Roski Talks: Rose B. Simpson

Join us for an evening with artist Rose B. Simpson.

Presented by USC Roski School, Roski Talks lecture series offers engaging weekly presentations from leading visual artists, design innovators, scholars, performance artists, architects, and other influential figures throughout the academic year. These events are popular among the Roski community and frequently attract members of the public. Held in an intimate setting, Roski Talks encourage audience participation and open dialogue. Each session concludes with lively group discussions and Q&A opportunities.

Rose B. Simpson (b. 1983, Santa Clara Pueblo, NM) has an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. In 2024, Simpson debuted a public sculpture project at Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park, New York, and was featured in the 2024 Whitney Biennial. Her works are in many museum collections, including the Met, NY; Hirshhorn, Washington, D.C.; Guggenheim, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; ICA Boston; Princeton University Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; MCA Chicago; Denver Art Museum; Portland Art Museum; LACMA, Los Angeles; Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; and SFMOMA. Simpson has enjoyed solo shows at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; ICA Boston; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; the Nevada Art Museum, Reno; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Pomona College Museum of Art; and the Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe. Her work has recently been included in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA; Cleveland Museum of Art; SFMOMA; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the Berkeley Art Museum, CA; and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY. Simpson lives and works in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. In 2023, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian Art by President Biden. She is represented by Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.