Spencer van der Zee
Cincinnati, Ohio (b. 1986)
Selected Exhibitions
2019
FOR A BETTER WORLD: The Best of 2004-2015
a book of Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice
by 100 Greater Cincinnati Poets and 100 Greater Cincinnati visual Artists
2018
logo design, "Tom the Drum" for Drum History Podcast
mural, Brew River Creole Kitchen
Psychedelic Color Magick: featured artist, Art's on the Avenue, Cincinnati OH
Constella Arts Festival, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati OH
2017
Püth: Solo exhibition and Zine release, Frameshop, Cincinnati OH
Lobby Installation, Plunge Hotel, Miami FL
SOS Art Academy of Cincinnati Annual Publication
Lobby Instillation, Proctor and Gamble headquarters, Cincinnati OH
2016
Constella Festival of Music and Fine Art
2015
THE OTHER WORLD: Solo Exhibition, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Constella Festival of Music and Fine Art
2014
ArtWorks’ Secrets
Published cover and rear cover drawings for SOS Art Academy of Cincinnati annual publication
BLDG 199C: Opening Day Art Show - juried show
Building Value Art Auction
Northside Mural – 30x20’ mural on Hamilton ave.
American Cancer Society Art Auction
Keystone Restaurant
OBJECT Gallery Manager, showed work and curated several shows through 2014
OBJECT Gallery mural – 20 foot mural completed on front of gallery
2013
Mariemont Art Fair
Dilly Café solo show
Dutch's Larder solo show
ArtWorks’ Secrets
2012
Main Street Window Gallery Artist in Residence – August
Published in Annual SOS Art Journal
City of Covington Chalk Contest – 1st place
The Cincinnati Museum Center, ‘Pompeii Exhibit’ – Juried Show
Beelistic’s on Vine
Co-founded Voodoo Factory Studio; Produced several animated and live action commercials for TV and radio.
2011 Over-the-Rhine, The Loft Series, Cincinnati
Slotin Folk Fest, Atlanta, GA
Springin’ into OTR , Cincinnati
Essex Studio Walk
Curated ‘Hard Knocks’ Group Show – Thunder-Sky, Inc.
ArtWorks' Secrets ‘The Masters’
FOE Gallery Solo Show, Northampton, MA
SOS Art Academy of Cincinnati Group Show, curated by Saad Ghosen
Published in Annual SOS Art Journal
Published in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
Curated and showed in Bromwell’s Gallery ‘Direct Contact: Self Made Pop’
The Taft Museum, ‘Evening in the Garden’
Thunder-Sky Gallery presents ‘Dreams of Italy’
Finster Fest, Georgia
2010
The Malton Gallery Solo Show
The Full Art Spectrum Monthly Show
Raymond Thunder-Sky Folk Art Festival
ArtWorks' Secrets
ArtWorks' Top 100 Secret Artists Revealed
2009
Sandra Small Gallery Winter Group Show
Baba Budans' Solo Show
ArtWorks' Secrets
Hauke House Group Show
I suspend a reality full of situations that could happen in our "real" world, but rarely do. My drawings, paintings, and animations exaggerate this world and spotlight the bizarre day-to-day life of its inhabitants.