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2021

Princess Simpson’s Bio:

Princess Simpson Rashid (b. 1972) is an American visual artist, writer, inventor, activist and competitive fencer. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Georgia State University and worked as a nano-science researcher at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). She studied painting and printmaking at the Escuela de Artes Plastica (EAP) in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Her current body of work explores the relationship between color, perception and symbolism. She investigates the role the brain plays in how we experience our environment and create our reality. Her focus is on the magic behind human creativity.

Her paintings and original prints have been exhibited in museums, art centers, galleries and alternative art spaces across the United States including Monterey Peninsula College and Pacific Grove Art Center (PJAC) in California and Tempus-Projects, Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, various galleries at Florida State College of Jacksonville (FSCJ) and the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, Florida. Public collections of note include, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Lake Eustis Art Museum and the Jacksonville Museum of Science & History (MOSH).

Rashid is a consistent, active participant in her local arts and cultural community. Currently, she serves as a member of Art Selection Panel for the Mandarin Interactive Sculpture project, a subcommittee of the city of Jacksonville’s Art in Public Places Committee (APPC). Previously, she served as a member of Augusta Savage Exhibition Advisory Committee at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.

Rashid currently operates her primary studio practice within the CoRK Arts District of Jacksonville, FL.

Solo Exhibitions:

2020  Princess Simpson Rashid, Nathan FSCJ-H.
Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
2018  Odyssey of Abstraction: Princess Simpson Rashid
 Vault Gallery @1930, Jacksonville, FL
2017   Constructed Narratives in Red, Black & White- FSCJ
Kent Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2011  The Art of Science-Princess Rashid,
Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville, FL
2011   Passion, Perception & Symbolism,
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
2009 The White Space: New Works by Princess Rashid,
PG Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2007  Strive: New Works, Karpeles Manuscript
Library Museum. Jacksonville, FL
2007  Elemental Atmospheres, Museum of
Science & History (MOSH), Jacksonville, FL
2006  The Sum of All Things, FSCJ Downtown Gallery,
Jacksonville, FL
2006   Eyes Turned Skyward, FSCJ Kent Gallery,
Jacksonville, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2021 30th Anniversary of Art Ventures Fund,
Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
2020 The Nameless Now, Crisp Ellert Museum,
St. Augustine, FL
2020  The Ballot & Brush: Women’s Suffrage,
Beaches Museum, Jacksonville Beach, FL
2018  Hard Edged Paintings, The Harris
House/Atlantic Center, New Symrna Beach, FL
2017  Life Under Construction: Princess Rashid/Keith Doles,
The Yellow House, Jacksonville
2017  Suprematism, Constructivism, Futurism,
Phylogeny Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2017  Grayscale: Black, White, Gray”, Illsol Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017 Solar Connections, MPC Annex Gallery, Monterey, CA
2017  A More Perfect Union, The Space Gallery,
Jacksonville, FL
2017   Human Trafficking, Jax Maker Space/Jacksonville
Public Library, Jacksonville, FL
2017Kesha, Jax Maker Space/Jacksonville Public Library,
Jacksonville, FL
2017  Solarplate – Escuela de Bellas Artes Gallery,
Cusco, Peru
2016  LIFT: Contemporary Expressions of African American Heritage, Cummer Museum and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
2016 TOE2016: Sensory Perception, Ritz
Theater & Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2015  Small Things Considered, Atlantic Center for the Arts
(ACA), New Symrna Beach, FL
2011  Passion, Perception & Symbolism,
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
2010  Grey Matter, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL

MURALS/PUBLIC ART

2021  Museum of Science & History (MOSH)-
The Wonder Wall, Jacksonville, FL
2020   Color Jax Blue-  Women Activist Wall, Myrtle Ave,
Jacksonville, FL
2018  Phoenix Arts District, Springfield, Jacksonville, FL

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