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2008 MFA, University of California Los Angeles
2002 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
AM SEE, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
2023
Put A Mess, Massimo de Carlo, Milan
Closeness: Spencer Lewis and Caitlin Lonegan, Micki Meng, Im Pei Tower, New York
2022
Sending, Massimo de Carlo, Hong Kong
Bubbles, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Odds and Sods, Josh Lilley, London
Jacques (Pink and Purple Paintings For My Dad), Harper's, New York
Jacques Lewis, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
2021
Turnip (two kinds of violence), Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
On Valentines, CANADA, New York
Susan Mary, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz
Four New Works, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
Six Jutes (2), Harper's, New York
2020
Six Jutes (1), Harper's, New York
Literacy Devolves into Violence, Harper’s, East Hampton
2019
Spencer Lewis, Harper’s, New York
2017
Violet Paintings for the Red and Blue Studio, Harper’s, New York
2016
Gang Age Bully Part Evil Baby Paintings, Nino Mier, Los Angeles
2016
Spencer Lewis and Eamon Ore-Giron: Savage Curio, Et Al, San Francisco
2014
Paint Object, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
2006
Powerful Emptiness, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Sounds of Blackness, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila
Descendants, K11 Musea, Hong Kong
These Days, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
Drunk vs Stoned 3, The Ranch, Montauk Beach
Intersection, Charles Riva Collection, Palm Beach
2022
Reckoning: Protest, Defiance, Resilience, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, D.C
Black Abstractionists: From Then 'til Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas
What You See Is What You Get, Massimo de Carlo, Milan
Reflections: Partly Fiction, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
2021
Melrose, Harper’s, Los Angeles
Fabrics, Goodwill Southern California, Los Angeles
I CARE BECAUSE YOU DO, The Mass, Tokyo
2020
36 Paintings, Harper’s, East Hampton, New York
Isolation is the Mother of Invention Part I, Kathryn Brennan Gallery, Los Angeles
A Doctor, a Painter, and an Alchemist Walk into a Bar: Alchemist, DRx Romanelli, Spencer Lewis (Album Collaboration and Installation), Over the Influence, Los Angeles
2019
Ecdysis II, Ltd, Los Angeles
Ecdysis, Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp
Nine, No Gallery, Los Angeles
Mind, Body, Soul with Maysha Mohamedi and Samuel Jablon, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles
2018
Six Artists: Theresa Chromati | Adam Henry | Spencer Lewis | Caitlin Lonegan | Emily Mae Smith | Tim Wilson, Harper’s, Long Island
Vision Valley, The Pit, Glendale
Carry the Bend, Brennan and Griffin, New York
Indulge, curated by John Wolf, Art Movement, Los Angeles
Common Room by Even Trine, Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles
Group Show, Shoulder Galley, Los Angeles
2015
Unbound, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
2014
6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
After Image, Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine
2012
Venice Beach Biennial, Monique van Genderen, Los Angeles
2011
Immanent Domain Part Two, Allen Tombello, Arena1 Gallery, Los Angeles
Immanent Domain Part One, Allen Tombello, West Los Angeles Community College, Los Angeles
2010
Larval Stages, Nathan Danolovich, Latned Astar, Los Angeles
2009
Lovable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, Josh Aster Kristen Calabrese, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Boofthle Booth – Booth: Deux / The Hollywood Biennale, Mateo Tannat, Pauline, Los Angeles
Feelings and Power, Rowan Wood, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Black Dragon Society Group Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
Boofthle (Booth - Booth), Mateo Tannatt, Pauline, Los Angeles
Some Paintings: LA Weekly Biennial Doug Harvey, Track 16, Los Angeles
2007
The Ones Who Stayed Longer, Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
Landslide: Young Los Angeles Artists, Addison Ripley, Washington DC
Public and Private Collections
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, Texas, United States
Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez Collection, Miami, Florida, United States
The Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles, California, United States
Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States
Publications
2024
Reckoning: Protest, Defiance, Resilience, Edited by Michelle D. Commander, Published by Rizzoli Electa, New York (exhibition catalogue)
2023
Caitlin Lonegan: hot, clear, scratchy, soft / Spencer Lewis: Bubbles, Published by Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna (exhibition catalogue)
2021
Spencer Lewis: Images, Published by XVXV, Los Angeles