SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Suzy Spence, FOR THE ROSES, Arusha Gallery, The Old Silk Barn, Bruton Somerset, U.K.
2022 Suzy Spence, FADING LANDSCAPE Tayloe Piggott Jackson Hole
2022 Suzy Spence, LIKE RACING SMOKE Sears Peyton Gallery, New York City, with catalog essay by Elizabeth Buhe
2021 Suzy Spence Recent Work Curated by Varia Serova for Zephyr & Maize
2020 Suzy Spence, FULL CRY, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2019 Suzy Spence: ON THE HUNT, curated by Amy Rahn, The Current, Stowe Vermont
2019 Suzy Spence: DEATH RIDER Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn NY
2018 Suzy Spence: OF DANDIES AND DRAGS, curated by Ella Marder and Olivia Song, NeueHouse Madison Square, New York City
2018 Suzy Spence: A NIGHT AMONG THE HORSES, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York City with catalog essay by Amy Rahn
2014 NORTHEAST was acquired by M HKA Ensembles, The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp for The Book Lovers, a curatorial project that traces the phenomenon of artist's novels, organized by David Maroto and Joanna Zielinska
2002 Suzy Spence: THE CRACKUP, Rare Gallery, New York City (New York Times Review Ken Johnson)
1999 Suzy Spence: VISIONS OF GRANDEUR, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
1999 Suzy Spence at Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
1998 Suzy Spence: VISIONS OF GRANDEUR, American Fine Arts, Co., New York City (New York Times Review Grace Glueck )
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
(forthcoming summer 2024) 3- Person exhibition, The Bundy Modern, Waitsfield Vermont
(forthcoming summer 2024) The Frame, curated space by Oleg Guerrand-Hermes, 75 E. Broadway, New York, NY
(forthcoming summer 2024) The Essential Figure, Burlington City Arts, Burlington Vermont
I Think I’m in Trouble, Sara’s Worldwide, 2 East Broadway New York, Jan. 18 - Feb. 18
2023
Wave Pattern, presented by Dylan Brant & Max Werner, 575 Broadway NY Nov 10 - Dec 10
The Coordinate Plane, Arusha Gallery, New York City, May 3 - 14
Dallas Art Fair, Sears Peyton Gallery April 23 - 27
2022
Open Air, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, May 31 - July 8, 2022
Properties of Illusion in the Candy Store, Artport Kingston, curated by Laurie DeChiara, April 30 - May 29, 2022
Intersect Palm Springs, Sears Peyton Gallery February 10-14
2021
The Dallas Art Fair, Sears Peyton Gallery Nov. 12-14
Fete, Red Fox Gallery, Pound Ridge NY
2020
The Enabling Act A Call To Arms, M. David & Co., Bushwick NY
2019
Selections from the permanent collection, University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, ME
Fete, Bedford Historical Hall, organized by Redfox Gallery, Bedford NY
Northern Daughters Gallery, Vergennes Vermont
2018
CMCA BIENNIAL 2018 , Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Nov 3, 2018 - March 3, 2019
Grace au Dessin, curated by Jason McKechnie, Woodbury University Gallery, Burbank, CA
2017
Artcritical, Eric Firestone Loft, curated by David Cohen, New York
Light in the Dark, curated by Karin Schaefer, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York
At a Langorous Place, organized by Sears Peyton Gallery, New York
2016
The Hunt Intensifies, curated by David Dixon, Cathouse FUNeral at Coustav Waxman Annex, New York
Group Show Artist’s Week, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
2015 Summer Group Show, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York
2014 Northeast (The Book Lovers) M HKA, curated by David Murato and Joanna Zeilinska, Rotterdam Netherlands
The Hunt, curated by David Dixon, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn
Le Show Des Amis’, curated by Jeannie Weissglass, Showroom Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
The Appearance of Clarity: Works in Black and White, curated by Amy Rahn for The Helen Day Art Center, Stowe Vermont
2011 Signs on the Road, Ed Winkelman Gallery, New York, organized by Leslie Brack, Michael Ashkin and Joshua Geldzalher
2010 Verge Art Fair, Dylan Hotel, New York
2009 Momenta Art, Brooklyn, The Mood Back Home, an exhibition inspired by Womanhouse, organized by Leslie Brack and Suzy Spence
Here's Looking at You, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
Sarah Meltzer Gallery, Momenta auction, New York
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts commission, boxed edition, ‘Rachel & John’,
Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn,Born Again, Again, curated by Eduard Steinhauer
Bridge Art Fair Miami, with curator Eduard Steinhauer
2002 Colgate University Art Gallery, Metaforms, curated by Carol Kinne
2001 Muller DeChiara Gallery, Berlin, Wattage and Friendship curated by David Hunt
Rare, New York, Vice Versa curated by Michael Lieberman
De Chiara Gallery, New York, Slice of Life, organized by Laurie DeChiara,
Scope Art Fair Miami, Rare
2000 Momenta Brooklyn, I Saw Stars, curated by Leslie Brack
1999 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, Paper Magazine's 15th Anniversary Exhibition
Accelerator, exhibition curated by Josephine Lanyon, Godfrey Worsdale, and Catherine Gibson, exhibited at Arnolfini Bristol, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, and Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, United Kingdom
Leslie Heller Work Space, New York, Chocolate Kingdom, curated by Leslie Brack
Turner and Runyon Gallery, Dallas, Encyclopedia 1999
Momenta fundraising exhibition, Green Naftali, New York
Angela, Glarner Kunstverein, Glarus, Switzerland
1998 Matthew Marks and Pat Hearn Galleries, New York, Painting Now and Forever, Part I
American Fine Arts, Co, New York, E Pluralis Nihil, organized by Colin DeLand
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, A Skowhegan Decade
School of Visual Arts Gallery, Dataphilia organized by Ken Feingold
EDUCATION
MFA The School of Visual Arts, NY
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
BFA Parsons School of Design, NY / Parsons School of Design, Paris
Smith College
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Visiting Lecturer, Pratt April 19, 2024, Brooklyn NY
Artnet, Min Chen, February 28, 2024 Meet the Painter Who Masterminded the New Ana Mendieta Series
Elizabeth Buhe catalog essay: Like Art Always Was Suzy Spence’s Like Racing Smoke, February 2022
Essay by Varia Serova, Zephyr & Maize, St. Petersburg June 2021
Artcritical, David Cohen, Suzy Spence: Death Rider at Cathouse Proper March 2019
Portland Press Herald Daniel Kany, Art Review: The 2018 CMCA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Biennial is Good and Messy
Heritage Radio Network, Roberta’s Pizza, Bushwick Suzy Spence and Irina Milahache, Author and Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto, join Coral Lee in an interdisciplinary discussion. 10/28/18 EPISODE 37
Artcritical, Wen Tao, Hunters and Hustlers, Feminism and Theatricality in Suzy Spence and Heather Morgan, February 2018
Artcritical, David Cohen, cover story Suzy Spence A Night Among the Horses, January 2018
Delicious Line, Suzy Spence A Night Among the Horses, reviewed by William Corwin, January 2018
Amy Rahn, catalog essay: Genre Mis-en-Scenes: Suzy Spence’s A Night Among the Horses, January 2018
Artcritical, Critic’s Pick, The Hunt Intensifies, January 8, 2017
Hyperallergic, IN BROOKLYN, 600 Women Unite for a Photograph, by Christen Clifford, October 2016
1stdibs, The Enduring Appeal of Equine Art, by Ted Loos, October 2016
The Met Museum online, The Appearance of Clarity: Works in Black and White curated by Amy Rahn, 2014
C-Monster, Miranda, Carolina, “Photo Diary: Stuff artists are looking at,” April 2011
ARTslant, Yaelle Amir, Verge Highs and Lows, March 14, 2010
The New York Post, Jennifer Ceaser and Brian Niemietz, "All Dolled Up", March 6, 2010
The Brooklyn Rail, Sharon Butler, "The Mood Back Home", 2009
Apollo Magazine, Vincent Katz, "The Women's Rooms," 2009
Artinfo, Rico Gatson in New York, "Picks" 2009
FemminstBloggers@BrooklynMuseum, Jessica Shaffer, "Picks" 2009
Art21Blog, Nathan Townes-Anderson, "Bite Me", 2009
Motheringmagazine.com, Laura Andre, “The Mood Back Home: an exhibition inspired by Womanhouse”, January 2009
Artinfo, Linda Lee, “A Tale of Two Bridges”, Dec. 5 2008
Blankscreenmedia, featured artist, “Eye Pop”, October 2007
bkyn.com, Paul Laster, featured artist, "streams" section
The New York Times, Ken Johnson, Suzy Spence, “The Crackup”, March 4, 2002
(t)here magazine, issue 5, Suzy Spence featured digital artist t-here.com
Tema Celeste, Daniele Perra, websites reviews, www.Yadigit.com, November-December 2001, July 17, 2001
Artbyte, Chris Kensler, “Brain Candy”, July-August, 2001 pgs. 115-116, review also featured atwww.artbyte.com
Artkrush.com, Christopher Elam, featured website yadigit.com, July 2001
Cut-and-paste.com, Teri McSherrie, featured website yadigit.com, March 2001
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, “I Saw Stars,” May 19, 2000, pg. E34.
Smock, Victoria Leacock, "Vox Populi", July 2000 pg. 28.
Frieze Magaine, Alex Farquharson, Accelerator, summer 1999 pg. 99-100
Paper Magazine, Peter Davis, “Beautiful People” 1999, April 1999, pg. 72
Franz Niegelhell, Neue Zeit, Bewusstsein Industrie und Seifenopern, March 7, 1999
Ressort: Kultur, Oesterreich Salzburg, "Disney, Jesus Christus und Warhol", SN vom 27.3.1999
Steirische Wochenpost, “Suzy Spence im Grazer Kunstverein”, March 4, 1999
Eva Stadler, “Visions of Grandeur” exhibition essay, Grazer Kunstverein, February 1999
Steirerkrone, Jagd-Bilder der besonderen Art, March 5, 1999
Walter Titz, Kleine Zeitung, Normen und Konventionen, February 26, 1999
The Independent, Phil Johnson, “Young Guns Go for It, Accelerator”, February 1999
Esquire Magazine, Tim Martienssen, “Be Here Now – Accelerator”, February 1999
Mark Harris, Art Monthly, “Accelerator”, January 1999, pp. 33-34
Accelerator, exhibition catalogue, Godfrey Worsdale, Jo Lanyon, Catherine Gibson, 1998.
The New Yorker, “Painting Now and Forever Part 1”, August 3, 1998, pg 14
The New York Times, Roberta Smith, “Painting Now and Forever”, August 7, 1998, pg. E33.
The New York Times, Grace Glueck, Suzy Spence, Visions of Grandeur, July 10, 1998, pg. E37.
The Village Voice, Kim Levin, Suzy Spence, July 7, 1998, pg. 89
Paper Magazine, “Guest Artist Room with a View” by Suzy Spence, June 1998
CNBC's Great Stuff, television interview with Suzy Spence, February 21, 1998
Artnet Magazine, Robert Goldman, “E Pluralis Nihil,” www.arnet.com, February 6, 1998
Paper Magazine, Peter Davis, “Hollywood Hip 101, the Chateau Marmont has an Art Attack" February 1998, pg. 24
FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS
2023 Arusha Gallery, Residency The Old Silk Barn, Bruton Somerset, U.K.
2018 H.A.R.P. residency Barnag, HUNGARY
2009-17 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fiscal Sponsorship, the online archive for Womanhouse (1972) womanhouse.net
2016 Great Sprucehead Island Artists Week
2011 Vermont Studio Center
2001 New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Grant
1996 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Fellow
WRITING & CONVERSATIONS
Jenny Saville ROUNDTABLE: Julie Heffernan, Brenda Zlamany, Dennis Kardon, Walter Robinson, Barry Schwabsky, and Suzy Spence
Aspirational: Rico Gatson’s Icons at the Studio Museum in Harlem by Suzy Spence
Feminism at Frieze: A Gendered Perspective on the Art Fair by Suzy Spence
Open Casket: “Enquête” regarding the Dana Schutz affair, the painting, the protests by THE EDITORS
M/E/A/N/I/N/G: The Final Issue on A Year of Positive Thinking, "Plotting" by Suzy Spence
December 11, 2016 | Mira Schor's ayearofpositivethinking.com
Interview with Curator Varia Serova, September 2021
Heritage Radio Network, Roberta’s Pizza, Bushwick Suzy Spence and Irina Milahache, Author and Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto, join Coral Lee in an interdisciplinary discussion. 10/28/18
Pat Steir, Drawings | Helen Day Art Center, Stowe VT, 2016
Suzy Spence presents the work of Pat Steir on the occasion of the exhibition Pat Steir, Drawings Curated by Rachel Moore
A Conversation with Stephen Maine | Melville House, November 2014
On the occasion of the exhibition Stephen Maine: Paintings. Artists discuss Book#14-0103 and the motifs that emerge in an oversized, 80-page bound work on paper.
A Conversation with Christopher K. Ho | the artist’s studio Brooklyn, December 2013. In collaboration with Gertrude salons, Suzy Spence in discussion with conceptual artist Christopher K. Ho.
A Conversation with Nicole Cherubini | 1GAP Gallery and Brooklyn Museum, May 2013 in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum and The Gallery at 1GAP.