DORENE QUINN — CHOLLA SKELETON REGENERATION

The installation of altered cholla skeletons represent the artist working to collaborate with nature as an act of preservation and protection. The “skeletons” were gathered from around the artist’s property in Morongo Valley and are symbolically regenerated using wire cloth and cotton and recycled paper fiber to reinforce and extend the forms. These additions strengthen and protect the unique branch structures, exploring the remarkable forms that nature generates in our desert. 

About the artist: Dorene Quinn is a multimedia artist whose work in sculpture, installation and drawing addresses the relationship between humans and the natural world. Quinn is the recipient of a NYFA Fellowship, a NYSCA Grant, and has received fellowships for artists residencies including the Julia and David White Artist Colony in Costa Rica, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Oregon, and the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency Program. Her work has been shown at numerous venues including the San Bernardino County Museum, the Everson Museum, Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, the University of Rochester, and Rochester Contemporary. She holds a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and an MFA from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. Dorene lives and works in Morongo Valley, California.

Artist website: dorenequinn-artist.com