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| Visual Artist, Princess Simpson Rashid, posing next to her paintings during her "all American" show at CoRK Art District, Jacksonville, FL. 2013. [Photo Credit: Sam Vargas]. |
Princess Simpson Rashid is an American painter, printmaker, blogger, art activist, competitive sport-fencer and coach. Her current body of work explores the relationship between color, perception and symbolism.
Rashid has exhibited in solo
and group exhibitions in museums, art centers, galleries and alternative art
spaces across the United States including the Pacific Grove Art Center in
Pacific Grove, CA, Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz, CA, Tempus Projects in
Tampa, FL and the CoRk Art District in Jacksonville, FL.
In addition, her paintings
and prints are in museum and private collections in the United States, the
United Kingdom, and Portugal. Rashid’s museum collections include, The Museum
of Science and History in Jacksonville, FL, The Spencer Museum of Art in
Lawrence, KS, and The Lake Eustis Museum of Art in Eustis, FL.
Rashid has received many commissions
to create paintings that depict various scientific and math disciplines. Recently,
she has been commissioned by the accounting firm of Leich & Teeling CPA, PA
in Tampa, FL to create a mural depicting the evolution of numbers. Her other commission specialty
is creating paintings depicting the dynamic nature of modern competitive sport
fencing.
Her awards include an Art Ventures
Grant and an Independent Life Minority Grant from the Community Foundation of
Jacksonville. She has won art prizes and purses in Florida Watercolor Society
(FWS), Tampa Regional Artists (TRA), and Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture &
the Arts (TBBCA) competitions. She has also been named The Cultural Council of
Greater Jacksonville 32nd Annual Art Awards Cover Artist and a Beaches
Fine Art Series Cover Artist.
Princess Simpson Rashid was
born in Atlanta, GA in 1972. She studied printmaking and painting at Escuela de
Artes Plastica (The School of Plastic Arts) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She
studied and earned her B.S in Physics from Georgia State University in Atlanta,
GA. She currently lives in Tampa, FL
with her husband and two young daughters.
Want more of Princess?
Visit her website and be sure to let her know which painting you like the most.
Contact me:
Email: prashid@theswordandbrush.com
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Want more of Princess?
Visit her website and be sure to let her know which painting you like the most.
Contact me:
Email: prashid@theswordandbrush.com
