Born: Lexington, VA
Lives: Boston, MA
EDUCATION
1987 Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT, M.F.A., Painting & Printmaking
1984 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, B.A.
1980-81 Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004 Children of Paradise, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2001 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
1999 Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
1998 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
1987 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT
1986 Allegheny Highlands Art Center, Clifton Forge, VA
1984 Fayerwether Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Blackwell/Bradford/Spencer, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Other as Animal, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Turning Over a New Leaf, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Put it on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2008 New Works: Gallery Artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Grizzly Proof, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada
2007 Grizzly Proof, Flux Factory, New York, NY
2005 Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2004 NY Hearts LV, Dust Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Watercolor, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Gallery Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2004 RACC Benefit Show, Hosted by Sally & Larry Mann, Lexington, VA
2003 Gallery Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Aviary, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Art Heals: Benefit for the Children of 9/11, Eyebeam, New York, NY
2001 Specifically Painting, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Invitational, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
1998 Gallery Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Gallery Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Creepy, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Gallery Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
1994 Benefit Show, American Fine Arts, New York, NY
1994 Group Exhibition, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
1993 Urban Analysis, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institute, Regensburg, West Germany
1988 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1985/7 Yale School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1983 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA
1983 Rose Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 April Gornik, “Other as Animal”, Catalog essay, Summer 2010
2010 Jess Frost, “Other as Animal”, East Hampton Star, July 1, 2010
2008 Lapham’s Quarterly, Vol. 1/No. 3, “Book of Nature” Summer 2008 p. 43
2007 Dan Avery, “Kodiak Moment” New York Magazine, Issue 597, Mar, 2007
2006 Radical Society, Review of Culture & Politics, Cover, Vol. 32, Spring 2006
2005 Kelle Schillaci, “They Love Art” City Life, Feb. 2005
2005 Chuck Twardy, “Points in Paint”, Las Vegas Weekly, Feb. 2005
2004 Morgan Meis, J.M. Tyree, Sarah Clarke, “Three Views of Shawn Spencer”,
2004 The Old Town Review, Online culture journal
2003 “Birds of Many Feathers”, New York Magazine, Jan. 6, 2003, pg. 81
2002 “Shawn Spencer: Recent Paintings”, UVA Alumni Magazine, Spring 2002
2001 Ken Johnson, “Joe Santore/Shawn Spencer”, The New York Times,
2001 Art in Review, Nov. 9, 2001
2001 “Specifically Painting”, The New York Times, Art Guide, Feb. 9, 2001
1998 The New Yorker, Short List, April 27, 1998
1997 The Village Voice, “Creepy”, Sept. 11, 1997
AWARDS
1985 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, Fellowship
1983 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, MN, Scholarship