R.H. Quaytman
| R. H. Quaytman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rebecca Howe Quaytman 1961 Boston, MA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bard College |
| Notable work | Chapters 1-27 |
| Movement | Abstract art |
| Spouse(s) | Jeff PreissBrandt Junceau |
| Awards | Rome Prize 1991 |
| Website | Abreu Gallery |
R. H. Quaytman (born 1961) is an American contemporary artist, best known for paintings on wood panels, using abstract and photographic elements in site-specific "Chapters", now numbering twenty-five. Each chapter is guided by architectural, historical and social characteristics of the original site. Since 2008, her work has been collected by a number of modern art museums. She is also an educator and author based in New York City.
Rebecca Howe Quaytman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1961. Her mother is the noted American postmodern poet Susan Howe, and her father was abstract painter Harvey Quaytman, well known for geometric works, with over 60 one-person exhibits. Her parents met while studying painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The family moved to the SoHo neighborhood of New York City in 1963. When Quaytman was 4, her mother began living with and later married David von Schlegell, an abstract artist and sculptor who became the director of graduate studies in sculpture at Yale University. Quaytman credits both her father and step-father with greatly influencing her development as an artist. Quaytman received a BA from Bard College in 1983.
Her half-brother is writer Mark von Schlegell.
In 1987 she was hired by PS1, later becoming Program Coordinator for three years. She later worked as an assistant to artist Dan Graham. In 1991, she was awarded the Rome Prize allowing a full year of dedicated work. Additionally she studied for one year at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin, Ireland, and later the attended Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques in Paris to study with Daniel Buren and Pontus Hultén.
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