Emily Blair Quinn
Emily Blair Quinn received her BFA in 2013 from Auburn University in Alabama and her MFA in 2016 from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Quinn has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at MARQUEE PROJECTS in Bellport, NY (2025), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE (2025), and the 21c Museum Hotel in Kansas City, MO (2024). Her work has been included in recent group exhibitions at the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, MO, the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures in Kansas City, the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock, NY, Project for Empty Space in Newark, NJ, Pen + Brush in New York City, and the High Noon Gallery in New York City. She has attended residencies at Willapa Bay AiR in Oysterville, WA, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE, Walkaway House in North Adams, MA, ChaNorth in Pine Plains, NY, Joshua Tree Highlands in Joshua Tree, CA, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Create! Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, and VoyageKC Magazine.
In her artist statement, Quinn shares “My multidisciplinary practice combines sculpture, photography and painting to explore the relationship between memory, domesticity, and the evocative power of objects. I begin with a treasure hunt for figurines that appear haunted, sad, pensive, sexual, or otherwise easy to anthropomorphize. To elucidate for the viewer what I see in the objects, I arrange them in theatrically lit scenes inside dollhouses, at times transforming them through paint, wax, or resin before photographing them. These photographs become the basis for my paintings, yielding a body of work comprising the resin casts, the photographs, and the paintings.” On being accepted into the residency program, Emily states: “A residency at Studios Inc. will allow me to work faster and more efficiently in expanding my studio practice and capitalizing on the momentum that I have. I will invest in new equipment and scale up my painting, sculpture and photography practices. The exhibition opportunities and studio visits at Studios Inc. will offer essential dialogue with artists, scholars, and patrons. I am looking forward to opportunities for public engagement and contributing to my community.”
