Vitae
Vitae
EDUCATION
2002 MFA in Painting, School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa
2001 MA in Painting, School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa
1999 BA in History and Studio Art, Concordia University, Nebraska
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Faculty Development Leave, University of Tennessee
2019 Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission
2018 Jefferson Prize, Office of the Chancellor, University of Tennessee
2017 Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Grant, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
2017 National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge Grant, Outside In, Knoxville Museum of Art
2017 Artist-in-Residence, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2007 Artist-in-Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Contributing Artist, Artist Pension Trust, NY, NY
2003 The Space Program, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, NY, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
TBA, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
2021
House of Leaves, University Art Gallery, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Summer Noise, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2018
Divided Light, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudosn, NY
Grammar of the Ground, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (November-December)
Still We Move, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
seeing, McGlothin Center for the Arts, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
2017
Outside In, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2016
Now & Not Yet, Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
Jered Sprecher: Recent Work, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN
2015
The Hollow that Echoes, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL
2014
Half Moon Maker, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Beats/Breaks, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA
Stacking Stones, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Here & There, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2013
The Dreams of Architects & Poets, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Jered Sprecher , Locker Plant at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
I Always Lie, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Fraktur, Times Club at Praire Lights, Iowa City, IA
2011
Als Ick Kan, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Shadows of Friction, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2010
Monumental Dust , Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Jered Sprecher, presented by Steven Zevitas Gallery, VOLTA NY, New York, NY
wen U R luvd it iz t% much, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2009
Digging in the Dirt , Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Jered Sprecher , Steve Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Drift, Cress Gallery, University of Tennesse-Chattanooga
Index, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Truth in Tension, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2007
Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Furniture of the Universe, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Truth in Tension, The Art Gallery of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2006
Jered Sprecher, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Jered Sprecher, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Never Finished, GFL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Cabinet, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
PTG. a in in, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, NY
TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
TBA, Heather Hartman and Jered Sprecher, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
TBA, Brian Jobe and Jered Sprecher, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
2015
Three Carbon Tons: Micheal Jones McKean and Jered Sprecher, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010
Pictures Hold Us: Carrie Moyer and Jered Sprecher, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Kabinett 4: Brita Bogers, Mark Holmes, and Jered Sprecher, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2004
New Spaces: Dan Attoe & Jered Sprecher, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Eraser, Ground Floor Gallery, Birmingham, AL. Organized by Brian Edmonds
Rarity Gallery Group Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2021
Re: Presentation Part II, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Organized by Dan Cameron
A Flowering, Binder Projects, Memphis, TN
The Violets in the Mountains Have Broken the Rocks, Pt. 2, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Undercurrents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Little Ritual, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Seconds, Minnesota Street Projects & Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA. (virtual exhibition)
Mirage, Sabine Gallery, Houston, TX. Organized by Tommy Taylor.
Beyond Bounds 2020, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS.
If You Like This, You’ll Love That, Collar Works, Troy, NY. (virtual exhibition)
2019
Appalachia Now, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Organized by Jason Andrew.
DECOY: work by Tauba Auerbach, Trudy Benson, Corin Hewitt, Tara Donovan, Vik Muniz & Jered Sprecher, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. Organized by Marc Mitchell.
2018
Anxious Abstraction, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS. organized by Bruce Hartman
Weekend, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL. Organized by Ezra Johnson
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Vol., Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2017
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, The Curator Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Debra Drexler & Liam Davis.
Esho Funi, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA. Organized by Lizzie Kurita.
Life’s Rich Pageant, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY.
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Vol. 2, Class Room, Coventry, England. Additional Venues: Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN; Volunteer State Community College, Nasheville, TN; University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA; Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia; Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI and Julian Jackson, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Touch Between Image and Surface, University of Akron, Akron, OH. Organized by Matthew Kolodziej
Zeitgeist Retrospective, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Vol. 2, Corridor Projects, Dayton, OH. Addtional Venues: Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany; Curating Contemporary, online; Angelika Studios, High Wycombe, England; Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
trans_late, PLUG Projects, Kansas City, MO.
Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion, Curator’s Office, Washington D.C.
Drawing Performance, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2015
After Living in the Room of Réalités Nouvelles, Sonce Alexander, Los Angeles, CA
New on View II, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Hither & Yon: Craig Drennen, Jane Fox Hipple, Astri Snodgrass & Jered Sprecher, Fuel & Lumber Company, Birmingham, AL. Organized by Amy Pleasant and Pete Schulte.
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, The University of Hawaii at Mona Art Gallery, Manoa, Hawaii. Organized by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis.
2014
Hunter Invitational III, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
9/50, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Genesis Forward Battery, Underdonk, Ridgewood, NY (organized by hkjb)
Higher Learning, Lehman College CUNY, New York, NY (organized by Dannielle Tegeder)
Fiction (with only daylight between us), Neon Heater Gallery, Findlay, OH (curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones)
Collection, Ecole Superleure d'Art et de Design Grenoble/Valence, Grenoble, France
Everyday Abstraction, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Tops, Arts Memphis, Memphis, TN
2013
The New Picture Plane, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Pages, Pages , Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
5 x 5 Castelló 2013, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain
Wintergarten, Rasche Ripken Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The New Picture Plane, Leslie Heller Workspace, New York, NY
The Group Show, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Pages, Pages, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Chopshop #3/RADIORADIO, Pier 1218, Madison, WI
2012
Currents, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Grey Full, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (organized by Geoffrey Young)
Abstract, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum, UNC-Greensboro, NC
Liquid Light, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Fusion, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Higher Ground, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
WAVERS, Studio 204, Brooklyn, NY (organized by Rob Nadeau and E.J. Hauser)
Sting XII!: Boston Contemporary, The Beehive, Boston, MA
2011
MultipleMix, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Working Title, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY (organized by Vince Contarino & Kris Chatterson)
Ruptures, Hoffman LaChance Gallery, St. Louis, MO (organized by Michael Wille)
Point Time, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (organized by Jean Hess)
Point Time, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA (organized by Jean Hess)
Point Time, Association of Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN (organized by Jean Hess)
2010
Uncertain Terrain, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Geometric Progressions, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Precarity and the Butter Tower, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
Playing Fields, School of Fine Art Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Sting 8: Where's the Smoke..., The Beehive, Boston, MA
2009
Abstract Painting, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN
Drawn, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Art Actuel France-Japon, Aoyama Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Inside the Artist Mind, Assoc. of Visual Art, Chattanooga, TN
Summer Group Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Hamptons, NY
Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction, Austin Peay State University, TN
2008
Ultrasonic III, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gouache & Goauche Only, Jeff Bailey & Andrea Meislin Galleries, New York, NY
2007
Non-Declarative, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2006
26, Ewing Gallery of Art, The University of Tennesee
The Darling Project, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Getting It “Right”,OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Next Next Art, (BAM) Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
Hot Tamales, ArtLA, Los Angeles, CA
Dual Vision, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
New American Talent, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2004
Painting, Cecil R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Ordinary Aura, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, MI
2003
Rough Around the Edges, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Dinosaurs, Los Medanos Community College, Pittsburg, CA
New Art , Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
2002
Iowa Artists 2002, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY
Aslan Foundation, Knoxville, TN
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Concordia University, Seward, NE
The Hunter Museum of American Art
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Museum of Modern Art/ Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, New York
Neiman Marcus, Los Angeles, California
Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
New York Public Library, Special Collections, New York, New York
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Scripps, Knoxville, TN
The Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Tama Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The University of Iowa, Special Collections, University Library, Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Tennessee, Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN
The University of Tennessee, Special Collections, Hodges Library, Knoxville, TN
Visa Corporation, San Francisco, CA
The W Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021
Visiting Artist, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Visiting Artist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2020
Portrait Project, In A Speculative Light: The Arts of James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney, UT Humanities Center, Knoxville, TN
2019
Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Panel Presentation, “As the World (Slow) Burns around Us: Our Images of Nature”, Destructive Forces, Organized by Alison Denyer, SECAC, Chattanooga, TN
2018
Visiting Artist, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
Artist Lecture, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2017
Visiting Artist, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Artist Talk, L’Amour du Vin, KMA-Blackberry Farms, Townsend, TN
2016
Visiting Artist, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Visiting Artist, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Visiting Artist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Visiting Artist, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2015
Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Visiting Artist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2014
Visiting Artist and Juror, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Visiting Artist, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Instructor, Ox-Bow, Saguatauk, MI
2013
Visiting Artist, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Curator, \lēn\, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Lecture, Chinati Foundation at Marfa Book Company, Marfa, TX
Lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2012
Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Visiting Artist, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2011
Visiting Artist, Ox-Bow Artist Residency, Saguatauk, MI
Visiting Artist & Student Show Juror, Ball State University, Muncie IN
Visiting Artist, University of New Mexico, Albequerque, NM
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2010
Visiting Artist, Daniel Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
Lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2009
John and Diane Marek Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Panelist, Abstract Painting, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
Visiting Artist, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Visiting Artist, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
2008
Lecture, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Panel Participant with Tara Donovan, Barbara Takenaga, and Joyce Robinson, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation and IAM, NY, NY
Lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2007
Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Visiting Artist, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Portfolio Reviewer, IAM, Annual Conference, NY, NY
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2016 - present Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2011 - 2016 Associate Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2005 - 2011 Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2004 Lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ