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Christina Quarles

Biography

Born

Chicago IL, 1985

Education

BA, Hampshire College, Amherst MA, 2004 – 2007

MFA, Yale University, New Haven CT, 2014 – 2016

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME, 2016

Solo Exhibitions

2025

SCAD Museum of Art, 'Far from Near', Savannah GA 

Kistefos Museum, 'Christina Quarles', Jevnaker, Norway 

2024

Gammel Strand, 'Chrstina Quarles. In The Shadow of Burning Light', Copenhagen, Denmark 

Group Exhibitions

2025

California African American Museum, 'Ode to ’Dena. Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena', Los Angeles CA 

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, 'Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection', Davis CA

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 'Synchronicities: Intersecting Figuration with Abstraction', Omaha NE 

2024

MFA Boston, 'Tha Sun Will Set. Contemporary Abstraction and the Body', Boston MA
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 'Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools. Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks', Montreal, Canada 

Library Street Collective, 'In an effort to be held', cur. Allison Glenn, Detroit MI 

Malevich.io / Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, 'I’m Not Afraid of Ghosts', cur. Svetlana Marich, Sarah McCroy, Venice, Italy 

Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica / Aïshti Foundation, 'Day for Night: New American Realism', cur. Massimiliano Gioni, Flaminia Gennari Santori, Rome, Italy 

Fondation Carmignac / Villa Carmignac, 'The Infinite Woman', Porquerolles Island, France 

Pinakothek Der Moderne, 'Eccentric. Aesthetics of Freedom', Munich, Germany

Arlington Museum of Art, 'She Said, She Said: Contemporary Artists from the Rubell Museum', Arlington TX

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants

2019

Pérez Prize, Pérez Art Museum, Miami FL

2017

Fountainhead Residency, Miami FL

Emerging Artist Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York NY

Bibliography

Monographs

2023

Bardaouil, Sam, Fellrath, Till (eds.), 'Christina Quarles. Collapsed Time', Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2023, ill. (exh. Cat.)

2021

Du Bois, W.E.B., Quarles, Christina, 'Of Our Spiritual Savings', London: Afterall Books, 2021, ill.

Artist’s Books & Writings

2022

Quarles, Christina, Hornby, Nick, Starck, Philippe, 'What Imagination Means to Nick Hornby and Philippe Starck', on: wsj.com, 8 November 2022, ill.

2021

Quarles, Christina, 'Man in Shower in Beverly Hills', in: Little, Helen, 'David Hockney. Moving Focus', London: Tate Publishing, 2021, pp. 84-87, ill.

Quarles, Christina, 'Bacon today', in: Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, London, no. 153, Winter 2021, pp. 50-51, ill.

Publications

2024

Bijutsu Techo (eds.), 'Artists of the World 2024', Tokyo: Bijutsu Techo, 2024, April, vol. 26, no. 1101, p. 94, ill. 

Zuckerman, Heidi, 'Why Art Matters. The Bearable Lightness of Being', Costa Mesa CA: OCMA Press, 2024, p. 374, ill.

2023

Godfrey, Mark, Siegel, Katy (eds.), 'Making Their Mark. Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection', New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2023, pp. 378-379, ill. 

Press

2025

Lowery, Jack, 'For LA artists, getting back to work after the fires means playing the long game' [interview], in: Art in America, New York City, Summer 2025, pp. 98-101.

Lowery, Jack, 'For LA Artists, Getting Back to Work Means Playing the Long Game', on: artnews.com, 14 April 2025, ill.

Rohr, Juliane, 'Feministische und queere Kampfzonen', in: Kunstforum International, Cologne, vol. 302, April-May 2025, p. 103, ill.

2024

___, 'Kistefos presents 2025 programme', on: artdaily.com, 18 December 2024, ill. 

Lewy, Patricia, 'Mourning Becomes Electric: Christina Quarles in Copenhagen', on: brooklynrail.org, September 2024, ill. 

Koenig, Klaus, 'Kvinde, kend din krop indefra', on: outandabout.dk, 9 June 2024, ill. 

Ulrich, Lise, 'Krøllede kroppe', in: Eurowoman, Copenhagen, June 2024, pp. 48-55, ill. 

Babbs, Verity, 'Forget Paint: 7 Artists Share Their Most Unusual, and Valued, Art Supplies', on: news.artnet.com, 10 February 2024, ill. 

Silver, Hannah, 'Year in review: top 10 art and culture stories of 2023, selected by Wallpaper’s Hannah Silver', on: wallpaper.com, 3 January 2024, ill. 

Audiovisuals

2022

WNYC News, 'Weekend Arts Planner: Lots of new exhibitions, the return of Afropunk and Roxy Music at MSG' [Christina Quarles’ New York exhibition is discussed], 10 September 2022

2021

Artforum, 'Christina Quarles and Maggie Nelson: Artists On Writers | Writers On Artists' [video interview], 27 October 2021