Spencer Sweeney
Born 1973, Philadelphia; Lives in New York.
Education
| 1997 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | ‘Perfect’, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich |
| 2021 | ‘Queue’, Gagosian, Davies Street, London |
| 2020 | ‘Tennis Elbow: Spencer Sweeney’, Journal Gallery, New York |
| 2019 | ‘Smalls’, Gagosian , Paris |
| ‘The Pastels’, The Modern Institute, Aird's Lane Bricks Space | |
| 2018 | ‘Spencer Sweeney: Self-Portraits’, Gagosian Gallery Park & 75, New York |
| 2017 | ‘Viva Las Vegas’, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin |
| 2016 | ‘The Grey Leg’, Cahiers D'Art, Paris |
| 2015 | KARMA, New York |
| TRAMPS, London | |
| ‘Wake Up and Make Love’, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 291 Grand Street, New York | |
| 2014 | ‘SHE’, C L E A R I N G, Brussels |
| ‘Monads and Party Paintings’, The Modern Institute, 14–20 Osborne Street, Glasgow | |
| 2013 | ‘Berlin Paintings’, VeneKlasen Werner, Berlin |
| 2012 | Twig Gallery, Brussels |
| 2011 | ‘The Pharaoh's Lounge - Party Paintings and Sauna’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| ‘Nudes’, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee | |
| 2010 | ‘Egyptian Diving Board Part II’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| ‘Teatr Laboratorium’, Veneklasen Werner Gallery, Berlin | |
| 2009 | Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| 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 |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | ‘Drunk vs. Stoned 3’, The Ranch at The Dock, Montauk, New York |
| 2021 | ‘Midnight Fruits’, Galerie Lily Robert, Paris |
| 2020 | ‘Bustes de Femmes’, Gagosian , Paris |
| ‘Hommage à Rainer Werner Fassbinder’, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin | |
| ‘Everything Is Personal’, TRAMPS, New York | |
| 2019 | ‘Meet Me In The Bathroom: The Art Show’, The Hole x UTA Artist Space, New York |
| 2018 | ‘Darren Bader 'more or less' with Anca Munteanu Rimnic, Michael E. Smith, and a cast of thousands’, Sadie Coles HQ, London |
| 2016 | ‘IOWA’, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris |
| ‘Outside (curated by Matthew Higgs)’, Karma, Amagansett, New York | |
| ‘Goulding the Lolly (curated by Brian Belott)’, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 291 Grand Street, New York | |
| ‘The Great Figure’, The Journal Gallery, New York | |
| ‘Lost For Words’, Murray Guy, New York | |
| 2014 | ‘Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz’, High Museum of Art, Atlanta |
| 2012 | ‘Do Your Thing’, White Columns, New York |
| ‘Portrait of a Generation’, The Hole, New York | |
| ‘PIZZA TIME!’, Marlborough Broom Street, New York | |
| 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) | |
| ‘Le souci de soi’, Don't Projects, Paris | |
| 2008 | ‘That Was Then... This is Now’ |
| 2006 | ‘Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 2006’, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 2005 | ‘Red White Blue’, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York |
| ‘Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper’, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York | |
| ‘Drunk vs. Stoned 2’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York | |
| ‘The Early Show’, White Columns, New York | |
| 2004 | ‘Subway Series’, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York |
| 2003 | ‘Kareoke Death Machine’, Daniel Reich, New York |
| ‘Today's Man’, John Connelly Presents, 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 | |
| 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 | ‘Legal Paper Work’, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California |
| ‘21st century group show’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York | |
| 1999 | American Fine Arts, New York |
| ‘XXX-Mas show’, American Fine Arts, New York (Curator Colin Deland) | |
| ‘Paradise 8’, Exit Art, New York (Installation and performance), (curated by Kenny Schacter) | |
| Preview Party for Gary Gross, American Fine arts gallery | |
| Preview Party for John Waters opening, American Fine Arts Gallery | |
| ‘CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3’, PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York (installation and series performance) | |
| ‘Free Coke - Contemporary Drawing’, Greene Naftali, New York | |
| 1998 | ‘Beyond the Matter of Space’, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California |
| 1997 | ‘Gift land’, Printed Matter, New York |
Performances
| 1998 | ‘Hey, You Never Know’, New York (performance; curated by Carol Greene) |
Bibliography
Press
| 2019 | Bartz, Edek: ‘Spencer Sweeney’, Gagosian Quarterly, 02/2019 |
| 2016 | Herriman, Kat: ‘Two Decades of Downtown Art (and Club) Antics, in Pictures’, T Magazine, 11/04/2016 |
| 2013 | Stipanovich, Alexandre: ‘Frieze 2013: A Guided Tour with Spencer Sweeney’, Opening Ceremony, 13/05/2013 |
| ‘Spencer Sweeney Heads Uptown for Caviar’, New York Magazine, 26/04/2013 | |
| ‘New York Artists Now: Next Generation’, GalleristNY, 02/2013 | |
| 2012 | Sutton, Benjamin: See Spencer Sweeney‘s Nerdy New Smashed Window Installation at Home Alone Gallery, Artinfo, 29/08/2012 |
| Grunthaner, Jeffrey: ‘Sweeney Style’, Bomb Blog, 30/05/2012 | |
| Duray, Dan: ‘Spencer Sweeney Provided Loft and Paintings for New Abel Ferrara Movie’, New York Observer, 22/03/2012 | |
| 2010 | Colman, David: ‘A Turquoise Link to Willie Nelson’, New York Times, 17/12/2010 |
| ‘Nights at the Museum’, NOWNESS, 11/04/2010 | |
| Andrew W.K: ‘Spencer Sweeney’, Interview Magazine, 04/2010 | |
| Harris, Jane: ‘The Pains of Being Spencer Sweeney’, Art in America, 13/01/2010 | |
| Lee, Carol: The Gallery‘s a Stage for Spencer Sweeney, Papermag, 01/2010 | |
| 2009 | ‘Biennials and Survey Shows’, Frieze, 120 02/2009 |
| 2008 | Johnson, Ken: ‘Will the Revolution Be Museumized? Will There Be a Revolution?’, New York Times, 25/07/2008 |
| Mayer, Aubrey: ‘Artist Residency: Spencer Sweeney’, Papermag, 15/04/2008 | |
| Mottram, Jack: ‘Gang war declared on the modern rule book’, The Herald, 25/01/2008 | |
| 2006 | Richter, Aaron: Santa‘s Party, BlackBook, 11/2006 |
| Plagens, Peter: ‘The Art of the Deal’, Newsweek, 06/03/2006 | |
| Saltz, Jerry: ‘Biennial in Babylon’, Village Voice, 03/2006 | |
| Sweeney, Spencer: ‘Work in Progress’, V magazine, 2006 | |
| 2003 | Pearson, Jesse: ‘I Do This, I Do That’, Parkett, 69 2003 |
| 2002 | ‘Review’, Village Voice, 12/2002 |
| ‘Crazy in Love (illustration)’, Paper, 05/2002 | |
| Lee, Carol: ‘Into the Groove’, Papermag, 05/2002 | |
| 2001 | Lee, Carol: ‘Youth Gone Wild’, Paper, 11/2001 |
| 2000 | ‘A Pose is Worth a Thousand Pictures’, Made in USA, 2000 |
| Simpson, Bennet: ‘Actress’, artext, 2000 | |
| 1999 | ‘You said that you...’, Self Service, 30/11/1999 |
| Art Club 2000: ‘Top Ten’, Artforum, 10/1999 | |
| ‘Changes Aside, SoHo is Still Very Much SoHo’, The New York Times, 12/02/1999 | |
| McCraw, Gary: ‘Null New York’, Music Magazine, 1999 |
Exhibition Reviews
| 2013 | ‘Spencer Sweeney "Berlin Paintings" at VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin’, Mousse Blog, 19/05/2013 |
| 2012 | Baudouin, Galler: ‘Spencer Sweeney a la Twig Gallery‘, Expo Decryptee, 06/2012 |
| 2010 | Lee, Carol: ‘Art in Real Time‘, Papermag, 13/01/2010 |
| 2008 | Kennedy, Alexander: ‘Spencer Sweeney‘, The List, 31/01/2008 |
| McDermott, Leon: ‘Spencer Sweeney: Our Gang‘, Metro, 17/01/2008 | |
| 2006 | Plagens, Peter: ‘Madison avenue Ennui‘, Art in America, 06/2006 |
| Saltz, Jerry: ‘Biennial in Babylon’, Village Voice, 28/02/2006 | |
| 2005 | Kennedy, Alexander: ‘Spencer Sweeney’, The List, 2005 |
| 2001 | ‘Review‘, Village Voice, 12/2001 |
| Smith, Roberta: ‘Review’, New York Times, 30/11/2001 | |
| 2000 | ‘Review’, New Yorker, 31/07/2000 |
Publications
| 2019 | HEADZ, Kiito-San, New York |
| 2015 | Spencer Sweeney, Kiito-San, New York |
| 2012 | Big Gurls, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York |
Exhibition Publications
| 2006 | Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |