B. Quinn

About

Unapologetically feminist, using everyday materials, text, and found media, Quinn’s projects typically feature traces of gesture and obsessive repetition. Although works may seem at first glance unrelated—walls smeared with margarine to 18,928 handmade clay cookies to experimental video—each project is a continuation of the last and informs future experimentation. Embracing the idiosyncratic, drawing, research, and material exploration remain mainstays in her studio. B. Quinn received her B.A. from Chatham College for Women in Pittsburgh, PA, and later completed her M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While living and working in Chicago, she has participated in numerous exhibitions and projects across the U.S. and internationally. Earlier this year, Quinn contributed to the group exhibition Storied References at Northern Illinois University Art Museum in Dekalb, Illinois. During her appointment as a Fulbright Independent Scholar in spring 2021, she was an artist-in-residence at MQ21 in Vienna, Austria. www.brennaquinn.com In spring 2021 she was a Fulbright Independent Scholar and artist-in-residence at MQ21 in Vienna, AT, and is currently presenting a solo exhibition “The Haircut” at AIR Gallery in New York.