Los Angeles-based painter Lauren Quin joins the Pace Gallery’s roster. Quin, who has shown with dealer Tim Blum before closing the gallery earlier this summer, will hold her first exhibition at Pace’s Los Angeles space in 2026 and work on the gallery booth at Frieze seoul next month.
Quin is known for its dense layered abstractions that jump between crazy mark-making and creepy calm. Quinn’s career has been on the rise since receiving her MFA from Yale School of Art in 2019, with her debut with Blum & Poe in 2022. Her paintings are owned by major institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and Gardenon, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC,
Quinn’s market also experienced highs and lows. Her 2019 paintings Plastic bearings It has been auctioned three times since its original sale. According to last fall, it was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction in 2022, then after 2022 for $178,000, and ended up making just $22,000 when it sold in Sotheby’s London last fall. Artnet News. Her auction record in 2022 is currently $587,452.
PACE founder Arne Glimcher has been a fan of Quin’s work for many years, visiting her studio for the first time a few years ago. In 2024, he held a solo exhibition at Newbury, 125, Newbury, which is his speed-related space in Tribeca. Glimcher wrote that Quin’s paintings “beat me with their strength, strength and breathtaking beauty… like a storm that exploits in a beautifully dangerous time.”
“He’s around me every time,” Quinn said of Greencheck in an interview. Artnews. “Not only have opportunities, but also advice – mostly to stay focused and stay at work. The relationship has evolved over time and I really believe in him.”
Here are 125 Newbury’s performances, marking Quin’s first solo show in New York, capturing her ever-evolving vocabulary: sculpted cracks of paint, buried singles and symbolic rich abstracts, which she calls “fugue State,” a “fugue State” – a dissolute visual language that implies destroying clarity and simplicity of explanation.
“I think I’ve entered another space since Newbury showed off my work,” Quinn said. “The paint is handled differently, at your fingertips. It’s always the same thread, but I’m chasing something else right now.”
Speaking about the work she is currently doing, Quinn said: “I do have a turning point since the Newbury show. You have to keep the ropes tight.
