August Quinn is a painter and 3D software artist from New York City. August creates vibrant paintings by introducing themes and motifs from his childhood.

August has attended Central Saint Martins, UAL in London and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has obtained a bachelors of media arts degree, specializing in 3D animation.

Influences that appear in his work include retro video games, designer toys, abstract expressionism, neo expressionism and Japanese art and media. He continues to study Japanese and his work has been greatly influenced by Japanese culture. 

“My goal as an artist is to capture what it means to be alive in the current moment, with my own experience of life being born in the late 1990s and growing up in New York. I allow my influences and my painting process to evolve, I never want my practice to become static and boring.”

August continues to create prodigiously. During the early stages of the pandemic he produced works made on scrap wood, metal, and street signage out of necessity when the art shops and other non-essential businesses were shut down. He has created works specifically concentrating on 70s and 80s NYC expressionist influences such as Philip Guston, Richard Hambleton and Kenny Scharf. August has created graffiti in New York, London, and Vancouver. August was commissioned to create a mural in the Oberoi owned and financed Bay Club in Mumbai, India within the Maker Maxity complex. August incorporates character designs and models in his expressionist paintings.