Biography of:
Rose B. Simpson
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Rose B. Simpson, Santa Clara Pueblo, was born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised among an extended family of artists in Santa Fe and Santa Clara Pueblo. Her mother; Roxanne Swentzell, a known ceramic sculptor and her father; Patrick Simpson, a contemporary artist in wood and metal introduced her to the art world at a young age.
After studying for three years at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, she transferred to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM, and graduated in 2007 with a BFA in Studio Arts.
She has pursued many different mediums successfully including sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, creative writing, music, and dance. Her work often signifies the constant struggle between the two worlds that most modern Indian peoples survive through; traditional and assimilation. As a young artist, her work explores popular culture: music, street art, graffiti in the form of etched copper works, spray paint art, and as lead singer of a modern Indigenous band called, Chocolate Helicopter.
She participated most recently in SITE Santa Fe Biennial, and was also highlighted in the exhibition, Relations; Indigenous Dialogue, at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe, NM. Her work is in many private and public collections including the Heard Museum.
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HEARD MUSEUM
