Introduce briefly

• Lorna Simpson was born on August 13, 1960, and grew up in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York [2].

• She attended the High School of Art and Design and took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago during her summers [2].

• Simpson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1982 [2].

• She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1985, where she focused on photography and conceptual art [2].

• Simpson gained prominence in the 1980s and 1990s with her photo-text installations that challenged notions of identity, race, and representation [2].

• Her works often feature African-American figures depicted from behind or in fragments, photographed in a neutral studio space, and accompanied by fragmented text [1].

• Simpson's art incorporates various media, including photography, film, video, painting, drawing, audio, and sculpture [2].

• She has expanded her practice to include appropriated imagery from vintage magazines, found photo booth images, and discarded Associated Press photos [1].

• Simpson's works explore dichotomies of figuration and abstraction, past and present, destruction and creation, and male and female [1].

• Her art is layered and multivalent, deploying metaphor, metonymy, and formal prowess to offer a potent response to American life today [1].

• In 1990, Lorna Simpson became the first African-American woman to exhibit at the Venice Biennale [2].

• She was awarded the 2010 ICP Infinity Award in Art by the International Center of Photography in New York City [2].

• Simpson received the J. Paul Getty Medal in 2019 [2].

• Her work has been featured in major museums and galleries worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art [2].

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