Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016

Gail Simpson Professor UW–Madison Department of Art, since 2000 Foundations, Sculpture 1988 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washington University in St. Louis Recent achievements 2015–18 Commisson, Exchange, from the series Today and Tomorrow, with Actual Size Artworks, New Albany, IN 2015 Commission, Union Station Streetcar Plaza, Kansas City, MO 2015 Commission, Las Vegas Main Street Improvement Project, Las Vegas 2015 Artist-in-Residence, The Studios at Key West, FL 2014 Commission, Skyline Hills Branch Library, San Diego 2014 Artist-in-Residence, Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center, Friday Harbor, WA Artist’s statement Gail Simpson is a sculptor and public artist who works on projects individually and as part of Actual Size Artworks, a collaborative team. Her public art projects can be seen in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, California, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Carolina, Illinois and other locations nationally. She has also exhibited temporary projects around the United States and Europe. Her individual work consists of assemblage using salvaged material such as toys, lawn décor and recycled packaging, to address themes of civic participation and American identity. Her home and studio are outside of Stoughton, Wisconsin. Work in the show Gail Simpson (American, b. 1956) Morning in America (for Phil Gramm), 2015 Recycled cardboard 96 x 96 in. diam. Sculpture, n.d. Recycled cardboard 96 x 96 x 12 in. 52 Quadrennial 2016 | Faculty

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