Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1960, and raised in the Lower East Side, Lee Quiñones has had numerous solo shows and exhibited internationally in the most prestigious museums. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
"He saw a coded conversation among young people, most of them Black and brown, expressing their identity and what he calls 'an urgency for a sense of our belonging.' Qui�ones wanted to be a part of the dialogue.--Brett Berk ""Vanity Fair"" This captivates.-- ""Publishers Weekly"" An inspired outlaw with a meticulous design process and precision painting skills, his voice responded to the social and civil unrest of the era and found expression in painting graffiti, an ancient art form that he and many of his peers had to defend in the larger art world.--Trina Calder�n ""Juxtapoz"""