Dionne Simpson | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Jamaica |
Nationality | Canadian |
Awards | RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2004) |
Dionne Simpson (born 1972) is a Jamaican Canadian textile artist based in Toronto, Ontario.
Simposon was born in Jamaica in 1972.[1] She emigrated to Canada with her family as an infant.[2] Simpson studied at the Cooper Union in the late nineties and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2000.[3]
Simpson's work features a West African textile technique that involves pulling thread through canvas.[3] Within the spaces the thread pulling creates she adds pigments to further embellish the canvas.[1]
In 2004 Simpson was the first national winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition.[3][1] She won the award for her piece Urban e_Scape 13.[4]