Biography

Spencer Sweeney (b. 1973, Philadelphia, PA) is ever resistant to categorization. The artist draws inspiration from his lived experience and persona as a vital presence in the New York cultural scene. Sweeney’s idiosyncratic talent enables him to traverse a multiplicity of styles and modes working within, visual art, music, and performance. Indeed, in Sweeney’s practice, we witness an immutable desire to celebrate art’s function in life and the world’s potential as a receptive, unrestrictive - creative space. Solo exhibitions include: Gagosian Gallery, Paris (2019, upcoming); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2019); Gagosian Gallery, NY (2018); Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2017); Gavin Brown’s enterprise & Cahiers d’Art, Paris (2016); TRAMPS, London (2015); Karma, NY (2015); Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY (2015); C-l-e-a-r-i-n-g, Brussels (2014); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2014); Veneklasen Werner, Berlin (2013); Twig Gallery, Brussels (2012); Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY (2011); The Green Gallery (2011); Gavin Brown’s enterprise (2010); Veneklasen Werner, Berlin (2010); Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY (2009); Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco (2008); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2008); Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY (2006); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2006); Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY (2003). He lives and works in New York, NY.