2013
Art
from the Heart of Florida, invitational exhibition of eleven
Central Florida artists, Sept. 20 thru Jan. 11, 2014 at Crealde
School of Art, Winter Park FL. Curated by Executive Director
Peter Schreyer and Henry Sinn, Director of Painting and Drawing.
Artists include: Marc Barrett, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Charles Eady,
Michael Galletta, Spence Guerin, Charles Hazelaar, David Hunter,
Spencer Pettit, Sean Sexton, Anna Tomczak, and Rgoberto Torres.
Completed
first small 'View of Melbourne' painting along the Indian River
Lagoon, on same day dead dolphin #49 was pulled out of the polluted
and dying lagoon
Initiated
work on series of small paintings at Kissimmee Prairie
Continued
portrait drawing series in Florida
Printed
some etchings at Michael Kemp's in Micanopy FL, rekindling interest
in intaglio printmaking
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2011-2012
First
visits to Kissimmee Prairie and other natural Florida areas
Continued
portrait drawing series in Florida
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2010
Working
on painting commission in Alaska
Alaska-Canada
Hwy drive to Alaska, added another Kluane Lake painting to the
Al-Can Series
Continued
portrait drawing series in Florida
Publications: “Studio
Visit” juried artist catalog competition, Open Studios
Press, Spring 2010.
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2009
In
a New Light: Selections from the Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection",
on view May 22nd - October 6, 2009 at the Florida International
Museum
Liquid
Muse (Florida's American Heritage River: The Art of the St. Johns
Region) an exhibition of 45 Florida artists, includes Spence
Guerin's Tootoosahatchee, travels to:
- Feb. 15-Mar.31, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville
FL.
- Apr. 15-May 30, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Tallahassee
FL.
- Aug. 3-Sept. 9, Florida School of the Arts, St. Johns River Community College,
Palatka FL.
- Sept. 15-Nov. 23, Museum of Florida Art (formerly Deland Museum of Art),
Deland FL.
Publications: “Studio
Visit” juried artist catalog competition, Open Studios
Press, Spring 2009.
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2008
Aug.30-Oct.
19, public reception Wed. Oct. 2 -- Liquid Muse (Florida's American
Heritage River: The Art of the St. Johns Region) an exhibition
of 45 Florida artists, at Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville
FL. Exhibition includes Spence Guerin's Tootoosahatchee and Managed
Marsh.
Thurs.
Sept. 18: artists Sean Sexton and Spence Guerin speak on Art
and Agriculture in St. Johns River Basin, Harn Museum of Art,
University of FL, Gainesville FL.
Thurs.
Oct. 2nd: Liquid Muse public reception
Fri.
Oct. 3rd: All day events include panel discussion 1-3pm with
artists Sydney McKenn, Margaret Ross Tolbert and Spence Guerin,
speaking about their work, the St. Johns River, and public water
resources. 1-3 pm at Santa Fe CommunityCollege, Gainesville FL.
Liquid
Muse exhibition will travel in Florida in 2009 to Jacksonville,
DeLand, Tallahassee and Palatka.
Publications: “Juried
Exhibition in Print” New American Paintings, Vol. 76, Southern
Edition, June 2008.
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2005-2007
Working
on private commissions in Alaska, Oregon and Florida.
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2004
Exhibition
of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and
Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
Made
in Florida: The Contemporary Landscape (four artists: James Couper,
Miami; Jake Fernandez, Bradenton; Sean Sexton, Vero Beach; and
Spence), The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
Invitational
Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts
and Letters
Group
exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York City
Tiny
Works, Project Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
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2003
Group
exhibition, A Fall Landscape Show (four artists: Melanie Parke
of Michigan; Stephen Dinsmore of Nebraska; Stanley Lewis of back
east somewhere; and Spence Guerin) at Wright Gallery, Northport,
Michigan, all of October
Group
exhibition, The Contemporary Landscape, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota,
Florida
Received
Donor Award, 16th Annual Northern National Art Competion, Nicolet
College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Group
exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York City
The
Spice of Life (Five Florida Artists), invitiational exhibition
at Backus Gallery and Museum, Fort Pierce, Florida
Publications: “Juried
Exhibition in Print” New American Paintings, Vol. 46, Southern
Edition, June 2003
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2002
Received
Peninsula Fine Arts Center Award (the highest honor) at Biennial
2002, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia
64th
Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
and Photography, Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
October
International Competition 2002, Armory Art Center, West Palm
Beach, Florida
Locations & Light,
Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, Florida. Landscape Paintings
by Pennsylvania Artists Scott Noel and Jeffrey Reed and Florida
Artist Spence Guerin
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2001
Ten
New Artists, group exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York
City
63rd
Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings,
Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
Art
Encounter 2000ne, First All-Florida Jured Exhibition, Naples
Art Association, von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
Honorable
Mention, 2D/3D Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts,
Fort Meyers, Florida
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
Tiny
Works V, Project Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
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2000
62nd
Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings,
Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
Realism
2000, 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cultural Center
of Fine Arts,
Parkersburg, West Virginia
The
Contemporary Landscape, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
Tiny
Works IV, Project Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
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1999
Third
Annual Tiny Works Invitational, Project Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
Florida
and the Southeast: The Gulf Coast Museum of Art Collection,
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida
Benefactor
Award, Northern National Art Competition, Northern Arts Council
and Nicolet College,
Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Juror:
Christopher Brown, painter
Open
Spaces-Private Places, Seven Florida Landscape Painters, Armory
Art Center, West Palm Beach,
Florida
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
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1998
Tiny
Works Short Stories, 2nd Annual Invitational Exhibit, Project
Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
"My
Cousin Spence" at my cousin Bryant's, San Francisco
Texas
National 98, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, Texas; Juror: Martha Mayer Erlebacher, painter.
Second
Annual National All-Media Competition, Ridge Art Association,
Winter Haven, Florida;
Juror: Mark Ormond, Curator, Ringling Museum,
Sarasota, Florida
Group
Exhibition, Florida Collectors Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
Solo
exhibition, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska
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1997
Florida
Competitive Exhibition, Part 2, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach,
Florida; Juror: Frank Thompson
III, Curator, Asheville (NC) Art Museum
Donor
Award, Tenth Northern National Art Competition, Northern Arts
Council and
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Juror: Philip Pearlstein.
Inaugural
Exhibition, Project Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
National
Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
Reality
Check (Alaska Realism), Decker/Morris Gallery,
Anchorage, Alaska
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1996
45th
All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art
61st
Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown,
New York
National
Small Works Exhibition,
Schoharie
County
Arts Council,
Cobleskill,
New York
Invitational
Salon Exhibition of Small
Works,
New Arts
Program,
Kutztown,
Pennsylvania
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SELECTED EARLIER
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
American Drawing Biennial III, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William
and Mary
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Cheekwood Art Museum,
Nashville, Tennessee. Honorable Mention Award.
Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Hal Katzen Gallery, New York City
Orlando Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibition, Orlando, Florida