Artist
Christina Quarles
b. 1985, Chicago, Illinois · American · Based in Los Angeles, California
- MFA, Yale School of Art (2016)
- BA, Hampshire College (2007)
- Painting
- Drawing
- Installation
Christina Quarles paints contorted, multiply situated figurative bodies navigating digital patterns and architectural planes. Exploring the ambiguity of multiracial and queer identity, her fluid acrylic mark-making juxtaposes raw gestural brushstrokes with vector-drawn geometric containment.
Painting; drawing
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Artists on Artists: Christina Quarles on The Foundation of the Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art44 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Artist Christina Quarles: Bodies Seen From Within | Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel14 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2018For a Flaw / For a Fall / For the End
- 2018Casually Cruel
- 2018Forced Perspective (And I Kno It’s Rigged, But It’s the Only Game in Town)
- 2019Let Us in Too (Tha Light)
- 2019Held Fast and Let to Go
- 2017Yer Tha One For Me
- 2017Fell in Fell Out
- 2017Moon (Lez Go Out N’ Feel Tha Night)
- 2019All Tha Riches
- 2021Tripping Over My Joy
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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