Quin Mittelstead (b. 1992, Chicago, IL) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice examines relationships between embodiment, institutional power, and processes of regulation. Drawing from lived experience with epilepsy, his work explores how neurological experience shapes perception, memory, temporal distortion, and encounters with structures of authority.
Working primarily in painting alongside sculpture and installation, Quin creates materially layered works through processes of accumulation, revision, and erasure. Influenced by the gestural approaches of Cy Twombly and Joan Mitchell, as well as the material experimentation and spatial ambiguity of Gerhard Richter, his paintings balance intuitive action with deliberate control. Salvaged supports, embedded objects, and altered surfaces function as records of sustained negotiation, while research into disability history, eugenics, censorship, and institutional governance informs the broader conceptual framework of his practice.
Quin received a B.A. in Art from the University of Vermont in 2014 and an M.F.A. in painting from Hunter College in 2026. His work has been exhibited in France, Vermont, and New York City, and is held in private collections throughout the United States, including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area.