Ceysson & Bénétière

Born in 1973, Philadelphia, USA.
Lives and works in New York, USA.

Education

1993 - 1997
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, États-Unis

Award
Lewis S. Ware Memorial Prize
Jimmy C. Leuders painting Prize
Angela Pinto Memorial Prize
Cuff/Sammack Prize

Spencer Sweeney

Sweeney's multifaceted persona is constituted by his roles as artist, club owner and musician. Sweeney's practice transcends the idea that the artist's proper realm is subjugated to the space of the gallery or museum. As portraits and reflections of downtown bohemia, Sweeney's paintings and drawings depict faces and figures that evoke a wide range of visceral emotion, from bliss to melancholy, cynicism to hope. In explosive distortions of painted marks and vibrating palettes of color, these works shift rapidly between artistic methods and mediums. Pushing formalities aside to channel a natural flow of creativity, Sweeney's painted subjects vibrate with a psychedelic spirit that draws attention to the parallels between internal energy and public persona.

Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
IOWA, Paris
October 20 - December 10, 2016

FEED THE METER, Wandhaff
September 26, 2015 - January 30, 2016


Solo shows

2016
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
The Grey Leg, Gavin Brown's enterprise & Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France

2015
TRAMPS, curated by Parinaz Mogadassi, London, United-Kingdom
Wake Up and Make Love, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA

2014
She, C-l-e-a-r-i-n-g, Brussels, Belgium
Monads and Party Paintings, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United-Kingdom

2013
Spencer Sweeney, Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, Germany

2012
Spencer Sweeney, Twig Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2011
The Pharaoh's Lounge - Party Paintings and Sauna, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Nudes, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, USA

2010
Egyptian Diving Board Part II, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Teatr Laboratorium, Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, Germany

2009
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA

2008
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Our Gang, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United-Kingdom

2006
AMT Gallery, Como, Italy

2005
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United-Kingdom
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA

2003
Works on paper, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA

1999
Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA

Group shows (selection)

2016
IOWA, with Sadie Laska, Scott Reeder & Tyson Reeder, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France

2014
Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA

2013
PIZZA TIME!, Marlborough Broome Street, New York, USA

2012
Do Your Thing, White Columns, New York, USA
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, USA

2010
Paintings From England and America, Crisp Gallery, London, United-Kingdom
To NY with Love, Don't Projects, Paris, France

2009
Le souci de soi, Don't Projects, Paris, France
The living and the dead, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Frenz, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, USA
From NY with Love, curated by Glorimarta Linares, Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2008
That Was Then…This Is Now, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, USA

2006
Day For Night: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

2005
Looking at Words: The Formal use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
The Early Show, White Columns, New York, USA
Drunk Vs, Stoned 2, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, USA

2004
Subway Series, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA

2003
My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair, Team Gallery, New York, USA
Today's Man, John Connely, New York, USA
Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York, USA

2002
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Paintings: Steve DiBenedetto, Spencer Sweeney, and Joe Zucker, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA

2001
American Fine Arts, New York, USA
Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan

2000
21st century group show, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, USA
Legal Paper Work, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA

1999
XXX-Mas Show, curated by Colin Deland, American Fine Arts, New York, USA
CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3, PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, USA
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York, USA
Preview Party for John Waters' opening, curated by Colin Deland, American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Preview Party for Gary Gross, American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Free Coke, curated by Carol Greene, Greene Naftali gallery, New York, USA

1998
Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA
Hey, curated by Carol Greene, You Never Know, New York, USA

1997
Gift Land, Printed Matter, New York, USA

1993
Subculture Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

Monographs

2015
Spencer Sweeney, Kiito San

2012
Big Gurls, Hardcover edition

Press

2016
Herriman Kat, Two Decades of Downtown Art (and Club) Antics, in Pictures, T Magazine, April

2014
Weiskopf Daniel A., Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, Artforum, July
Pollock David, Spencer Sweeney exhibition at Glasgow's Modern Institute, The List, February

2013
Stipanovich Alexandre, Frieze 2013: A Guided Tour with Spencer Sweeney, Opening Ceremony, May
Sweeney Spencer, Spencer Sweeney Heads Uptown for Caviar.., New York Magazine, April
New York Artists Now, GalleristNY, February

2012
Sutton Benjamin, See Spencer Sweeney's Nerdy New Smashed Window Installation at Home Alone Gallery, Art Info, August 29
Baudouin Galler, Spencer Sweeney a la Twig Gallery, Expo Decryptee, June
Grunthaner Jeffrey, Sweeney Style, Bomb Blog, May 30
Duray Dan, Spencer Sweeney Provided Loft and Paintings for New Abel Ferrara Movie, The Observer, March 22