Caleb Hahne Quintana

"Led by a stoic introspection and tenderness born of intimacy, Caleb Hahne Quintana’s paintings draw from his upbringing in the American Southwest and his Mexican heritage to create emotionally charged portraits, landscapes, and still lives. His subjects frequently include young men riding horses, wrestling, swimming, or more quiet moments with figures sitting in a window or sharing a cigarette. He begins with drawing—a step he describes as “liberating” and will often repeat subjects across media including, colored pencil, ink, and gouache before moving to “the more arduous act of painting.” Closely cropped or wide-angle perspectives draw viewers in to Hahne Quintana’s observations about the haziness of memory and boyhood. His meditative observations elevate the mundane to the profound and the overlooked to the monumental.
Caleb Hahne Quintana (b. 1993, Denver, CO) received a BFA in Fine Arts from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. His work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at museums including Fire Figure Fantasy at ICA Miami and Who Tells a Tale, Adds a Tail: Latin America and Contemporary Art at the Denver Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include AURORA, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; albertz benda, Los Angeles, CA; The Earth, It Held Me, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY; and The Path From Sea to Sky, The Cabin, Los Angeles, CA. His work as also exhibited at The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York; Lyles & King, New York, NY; Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany; DELI Gallery, New York, NY; and OMR Gallery, Mexico City, MX. Hahne Quintana’s works are in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami); and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Hahne Quintana currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY."