Spencer Sweeney 

 

Lives and works in New York

 

Education

1993 - 1997 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

 

AWARD and PRIZES

 

Lewis S. Ware Memorial Prize for experimental work

Jimmy C. Leuders Painting Prize

Angela Pinto Memorial Prize for experimental work

Cuff/ Sammack Prize for abstract painting

Lucile Sorgenti Scholarship for artistic excellence

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2009 “From NY with Love”, Galeria Candela, san Juan, Puerto Rico (cur. By Glorimarta Linares)

2009 Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia

2008 “That Was Then...This Is Now”, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NY

2008 Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco CA (solo)

2008 Our Gang, The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow (solo)

2006 Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

2006 AMT Gallery, Como, Italy (solo)

2005 The Modern Institute, Glasgow (solo)

2005 Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (solo)

2005 The Early Show, White Columns, New York

2005 Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York

2005 Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper,

         Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

2005 Drunk vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2004 Subway Series, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York

2003 Today’s Man, John Connelly, New York

2003 Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York

2003 my people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they’re content to spray stars from your

         boughs), Team Gallery, New York

2003 Works on paper, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (solo)

2002 Paintings: Steve DiBenedetto, Spencer Sweeney, and Joe Zucker, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New

         York

2002 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2001 American Fine Arts Gallery, New York

2001 Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo

2000 21st century group show, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2000 Legal Paper Work, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California

1999 XXX-Mas show, (curated by Colin Deland), American Fine Arts Gallery, New York

1999 Preview Party for Gary Gross, (performance), (curated by Colin Deland), American Fine Arts

        Gallery, New York

1999 Preview Party for John Waters opening, (performance), (curated by Colin Deland), American Fine 

         Arts Gallery, New York

1999 CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3, (installation and performance), PS 1 Contemporary Arts

         Center, New York

1999 Paradise 8, (installation and performance), (curated by Kenny Schacter), Exit Art, New York

1999 Lawing gallery, Houston (solo)

1999 Free Coke, (performance and video installation), (curated by Carol Greene), Greene Naftali gallery,

         New York

1998 Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California

1998 Hey, You Never Know, (performance), (curated by Carol Greene), New York

1997 Gift land, Printed Matter, New York