Jered Sprecher's studio practice explores the "handwriting" of humankind. The vocabulary that he draws from is focused on the vast array of marks and images in one's surroundings. From this vocabulary he samples visual motifs and imports them into his paintings and drawings. These works continually focus on remnants and fragments that are captured in the midst of change, then edited and fused together in the space of painting.

Sprecher is represented by Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York; Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston; and Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles. He was the recipient of a studio through the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program, and was recently an artist in residence at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland. Sprecher was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and his B.A. from Concordia University in Nebraska. He currently lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee.


Thursday, October 11, 12:30 PM
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 

Image: Affinity, 2011, Oil on linen, 62 x 58 inches