LEE QUIÑONES
Born in Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico, July 24, 1960
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
If These Walls Could Talk, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Language Barriers, James Fuentes, NY, NY
2015
Lee Quinones, Nicole Klagsbrun Inc., NY, NY
2011
Taking the Fifth, Salon Bob, NY, NY
2009
Truth and Consequences, Il Trifoglio Nero, Genoa, Italy
2007
Lee Quinones, MoMA PS1, NY, NY
2006
Prelude, Galerîa Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
A Day In The Life, Buck15, Miami, FL
2003
Space & Time, Rome Arts, NY, NY
2001
Ghetto Samurai, Salon Bob, NY, NY
Drawings, Then And Than, Rome Arts Gallery, NY. NY
Casual Getover, Lot 61, NY, NY
2000
Securing the Requiem, Private Residence, NY, NY
1999
Nuevo, Espace Romero, Paris, France
1996
Windows, Livestock Gallery, NY, NY
1994
Straight Forward, Urban Classics L.T.D, NY, NY
1985
New Horizons, Riverside Studios, London
1984
Rapid Enamellist, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY, NY
Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1983
Off The Streets, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1982
Rusto-LEE-um, Fun Gallery, NY, NY
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY, NY
Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lisson Gallery, London, England
1980
The Third Phase, White Columns Gallery, NY, NY
Galleria Paolo Seno, Milano, Italy
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Cool and Cold: Painting from US and the USSR 1960 - 1990, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
2020
Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip Hop Generation, MFA, Boston, Mass.
2019
Elements of Style: New York City Street Culture in the 1980s, Seoul Museum of Art
Henry Chalfant: Art Vs. Transit, The Bronx Museum
2018
The Zeitgeist, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg Virginia
Shoot the Pump, Bullet Space, New York, NY
Open Spaces Biennial, Kansas City, MO
Beyond the Streets, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Cross the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Rome, Italy
2016
Glamourous Graffiti, Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
2015
Unrealism, Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch, Miami, FL
Le Pressionisme 1970 - 1990, The Masterpieces of Graffiti Painting, Paris, France.
2014
The Other Americans, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
2011
Art in The Streets, Geffen Center at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, LA, CA
El Museo’s Bienial: The S Files, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
Looking at Music 3.0, Museum of Mordern Art, New York, NY
Hyperreal: Art In America Around 1970, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany
Next Wave, Art Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, NY
Nose Job, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Three Kings, Subliminal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Sisley Art Project, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Martin Wong’s Downtown Crossings, Asian Pacific American Institute, New York University, NY
Whole In the Wall, Galerie Helenbeck, NY, NY
2006
Downtown 81, Du Festival D’Automne, Paris, France
VH1/ Powerhouse Present: No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn, Powerhouse Gallery, NY, NY
2005
Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs; 1985-1995, Powerhouse Gallery, NY, NY
Style & Design from A-Z Hosted by Complex Magazine, Latin Collector Gallery, NY, NY
2004
East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY
New Works Lee Quinones & Pedro Gomez, ROME Arts, NY, NY
2003
Bright Lights Big City, David Zwirner, NY, NY
2001
Yellow’s Spring Party, Hotel Astor, Miami, Florida
2000
Hip-Hop: Roots, Rhymes & Rage, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Show, DFN Gallery, NY, NY
Neo Graffiti Project, Agnes B., NY, NY
Five From The Underground, Steven Vail Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa
Small Stuff, AZ/NY Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Xhibition Transition, Quantum Leap, Chicago, IL
1999
NY2K, El Bohio Cultural Community Center, NY, NY
1997
Contents Under Pressure, Tramshed, London, England
1996
Up From The Underground, Lineage Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Expanded Exhibition, Franklin Loft, Chicago, Illinois
Futura-Lee-Stash-Russ, Surr Gallery, NY, NY
1995
1st Annual Holiday Exhibition, Mary Anthony Galleries, NY, NY
Doggy Style, Rick Prol Studio, NY
25 Contemporary Artists From New York, Yuki-Sun International, Nagoya, Japan
1994
Aerosoul, The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Urban Expressionism, Hudson Guild Gallery, NY, NY
Influential Works in the 90’s, The Hobbs Gallery, NY, NY
Spray Can Symposium, Sixth Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ
The New Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
1993
In Transit, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY
1992
Graffiti, Klarefeld Perry Gallery, NY, NY
Poetry In Motion, Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL
Graffiti Coming from the Subway, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Graffiti Art: American and French, Museum of National Monuments, Paris, France
Malcolm X: Portrait of a Legacy, Aaron Davis Hall at City College, NY, NY
Education 92, Absolut Vodka, Interview Magazine and Urban Architecture, Inc. A Charitable Auction for D.I.F.F.A (Design Industries Foundation For AIDS), Detroit, Michigan
Your House Is Mine, Exit Art, NY, NY
The Power of the City, City of Power, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
Legacy, Rempire Gallery, NY, NY
Rapid Enamellist, David Leonardis Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1991
Hip-Hop Nation, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Liverpool Gallery, Belgium
Inner City, Outer Limits, Kenkeleba Gallery, NY, NY
World Disorder, Cultural Space, NY, NY
Images of Labor, Gallery 1199, NY, NY
Urban Classics Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Graffiti Movement, Colleen Greco Gallery, Suffen, NY, NY
Painting in the East Village, Vacuum Gallery, NY, NY
Post Graffiti, Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington, D.C.
1990
High-Low Art, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
Your House Is Mine, Bullet Space, NY
1989
Boogie Down: Miracle on the Duece, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, NY, NY
Graffiti Retro, Stadtische Gallerie, Goppingen, Netherlands; Museum of American Graffiti, NY, NY
Golden Opportunity, Nest Foundation, Leo Castelli, NY, NY
Friends To Assist Puerto Rico, Common Wealth of Puerto Rico Building, NY, NY
The Forrest Show, Red Square, NY, NY
1988
Contemporary Art Auction #2, El Bohio Community and Cultural Center, NY, NY
Art for Eldridge, The Mobile Art Show, NY, NY
1987
Melee Archives, Franklin Furnace, NY
1986
Miss Liberty Show, Barney’s New York, NY, NY
Arts and Leisure, Group Material, The Kitchen, NY, NY
Liberty and Justice, Alternative Museum, NY, NY
Kings of the Spray, Flow Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Celebration VII: Seventh Heaven, New Museum at the World Trade Center, NY, NY
New York Underground, Institute for North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain
1985
Group Material, Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
Forecast: Images of the Future, Kenkeleba Gallery, NY, NY
Rain Dance, Benefit for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, NY, NY
1984
Rapid Enamel, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Frontier Art, Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Classical American Graffiti Artist, Galleria Thomas, Munich, Germany
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, IN
The New Portrait, Institute for Art and Urban Resources at P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Chill Out New York, Kenkeleba Gallery, NY, NY
1983
Post Graffiti, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY, NY
Portrait for the 80’s, Protetch McNeil, NY, NY
Six Latin Artists, Gallery 1199, NY, NY
The Comic Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
From the Streets, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Graffiti, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Galleria Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Style Wars, film premier Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
1982
Documenta #7, Kassel, Germany
1981
Beyond Words, Mudd Club, NY, NY
New York/New Wave, Institute for Art and Urban Resource at P.S.1, Long Island, City, NY
The Drawing Show, Mudd Club, NY, NY
Events, The New Museum, NY, NY
Stations Of The Elevated, film premier Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
1980
Graffiti Art Success for America, Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY
Times Square Show, NY, NY
Artist Invite Artist, Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY
1979
The Fabulous Five, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy
Lee Quinones/Jean Michel Basquait/Fred Brathwaite, Canal Zone, NY, NY
The Fab 5ive, Unique Clothing Warehouse, NY, NY
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
Whitney Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
Museum Boijman Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Brooklyn Museum, NY, NY
Museum of the City of New York, NY, NY
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany
| COMMISSIONS
2018
Supreme, Spring Collection
2016
Coney Island Art Walls, NY, NY
2015
Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, NY, NY
2012
Lucky Guy, Broadway
2011
Birds of a Feather, Geffen Center at the Museum of Contemporary Art
2010
Rasta Monsta Van, for “How To Make It In America,” HBO New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission
2008
Ford Flex, Automobile Magazine
2007
Voices Carry, Commission by Cleveland Board of Education and Progressive Art Alliance
2006
Recapture the Rapture, Painting Performance for Blondie performance, Deitch Projects
Artstar Parade, Produced by Gallery HD and Deitch Projects
Commission by the City of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Yo Soy Boriqua Float at New York City Puerto Rican Day Parade
Adidas Superstar 35, limited edition shoe
$50 on the Copperhead, C Nike-Nort
2004
King Size, King Size
2003
Boys Club of New York
1997
Contents Under Pressure, Levi’s Store, London, England
Harper’s Bazaar
1995
The Hood, Rome, Italy
Sedanstr-Lister Meile Subway Station, Hanover, Germany
The Roots, national tour design
1990
BO29-Code 366, Set for video “Now That I Found Love For You,” Heavy D.
1987
The Golden Child, Handball Wall at Corlears #56, NY, NY
1982
The Awakening, IRT Worth Street Station, NY, NY
Linjnbaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lion’s Den, Handball at Corlears #56, NY, NY
1981
Silent Thunder, Set Dress for the film Wild Style at the Corlears #56 Amphitheater, East River Park, NY, NY
In the Yard on Doomsday, The New Museum, NY, NY
Allen Boy’s, Allen Street, NY
1979
Land of Demons, Handball Wall at P.S. 137, NY, NY
Untitled, Unique Clothing House, NY, NY
Graffiti 1979, Handball wall, NY, NY
1978
Howard the Duck, Handball wall at Corlears Junior High #56, NY, NY 1976
Disco City, Hamilton Madison House, Alfred E. Smith Houses, NY, NY
| BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
2013
City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti from the Martin Wong Collection
2010
Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art, Taschen Books
2008
Definition: The Art & Design of Hip-Hop by Cey Adams, Harper Collins
2007
The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City by Elizabeth Currid, Princeton University Press
Mascots + Mugs: The Characters and Cartoons of Subway Graffiti –Wild Style: The Sampler, PowerHouse Books
2005
Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985-2005, PowerHouse Books
2004
Hip-Hop Files by Martha Cooper, From Here to Fame Press
2001
New York City Aerosol Artists by Ivor L. Miller, University Press of Mississippi
2000
Painting The Town by Jan Seider Ramirez, Yale University Press
Pop Art: A Continuing History, Thames & Hudson, London
The Vibe History of Hip-Hop edited by Alan Light, Three Rivers Press
1998
Basquiat by Phoebe Hoban
1993
Freestyle by Desse and SBG. Florent Mascot/ Francoise Millet
History of Modern Art: 3rd Edition by Harry H.H. Arnason. N. Abrams, Inc.
1992
Keith Haring, The Authorized Biography by John Gruen, Simon and Schuster
1991
Spray Kunst by Staffon Jacobson
1990
At the Wall by Johannes Stal
1989
Street Art: 1989 Calendar by Haskell Werlin and Connie Barbour. Off The Wall Calendars, RMD Studios
1987
Spraycan Art by Henry Chalfant and James Prigoff., Thames and Hudson
1986
Art After Midnight by Steven Hager, St. Martin’s Press
1985
Fresh Hip-Hop Don’t Stop by Nelson George, Sally Banes, Susan Flinker, Patty Romanowski, Random House
1984
Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. Thames and Hudson
Hip-Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music, and Graffiti by Steven Hager. St. Martin’s Press
The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip-Hop by David Troops. Pluto Press
1983
Street Art by Allen Schartzman. Dial Press Double Day Co.
Hip-Hop Story by Sidney and Sophie Bramley
1982
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York by Craig Castleman.
Cambridge and London: The MIT Press
1978
Graffiti A New York by Andrea Nelli. Edistampa Co.
1974
The Faith of Graffiti by Norman Mailer. New York: Praeger/ Alskog Publishers
|CATALOGS
2011
Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Truth and Consequences, Genoa, Italy
Whole in the Wall, Galleria Helenbeck, Paris, France
2006
Basquiat: An Anthology for Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico/ Art Premium; San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
Jean Michael Basquiat, Brooklyn Museum of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY
2000
Xhibition Transition, Leapnet, Chicago, Il
1997
Fifteen Years Aboveground, C. World Gallery, NY, NY
Contents Under Pressure, Mo-Wax Arts, London, England
American Graffiti, Electa Napoli
1995
Hannover/ New York Express, X-Com Communications, USTRA Transit, Hannover, Germany
1994
Spraycan Symposium, Sixth Congress Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992
The Power of the City/City of Power, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
Graffiti Coming from the Subway, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands Essay by Froukge Hoekstra
Jean Michel Basquiat, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
Graffiti Art: 1981-1991, Museum of National Monuments, Paris, France
1991
Post Graffiti/Fine Art, Federal Reserve Building, Washington, D.C., Essays by Henry Chalfant and Mary Anne Goley
1990
High Low Art, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
1988
Contemporary Art Auction #2, El Bohio Cultural Center, NY, NY
1986
Arts and Leisure Group Material, The Kitchen, NY, NY
1985
Lee Quinones: New Horizons, Riverside Studios, London. Introduction by Milena Kalinovska
Hip-Hop Urban Folk Culture U.S.A., Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain
Group Material, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
1984
Rapid Enamel, Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Arte Di Frontiera, New York Graffiti, Galleria Communale d’Arte, Moderna, Bologna, Italy. Published by Gabriele Mazzotta, Milan, Italy. Essay by Francesca Alinovi.
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Classical American Graffiti Writers and High Graffiti Artists, Galleria Thomas. Essay by Duncan Smith
New York Graffiti, Louisiana Museum, Netherlands
1983
The Comic Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
Graffiti, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands, Essay by Edit DeAk.
Post Graffiti, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY, NY. Intro by Dolores Neumann.
1982
Documenta #7, Kassel, Germany
1981
Artist Invite Artist, Fashion Moda, NY, NY
Sotheby’s: Contemporary Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture. Sotheby’s, NY, NY
1980
Artists Invite Artists, Fashion Moda, NY, NY
Calli Graffiti, Galleria D’Arte, Torbandena, Italy. Forward by Delano Da Costa Greenidge.
1979
The Fabulous Five: Calli Graffiti de Lee Quinones and Fred Brathwaite, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy. Essay by Claudio Bruni Sakraischik and Adriano Buzzati Traverso.
|Film/Video/Television/Radio Appearances
2018
Wheels, Actor
2017
Boom for Real, Interview and artwork
2015
A Brief History of Graffiti, Interview and artwork
2011
Work of Art, Bravo, Guest Judge
2008
Spraymasters, Interview and artwork
VH1 News Presents: NYC 1977, Produced by Film77, Interview and artwork
2006
Yo Soy Boriqua, Directed by Rosie Perez and Liz Garbus. Produced by IFC Films and Moxie Firecracker Films
Artstar, Produced by Gallery HD and Deitch Projects
Fox News Live
2005
Interview with Lord Sear Shade, 45 Sirius Satellite Radio, NY, NY
WABC TV, Tour de Lee news piece, NY, NY
East Village USA Radio, Interview with Dan Cameron of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY
VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, Special Guest VH1 Network, NY, NY
2004
VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Honoree/ Co-Presenter with Debbie Harry of Blondie and Fab 5 Freddy, VH1 network, NY, NY
2002
Bomb the System, Directed by Adam Bhalal Lough, Produced by Bomb the System, LCC/ Drops Entertainment
1999
Acts of Worship, Directed by Rosemarie Rodriguez, Manifest Productions
Once in the Life, Directed by Laurence Fishburne
1997
Two Small Voices, Hearst Entertainment for Lifetime Network, Props Assistant
On The Run, OTR Productions, Set Dresser/ Scenic
1996
Loose Woman, Directed by Paul Bernard, L.W. Productions
My Brother’s Keeper, Set Dresser
Dirty Laundry, DL Productions, Set Dresser/ Scenic
Perdita Durango, Occidental Media Corporation, On-Set Dresser
1995
Straight Forward, PBS Documentary for German TV, Directed by Patricia Crevits, Tunnel Linkage Productions, Interview and paintings featured
High Speed Chaser, Directed by David Perez, Automatic Productions
Music Video for Orange 9MM, Picture Car Coordinator and racecar driver
Vanishing Point, Fox Television, Directed by Charles Carner, Westgate Productions, Set Dresser/ Paintings featured
1994
Original School New York, Documentary Directed by Patricia Crevits, Tunnel Linkage Productions
1982
Style Wars, Directed by Tony Silvers/ Henry Chalfant, Subway whole cars featured
1981
Wild Style Actor: Directed by Charlie Ahearn, Pow Wow Productions
Stations Of The Elevated, Directed by M. Kircheimer, Streetwise Films, Various subway whole cars featured circa 1975-77
Rapture, Blondie music video, Set Design with Jean Michel Basquiat and Fred Braithwaite
| AWARDS
2020
El Museo de Barrio, Padrino, Three Kings Day Parade
2019
Henry Street Settlement Artist Honoree
2011
Groundswell Community Mural Project, Artist Honoree, NY, NY
2008
Jam Master Jay Award for the Arts, NY, NY
2006
Great Brooklynite, Honored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz during his Inaugural Address with keynote speech by Hilary Clinton, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Lee Quinones Day Proclamation by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
2004
VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Honoree