Have you met…Jered Sprecher?

 

Jered Sprecher | Threshold, 2014, acrylic and paper on linen, 11 x 8 inches

An introduction can be a wonderful thing. You can meet interesting people, and make new friends. You can be introduced to your new favorite foods, books, music, or artist. I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to. The person I’d like to introduce is the artist Jered Sprecher.

Jered Sprecher | Making Time, 2014, acrylic and paper on linen, 11 x 8 inches

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

Jered Sprecher, Here And There. 2013

Born in 1976 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jered Sprecher currently lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee where he teaches at The University of Tennessee. His paintings, drawings, and installations focus on the fleeting images and objects that surround us. His work has been exhibited at The Drawing Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Chinati Foundation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, Hunter Museum of Art, and Espai d’art Contemporani de Castelló. In 2009, he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Most recently he was the Artist-in-Residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Sprecher received his BA from Concordia University in Nebraska.

Jered Sprecher, Desert Father, 14×11, 2012

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