{"id":16088,"date":"2025-12-03T16:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=16088"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:09:29","slug":"maureen-mcquillan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/maureen-mcquillan\/","title":{"rendered":"Maureen McQuillan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4881\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16088-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MaureenMcQuillan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MaureenMcQuillan.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MaureenMcQuillan.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_16097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16097\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meinstationbyEtienneFossard.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen McQuillan (photo credit: Etienne Fossard)<br \/>Pictured in front of &#8220;Crystal Blue Persuasion,&#8221; her permanent public art installation, completed 2018, which spans three sides of the 36th Avenue N\/W station in Astoria, Queens, and was commissioned by Metropolitan Transit Authority\/Arts &amp; Design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckenziefineart.com\/exhib\/Maureen-McQuillan-2025-exhibition.html\">Maureen McQuillan<\/a> creates process-focused, system-based paintings from multiple layers of ink and acrylic polymers that convey a deep but elusive sense of space. Vibrantly hued, she uses rippling, wave-like linear elements and undulating rounded forms to suggest shapes in nature as well as the human body. Her systematic approach to color results in a luminous and complex optical mix reflecting her interest in how our perceptions of color have changed as technology has advanced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in New York City, Maureen McQuillan is a graduate of Columbia University and the New York Studio School.\u00a0 Since the early 1990s she has been exhibiting her work in solo and group shows in galleries and museums throughout the United States as well as in France, the UK, Costa Rica, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McQuillan&#8217;s work has been reviewed and reproduced in many publications, among them <em>The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The New York Daily News<\/em>, <em>The Brooklyn Rail, Two Coats of Paint, T<\/em><em>he Boston Globe<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Artnews<\/em>, <em>Architectural Digest<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Art on Paper; <\/em>and her work is held in public and private collections all over the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16098\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16098 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=696%2C694&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=1024%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=1536%2C1531&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=2048%2C2041&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=696%2C694&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=1068%2C1065&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?resize=1920%2C1914&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10267.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen McQuillan, Untitled (C\/T), 2025 Acrylic polymer, ink and acrylic on wood panel. 10 x 10 inches. Courtesy the artist and McKenzie Fine Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16099\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16099 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=696%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=1536%2C1149&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=2048%2C1532&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=696%2C521&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=1068%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?resize=1920%2C1436&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10280.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen McQuillan, Untitled (C\/B2), 2025 Acrylic polymer, ink and acrylic on wood panel 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy the artist and McKenzie Fine Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16100\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=696%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=1024%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=768%2C767&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=1536%2C1534&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=2048%2C2045&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=696%2C695&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=1068%2C1066&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?resize=1920%2C1917&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MM10277.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen McQuillan, Untitled (C\/RB\/BG), 2024 Acrylic polymer, ink and acrylic on wood panel. 16 1\/4 x 16 inches. Courtesy the artist and McKenzie Fine Art, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/MaureenMcQuillan.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Maureen McQuillan creates process-focused, system-based paintings from multiple layers of ink and acrylic polymers that convey a deep but elusive sense of space. 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