R.H. Quaytman is a painter living in New York City

New York City

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Biography

Quaytman received a B.A. in painting from Bard College

Bard College

Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...

. In 1989 she was invited to the nstitut Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques in Paris to study with Daniel Buren

Daniel Buren

Daniel Buren is a French conceptual artist.- Work :Sometimes classified as an abstract minimalist Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting maxi stripes to integrate the visual surface and architectural space, notably historical, landmark architecture.Among his chief concerns is the...

 and Pontus Hultén

Pontus Hultén

Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century...

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Quaytman was a recipient of the Rome Prize

Rome Prize

The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists...

 Fellowship in 1992. She was a founding member and the Director of a cooperative gallery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side called Orchard

Orchard (gallery)

Orchard, also known as Orchard 47, was a cooperatively organized exhibition and event space located in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan from 2005-2008. Orchard was collaboratively run by Rhea Anastas, Moyra Davey, Andrea Fraser, Nicolás Guagnini, Gareth James, Christian Philipp Müller,...

. Quaytman is represented by Miguel Abreu Gallery and Vilma Gold Gallery in London

London

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Quaytman's work is in the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...

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Exhibitions

• Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (1998)
• China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA Revolution, A Gallery Project, Ferndale, MI (1999)
• Optima, Chapter 3, Momenta Art, Brooklyn (2004)
• Lodz Biennial, Lodz, Poland (2004)
• The Sun, Chapter 1, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (2004)
• Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland (2004)
• iamb,Chapter 12, Vilma Gold Gallery, London (2008)
• imb,Chapter 12, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York (2008)
• Momentum 15: Exhibition Guide, Chapter 15, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2009)
• Constructivismes, curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels (2009)
• New Work: R.H. Quaytman (2010), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
  
  
• Whitney Biennial
  Whitney Biennial
  The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
  
  , Whitney Museum of American Art
  Whitney Museum of American Art
  The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
  
  , New York (2010)

External links

• "R.H. Quaytman" Miguel Abreu Gallery
• R.H. Quaytman
• "Art in Review ", The New York Times, January 22, 2009
• "The Book Forever: An Articulation of R.H. Quaytman’s Spine", The American Shot, September 16, 2011