Christina Quarles
Born 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, USLives and works in Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023Trpping Over My Joy, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
Collapsed Time, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2022
Christina Quarles, Hauser & Wirth, New York, US
Christina Quarles, Frye Museum, Seattle, US
2021
Dance by tha Light of tha Moon, X Museum, Beijing, China
Christina Quarles, MCA Chicago, Chicago, US
Christina Quarles: In Likeness, South London Gallery, London, UK
2020
I Won't Fear Tumbling or Falling/If We'll be Joined in Another World, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
I Won't Fear Tumbling or Falling/If We'll be Joined in Another World, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2019
Every Silver Lining Has its Cloud, Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Christina Quarles, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
But I Woke Jus’ Tha Same, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, US
Christina Quarles, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
But I Woke Jus’ Tha Same, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, US
2018
Christina Quarles: Made in L.A, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
Christina Quarles / MATRIX 271, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, US
Always Brightest Before Tha Dusk, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
Christina Quarles / MATRIX 271, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, US
Always Brightest Before Tha Dusk, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2017
Christina Quarles: Baby, I want Yew To Know All Tha Folks I Am, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, US
It’s Gunna Be All Right, Cause Baby, There Ain’t Nuthin’ Left, Skibum MacArthur, Los Angeles, US
It’s Gunna Be All Right, Cause Baby, There Ain’t Nuthin’ Left, Skibum MacArthur, Los Angeles, US
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Capturing the Moment, Tate Modern, London, UK (forthcoming)
Let There Be Night, Longlati Art Center, Shanghai, China
2022
Manifesto of Fragility, Biennale de Lyon, curated by Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath, Lyon, France
Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, US
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, US
Together, at the Same Time, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, US
The Milk of Dreams, 59th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Luncheon on the Grass, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, US
Not me, Not that, Not nothing either, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, US
Bodily Abstractions / Fragmented Anatomies, Hauser & Wirth, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from the ICA Miami’s Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, US
Not me, Not that, Not nothing either, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, US
Bodily Abstractions / Fragmented Anatomies, Hauser & Wirth, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from the ICA Miami’s Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, US
2021
New Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Our whole, unruly selves, San José Museum of Art, San José, US
Stretching the Body, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
The Stand Ins: Figurative painting from the Zabludowicz Collection, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Plural Possibilities & the Female Body, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, US
Journey Through a Body, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
New Time: Art and Feminism in the 21st Century, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, US
Queer/Dialogue, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Iowa, US
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois, cur. Antwaun Sargent, Matt Wycoff, Chicago, US
There Is Always One Direction, De la Cruz Collection, Miami, US
In Focus: LA Artists, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, US
Plural Possibilities & the Female Body, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, US
Journey Through a Body, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
New Time: Art and Feminism in the 21st Century, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, US
Queer/Dialogue, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Iowa, US
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois, cur. Antwaun Sargent, Matt Wycoff, Chicago, US
There Is Always One Direction, De la Cruz Collection, Miami, US
In Focus: LA Artists, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, US
2020
My Body My Rules, Perez Art Museum, Miami, US
Astrup Feanrley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
A Possible Horizon, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, US
100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, US
Alien vs. Citizen, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, US
Don’t Let This Be Easy, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkley, US
Psychic Wounds: On Art and Trauma, The Warehouse, Dallas, US
My Body My Rules, Perez Art Museum, Miami, US
Astrup Feanrley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
A Possible Horizon, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, US
100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, US
Alien vs. Citizen, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, US
Don’t Let This Be Easy, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkley, US
Psychic Wounds: On Art and Trauma, The Warehouse, Dallas, US
2019
Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Paint also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Stonewall 50, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, US
Let Me Tell You a Story, The Arts Club, London, US
Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Paint also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Stonewall 50, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, US
Let Me Tell You a Story, The Arts Club, London, US
2018
This Is Not a Prop, David Zwirner, New York, US
Made in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
Demolition WoManhood, Skibum McArthur, Los Angeles, US
Terribly Vulnerable and Terribly Hard, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Candada
Biomorphic Virtuosity: Christina Quarles, Isaac Julien & Aleksandra Domanović, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
Slump Love, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
I am no bird, Ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, US
This Is Not a Prop, David Zwirner, New York, US
Made in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US
Demolition WoManhood, Skibum McArthur, Los Angeles, US
Terribly Vulnerable and Terribly Hard, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Candada
Biomorphic Virtuosity: Christina Quarles, Isaac Julien & Aleksandra Domanović, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
Slump Love, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
I am no bird, Ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, US
2017
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York, US
Fictions, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, US
Engender, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, US
No burden as heavy, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, US
Women Painting, Miami Dade College Kendall Gallery, Miami, US
Reconstitution, LAXART, Los Angeles, US
Appetitive Torque, Eastside International, Los Angeles, US
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York, US
Fictions, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, US
Engender, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, US
No burden as heavy, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, US
Women Painting, Miami Dade College Kendall Gallery, Miami, US
Reconstitution, LAXART, Los Angeles, US
Appetitive Torque, Eastside International, Los Angeles, US
2016
Queering Space, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
I’d Rather Be Here Than Almighty, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, US
Meatballs, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, US
Partners, Abrons Center for the Arts, New York, US
Double Dip: MFA Painting Thesis, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
Tight Squeeze, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, US
Queering Space, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
I’d Rather Be Here Than Almighty, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, US
Meatballs, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, US
Partners, Abrons Center for the Arts, New York, US
Double Dip: MFA Painting Thesis, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
Tight Squeeze, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, US
2015
Second Coming, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
Second Coming, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
2014
First Things, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
InsituWorks Pop Up, 215 Bowery, New York, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
First Things, Yale School of Art Green Gallery, New Haven, US
InsituWorks Pop Up, 215 Bowery, New York, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
2013
3! Actual Size, Los Angeles, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
3! Actual Size, Los Angeles, US
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, US
EDUCATION
2016
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven
2007
BA in Studio Arts and Philosophy, Hampshire College, Amherst
BA in Studio Arts and Philosophy, Hampshire College, Amherst
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2019Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Prize
2017
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
2015
Robert Schoelkopf Travel Fellowship, Yale University
Robert Schoelkopf Travel Fellowship, Yale University
2009
B U I L D Studio Residency
2008
Hearth Farm Fellowship
Hearth Farm Fellowship
2006
J. Paul Getty Foundation Grant, Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program
Simmons Scholarship
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Hampshire College Grant
J. Paul Getty Foundation Grant, Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program
Simmons Scholarship
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Hampshire College Grant
2005
J. Paul Getty Foundation Grant, Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Field Study Grant, Hampshire College
Hampshire College Grant
J. Paul Getty Foundation Grant, Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Field Study Grant, Hampshire College
Hampshire College Grant
2004
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Hampshire College Grant
Arturo Schomburg Scholarship
Hampshire College Grant