JERED SPRECHER
Knoxville, TN

Education      

2002	MFA in Painting with Honors, School of Art & Art History,
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City. Minor,  Printmaking
2001	MA in Painting, School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
	Minor, Printmaking
1999	BA, History and Studio Art, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska

Awards & Fellowships

2005	Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition, New York.
2003-4	Fellowship, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program,New York, New York
2001-2	Mildred Pelzer-Lynch Fellowship in Painting, School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	Len Everett Scholarship, Burlington Art Guild, Burlington, Iowa
2000	New American Paintings: MFA Annual, Open Studios Press, Wellesley,
	Massachusetts. Juror: Klaus Kertess
1998-9	Gerald Brommer Scholarship, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska.
1998	Liquitex Paint Exchange  (Awarded Liquitex Products in order to complete a series of paintings.)
1995- 99	Concordia University Art Scholarships, Concordia University, Seward, NE

 Exhibitions (*denotes one person exhibition)   

2006	Drawing Center , New York , NY
	*OSP Gallery, Boston , MA
	*ADA Gallery, Richmond , Virginia
2005	*The Cabinet, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. (October 2005)
	*Never Finished, GFL Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Curator: Esa Nickle
	*PTG. a in in, Olive Tjaden Gallery, School of Art, Cornell University
	Dual Vision, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Curator: John McKinnon
	New American Talent, Arthouse, Austin, Texas. Curator: Dan Cameron
	Next Wave, (BAM) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York. Curator: Dan Cameron
	Bread Upon the Waters, Multiple Venues, Three Year Touring Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, (tours from 2003 to 2005).
2004	New Spaces: Dan Attoe & Jered Sprecher, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Vis a Vis: Paintings of James Bockelmann, Scott Seebart, & Jered Sprecher,
	LoRiver Arts, Beacon, New York.
	Art Chicago, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
	Painting, Cecil R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, Curator:
	Gary Passanise.
	Marie Walsh Sharpe: Space Program Open Studio, New York, New York.
	Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY.
	Ordinary Aura, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2003	*Chronology, Pomerantz Pavilion Gallery, Project Art, The University of Iowa
	Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
	Rough Around the Edges, work by Krista Hoefle and Jered Sprecher
	Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania
	Affordable Art Fair, Wendy Cooper Gallery (WI), New York, NY
	Dinosaurs, Los Medanos Community College, Pittsburg, California
	Iowa City: Four Emerging Artists, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
2002	*ACCREDIT: Recent Paintings by Jered Sprecher, Eve Drewelowe Gallery
	School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	*Realistic Paintings of Abstractions, Iowa Memorial Union Gallery
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	Len Everett Scholarship Recipients, Burlington Art Guild, Burlington, Iowa
	Drawing Water, Iowa Memorial Union Bridge, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
	(Collaborative Performance where Alan Harmon and Jered Sprecher sit on
	opposite ends of a pedestrian bridge spanning the Iowa River. As people pass by they are asked to carry food, newspapers, other objects and messages
	across the river.)
	Iowa Artists 2002, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
	Digital, Hudson River Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
	Peace Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
	Midwest Ticket, Gallery 119, Chicago, Illinois
	MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of Art, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
	Infinite Respect, Enduring Dignity: Voices and Visions on the September Attacks, Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2001	*Blind Man Drawing, Coal Cellar Space, School of Art & Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
	(Performance by Sprecher, the artist is locked in Coal Cellar Space for twenty-four hours with no light and draws on the walls.)
	in Attendance, CSPS, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
	(Ready Table Collaborative Installation by Alan Harmon, Adam Wolpa, and Jered Sprecher.
	The gallery space was transformed using tables, chairs, beds, ladders,
	heat, light, salt, and water.) Ready Table: Installations & Paintings from
	The University of Iowa
	Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
2000	*A Thousand Perfect Circles, Coal Cellar Space,
	School of Art &Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	(Performance: Sprecher spends one week trying to draw the perfect circle).
	*PILGRIM, Paintings by Jered Sprecher, Eve  Drewelowe Gallery, School of Art & Art  History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
	*I Do Not See My Back, Coal Cellar Space, School of Art & Art History,
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, (installation).
	Those Who Draw, (Carrie Pollack, Andrew Wilson, & Jered Sprecher),
	Byron Burford Gallery, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
	The Midwest Show, Byron Burford Gallery, School of Art & Art History,
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	As A Light, Checkered Space, School of Art & Art History,
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	(Interactive Collaborative Installation by Ready Table using thirty feet tall black
	curtains and projected video.)
	First Year Show, Byron Burford Gallery, School of Art & Art History,
	The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1999	Passages and Signals: Paintings by Paul Berkbigler & Jered Sprecher,
	Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska

Juried Exhibitions

2003	Halpert Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State
	University, Boone, North Carolina. Juror: Jeff Flemming
	New Art 2003, MPG, Boston, Massachusetts. Juror: Theodore Stebbins
2002	67th Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois. Juror: Jeff Flemming
	3rd National Columbia Book & Paper Arts Biennial, Columbia College
	Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois
	International Juried Show: 2002, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts
	Summit, New Jersey. Juror: William Zimner
2002	National Drawing Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii
2001	44th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York. Juror: Barbara Rose
	51st Annual Quad State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
	28th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2000	National Drawing + Print Exhibition, Bloomingdale Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
1998	Nebraska Art Teachers Association, Art Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan, Lincoln, Nebraska
1996	Nebraska Art Teachers Association, Art Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan, Lincoln, Nebraska

Collections                          

Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
Museum of Modern Art/ Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, New York, New York
New York Public Library, Special Collections, New York, New York
Tama Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The University of Iowa, Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa, School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa, Special Collections, University Library, Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa