SAMUEL QUINTEROS

Born 1992. Lives and works in Sydney

Education
2013

Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions
2020

(upcoming) Galerie pompom, Sydney

2018

Samuel Quinteros, Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest
The Solar Way, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2016

Blind Force of Creation, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Liquid Spirit, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

2014

Samuel Quinteros, Australia Square Foyer, Sydney
Wotan, erwache! Galerie pompom, Sydney

2013

Gnosis (with Carl Cheleski), MOP Projects, Sydney

Group Exhibitions
2019

Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks

2018

Flame Seed, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney
SPRING1883, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne

2017-18

2017

The Shirl – National Youth Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery

2016

Interiors/Exteriors, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney

2015

FINE ART/UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2015-2016, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan

2014

Sydney Painting Now, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Australia Platform, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore

2013

Stockland, Galerie pompom, Sydney
SCA Undergraduate Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
VV, 55 Sydenham Rd Marrickville, Sydney
Blue Triangle Yellow Stripe, Raygun, Toowoomba
A Sound Investment, Marrickville Garage, Sydney
Hatched 2013, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth

2012

2012 SCA Undergraduate Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
R.O. & F.H. & S.Q.: GOT GUTS, THURSDAY, Peloton, 2012, Sydney
tutu, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Filthy Children, Plump Gallery, Sydney

2011

Open Day, The Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
Untitled, Dedspace, Sydney
R.O. & S.Q.: WHAT U WANT, Peloton, Sydney

2010

ArtExpress, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong
Marginal Democracy, At The Vanishing Point, Sydney

Awards and Residencies
2019

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Creative Studio Residency

2019

Finalist, Blue Mountains Portraits, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba

2017

Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Paddington Finalist, The Shirl – National Youth Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery Blue Mountains Australia Day Young Citizen of the Year Award

2016

Artist in residence, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

2015

Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship

2013

Australia Council Visual Arts Travel Fund
Artist in residence, Curwoods Lawyers, Sydney

2011

The Zelda Stedman Young Artist Scholarship

Bibliography
2020

‘Art Talk – Samuel Quinteros’, The Aither, 21 October

2019

‘Art Talk – Samuel Quinteros’, The Aither, 9 June

2018

Emma O’Neill, ‘The Solar Way’, exhibition essay
Camilla Wagstaff, ‘Samuel Quinteros: The Solar Way’, exhibition preview, Art Collector, issue 85, p. 199

2016

Chloé Wolifson, ‘Artists Global – Samuel Quinteros’, Art Collector issue 78, pp.98-99.

2014

Jonathan McBurnie, ‘Sexy, Sexy Paintings’, Sneaky Magazine, Issue 10, pp.58-59.
Stella Rosa McDonald, ‘Wotan, erwache!’, The Art Life, 4.7.14
Chloé Wolifson, ‘REVIEW: Samuel Quinteros – Wotan erwache!’, RAVEN, June 26
Anne-Marie Jean, ‘Australia Platform: Art Stage Singapore 2014’, Art Monthly, No.267 March pp.14-17
Nicholas Forrest, ‘Enter Australia: Six artists explore the complexities of contemporary life in Australia’, Blouin Artinfo, 15
January
Helmi Yusof, ‘Subcultures collide on his canvas’, The Business Times Singapore, 10 January, p 31

2013

Gwen Pew, ‘Raising the stage’, Time Out Singapore, 30 December
Gemma Weston, ‘More refined Hatched comes to age at last’, The West Australian, 20 April
Alex Gawronski, ‘Artist-Run = Emerging / A Bad Equation’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue #257

2012

‘Quinteros’, Mitchel Cumming, editor, with texts by Susan Gibb, Pedro de Almeida, Shane
Haseman & Alex Gawronski, AFAAR Publications, Sydney, ISBN 978-0-646-59067-7

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales Library