Lauren Quin, Shepard’s Tone, 2024, oil on canvas, 96" × 180" × 1¼" (243.8 cm × 457.2 cm × 3.2 cm). Photo: Paul Salveson © Lauren Quin Lauren Quin Photo: Indah Datau Details:b. 1992, Los AngelesConnect: (opens in a new window) @lauren_quin_ Read More Lauren Quin approaches the act of painting as a process of ongoing inquiry. Her paintings are at once radically intuitive and deeply considered, simultaneously sedimentary and archaeological. Composed from dynamic, intensely chromatic forms, they challenge our understanding of abstraction while exploring the mutability of language and symbol.Quin’s practice is rooted in an evolving archive of imagery, which takes shape throughout her drawings, prints, and carvings, providing seeds for her painterly abstractions. These images operate in multiple registers and are sometimes printed onto the surface of the canvas or carved back into it through layers of wet paint. Quin also transfers select images onto the verso of her canvases, where they act as internal coordinates as she works. In this way, her archive provides a system of visual anchoring, linking individual paintings and allowing earlier studies to inform subsequent inquiries.Quin’s works accumulate as much through subtraction as through addition. She builds her compositions in successive layers, interrupting them with excavations of intricate linear networks of carved paint, which bloom across the picture plane. Using and reusing a core repertoire of idiosyncratic gestures and techniques—including “carving” as well as monoprinting drawings directly onto the surface of the painting—Quin orchestrates scintillating atmospheres alive with movement and depth.Across Quin’s paintings, remnants of previous forms drift, emerge, and recede, creating oscillating and complex visual fields. The paintings resist finality, hovering in a state of visual flux, where images constantly coalesce and dissolve. Quin suspends these images between abstraction and objectivity—allowing her forms to hold multiple references at once. The abstract “tube”-like marks that proliferate in many of her paintings sometimes appear like tunnels or pathways, and at other times like furrows or mouths. Throughout Quin’s works, references to the body—and its thresholds between interior and exterior space—act as a touchstone.Quin received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2015) before attending Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, where she received her MFA (2019). In 2017, she held a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Recent solo exhibitions of her work include Vocal Fry, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco (2021); Pulse Train Howl, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles (2022); Sagittal Fours, Pond Society, Shanghai (2022); My Hellmouth, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas (2023); and Logopanic, 125 Newbury, New York (2024). Her work is held in public collections worldwide, including those of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Long Museum, Shanghai; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Yuz Museum, Shanghai, among others. Quin lives and works in Los Angeles. Read More Lauren Quin, Lowing, 2024, oil on canvas, 86" × 71" (218.4 cm × 180.3 cm). Photo: Marten Elder © Lauren Quin Lauren Quin, Tapetum Lucidum, 2024, oil on canvas, 108" × 108" × 1" (274.3 cm × 274.3 cm × 2.5 cm). Photo: Paul Salveson © Lauren Quin Lauren Quin, Apricity, 2024, oil on canvas, 96" × 96" (243.8 cm × 243.8 cm). Photo: Marten Elder © Lauren Quin Lauren Quin, The Conscious Cramp, 2025, oil on canvas, 98" × 78" inches (248.9 cm × 198.1 cm). Photo: Jeff McLane © Lauren Quin Journal View All News Lauren Quin Joins Pace Gallery Aug 06, 2025 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Books and Catalogues Close Lauren QuinOne-Artist Exhibitions Lauren Quin One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1992, Los AngelesLives and works in Los AngelesEducation2017–2019, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, MFA2012–2015, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA2024Lauren Quin: Logopanic, 125 Newbury, New York, April 9–July 12, 2024.2023Lauren Quin: Salon Real, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, July 5–August 10, 2023.Lauren Quin: My Hellmouth, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, January 21–June 18, 2023. (Catalogue)2022Lauren Quin: Sagittal Fours, Pond Society, Shanghai, September 24–October 31, 2022.Lauren Quin: Pulse Train Howl, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, May 14–June 25, 2022.2021Lauren Quin: Vocal Fry, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, July 15–September 3, 2021.Lauren Quin: Bat’s Belly, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, June 3–July 17, 2021. (Catalogue)2020Lauren Quin: Lathe and Marrow, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, August 13–September 18, 2020.Lauren Quin: Clutches, Real Pain Fine Arts, Los Angeles, July 3–September 4, 2020.2019Lauren Quin: Blind Spots in Aspic, From the Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles, July 21–August 28, 2019.Lauren Quin: If It Were a Snake It Would Have Bit Me, East Hollywood Fine Art, Los Angeles, June 29–July 28, 2019. Lauren QuinGroup Exhibitions Lauren Quin Group Exhibitions 2025PLAY, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, April 26–July 5, 2025.2024Oketa Collection: Golden Memories, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, April 6–April 21, 2024.2023The Descendants, K11 Musea, Hong Kong, September 1–17, 2023.PRESENT ’23: Building the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, June 8–October 8, 2023.Calling on the Past: Selections from the Collection, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, March 21, 2023–February 4, 2024.2022Selected Works from the Collection of Elizabeth Margulies, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, October 19, 2022–April 29, 2023.Vaster than Empires, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, July 14–August 18, 2022.Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, May 12–October 16, 2022. (Catalogue)2021Shining in the Low Tide, UncleBrother, Hancock, New York, 2021.On Boxing, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, May 15–June 26, 2021.Quickening, Smart Objects, Los Angeles, April 17–May 29, 2021.2020Introducing, In Lieu Gallery, Los Angeles, 2020.When Above, Downs & Ross Gallery, New York, December 10, 2020–January 16, 2021.100!, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, June 26–September 26, 2020.Parafictions, As It Stands, Los Angeles, February 16–March 15, 2020.To Paint is to Love Again, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, January 18–28, 2020.2019Bred to Death, 300 South Mission, Los Angeles, 2019.Eat the Sun, Insect Gallery, Los Angeles, 2019.Only Our Hearts Will Argue Hard: A Benefit Show For BCBF, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, 2019.Swarm’s Grip, Holiday Forever Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, September 6–November 6, 2019.Helianthus, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, August 24–September 21, 2019.Flesh and Fantasy, Marvin Gardens Gallery, New York, April 5–May 5, 2019. Lauren QuinPublic Collections Lauren Quin Public Collections Columbus Museum of Art, OhioDallas Museum of Art, TexasFine Arts Museums of San FranciscoFundación Medianoche0, Granada, SpainHigh Museum of Art, Atlanta, GeorgiaHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.Institute of Contemporary Art, MiamiKistefos Museum, Jevnaker, NorwayLong Museum, ShanghaiMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonNerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KansasPérez Art Museum, MiamiPhoenix Art Museum, ArizonaThe Smart Museum of Art at the University of ChicagoWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, MinnesotaYuz Museum, Shanghai Lauren QuinPeriodicals Lauren Quin Periodicals 2024Steer, Emily. “In an Old Tropical Plant Nursery, Lauren Quin Explores Kaleidoscopic Abstraction” (125 Newbury exhibition review). Artnet, 21 May 2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lauren-quin-studio-2490358Spear, Lauren. “On Quieting Your Mind to Focus on the Work.” The Creative Independent, 17 September 2024. https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/visual-artist-lauren-quin-on-quieting-your-mind-to-focus-on-the-work/2023Armstrong, Annie. “Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Lauren Quin Opens a New Show at Blum and Poe in Tokyo and Dines on Sushi at Every Opportunity.” Artnet News, 4 August 2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wet-paint-in-the-wild-lauren-quin-2345328Dozier, Ayanna. “10 Women Abstract Artists on the Rise.” Artsy, 26 January 2023. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-women-abstract-artists-riseGaskin, Sam. “Must-See Exhibitions During Tokyo Gendai and Beyond.” Ocula, 29 June 2023. https://ocula.com/magazine/spotlights/must-see-exhibitions-tokyo-gendai-2023/Nettleton, Taro. “Artist in Focus: Lauren Quin.” Bijutsu-Techo, no. 1099 (2023): 150–155.Prosnitz, Paulina. “Lauren Quin: My Hellmouth.” AirMail, February 2023. https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/lauren-quin-my-hellmouthScott, Chadd. “Nerman Museum in Overland Park, KS Catches Another Rising Star: Lauren Quin.” Forbes, 22 January 2023. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2023/01/22/nerman-museum-in-overland-park-ks-catches-another-rising-star-lauren-quin/Slenske, Michael. “Lauren Quin's Kaleidoscopic Paintings Rethink Abstraction.” Artsy, 13 July 2023. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-lauren-quin-s-kaleidoscopic-paintings-rethinking-abstraction2022Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Review: Lynda Benglis: Excavation & Lauren Quin: Pulse Train Howl.” Art and Cake, 13 June 2022. https://www.artandcakela.com/post/lynda-benglis-excavation-lauren-quin-pulse-train-howl2021Bravo, Tony. “Lauren Quin’s ‘Vocal Fry’ presents beautifully grotesque images at Friends Indeed Gallery in S.F” (exhibition review). Datebook, 22 July 2021.Eckhardt, Stephanie. “In the Studio with Lauren Quin, the Painter Doing Abstraction Her Own Way.” W Magazine, 8 July 2021. https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/lauren-quin-artist-studio-visitTyler, Grant. “Lauren Quin in Quickening.” Cæsura, 28 May 2021. https://caesuramag.org/posts/grant-tyler-lauren-quin-quickening?rq=lauren%20quinZara, Janelle. “Painter Lauren Quin Explores a New, Electric Type of Mark.” Cultured Magazine, 7 December 2021. https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2021/12/07/painter-lauren-quin-explores-a-new-electric-type-of-mark2020Johnson, Cooper. “Lauren Quin ‘Clutches’ at Real Pain Fine Arts.” ArtilleryMag.com, 19 August 2020. https://artillerymag.com/lauren-quin-clutches/ Lauren QuinBooks and Catalogues Lauren Quin Books 2024Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection (exhibition catalogue). Miami and New York: Institute of Contemporary Art; DelMonico Books, 2024: 294, illustrated.2023Lauren Quin: My Hellmouth (exhibition catalogue). Texts by JoAnne Northrup, Fanny Singer, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Juliana Halpert. Overland Park, Kansas: Nerman Museum of Art, 2023.Godfrey, Mark, and Katy Siegel. Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection. New York: Gregory R. Miller, 2023.2021Lauren Quin: Bat’s Belly (exhibition catalogue). Edited by Amy Giunta and Martin Lilja. Stockholm, Sweden: Loyal Gallery, 2021.Loyal 100 (exhibition catalogue). Edited by Amy Giunta and Martin Lilja. Stockholm, Sweden: Loyal Gallery, 2021.