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Born: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Lives and works in New York City
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EDUCATION
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1971
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MFA University of California at Santa Barbara
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1969
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BFA Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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1994 - Present
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Bennington College, Bennington, VT
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1993-94
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New York University, New York, NY
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1975-76
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Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
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AWARDS
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2008
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American Academy of Art and Letters Purchase Award
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1994
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Guggenheim Fellowship in painting
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1987
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National Endowment for the Arts - Painting
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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
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2011
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JUX: NEW PAINTINGS BY ANDREW SPENCE AND COLIN THOMSON, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2005
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Ulrich Project Series: ANDY SPENCE: POINTS OF REFERENCE, Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, KS (catalogue)
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2002
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2001
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2000
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ART Press, New York
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1996
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Morris Healy Gallery, New York
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1993
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Max Protetch Gallery, New York
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Barbara Scott Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.
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1992
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Max Protetch Gallery, New York
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1991
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INSIGHTS: ANN MESSNER & ANDREW SPENCE, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA [catalogue]
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1990
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James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
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Compass Rose Gallery, Chicago
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1989
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Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
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Trans Avant Garde Gallery, Austin, TX
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1988
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MONOTYPES, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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NEW PAINTINGS, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1987
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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ANDREW SPENCE & LOUISE FISHMAN, Winston Gallery, Washington D.C.
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1985
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1983
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1982
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1976
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Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
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1974
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2011
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CRIES AND WHISPERS, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2010
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GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONS: ELEVEN PAINTERS, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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SUMMER GROUP SHOW, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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PUT IT ON PAPER, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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DRAW: Vasari Revisited Or A Sparing Of Contemporary Thought,Norte Maar, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
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2008
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ABSTRACTION, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
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AMERICAN ACADEMY INVITATIONAL, The American Academy of Art and Letters, New York
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GEOMETRY AS IMAGE, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
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Gallery Group Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2007
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TAKING SHAPE, Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York
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GALLERY GROUP SHOW, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2006
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TWO FRIENDS AND SO ON, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
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2005
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PATTERNS AND GRIDS, Pace Editions, New York
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RUTH LINGEN: COLLABORATIVE PRINTS & BOOKS, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College,Walla Walla, WA
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2004
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SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
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GALLERY GROUP SHOW, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2003
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PAINTING BY DESIGN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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2002
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AVIARY, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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MINIMALIST PRINTS, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
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ART DOWNTOWN, curated by Richard Marshall, Wall Street Rising, 48 Wall Street, New York
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THE ORDER OF THINGS, curated by Buy Art, TIAA-CREF, New York
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2001
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SPECIFICALLY PAINTING, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
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2000
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JENNIFER MELBY EDITIONS, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
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1999
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A.R.T. PRESS PORTFOLIO, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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SPLIT/SHIFT, A Joint Exhibition of the Studio Faculties of Bennington College and Williams College, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
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1998
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BROOKLYN IMPRESSIONS, Brooklyn Brewery, New York
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ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH ART RESOURCE TRANSFER, NEW YORK, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
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ABSOLUT SECRET, McKee Gallery,New York and Royal College of Art, London
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1997
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PAT HEARN EMERGENCY FUND, Morris Healy Gallery, New York
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PRINTERS CHOICE, Works On Paper, Philadelphia
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NEW PRINTS SUMMER GROUP SHOW, Quartet Editions, New York
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GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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1995
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CUT UPS, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
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THE ARTIST'S CAMERA, Thread Waxing Space, New York
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1994
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ABSTRACTION: A TRADITION OF COLLECTING IN MIAMI, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
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46TH ANNUAL AMERICAN ACADEMY PURCHASE EXHIBITION, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
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ABOUT COLOR, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
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1993
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NEW ABSTRACTION, Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York
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ESSENTIALS, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
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GROUP EXHIBITION, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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WORKS ON PAPER, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
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GROUP EXHIBITION, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington D.C.
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1992
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THE TRADITION OF GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN AMERICAN ART 1930-1990, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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A NEW AMERICAN FLAG, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
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GEOMETRIC STRATEGIES, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York
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PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
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1991
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POST-WAR GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York
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THE 1980'S: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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ART ON PAPER, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
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1990
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REAL ALLEGORIES, Lisson Gallery, London
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1989
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WHITNEY BIENNIAL, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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NEW ACQUISITIONS, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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GROUP EXHIBITION, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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1988
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ABSTRACT IMAGES, Elizabeth McDonald Gallery, New York
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COLLABORATIONS IN MONOTYPE, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, [travelled][catalogue]
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1987
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THE FORTIETH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [catalogue]
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ABSTRACT PAINTING, Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles
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FIVE ABSTRACT ARTISTS, New York Studio School [curated by Robert Storr]
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GENERATIONS OF GEOMETRY, Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable Center, New York [catalogue]
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MONOTYPES, Pace Editions, New York
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POETIC SUBSTANCE, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
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1986
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NEW VISIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART: THE RSM COMPANY COLLECTION, Cincinnati Art Museum [catalogue]
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ABSTRACTIONS: GALLERY ARTISTS, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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NEW PAINTINGS, Wolff Gallery, New York
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1985
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PAINTING 1985, Pam Adler Gallery, New York
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THE NON-OBJECTIVE WORLD: 1985, The Kamikaze Club, New York [curated by Stephen Westfall]
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ABSTRCT RELATIONSHIPS, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
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THREE GENERATIONS, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
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1984
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INTERNATIONAL SHOW, Baskerville & Watson, New York
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ANDY SPENCE AND RICHARD BECKETT, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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CURRENT 6: NEW ABSTRACTION, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
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1983
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VIEWPOINTS: OUT OF SQUARE, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1982
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NINE CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES, The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
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PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY 1982, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN [catalogue]
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GROUP SHOW, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
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RSM: SELECTIONS FROM A CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION, Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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NEW NEW YORK, University Fine Arts Galleries at Florida State University, Tallahassee [travelled] [catalogue]
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1980
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GROUP SHOW, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, Proctor Art Center at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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1979
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GROUP SHOW, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
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GROUP SHOW, Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
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1978
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100+: CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART II, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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1977
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GROUP SHOW, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
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FOUR CALIFORNIANS, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla [catalogue]
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ABSTRACT PAINTING, A SELECTED EXHIBITION, Fine Art Gallery at Long Beach City College, Long Beach [catalogue]
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1975
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BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [catalogue]
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1974
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24 FROM LOS ANGELES, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles [catalogue]
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1973
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GROUP SHOW, Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
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1971
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SPRAY, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara [catalogue]
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NEW PAINTING: SANTA BARBARA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara [catalogue]
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REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
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2010
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Lyn Kienholz, L.A. RISING: SOCAL ARTISTS 1980, published by The California/International Art Foundation, p.428, illus.
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2008
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Roberta Smith, "Geometry As Image", The New York Times, July 4,2008, Art list.
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Goings On About Town: "Geometry As Image", The New Yorker, July 7&14, 2008, p.20
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2006
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Hirsch, Faye, "The World in Brief", Art in America, September 2006, pp 150 -153, illus.
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Schmerier, Sarah, "Two Friends and So On", Time Out New York, July 20-26, 2006, p.65, illus.
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2005
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Shull, Chris, "Paintings that pop": Andy Spence, The Wichita Eagle, September 23, 2005, p.15C, illus.
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2003
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Giannini, Melissa, "Modernist lines revisited", Metrotimes (Detriot), December 24-30, 2003, p. 26, illus.
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Diehl, Carol, Reviews, "Andrew Spence at Edward Thorp", Art In America, July, 2003, pp. 89-90, illus.
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2002
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Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, "An Artist's Formidable Gaze, Withering and a Touch Arrogant", The New York Observer, November 25, 2002.
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Mahoney, Robert, Reviews, "Andrew Spence at Edward Thorp", Art In America, January, 2002, pp112-113, illus.
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2001
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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).
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Perl, Jed, Art Notes, Archive, "Andrew Spence, Donald Judd, Trevor Winkfield", TNR Online (The New Rublic Online), April 24, 2001.
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Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, "Andrew Spence One-ups Ellsworth Kellly", The New York Observer, April 30, 2001.
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Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, "Specifically Painting", New York Times, February 9, 2001, p. E38.
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2000
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Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, "Andy Spence" at Art Resources Transfer, New York Times, February _, 2000.
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1999
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Hirsh, Faye; Article titled Benifit Bonanza in"Paper Trail: News From Around the World", Art On Paper; March/April, 1999; page 21
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1998
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Slesin, Suzanne,"Living with Art: Salon Moderne", House and Garden, June, 1998, pp83-91 [illus. pp 83, 85 ].
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1997
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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.
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Katz, Vincent. Reviews: Andy Spence at Morris Healy, Art In America, May.
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Protzman, Ferinand. "Galleries: The Root of the Square", The Washington Post, February 15.
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Dixon, Glenn. Gallery: Crazy Train: "Geometric Abstraction: Mel Bochner, Sol Lewitt, Imi Knoebel, Andrew Spence", The Washington City Paper, February 14.
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1996
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Smith, Roberta. Art in Review, Andy Spence "20 Years of Painting", The New York Times, November 15, p.C21.
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Harris, Jane. Review: Andy Spence, Review, November 1, p.24.
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Hirsh, Faye. Review of Prints: Andrew Spence, On Paper, Nov-Dec., p. 37, [illus.].
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Liebmann, Lisa. "Kelly's Green", Artforum, October, p.139.
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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.
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1995
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Orton, J. Robert. Benevolence and Blasphemy, pp. 91-92, 185, 217, and 306 -307, published by Turtle Point Press, New York.
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1994
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Perl, Jed. Article: "After Judd: notes at season's end", The New Criterion, June, p.41.
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1993
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Kohen, Helen. Review, The Miami Herald, December 31.
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Rubinstein, Meyer Raphael. Review:" Andrew Spence", Artnews, December, p.128. [illus.].
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Johnson, Ken. Review:" Andrew Spence", Art In America, December, p.97. [illus.].
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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.
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1992
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Axsom, Richard A., Article: "Favored Things: The Prints Of Andrew Spence",
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The Print Collector's Newsletter, November-December, pp. 168-170. [illus].
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Pardee, Hearne."Review: Andrew Spence", Artnews, Summer, pp. 130-131. [illus].
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Review: Andrew Spence, The New Yorker, February 17, p. 13.
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1991
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Perl, Jed, Gallery Going, Four Seasons in the Art World, pp. 247, 248, 249 and 272, published by Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, New York.
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LeClair, Charles."Minimalism and Postmodern Attitudes", Color In Contemporary Painting, pp. 72-73. [illus.], published by Watson Guptil, New York.
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Magiera, Frank. "Review: Worcester Art Museum; Insights on contemporary art", Telegram & Gazette, April 8.
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1990
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Myers, Terry. "Review: Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, September.
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Tonkinson, Carole. "Review", Elle, March, p. 214.
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1989
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Cotter, Holland. "Report from New York", Art in America, September, pp. 81 - 87.
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Grimes, Nancy. "Whitney Biennial", Terma Celeste, September, pp.66- 68, [illus.].
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Heartney, Eleanor. "Review: Andrew Spence", Art in America, February, p. 162, [illus.].
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Decter, Joshua. "Review: Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, January, p. 103.
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Hornung, David. "Review: Andrew Spence", Artnews, January, p. 134, [illus.].
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Perl, Jed. "Keeping the Faith", The New Criterion, June, p. 46.
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Perl, Jed. "The Old is New", Vogue, August, pp. 214-218, [illus].
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Smith, Roberta. "More Women and Unknowns in the Whitney Biennial",
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The New York Times, April 28, p. c32.
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Stapen, Nancy. "Neo-Geo Spence Paintings a Lasting Impression", The Boston Herald, April 4, p. 34.
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Review, The Boston Globe, March 30.
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Wilson, William. "Deja Vu-ing at the Whitney", The Los Angeles Times, April 29.
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1988
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Klein, Ellen Lee. "Andrew Spence", Arts Magazine, April, p.103, [illus.].
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1987
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Brenson, Michael. "Art View: True Believers Who Keep the Flame of Painting",
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The New York Times, Sunday, June 7.
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Loughery, John. "Affirming Abstraction: The Corcoran Biennial", Arts Magazine, September, pp. 76-78.
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Richards, Paul. "Painting in Past Tints: At the Corcoran's Biennial, Contemporary New York Artists", The Washington Post, Saturday, April 7.
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Smith, Roberta. "Art: Generations of Geometry, An Abstract Show", The New York Times, Friday, July 17.
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Thorson, Alice. "Two Ways of Approaching Abstraction", The Washington Times, Thursday, May 14, [illus.].
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1986
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Lurie, David. "Group Show [at Jay Gorney]", Arts Magazine, January, pp. 137-138.
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1984
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Westfall, Stephen. "Andrew Spence at Barbara Toll", Art in America, January, p. 124, [illus.].
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1983
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Armstrong, Richard. "Andrew Spence", Artforum, December, p.83, [illus.].
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1982
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Howe, Katherine. "Andy Spence at Barbara Toll Fine Arts", Images & Issues, Summer.
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1977
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App, Timothy. "Six Approaches to Formalist Abstraction", Artweek, March 5, p.7, [illus.]
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Muchnic, Suzanne. "Four Abstractionists - Krebs, Spence, Therrien, Georgesco", Artweek, May 26, [illus.].
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1976
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Rush, David. "Andrew Spence: Avoiding Gravity Plays", Artweek, September 25, p.7, [illus.].
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Wilson, William. "Artwalk/A Critical Guide to the Galleries", Los Angeles Times, April 9, part IV, p. 12.
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1974
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Wilson, William. "Artwalk/A Critical Guide to the Galleries", Los Angeles Times, April 26, part IV, p. 14
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COLLABORATIONS
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2004
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One woodcut, published by Pace Editions, edition of 30.
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2003
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Cover art for Conjunctions:40, Spring 2003, published by Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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1999
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Cover art for Bennington, The Alumni Magazine, Spring, published by Bennington College, Bennington, VT.
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Have You Seen A Good Logo Lately?,an artist statement for Juste Une Image, a project for the art web site.
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Icono & Cie created for the Regional Art School in Valance, France, edited by Olivier Gourvil.
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1998
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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
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1996
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Portfolio of three aquatint etchings co-published with Jennifer Melby, New York,[edition of 25]
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1992
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Lithograph published by Olive Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, [edition of 48].
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Monograph titled Andrew Spence published by Art Press, New York, interview by Colin Thomson, essay by Richard Armstrong and edited by William S. Bartman.
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Portfolio of three woodcuts/collographs published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 33].
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1991
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Portfolio of five woodcuts/linocuts published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 35]
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Aquatint published by Parasol Press, New York, [edition of 40]
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1990
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Portfolio of five aquatints published by Parasol Press, New York, [edition of 40].
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Portfolio of five woodcuts/linocuts published by Spring Street Workshop, New York, [edition of 50]
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1989
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Portfolio of four aquatints published by Parasol Press,New York, [edition of 30].
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Forty Monotypes published by Garner Tulles Workshop, Santa Barbara.
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1988
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Cover art for Paris Review, Fall.
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1987
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Twenty-four Monotypes published by Garner Tulles Workshop, Santa Barbara.
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Addison Gallery of American Art
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery
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Alliance Capitol, N.Y., N.Y.
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The Baltimore Museum of Art
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Bennington College, VT
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Carnegie Museum of Art
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Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
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Cincinnati Art Museum
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Chemical Bank
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Exxon Corporation
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Equitable Life Assurance
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson
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General Mills
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
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IBM Corporation
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Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria
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Estee Lauder, Inc.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
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Orlando Museum of Art
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Progressive Corporation
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Prudential Insurance
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Reader's Digest Collection
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San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
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Santa Barbara City College Collection
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Shearson-Lehman/ American Express
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The Sumitomo Bank of California
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Universty Art Museum at Santa Barbara
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Walker Art Center
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Wellesley College
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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