Vaughn Spann (b. 1992, Orlando, Florida) is an American contemporary artist working primarily on printmaking and painting.[1][2] His style moves between abstraction and figuration, and at times incorporates symbols such as the American flag or the letter X.[3] He lives and works in Newark, New Jersey.[4]
Vaughn Spann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) Orlando, Florida, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, Printmaker |
Early life and education
editVaughn Spann was born in Orlando, Florida, in 1992. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 2014, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, in 2018.[5]
Work
editVaughn has been shown at the Rubell Museum, Florida; the Pérez Art Museum, Florida; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri, and others.[6][7] In 2020 he was one of Forbes "30 Under 30 in Art and Style" alongside Grace Lynne Raynes, Ilana Harris-Babou, Farah Al Qasimi, and Louis Fratino.[5][8]
In 2020 he donated some proceeds from the sale of a print to Black Lives Matter.[9] The solo show Vaughn Spann: Trilogy was on view at Almine Rech gallery, New York, in 2023. The abundance of blues in his paintings have been associated with Stéphane Mallarmé’s 1864 poem “L’Azur.”[10]
In 2024, the Tampa Museum of Art displayed the one-person presentation Vaughn Spann: Allegories, a series of four large-scale mixed media prints on wood panels. Compositions in the show expanded on the artist's vocabulary such as the "X" shape in combination with art historical references.[11]
Collections
editHis work is held in institutions including the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[12] Florida, as part of the institution's Fund for Black Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta;[5] North Carolina Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York, among others.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Vaughn Spann". DePauw University. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Vaughn Spann / 'Smoke Signals' / Almine Rech Brussels". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Crow, Kelly (15 January 2020). "A Boundary-Busting Artist Seeks to 'Learn Through the Chaos'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Vaughn Spann". rubellmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Vaughn Spann". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Vaughn Spann: Open Onto". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM's Fund for African American Art". www.pamm.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2020: Art & Style". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Vaughn Spann Releases 'Cosmic Symbiote' Print in Support of Black Lives Matter". HYPEBEAST. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Adam, Alfred Mac (2024-07-29). "Vaughn Spann: Trilogy | The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ a b Art, Tampa Museum of (2024-02-15). "Vaughn Spann: Allegories". Tampa Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Acquisition of Artworks by Isaac Julien and Kennedy Yanko at Eleventh Annual Art + Soul Celebration • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
Further reading
edit- Brown, Patricia Leigh (12 April 2019). "An Artist Rises, and Brings a Generation With Him". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 August 2020.