Quinn Antonio Briceño: Soñar

QUINN ANTONIO BRICEÑO

Soñar

bruno david gallery

QUINN ANTONIO BRICEÑO

Soñar

February 9 - March 30, 2024

Bruno David Gallery

7513 Forsyth Boulevard

Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, U.S.A.

info@brunodavidgallery.com www.brunodavidgallery.com

Founder/Director: Bruno L. David

This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition “Soñar” at Bruno David Gallery.

Editor: Bruno L. David

Catalogue Designer: Hazel Tao

Designer Assistant: Claudia R. David

Printed in USA

All works courtesy of Quinn Antonio Briceño and Bruno David Gallery

Photographs by Bruno David Gallery

Cover image: EL VIVERO, 2020

Acrylic, Packing Stickers, Made in USA Stickers, Postal Stickers and Found Paper on Canvas

60 x 60 inches, 152.40 x 152.40 cm

First Edition

Copyright ©2024 Quinn Antonio Briceño and Bruno David Gallery

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Bruno David Gallery

PROLOGUE

BY BRUNO L. DAVID

CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION BIOGRAPHY

BY BRUNO L. DAVID

I am pleased to present, Soñar, an exhibition of new work by Quinn Antonio Briceño. This is Briceño’s first solo exhibition at Bruno David Gallery.

Briceño’s art, a reflection of dualities shaped by two countries, languages, and cultures, explores the perpetual pressure to choose between them. Consciously integrating Americana with Latinx influences, Briceño constructs a visual language bridging cultural gaps. His creations carve a unique space, offering solace to those burdened by societal expectations, and through painting and collage, he weaves a tapestry celebrating identity. Briceño’s work is a dual exploration, sharing his personal struggle and narrating a journey towards acceptance, inclusion, and empowerment for the marginalized and forgotten.

Quinn Antonio Briceño, a Nicaraguan-American artist in St. Louis, earned his bachelor’s degree in fine art from the San Francisco Art Institute (2017) and a master’s degree from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art (2022). Notable achievements include winning the Ann Metzger National Biennial in 2019 and being a finalist for the AXA Art Prize in 2021. Featured in publications such as All the Art, Friend of the Artist (Issue 10), St. Louis Magazine, Design St. Louis, and New American Paintings (No. 155, 165, 167). He works and lives in St. Louis and has shown his work locally, regionally, and nationally.

Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I am deeply grateful to Hazel Tao, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Kalli Brown, Jenny Rong, Hazel Tao, Kennedy Austin, and Kenya Mitchell.

CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION

60 x 60 inches

152.40 x 152.40 cm

EL VIVERO 2020

Acrylic, Packing Stickers, Made in USA Stickers, Postal Stickers and Found Paper on Canvas

30 x 30 inches

76.20 x 76.20 cm

UNTITLED (MARÍA ELENA) 2023

Acrylic and Found Print on Canvas

31 x 31 inches

78.74 x 78.74 cm

AMOR JOVEN 2022

Acrylic, Found Prints, and Sand on Canvas

UNTITLED (CHRISTINA)

30 x 30 inches

76.20 x 76.20 cm

Acrylic, Found Prints and Fabric on Canvas

TENDER LA ROPA

Acrylic, Made in USA Stickers. Lotto Tickets and Found Prints on the Back of a Map of United States

45.50 x 75.50 inches

115.57 x 191.77 cm

24 x 36 inches (sheet size)

60.96 x 91.44 cm

EL JOVEN DE ROJO

Acrylic, Found Prints, and Sand on Canvas

EN BUSCA DEL SUEÑO AMERICANO

Acrylic, Denim, Sand, Glitter, and Found

Prints on Canvas

47.50 x 47.50 inches

120.65 x 120.65 inches

CHAGÜITE 2 2024

Acrylic on Found Print

24 x 18 inches (Framed)

60.96 x 45.72 cm (Framed)

24 x 18 inches (Framed)

60.96 x 45.72 cm (Framed)

CHAVALO 2024

Acrylic on Found Print

Quinn Antonio Briceño

Lives and works in St. Louis, MO

Education

2020 – 2022 Washington University, MFA in Visual Art

2015 – 2017 San Francisco Art Institute, BFA in Painting

2012 – 2015 St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, Studio art focus.

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Soñar, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO (catalogue) Sin Estado, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX

2021 Cunst Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2020 Como Tú, Houska Gallery

2019 Gallo Pinto, Galería Obscura

Group Exhibitions

2024 Elevate, (with Yvonne Osei), 21c Museum Hotel, St. Louis, MO

OVERVIEW_2024, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2022 Nine Ways from Sunday, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

Arte LatinX 2022, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE

2021 AXA Art Prize, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Summer Group Show, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2021 Out of this Room, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2020 Winter Group Show, Houska Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2019 Be. Long. Ing., I Like Your Work Podcast

Putting it Together 2, The Foundry Art Center, St. Louis, MO

The Launch of Galeria Obscura, Galeria Obscura, St. Louis, MO

Ann Metzger Memorial Biennial, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO

2018 Alumni Invitational, Galleries at Flo Valley, St. Louis, MO

Drawing Forward: Process and Vision, Meramec Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Art, Mimosas & Pancakes, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2017 BFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Dream Variations, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Courtyard Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, March, San Francisco, CA

Courtyard Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, February, San Francisco, CA

2016 Only Dead Painters, Proef Space, San Francisco, CA

The Walls New Paint, West Wall Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 Art, Mimosas & Pancakes, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2012 St. Louis Community College High School Art Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

2011 St. Louis Community College High School Art Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

Lindenwood University High School and Teachers art exhibition, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Post-Dispatch 100 Neediest Cases Art Competition, St. Louis, MO

2010 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 100 Neediest Cases Art Competition, St. Louis, MO

Curatorial Projects

2017 Untitled, West Wall Gallery

2016 A Waste of Paper, West Wall Gallery

2016 The Walls New Paint, West Wall Gallery Publications

2024 Gonzalez, Lon, KEDT Radio, Rockport, TX (Interview)

Bruno David Gallery Publication, May (catalogue)

Burger, Amy, St. Louis Magazine

2024 New American Paintings Midwest Edition. (March-April)

2022 New American Paintings Midwest Edition, Issue 155

2021 St. Louis Magazine, Design STL, Summer

2019 Friend of the Artist, Volume 10

2019 All the Art Magazine, Summer

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ARTISTS

Antonio Ainscough

Sara Ghazi Asadollahi

Barry Anderson

Laura Beard

Heather Bennett

Lisa K. Blatt

Michael Byron

Ben Brough

Quinn A. Briceno

Bunny Burson

Lisa Bulawsky

Judy Child

Carmon Colangelo

William Conger

Alex Couwenberg

Terry James Conrad

Jill Downen

Damon Freed

Yvette Drury Dubinsky

Douglass Freed

Adrian Gonzalez

Richard Hull

Mee Jey

Kelley Johnson

Chris Kahler

Leslie Laskey

Justin Henry Miller

James Austin Murray

William Morris

Arny Nadler

Yvonne Osei

Patricia Olynyk

Charles P. Reay

Daniel Raedeke

Tom Reed

Frank Schwaiger

Eric Minh Swenson

Char Schwall

Christina Shmigel

Thomas Sleet

Buzz Spector

Andrea Stanilav

Cindy Tower

Mario Trejo