Sylvia Salazar Simpson
Sylvia Salazar Simpson (born 1939) is an installation and book artist as well as a photographer. Although born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she was raised in Mexico City, Mexico. In the mid 1960s, upon her arrival to Los Angeles, she began her trajectory toward the arts. Her works deal with social commentary on women and the female body, as well as the use of organic and perishable items. Personal life. Salazar Simpson was born to Veneranda Emanuela Gutierrez. She married Thomas Jeremy Simpson, a farm broker, in 1965. She is also a mother of two daughters . Salazaron Simpson also mentions that she has manic depressive disorder. Education. Salazar Simpson first started off her educational career at the in Mexico City in nursing but due to her naturalization being in the US, she did not receive a degree. In the 1960s, after her return to Los Angeles she began studying at Otis Art Institute from 1966 to 1968. She also studied at California Art Institute from 1970 to 1971, where she studied under Allan Kaprow, a life-long friend and mentor. Exhibitions. Woman's Building. "Women and the Printing Arts" is a catalog that carries different mediums  in the form of books, postcards, and posters all created through printing technology. The work was exhibited during January 11 - February 1 in 1975 at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles. Sylvia Salazar Simpson shows up within the catalog as one of those works. Works. Food material. This theme of using food/organic material is consistent in Salazar Simpson's work. At most times, these food materials are at a point of rotting. According to Salazar Simpson, her consistent use of this material was due to food being the most familiar because of her 7 years of marriage. Salazar  Simpson shares her choosing in this material because it forces the viewer to smell and smelling fixates most into memory. Salazar Simpson describes her work as viscous, which was realized after having seen her daughters throwing eggs into the ground, searching for chicks. Recognition/awards. In 1991, Salazar Simpson was awarded as the winning design for the Venice Art Walk T-shirt.