Born 1973, Philadelphia, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Selected solo exhibitions
2025
Sisters Tennis Elbow 138, The Journal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2024
Spencer Sweeney: The Painted Bride, Gagosian, New York, USA
2023
Amplifications, The Karpidas Collection, Dallas, TX.
2022
Perfect, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
2021
Queue, Gagosian, Davies Street, London, England.
2020
Tennis Elbow, Journal Gallery, New York, NY.
2019
Smalls, Gagosian, Paris, France.
The Pastels, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
2018
Self-Portraits, Gagosian, New York, USA
2017
Viva Las Vegas, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2016
The Grey Leg, Gavin Brown’s enterprise & Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France
2015
TRAMPS, curated by Parinaz Mogadassi, London, UK
Karma, New York, USA
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, Great Britain
2013
Berlin Paintings, 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, WI
2010
Egyptian Diving Board Part II, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
Teatr Laboratorium, Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, Germany
2009
Spencer Sweeney, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
2008
Spencer Sweeney, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Our Gang, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
2006
Spencer Sweeney, AMT Gallery, Como, Italy
2005
Spencer Sweeney, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
Spencer Sweeney, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York USA
2003
Works on paper, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York USA
1999
Spencer Sweeney, Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA
Selected group exhibitions
2024
A Study in Form (Chapter 2), James Fuentes, New York, USA
2023
A.R. Penck & Spencer Sweeney, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY.
15 Years Anniversary Exhibition, HdM Gallery, Beijing, China
2022
Tennis Elbow 111, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY.
2021
Different Strokes, Almine Rech, London, England.
2020
Bustes de Femmes: Paris 10th Anniversary, Gagosian, Paris, France.
Hommage à Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany.
Everything is Personal, TRAMPS, New York, NY.
Different Strokes, Almine Rech Gallery, London, England.
2019
Meet Me In the Bathroom: The Art Show, The Hole xx UTA Artist Space, New York, NY
2018
New York by Night, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China
2017
Peace Pieces, Brian DeGraw with Spencer Sweeney”, Hysteric Glamour, Shibuza, Japan
2016
Don’t Look Back, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Olympia, Carte blanche exhibition to Karma, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
Outside, Karma, Amagansett, New York, USA
Goulding the Lolly, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
The Great Figure Two, The Journal Gallery, New York, USA
Lost For Words, Murray Guy, New York, USA
2015
What’s Wrong With Me, Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Feed the Meter, Bernard Ceysson Galerie, Luxembourg, Belgium
2014
Painter’s Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 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, Great Britain
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, 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
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
2001
Spencer Sweeney, American Fine Arts, New York
Spencer Sweeney, 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
1999
XXX-Mas Show, American Fine Arts, New York, USA
CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3, PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, New York, USA
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York, USA
Preview Party for John Waters’ opening, American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Preview Party for Gary Gross, American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
1998
Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA, USA
Hey, You Never Know, (performance curated by Carol Greene), New York
