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Intro | American artist | |
Places | United States of America | |
is | Artist | |
Work field | Arts | |
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Birth | 1977, Chicago, USA | |
Age | 48 years |
Biography
Nathaniel Mary Quinn (1977) is an American painter. Quinn is known for his collage-style composite portraits that feature disfigured faces.
Early life
Quinn was born in Chicago, where he grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side. In his ninth grade of high school, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Culver Military Academy in Indiana.
Career
In 2014 he held his first solo show at Pace Gallery in London.
During the fall of 2018, Quinn's work was included in a group show at The Drawing Center. Quinn’s first solo museum exhibition, This Is Life, was presented at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin, from December 2018 to March 2019.
His work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 2019, Quinn became represented by Gagosian.