Born New Haven, CT 1962 Lives and works in New York.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI M.F.A. in Sculpture 1989 Hamilton College Clinton, NY B.A. in Comparative Literature 1985 Doshisha University Kyoto, Japan 1983-1984
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001
Blue, White, and Red,³ Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris ³Here and There,² Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago 2000 ³Up,² Postmasters Gallery, New York 1999 Bildhuset, Stockholm 1998 ³Wandering lost upon the mountains of our choice,² Postmasters, New York Galleri Andreas Brandström, Stockholm 1997 ³Periscope,² Artnode, Stockholm Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford 1996 Postmasters Gallery, New York Gallery Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm 1995 Collective Gallery, Edinburgh Gallery Adlercreutz-Björkholmen, Stockholm Postmasters Gallery New York 1994 Nordanstad Gallery New York 1993 Real Art Ways Hartford, CT Literal Truth (with Paul Ramirez) 1992 Tomoko Liguori Gallery New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001
³Once, then something,² Sculpture Center, New York 2000 ³Art on Paper,² Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC ³Full Serve,² curated by Kenny Schachter, 547 W. 27th Street, New York ³Made You Look!,² Austin Museum of Art-Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX ³The Sea & The Sky,² Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 1999 ³Eye Spy,² Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX ³Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis, Threadwaxing Space, New York ³Paradise 8,², Exit Art, New York 1998 ³Sensaround,² Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York 1997 ³Onomatopeia², curated by Anthony Iannacci, Studio La Citta, Verona 1996 ³A Scattering Matrix,² curated by Jane Hart, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica ³The Charles Carpenter Collection,² Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York ³Between the Acts,² C/O Gallery, Oslo, Ice Box, Athens 1996 ³Clarity,² curated by Grant Samuelsen, NIU Art Museum Gallery, Chicago ³Between the Acts,² Ice Box, Athens 1995 Nordanstad Gallery, New York Center For the Arts San Francisco, Four Views From Earth 1994 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT Promising Suspects Sandra Gering Gallery New York, Part II Exhibition Hall Mánes Prague, Czech Republic The Cave of Making SMArt Fair Stockholm, Sweden 1993 Tomoko Liguori Gallery New York, Things you can't remember/Things you can't forget Nordanstad Gallery New York, TracesŠ Washburn Gallery New York, A Collector¹s Choice Sandra Gering Gallery New York, add Hot Water Tomoko Liguori Gallery New York, New Prints and Multiples 1992 Nordanstad-Skarstedt booth Cologne, Germany Unfair Postmasters Gallery, New York, Morality Cafe curated by Kenny Schachter Four Walls Brooklyn, NY Vacation Show 142 Greene Street New York, NY Unlearning curated by Kenny Schachter 1991 Home For Contemporary Theater and Art New York, NY Home for June BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY From Sculpture curated by Kenny Schachter 1990 BACA Downtown, Brooklyn 1989 Langston Hughes Center for the Arts, Providence, RI 1989 Sol Koffler Gallery Providence, RI with Paul Ramirez 1988 Sol Koffler Gallery Providence,
RI PUBLIC PROJECTS/PERFORMANCES 1996 The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, Apples and Oranges with Paul Ramirez Jonas 1993 Real Art Ways Hartford, CT Applesauce with Paul Ramirez Jonas 1992 Jack Tilton Gallery New York, NY Telephone with Paul Ramirez Jonas 1991 Masterpieces Without the Director (sponsored by Creative Time) New York, audio tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Paul Ramirez Jonas 142 Greene Street New York, Enemies of Promise with Paul Ramirez Jonas 1990 Dixon Place New York, NY The Death of Anton Webern The New York Aquarium at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 45 Questions About Water, participatory mural project 1989 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, Bus Shelter Design Brown University, Providence, RI, Containment with Paul Ramirez Jonas Benefit Street Post Office, Providence, RI, Book Smelling with Paul Ramirez Jonas 1988 Providence, RI, Twinkie Smashing
BIBILIOGRAPHY
Saul Anton, ³Color Commentary:The Art of Spencer Finch,² Artforum, April 2001 Saul Anton, ³Spencer Finch,² Art & Text, May 1999 Thad Ziolkowski, ³Spencer Finch,² Artforum, April 1999 Peter Rostovsky, ³Spencer Finch; Blind Man¹s Bluff,², Zing Magazine, Spring 1999 Merge , magazine project for issue #0, 1998 Owen McNally, ³The Elusive Image,² The Hartford Courant, May 25, 1997 Patricia Rosoff, ³Perception Colors Everything,² The Hartford Advocate,² May 1, 1997 James Rondeau, ³Spencer Finch², catalogue essay, Martix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, May 1997. Judith Findlay, ³Spencer Finch,² review, Flash Art, November/December 1995 Mel Gooding, ³Sense and Sensibility,² Art Monthly, October 1995 The List, 25 August7 Sept, 1995 Clare Flowers, The Scotsman, August 28, 1995 Stephanie Cash, Art in America, November 1995 Aris Fioretos, Kris (Sweden) Finch¹s Disregard February 1995 William Zimmer, The New York Times In RidgefieldŠ December 18, 1994 The Hartford Courant, Arts, October 17, 1993 Kim Levin, The Village Voice Choice March 23, 1993 Grace Glueck, The New York Observer, Gallery Watch September 23, 1992 Kim Levin, The Village Voice Art in Brief October 27, 1992 Robert Mahoney, Arts New York in Review March 1992 Nikkei Image (Japan) Climate Forecast December 1992 Robert Atkins, The Village Voice Scene And Heard October 1, 1991 Glenn Collins, The New York Times Making an Art of the Met Tour Sept. 26, 1991 Joanna Molloy, The New York Post Page Six June 5, 1991 The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, Answering Art July 7, 1991