Solo Exhibitions

2011 JUX: New Paintings by Andrew Spence and Colin Thomson, Storefront, Brooklyn, New York

2006 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York

2005 “Andy Spence: Points of Reference,” Ulrich Project Series

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,” 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

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 “Season Review”, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

2013 “Painting Advanced” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2012 “Gallery Artists: A Survey” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

“All About Etching,” Neptune Gallery, Washington D.C.

“What I Know,” curated by Jason Andrews, NYCAMS, New York

2011 “A Review” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “GeoProgressions” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

2008 “Abstraction.” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.

“American Academy Invitational.” The American Academy of Arts and Letters,

New York, NY.

2007 “Taking Shape.” Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY.

“Gallery Group Show.” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY.

2006 “Two Friends And So On.” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY.

2005 “Patterns and Grids.” Pace Editions, New York, NY.

“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, NY.

2003 “Painting by Design.” Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

2002 “Aviary.” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY.

“Minimalist Prints.” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR.

“Art Downtown.” curated by Richard Marshall, Wall Street Rising, 48 Wall Street,

New York, NY.

“The Order of Things.” curated by Buy Art, TIAA-CREF, New York, NY.

2001 “Specifically Painting.” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY.

2000 “Jennifer Melby Editions.” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.

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, NY.

“Artists in Collaboration with Art Resource Transfer, New York.” Vedanta Gallery,

Chicago, IL.

“Absolut Secret.” McKee Gallery,New York and Royal College of Art, London.

1997 “Pat Hearn Emergency Fund.” Morris Healy Gallery, New York, NY.

“Printer’s Choice, Works On Paper.” Philadelphia, PA.

“New Prints Summer Group Show.” Quartet Editions, New York, NY.

“Geometric Abstraction.” Numark Gallery, Washington D.C.

1995 “Cut Ups.” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY.

“The Artist’s Camera.” Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY.

1994 “Abstraction: A Tradition of Collecting in Miami.” Center for the Fine Arts, Miami

“46th Annual American Academy Purchase Exhibition.” The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.

“About Color.” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.

1993 “New Abstraction.” Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York, NY.

“Essentials.” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.

“Group Exhibition.” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York , NY.

“Works on Paper.” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY.

“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, NY.

“A New American Flag.” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY.

“Geometric Strategies.” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY.

“Painting and Sculpture.” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1991 “Post-War Geometric Concepts.” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY.

“The 1980′S: Selections from the Permanent Collection.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

“Art on Paper.” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC.

1990 “Real Allegories.” Lisson Gallery, London.

1989 “Whitney Biennial.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

“New Acquisitions.” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, D.C.

“Group Exhibition.” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY.

1988 “Abstract Images.” Elizabeth McDonald Gallery, New York, NY.

“Collaborations in Monotype.” University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, [traveled]

[catalogue]

1987 “The Fortieth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting.” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [catalogue]

“Abstract Paintin.” Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

“Five Abstract Artists.” New York Studio School, NY. [curated by Robert Storr]

“Generation of Geometry,” Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable

Center, New York, NY. [catalogue]

“Monotypes.” Pace Editions, New York, NY.

“Poetic Substance.” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.

1986 “New Visions in Contemporary Art: The RSM Company Collection.” Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. [catalogue]

“Abstractions: Gallery Artists.” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY.

“New Paintings.” Wolff Gallery, New York, NY.

1985 “Painting 1985.” Pam Adler Gallery, New York, NY.

“The Non-Objective World: 1985, The Kamikaze Club.” New York, NY.

[curated by Stephen Westfall]

“Abstract Relationships.” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.

“Three Generations.” Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY.

1984 “International Show.” Baskerville & Watson, New York, NY.

“Andy Spence and Richard Beckett.” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY.

“Current 6: New Abstraction.” Milwaukee Art Museum, WI.

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, CA.

“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, FL. [traveled] [catalogue]

1980 “Group Show.” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY.

“Geometric Abstraction.” Proctor Art Center at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

1979 “Group Show.” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY.

“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, CA.

1977 “Group Show.” Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

“Four Californians.” La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA. [catalogue]

“Abstract Painting, A Selected Exhibition.” Fine Art Gallery at Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA. [catalogue]

1975 “Biennial Exhibition.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. [catalogue]

1974 “24 from Los Angeles.” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. [catalogue]

1973 “Group Show.” Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

1971 “Spray.” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. [catalogue]

“New Painting: Santa Barbara.” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. [catalogue]

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Awards & Grants

American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, 2008

Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting, 1994

National Endowment for the Arts – Painting, 1987

 

Selected Collections

Addison Gallery of American Art

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Alliance Capitol, N.Y., N.Y.

Atlantic Richfield

The Baltimore Museum of Art

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

Teaching

1994-present Bennington College, Bennington, VT.

1993-94 New York University, New York, NY

1975-76 Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA