Eileen Quinlan

Eileen Quinlan (born 1972 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a self-described still-life photographer who shoots with medium format and large format cameras. An art critic for Art in America likened her style to that of Moholy-Nagy and James Welling.[1]

Early life and education

Quinlan received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1996 from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Master of Fine Arts in 2005 from Columbia University.

Work

Quinlan is often regarded as one of many contemporary artists revisiting late Modernism, alongside Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Sergei Jensen, and her h usband Cheyney Thompson.[2] Also she is considered one of several contemporary photographers — among them Michele Abeles, Liz Deschenes and Sara VanDerBeek — who are extending the innovations of the earlier Pictures Generation into new territory.[3]

Quinlan uses medium and large format analog cameras to create abstract photographs, and then agitates the film via steel wool or long chemical processing.[4] [5] Some of her photographic subjects include smoke, mirrors, mylar, colored lights, and other photographs among others.[6] The result is photographic images that are reminiscent of color field painting and op art thus furthering the contemporary conversation between photography and painting.[7] Her political leanings, boundary pushing processes and resulting images are part of why Quilan has gained notoriety in exhibitions such as ""What is a Photograph?"" curated by Carol Squiers in 2014 at the International Center for Photography in New York City, New York[8] and ""Outside the Lines: Rites of Spring"" curated by Dean Daderko in 2014 at the Contemporary Art Museum in Houston, Texas.

Notable Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Solo Gallery Presentations

Personal life

Quinlan is married to Cheyney Thompson, who also exhibits with Andrew Kreps Gallery. They live and work in Brooklyn, New York.

References

  1. Stillman, Steel. "Eileen Quinlan". Art in America.
  2. Roberta Smith (September 22, 2006), Art in Review; Mark Grotjahn New York Times.
  3. Roberta Smith (May 16, 2013), Art in Review; Michele Abeles: ‘English for Secretaries’ New York Times.
  4. Schwabsky, Barry. "Eileen Quinlan" (PDF). Artforum. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  5. Stillman, Steel. "Eileen Quinlan" (PDF). Art in America. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. Stillman, Steel. "Eileen Quilan" (PDF). Art in America. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  7. Schwabsky, Barry. "Eileen Quinlan" (PDF). Art Forum. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  8. Quinlan, Eileen. "Eileen Quinlan CV". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. "Slow Movement oder: Das Halbe und das Ganze 30 January – 22 March 2009". kunsthalle-bern.
  10. 1 2 "CV: Eileen Quinlan". EileenQuinlan.com.
  11. "Momentum 13: Eileen Quinlan". Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

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