Andrew Spence
Born: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
1971 MFA University of California at Santa Barbara
1969 BFA Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994-present Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1993-94 New York University, New York, NY
1975-76 Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS
2008 American Academy of Art and Letters Purchase Award
1994 Guggenheim Fellowship in painting
1987 National Endowment for the Arts - Painting
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2006 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2005 Ulrich Project Series: ANDY SPENCE: POINTS OF REFERENCE, Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, KS (catalogue)
2002 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2001 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2000 ART Press, New York
1996 Morris Healy Gallery, New York
1993 Max Protetch Gallery, New York
Barbara Scott Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.
1992 Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1991 INSIGHTS: ANN MESSNER & ANDREW SPENCE, Worcester Art Museum,
Worcester, MA [catalogue]
1990 James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Compass Rose Gallery, Chicago
Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1989 Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Trans Avant Garde Gallery, Austin, TX
1988 MONOTYPES, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
NEW PAINTINGS, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1987 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
ANDREW SPENCE & LOUISE FISHMAN, Winston Gallery, Washington D.C.
1985 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1983 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1982 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1976 Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1974 Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 ABSTRACTION, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
AMERICAN ACADEMY INVITATIONAL, The American Academy of Art and Letters, New York
GEOMETRY AS IMAGE, Robert miller Gallery, New York
Gallery Group Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2007 TAKING SHAPE, Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York
Gallery Group Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2006 TWO FRIENDS AND SO ON, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2005 PATTERNS AND GRIDS, Pace Editions, New York
RUTH LINGEN: COLLABORATIVE PRINTS & BOOKS, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College,Walla Walla, WA
2004 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Hirshhorn Mueum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Gallery Group Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2003 PAINTING BY DESIGN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2002 AVIARY, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
MINIMALIST PRINTS, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
ART DOWNTOWN, curated by Richard Marshall, Wall Street Rising, 48 Wall Street, New York
THE ORDER OF THINGS, curated by Buy Art, TIAA-CREF, New York
2001 SPECIFICALLY PAINTING, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2000 JENNIFER MELBY EDITIONS, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
1999 A.R.T. PRESS PORTFOLIO, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
SPLIT/SHIFT, A Joint Exhibition of the Studio Faculties of Bennington College and Williams College,
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
1998 BROOKLYN IMPRESSIONS, Brooklyn Brewery, New York
ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH ART RESOURCE TRANSFER, NEW YORK, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
ABSOLUT SECRET, McKee Gallery,New York and Royal College of Art, London
1997 PAT HEARN EMERGENCY FUND, Morris Healy Gallery, New York
PRINTERS CHOICE, Works On Paper, Philadelphia
New Prints Summer Group Show, Quartet Editions, New York
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1995 CUT UPS, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
THE ARTIST'S CAMERA, Thread Waxing Space, New York
1994 ABSTRACTION: A TRADITION OF COLLECTING IN MIAMI, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
46TH ANNUAL AMERICAN ACADEMY PURCHASE EXHIBITION, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
ABOUT COLOR, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
1993 NEW ABSTRACTION, Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York
ESSENTIALS, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITION, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
WORKS ON PAPER, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITION, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington D.C.
1992 THE TRADITION OF GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN AMERICAN ART 1930-1990, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
A NEW AMERICAN FLAG, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
GEOMETRIC STRATEGIES, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1991 POST-WAR GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York
THE 1980'S: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
ART ON PAPER, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1990 REAL ALLEGORIES, Lisson Gallery, London
1989 WHITNEY BIENNIAL, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
NEW ACQUISITIONS, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C.
GROUP EXHIBITION, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
1988 ABSTRACT IMAGES, Elizabeth McDonald Gallery, New York
COLLABORATIONS IN MONOTYPE, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, [travelled][catalogue]
1987 THE FORTIETH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [catalogue]
ABSTRACT PAINTING, Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
FIVE ABSTRACT ARTISTS, New York Studio School [curated by Robert Storr]
GENERATIONS OF GEOMETRY, Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable Center, New York [catalogue]
MONOTYPES, Pace Editions, New York
POETIC SUBSTANCE, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
1986 NEW VISIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART: THE RSM COMPANY COLLECTION, Cincinnati Art Museum [catalogue]
ABSTRACTIONS: GALLERY ARTISTS, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
NEW PAINTINGS, Wolff Gallery, New York
1985 PAINTING 1985, Pam Adler Gallery, New York
THE NON-OBJECTIVE WORLD: 1985, The Kamikaze Club, New York [curated by Stephen Westfall]
ABSTRCT RELATIONSHIPS, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
THREE GENERATIONS, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
1984 INTERNATIONAL SHOW, Baskerville & Watson, New York
ANDY SPENCE AND RICHARD BECKETT, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
CURRENT 6: NEW ABSTRACTION, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
1983 VIEWPOINTS: OUT OF SQUARE, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1982 NINE CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES, The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1,
Long Island City, NY
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY 1982, Indianapolis Museum of Art,
IN [catalogue]
GROUP SHOW, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
RSM: SELECTIONS FROM A CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION, Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
NEW NEW YORK, University Fine Arts Galleries at Florida State University,
Tallahassee [travelled] [catalogue]
1980 GROUP SHOW, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, Proctor Art Center at Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1979 GROUP SHOW, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
GROUP SHOW, Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1978 100+: CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART II, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1977 GROUP SHOW, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
FOUR CALIFORNIANS, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla [catalogue]
ABSTRACT PAINTING, A SELECTED EXHIBITION, Fine Art Gallery at Long Beach City College, Long Beach [catalogue]
1975 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [catalogue]
1974 24 FROM LOS ANGELES, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles [catalogue]
1973 GROUP SHOW, Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1971 SPRAY, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara [catalogue]
NEW PAINTING: SANTA BARBARA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara [catalogue]
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2006
Hirsch, Faye, "The World in Brief", Art in America, September 2006, pp 150 -153, illus.
Schmerier, Sarah, "Two Friends and So On", Time Out New York, July 20-26, 2006, p.65, illus.
2005
Chris Shull, "Paintings that pop": Andy Spence, The Wichita Eagle, September 23, 2005, p.15C, illus.
2003
Giannini, Melissa, "Modernist lines revisited", Metrotimes (Detriot), December 24-30, 2003, p. 26, illus.
Diehl, Carol, Reviews, "Andrew Spence at Edward Thorp", Art In America, July, 2003, pp. 89-90, illus.
2002
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, "An Artist's Formidable Gaze, Withering and a Touch Arrogant", The New York Observer, November 25, 2002.
Mahoney, Robert, Reviews, "Andrew Spence at Edward Thorp", Art In America, January, 2002, pp112-113, illus.
2001
Hoffman, Hillary, Visual Art Feature, "An Audience with Andy Spence: Lessons in Courage" by Owen Harvey,The Independent Artist online @ www.theindependentartist.com, August, 2001 (first edition).
Perl, Jed, Art Notes, Archive, "Andrew Spence, Donald Judd, Trevor Winkfield", TNR Online (The New Rublic Online), April 24, 2001.
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, "Andrew Spence One-ups Ellsworth Kellly", The New York Observer, April 30, 2001.
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, "Specifically Painting", New York Times, February 9, 2001, p. E38.
2000
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, "Andy Spence" at Art Resources Transfer, New York Times, February _, 2000.
1999
Hirsh, Faye; Article titled Benifit Bonanza in"Paper Trail: News From Around the World", Art On Paper; March/April, 1999; page 21
1998
Slesin, Suzanne,"Living with Art: Salon Moderne", House and Garden, June, 1998, pp83-91 [illus. pp 83, 85 ].
1997
Gourvil, Olivier, New Territories In Painting, special publication by l'Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts de Valance in collaboration with Le Quartier, Centre d'Arte de Quimper, Introduction, pp. 6-7, and article with illus. pp 53-54.
Katz, Vincent. Reviews: Andy Spence at Morris Healy, Art In America, May.
Protzman, Ferinand. "Galleries: The Root of the Square", The Washington Post, February 15.
Dixon, Glenn. Gallery: Crazy Train: "Geometric Abstraction: Mel Bochner, Sol Lewitt, Imi Knoebel, Andrew Spence", The Washington City Paper, February 14.
1996
Smith, Roberta. Art in Review, Andy Spence "20 Years of Painting", The New York Times,
November 15, p.C21.
Harris, Jane. Review: Andy Spence, Review, November 1, p.24.
Hirsh, Faye. Review of Prints: Andrew Spence, On Paper, Nov-Dec., p. 37, [illus.].
Liebmann, Lisa. "Kelly's Green", Artforum, October, p.139.
Bartman, William S. Between Artists, Twelve contemporary American artists interview twelve contemporary American artists, pp.237-249, and 256, published by A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles.
1995
Orton, J. Robert. Benevolence and Blasphemy, pp. 91-92, 185, 217, and 306 -307, published by Turtle Point Press, New York.
1994
Perl, Jed. Article: "After Judd: notes at season's end", The New Criterion, June, p.41.
1993
Kohen, Helen. Review, The Miami Herald, December 31.
Rubinstein, Meyer Raphael. Review:" Andrew Spence", Artnews, December, p.128. [illus.].
Johnson, Ken. Review:" Andrew Spence", Art In America, December, p.97. [illus.].
Weiss, Bill. Tape-recorded interview, The New York Art Archives in conjunction with the Archives of American Art in Washington, D.C., September 17 and September 24.
1992
Axsom, Richard A., Article: "Favored Things: The Prints Of Andrew Spence",
The Print Collector's Newsletter, November-December, pp. 168-170. [illus].
Pardee, Hearne."Review: Andrew Spence", Artnews, Summer, pp. 130-131. [illus].
"Review: Andrew Spence", The New Yorker, February 17, p. 13.
1991
Perl, Jed, Gallery Going, Four Seasons in the Art World, pp. 247, 248, 249 and 272, published by Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, New York.
LeClair, Charles."Minimalism and Postmodern Attitudes", Color In Contemporary Painting, pp. 72-73. [illus.], published by Watson Guptil, New York.
Magiera, Frank. "Review: Worcester Art Museum; Insights on contemporary art", Telegram & Gazette, April 8.
1990
Myers, Terry. "Review: Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, September.
Tonkinson, Carole. "Review", Elle, March, p. 214.
1989
Cotter, Holland. "Report from New York", Art in America, September, pp. 81 - 87.
Grimes, Nancy. "Whitney Biennial", Terma Celeste, September, pp.66- 68, [illus.].
Heartney, Eleanor. "Review: Andrew Spence", Art in America, February, p. 162, [illus.].
Decter, Joshua. "Review: Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, January, p. 103.
Hornung, David. "Review: Andrew Spence", Artnews, January, p. 134, [illus.].
Perl, Jed. "Keeping the Faith", The New Criterion, June, p. 46.
Perl, Jed. "The Old is New", Vogue, August, pp. 214-218, [illus].
Smith, Roberta. "More Women and Unknowns in the Whitney Biennial",
The New York Times, April 28, p. c32.
Stapen, Nancy. "Neo-Geo Spence Paintings a Lasting Impression", The Boston Herald, April 4, p. 34.
"Review", The Boston Globe, March 30.
Wilson, William. "Deja Vu-ing at the Whitney", The Los Angeles Times, April 29.
1988
Klein, Ellen Lee. "Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, April, p.103, [illus.].
1987
Brenson, Michael. "Art View: True Believers Who Keep the Flame of Painting",
The New York Times, Sunday, June 7.
Loughery, John. "Affirming Abstraction: The Corcoran Biennial", Arts Magazine, September, pp. 76-78.
Richards, Paul. "Painting in Past Tints: At the Corcoran's Biennial, Contemporary New York Artists", The Washington Post, Saturday, April 7.
Smith, Roberta. "Art: Generations of Geometry, An Abstract Show", The New York Times, Friday, July 17.
Thorson, Alice. "Two Ways of Approaching Abstraction", The Washington Times, Thursday, May 14, [illus.].
1986
Lurie, David. "Group Show [at Jay Gorney]", Arts Magazine, January, pp. 137-138.
1984
Westfall, Stephen. "Andrew Spence at Barbara Toll", Art in America, January, p. 124, [illus.].
1983
Armstrong, Richard. "Andrew Spence", Artforum, December, p.83, [illus.].
1982
Howe, Katherine. "Andy Spence at Barbara Toll Fine Arts", Images & Issues, Summer.
1977
App, Timothy. "Six Approaches to Formalist Abstraction", Artweek, March 5, p.7, [illus.]
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Four Abstractionists - Krebs, Spence, Therrien, Georgesco", Artweek, May 26, [illus.].
1976
Rush, David. "Andrew Spence: Avoiding Gravity Plays", Artweek, September 25, p.7, [illus.].
Wilson, William. "Artwalk/A Critical Guide to the Galleries", Los Angeles Times, April 9, part IV, p. 12.
1974
Wilson, William. "Artwalk/A Critical Guide to the Galleries", Los Angeles Times, April 26, part IV, p. 14
COLLABORATIONS
2004
One woodcut, published by Pace Editions, edition of 30.
2003
Cover art for Conjunctions:40, Spring 2003, published by Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
1999
Cover art for Bennington, The Alumni Magazine, Spring, published by Bennington College, Bennington, VT.
Have You Seen A Good Logo Lately?,an artist statement for Juste Une Image, a project for the art web site.
Icono & Cie created for the Regional Art School in Valance, France, edited by Olivier Gourvil.
1998
IIris print published by A.R.T. Press and David Adamson, [editon of 100], as part of a portfolio of prints by fourteen artists: Kim Abeles, Richard Artschwager, Vija Celmins,Chuck Close, Lyle Ashton Harris, Michael McMillen, Steven Keister, Mike Kelley, Jack Pierson, Jimmy De
Sana, Laurie Simmons, Andy Spence, David Reed, and Dorothea Rockburne
1996
Portfolio of three aquatint etchings co-published with Jennifer Melby, New York,[edition of 25]
1992
Lithograph published by Olive Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, [edition of 48].
Monograph titled Andrew Spence published by Art Press, New York, interview by Colin Thomson, essay by Richard Armstrong and edited by William S. Bartman.
Portfolio of three woodcuts/collographs published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 33].
1991
Portfolio of five woodcuts/linocuts published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 35]
Aquatint published by Parasol Press, New York, [edition of 40]
1990
Portfolio of five aquatints published by Parasol Press, New York, [edition of 40].
Portfolio of five woodcuts/linocuts published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 50]
1989
Portfolio of four aquatints published by Parasol Press,New York, [edition of 30].
Forty Monotypes published by Garner Tulles Workshop, Santa Barbara.
1988
Cover art for Paris Review, Fall.
1987
Twenty-four Monotypes published by Garner Tulles Workshop, Santa Barbara.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of American Art
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Alliance Capitol, N.Y., N.Y.
Atlantic Richfield
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Bennington College, VT
Carnegie Museum of Art
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Cincinnati Art Museum
Chemical Bank
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exxon Corporation
Equitable Life Assurance
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson
General Mills
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
IBM Corporation
Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria
Estee Lauder, Inc.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Orlando Museum of Art
Progressive Corporation
Prudential Insurance
Reader's Digest Collection
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara City College Collection
Shearson-Lehman/ American Express
The Sumitomo Bank of California
Universty Art Museum at Santa Barbara
Walker Art Center
Whitney Museum of American Art