Rose Bean Simpson Overview

From her official website : Rose B. Simpson was born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised among an extended family of artists in Santa Fe and Santa Clara Pueblo. She was home-schooled by her parents who influenced creative and alternative thinking.... [more]

From her official website : Rose B. Simpson was born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised among an extended family of artists in Santa Fe and Santa Clara Pueblo. She was home-schooled by her parents who influenced creative and alternative thinking. Her mother; Roxanne Swentzell, a known ceramic sculptor within the Indigenous art world, and her father; Patrick Simpson, a contemporary artist in wood and metal introduced her to the art world at a young age. Being from both Indigenous and Anglo descent, with art and philosophy primary in both families, she has pursued the pure expression of truth through many forms of art including sculpture, printmaking, drawing, creative writing, music, and dance. Her work often signifies the constant struggle between the two worlds that most modern Indigenous peoples survive through; traditional and the colonist perspective/assimilation. She has participated in many group shows, including the annual “Pop Life” events around the country curated by Apache Skateboard Artist Douglas Miles. In the summer of 2006 she participated in “Relations; Indigenous Dialogue”, an exhibition at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe, NM. [show less]