Maria, Rose B. Simpson; Tamarind Institute

Artwork Overview

Tamarind Institute, printer and publisher
founded 1970
Cultural affiliations: Santa Clara
born 1983
Maria, 2021
Where object was made: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Material/technique: color lithograph; Okawara paper
Dimensions:
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 52 in each
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 455 x 1,163 mm each
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 455 x 1,163 mm each
Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund
Accession number: 2023.0096.a,b
On display: Marshall Balcony

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Label texts

Bold Women
Based in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, Rose B. Simpson is a Native artist who works in ceramics, custom cars, metalwork, performance, installation, and writing. These two prints feature her integration of black-on-black Pueblo pottery traditions and deeply honor the work of Pueblo matriarch Maria Martinez, whose black-on-black jar is displayed nearby and for whom the car prints are named. The prints portray a 1985 Chevy El Camino that Simpson restored herself, in the style of Martinez’s ceramics.

Exhibitions

Susan Earle, curator
2025