Christian Quin Newell’s paintings present ambiguous and unresolved
dreamscapes, in which hybrid figures struggle between various stages of
wisdom and enlightenment. Often possessing a dual nature, Newell’s
protagonists teeter between harmony and conflict, past and present,
simultaneously enduring numerous identities and positionalities at once.
Raised by a clairvoyant father and Roman Catholic mother, Newell, who is
of mixed Jamaican and Italian heritage, is particularly attuned to the latent
energies humming beneath our everyday surroundings. His painterly
meditations are informed by Buddhist philosophy, mysticism and
cosmology, and paranormal observations, recognizing the canvas as both
a mirror onto his subconscious self as well as a portal into an otherworldly
dimension.
Born 1991 in Latisana, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Solo & two person exhibitions
2025 The Light Burns the Reality, Sixi Museum, Nanjing, China
2024 The Way, Public Gallery, London, UK
2022 Siena, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 Earth altar, Public Gallery, London, UK
Apotheosis, WT Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine
Group exhibitions
2026 After the Encounter, Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium ( forthcoming )
at twilight / at dawn, Public Gallery, London, UK
2025 Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Galeria Pelaires, Palma, Spain
00:00:01, Public Gallery, London, UK
2024 In saying these things, I went to sleep, Nova Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
I Go to Seek a Great Perhaps, Make Room, Los Angeles, USA
2023 Face to Face, Marlborough Gallery, London, UK
Touchstones, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY, USA
2022 Fire Sermon, Curated by Adriana Blidaru, Public Gallery, London, UK
The Kingfisher's Wing, Curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2021 Likkle Tings, Curated by Curtis Talwst Santiago, New York Studio School, New York, NY, USA
Fragments, ADZ Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
The Thick Stream, CANADA, New York, NY, USA
2020 100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
Selected residencies
2023 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2021 The Fores Project, London, UK
WT Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine
Permanent collections
X Museum, Beijing, China
Sixi Museum, Nanjing, China
Palazzon Monti, Brescia, Italy
WT Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine
Recharge Foundation, New York, USA