Juan Carlos Quintana (b.1964, Lutcher, LA) is a visual artist based in Oakland, CA. His family immigrated from Cuba in the early 60’s settling in St John Parish, in a region along the Mississippi River known for its antebellum sugar plantations and petrochemical refineries. Using painting, printmaking, ceramics and mixed media installations, Quintana’s art is imbued with an anti-colonial sensibility. Often satirical in tone, his works oscillate between personal and forgotten histories, current events, speculative time periods, and ideological conundrums. He has exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally as well as recipient of many awards and residencies, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculpture grant award. During his residency at A Studio In The Woods he plans to delve deeper into the history of the region and his personal history growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River.