EMILY BLAIR QUINN
b. 1990, Decatur, AL
Lives and works in Kansas City
EDUCATION
2016. M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of Colorado Boulder
2013. B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023. You Feel the Way I Feel, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2021. Silent Opera for the Unsound Mind, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2019. New Works by Emily Blair Quinn, The Hallway Gallery, Saxapahaw, NC
2017. I Confine Myself, Nalanda Gallery, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023. Platform Art, MARQUEE PROJECTS in partnership with David Zwirner Gallery (online presentation)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: rafish vulnerability and profane indifference, Pen + Brush, New York, NY, curated by Parker Daley Garcia
Our Friends at Agnes Arts, Plug Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022. Hyper Contamporary, Act II, Hasbrook Galleries (virtual)
Somebody, Nobody, Anybody, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Trade of the Season, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work Podcast Spring Exhibition, curated by Marcela Florido
2021. Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency 15th Year Anniversary Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Studio Showcase, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Art for All, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2020. Strangers in Stranger Lands, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Studio Showcase, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Art for All, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2019. 30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York, NY (Juror: Donna Gustafson)
2018. Optical Instruments, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
Back Room Forward, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2017. IT’S A SIGN—Exhibition III, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
IT’S A SIGN—Exhibition I, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Tran-‘zi-sh(ə)n & ‘Chānj, The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO (Curated by Rebecca Cuscaden)
2016. M.F.A.Thesis Exhibition, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
The Nowness: King Exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Play Nice: Visual Notions on Gender, Good Thieves Press, Denver, CO
2015 Vacancy? No. Newhouse Hotel, Denver, CO
2014 B14 Biennial Exhibition, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
RESIDENCIES
2023 Walkaway House, North Adams, MA (upcoming)
2022 Cha North Artist Residency, Pine Plains, NY
2018 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree, CA
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2022 New American Paintings, issue #162, West issue, juror: Tyler Blackwell, print publication
Create! Magazine, issue #30, curated by Eliza Ali, print publication
2021 Voyage KC Magazine, “Conversations with Emily Blair Quinn” October 2021, online publication
2020 Delicious Line: "Delicious Quarantine: Strangers in Stranger Lands at Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY", by Elizabeth Johnson, Delicious Line, July 20, online publication
Long Island Advance: "'Strangers in Stranger Lands' will ease your isolation", by Linda Leuzzi, June 25, online publication
2019 Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 43 print publication
2018 Art Patron Magazine: “Synergy in Action: Emerging Artists Intersect at Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residence,” Barbara Gothard, Winter 2018, print publication
2017 Hampton’s Art Hub: “Peeling Apart the Meanings of ‘It’s a Sign’ in a Four-in-One Exhibition,” Andrew Botsford, January 30, online publication
2016 Westword: "Vacancy? No. Checks Into the Newhouse Hotel on Friday the 13th" Lauren Archuletta, November 12, online exhibition
b. 1990, Decatur, AL
Lives and works in Kansas City
EDUCATION
2016. M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of Colorado Boulder
2013. B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023. You Feel the Way I Feel, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2021. Silent Opera for the Unsound Mind, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2019. New Works by Emily Blair Quinn, The Hallway Gallery, Saxapahaw, NC
2017. I Confine Myself, Nalanda Gallery, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023. Platform Art, MARQUEE PROJECTS in partnership with David Zwirner Gallery (online presentation)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: rafish vulnerability and profane indifference, Pen + Brush, New York, NY, curated by Parker Daley Garcia
Our Friends at Agnes Arts, Plug Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022. Hyper Contamporary, Act II, Hasbrook Galleries (virtual)
Somebody, Nobody, Anybody, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Trade of the Season, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work Podcast Spring Exhibition, curated by Marcela Florido
2021. Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency 15th Year Anniversary Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Studio Showcase, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Art for All, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2020. Strangers in Stranger Lands, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Studio Showcase, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Art for All, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2019. 30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York, NY (Juror: Donna Gustafson)
2018. Optical Instruments, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
Back Room Forward, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
2017. IT’S A SIGN—Exhibition III, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
IT’S A SIGN—Exhibition I, MARQUEE PROJECTS, Bellport, NY
Tran-‘zi-sh(ə)n & ‘Chānj, The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO (Curated by Rebecca Cuscaden)
2016. M.F.A.Thesis Exhibition, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
The Nowness: King Exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Play Nice: Visual Notions on Gender, Good Thieves Press, Denver, CO
2015 Vacancy? No. Newhouse Hotel, Denver, CO
2014 B14 Biennial Exhibition, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
RESIDENCIES
2023 Walkaway House, North Adams, MA (upcoming)
2022 Cha North Artist Residency, Pine Plains, NY
2018 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree, CA
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2022 New American Paintings, issue #162, West issue, juror: Tyler Blackwell, print publication
Create! Magazine, issue #30, curated by Eliza Ali, print publication
2021 Voyage KC Magazine, “Conversations with Emily Blair Quinn” October 2021, online publication
2020 Delicious Line: "Delicious Quarantine: Strangers in Stranger Lands at Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY", by Elizabeth Johnson, Delicious Line, July 20, online publication
Long Island Advance: "'Strangers in Stranger Lands' will ease your isolation", by Linda Leuzzi, June 25, online publication
2019 Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 43 print publication
2018 Art Patron Magazine: “Synergy in Action: Emerging Artists Intersect at Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residence,” Barbara Gothard, Winter 2018, print publication
2017 Hampton’s Art Hub: “Peeling Apart the Meanings of ‘It’s a Sign’ in a Four-in-One Exhibition,” Andrew Botsford, January 30, online publication
2016 Westword: "Vacancy? No. Checks Into the Newhouse Hotel on Friday the 13th" Lauren Archuletta, November 12, online exhibition