Английская Википедия:Dionne Simpson

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Dionne Simpson (born 1972) is a Jamaican Canadian textile artist based in Toronto, Ontario.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

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