- As a child, Lorna Simpson’s parents were advocates for the arts and frequently took her to museums, plays, and performances. During the summers spent at her grandma’s house, she would take classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Reportedly, this appreciation was innate and her parents ‘did not think they had an artist in the making.’
- She has listed Adrian Piper, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker as some of her artistic influences. Her artwork, while mainly composed of photographs, occasionally combines photos with words and/or poetry passages which explore marginalized identities.
- Her home base is in Brooklyn and she has a daughter named Zora Casebere, who is also an artist.
Story: I think the story I would like to convey would be centered around the influence of the Black feminist movement on Lorna Simpson’s work.