EDUCATION
1971 MFA University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
1969 BFA Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS
1994 Guggenheim Fellowship in painting
1987 National Endowment for the Arts-Painting
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Ulrich Project Series: "Andy Spence: Points of Reference," Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
2002 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Morris Healy Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
Barbara Scott Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL.
1992 Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
1991 “Insights: Ann Messner & Andrew Spence,” Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
1990 James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Compass Rose Gallery, Chicago, IL
Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1989 Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Trans Avant Garde Gallery, Austin, TX
1988 “Monotypes,” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
“New Paintings,” Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1987 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
“Andrew Spence & Louise Fishman,” Winston Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1983 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1982 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1976 Charles Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1974 Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Gallery Artists: A Survey” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
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, NY, NY
Ruth Lingen, Collaborative Prints and Books, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
“Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
2004 “Gallery Group Exhibition,” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2003 “Painting by Design,” Elaine L. Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI
2002 “Art Downtown”, New York Painting and Sculpture, New York
“The Order of Things”, TIAA-CREF, New York
“Gallery Group Show”, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2001 “Specifically Painting,” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1999 “A.R.T. Press Portfolio,” David Adamson Gallery, Washington D.C.
1998 “Brooklyn Impressions,” Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
“Artists In Collaboration with Art Resource Transfer, New York,” Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “Printers 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 Camera,” Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
1994 “Abstraction: A Tradition of Collecting in Miami,” Center for the
Fine Arts, Miami, FL
“46th Annual 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, The 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 80’s:Selections From the Permanent Collection,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1990 “Real Allegories,” Lisson Gallery, London, England
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, CA, (Traveled), (catalogue)
1987 “The Fortieth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (catalogue)
“Abstract Painting,” Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Five Abstract Artists,” New York Studio School”, New York, NY
(curator: Robert Storr)
“Generations 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 “Paintings 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, Milwaukee, WI
1983 “Viewpoints: Out of Square,” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MA
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 Art, New York, NY
“Geometric Abstraction,” Proctor Art Center at Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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 ,” 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
“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 paintings: Santa Barbara,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
Santa Barbara, CA (catalogue)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994-Present Painting, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1994, 1997 Summer Workshop in painting, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO
1993-94 Part time Adjunct, Graduate Studio Critique, New York University,
New York, NY
1975-76 Part time instructor of Art, Santa Monica College, CA
1973 Part time instructor of Art, University of California at Santa Barbara,CA
1969-71 Teaching Assistant, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of Art
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Alliance Capital
Atlantic Richfield
Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Chemical Bank
Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Equitable Life Assurance
Estee Lauder, Inc.
Exxon Corporation
Fried. Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson
Hirshhorn Museum and sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
IBM Corporation
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
University of California at Santa Barbara Art Gallery
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art