The Modern Institute

The Modern Institute

Spencer Sweeney

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Born 1973, Philadelphia; Lives in New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

'Nudes', The Green Gallery, Milwaukee

'The Pharaoh’s Lounge – Party Paintings and Sauna', Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2010

'Egyptian Diving Board Part II', Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

'Teatr Laboratorium', Veneklasen Werner Gallery, Berlin

2008

'Our Gang', The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

2006

AMT Gallery, Como

2005

The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow

Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2003

'Works on paper', Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

1999

Lawing gallery, Houston

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

'To NY with Love', Don’t Projects, Paris

'Paintings From England and America', Crisp Gallery, London

2009

'The Living and the Dead', Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

'Frenz', Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA

'From NY with Love', Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico (cur. by Glorimarta Linares)

2008

'That Was Then…This Is Now', PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York

2006

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

2005

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

'Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

'Red White Blue', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York

'The Early Show', White Columns, New York

2004

'Subway Series', Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC

2003

'Kareoke Death Machine', Daniel Reich, New York

'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

'Today’s Man', John Connelly Presents, New York

2002

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

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

2001

American Fine Arts, New York

Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo

2000

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

'Legal Paper Work', Beyond Baroque

1999

Preview Party for John Waters opening, American Fine Arts Gallery

Preview Party for Gary Gross, American Fine arts gallery

American Fine Arts, New York

'CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3', PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York (installation and series performance)

'Free Coke', Greene Naftali, New York

'Paradise 8', Exit Art, New York (Installation and performance), (curated by Kenny Schacter)

'XXX-Mas show', American Fine Arts, New York (Curator Colin Deland)

1998

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

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

1997

'Gift land', Printed Matter, New York