Ged Quinn

Ged Quinn
Stephen Friedman Gallery

"...Quinn’s dedication to the medium of paint both historically and materially. Confidently evolved, each canvas bears testament to a refined technical skill matched with an academic investigation into various histories of film and art." [...MORE...]

Ged Quinn (b. 1963 in Liverpool, UK) lives and works in Cornwall. UK notable solo exhibitions include ‘Ged Quinn’, New Art Gallery Walsall (2013-2014), ‘Endless Renaissance,’ Bass Museum, Miami Beach, USA (2012-2013); ‘FOCUS,’ Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2012); ‘Ged Quinn,’ Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (2010); ‘The Heavenly Machine,’ Spike Island, Bristol, UK (2005); and ‘Utopia Dystopia,’ Tate St. Ives, UK (2004). Notable past group exhibitions include ‘The Witching Hour’, Water Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Leverkusen (2010); Lust for Life & Dance of Death, Kunsthalle Krems (2010); Newspeak: British Art Now , Saatchi Gallery, London (2010) and State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersberg (2009); Made Up , Liverpool Biennale, Tate Liverpool (2008); Collezionami 2, Biennale of Southern Italy , Bari, Puglia (2006); and The Real Ideal , Millenium Galleries, Sheffield (2005). A major two person exhibition ‘Cake and Lemon Eaters: Viktor Pivovarov and Ged Quinn’ will be travelling from Galerie Rudolfinum to the City Art Gallery in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from 20 May – 20 July 2014.