Christina Quarles (born 1985) is a queer, mixed contemporary American artist and writer, living and working in Los Angeles, whose gestural, abstract paintings confront themes of racial and sexual identities, gender, and queerness. She is considered at the forefront of a generation of millennial artists and her works shatter the societal manners of physical classification.
After attending the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), Quarles earned a BA in art and philosophy from Hampshire College in 2007, and in 2016 an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art. In the same year, Quarles also completed a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Works shown courtesy of South London Gallery
Christina Quarles (born 1985) is a queer, mixed contemporary American artist and writer, living and working in Los Angeles, whose gestural, abstract paintings confront themes of racial and sexual identities, gender, and queerness. She is considered at the forefront of a generation of millennial artists and her works shatter the societal manners of physical classification.
After attending the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), Quarles earned a BA in art and philosophy from Hampshire College in 2007, and in 2016 an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art. In the same year, Quarles also completed a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Works shown courtesy of South London Gallery