in Fine Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1971-1978. Simpson constructs sculptures that evolve from a broad range of materials, clothing, and architectural sources, often addressing issues of gender and abstraction. She employs a diverse combination of materials in her sculptures, including cardboard, fibreboard, aluminium, wool, polyester, poplar, faux fur, fleece, mahogany, brass, copper and steel.

Simpson's work has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, White Columns, New York, the Jewish Museum (Manhattan), Manhattan, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Frye Art Museum, Seattle and Nottingham Contemporary, UK. In 2019, Simpson undertook a residency at FD13 residency for the arts, Minneapolis.

Diane Simpson is recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Recorded as artist, sculptor, painter and draftsperson. Recorded at birth as Diane Klafter.

Her artwork is part of the public collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, the Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on Hudson, US, the Art Institute of Chicago, the DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, US, the James Thompson Center, Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France and San Francisco, US, the M Woods Museum, Beijing, the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, the Rockford Art Museum, US and Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, US.