Vera Sprunt

Vera Sprunt

Artist Statement 2010

Liminality: Hybrid Works

Spindrift and Morningtide

Liminality

the Passing

flutter

linger and Liminal

Chasing Twilight

Albuquerque Museum

Tideline: Hybrid Works

Spring Equinox

Permeable World, Tideline

Between Tides

Ephemeral Oasis 1 and 2

High Tide and Sanctuary

Eternal Light

Tideline Installation

Tideline Review

the Sound: Hybrid Works

the Sound & Gibson Island

Masonboro Sound

the Sound Review

Cameron Art Museum

Cameron Art Museum 2

Cameron Art Museum 3

Cameron Art Museum 4

Hybrid Works: Process

layers

Whole: Hybrid Works

Auricula 7/16 and 8/1991

Auricula 9/15/1990 & 7/99

Auricula 1/5/1915 & 5/30

Auricula 10/26 & 3/25

Whole Review

Installation at Jonson

Epiphanies: Lithography

Epiphany Aug., June, Dec.

Epiphany - June 1, 1151

Epiphany - Sept 15, 1990

Epiphanies Suite

Epiphanies Portfolio Box

Artist Statement

Biography

Bibliography

Collections

Galleries

Contact

VERA SPRUNT

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art with distinction, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1989.

Master of Art, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987.

Bachelor of Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1977.

Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, Maryland, 1973.

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Tideline, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM April 18 through May 16, 2008.

the Sound, Chiaroscuro, Monte Sol, Santa Fe, NM, July 1 through July 31, 2005.

Whole, (a traveling exhibition of hybrid photography and photogravures) The Jonson Gallery of the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 22 - March 8, 2002 and The Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina, November 21, 2002 - February 16, 2003.

Auriculae, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, September 30 - October 30, 1999.

Sprunt: An Exhibition of Lithographs and Mixed Media, University of New Mexico: Gallup Campus, Gallup, New Mexico, March 1 - 25, 1999.

Aggregates, The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 22, 1996 - January 4, 1997.

Aggregates (first state), The Ruth Ramberg Gallery, Camera Works, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 5 - July 25, 1993.

Epiphanies, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, February 4 - March 5, 1993.

Printworks 1989 - 90, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 16 - November 17, 1989.

Aerial Journeys (third state), Camera Darkroom, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 29 - September 30, 1989.

Aerial Journeys (second state), Central Photographic, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 11 - September 5, 1989.

Aerial Journeys (first state), Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 10 - April 22, 1989.

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Vera Sprunt: Liminality, Lee Silton: Silent Universe, Gebert Gallery, Venice, California, Nov. 13 - Dec. 9, 2009.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Picture Perfect: Director's Choice, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York, Nov 8 - Dec 3, 2011.

Film & Paper, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 4 - August 24, 2011.

Viridian Artists' 1st International Juried Photography Exhibition, Director's Choice Power Point Presentation, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York, January 18 - February 5, 2011.

21st Annual International Juried Exhibition, juror: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, Curator's Choice Runner-up, Viridian Artists, New York, New York, July 6 - 24, 2010.

Anniversary Group Show, Gebert Gallery, Venice, California, May 1 - June 3, 2009, April 23 - June 16, 2010.

Texas National 2010, juror: Judy Pfaff, the Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas, April 10 - May 22, 2010.

Albuquerque Now-Winter, The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jan. 24 - April 18, 2010.

LA Art Show, Gebert Gallery, LA Convention Center, Jan 20 - 24, 2010.

+ 50 Works on Paper by Gallery Artists, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, Arizona, Jan. 7 - 31, 2010.

Judicial Notice I, 2 and 3, Bernalillo County Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 24, 2006 - Aug. 2007, August 2007 - May 2008 and August 2008 - May 2009.

All Artist Show, Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 12, 2007.

Print, Paper, Paint, Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale, Arizona, Sept. 7 - Oct. 2, 2006.

Flora and Fauna, Works on Paper, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 2 - May 5, 2005.

In Black and White, Chiaroscuro, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February, 2005.

Hybrid Photography, Chiaroscuro, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 5 - 20, 2003.

Art Chicago 2003, Cline Fine Art, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, May 9 - 12, 2003.

San Francisco International Art Exposition, Cline Fine Art, San Francisco - Fort Mason, Jan. 17 - 20, 2003.

Objects of Beauty, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 2002.

Polaroid: The New Mexico Connection, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 15 - April 14, 2002.

Red: colors, symbols and emotions, Gallery 214, Montclair, N.J., May 16-June 3, 2000.

The Element Show, a contemporary invitational, Helix Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 21 - May 17, 2000. 

Millennium Collection, National Association of Women Artists, Feminist Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, March 31 - April 2, 2000.

Midwest Photography Invitational X, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, Sept. 15 - Oct. 17, 1998; Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, Jan. 25 - Feb. 14, 1999, Art Center Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, May 1 - May 30, 1999, Wisconsin Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, June 1 - July 15, 1999; Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, MI, Aug. 1 - 30, 1999; Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, 1999;  Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI, Nov. 7 - Dec. 5, 1999;  Gogebic College Foundation, Ironwood, MI, Dec. 15 - Jan. 15, 2000;  Ohio Northern University, Ida, OH, Feb. 1 - March 1, 2000;  Tennessee Technological University, Cooksville, TN, March 15 - April 15, 2000. 

National Association of Women Artists, Inc., Shelter Rock Art Gallery, Manhasset, New York, Feb. 6 - April 7, 1999.

National Printmaking 1999, The College of New Jersey, Department of Art, Ewing, New Jersey, Jan. 20 - Feb. 17, 1999.

110th Annual: National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New World Art Center, New York, New York, Feb. 5 - 26, 1999.

A Moment in Time-Photography Exhibit, The Fredericksburg Center For The Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Jan. 4 - 31, 1999.

The Figure Revisited, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, Dec. 2, 1998 - Jan. 2, 1999, Juror's Award.

Alternative Interpretations, The Drury College Cox Gallery, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, Nov. 23 - Dec. 19, 1998.

Contents and Contexts: Lithography after 200 years, an international juried and invitational exhibition of contemporary lithographs, Academy Art Center Gallery, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 4 - 30, 1998.  Acquisition Award, the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts permanent collection.

Pressed and Pulled VII, Blackbridge Hall Gallery and the Museum and Archives of Georgia Education, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, Aug. 24 - Sept. 25, 1998.

The School of the U., University Art Museum, 516 Gallery Downtown, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 14 - March 29, 1997.

Ruins, Relics and Remains, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, April 5 - 30,1995.

Highlands University Fine Arts Faculty Art Show, Arrott Art Gallery, Las Vegas, New Mexico, October 16 - November 9, 1994.

Reproduction in the Age of Multiples, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, New York, December 10, 1993 - January 21, 1994.

Southeast by Southwest: Paintings from Athens, Georgia: Prints from Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Four-person curated show, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, School of Art and Design, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, November 3 - December 5, 1993.

New Mexico 1993, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 6 - May 23,1993.

21 Steps, The University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 22 - April 28, 1993.

Exhibition of Prints, UNM Centennial Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 9 - December 17, 1992.

21 Steps, Jonson Gallery of the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 25 - October 2, 1992.

Invitational Printmaking Exhibition, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, June 1992.

New Mexico Impressions: Printmaking 1880 - 1990, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 8 - March 15, 1992.

Rituals and Primitive Origins, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, February 6 - March 10, 1991.

Another View, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, School of Art and Design, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, September 12 -  September 30, 1990.

Printmaking in New Mexico: A Survey, The Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico; the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, New Mexico; and San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, 1990.

Light Aberrations Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, April 10 - May 4, 1990.

Invitational Print Exchange Exhibition, Chambers Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, January 15 - February 16, 1990.

1989 D. H. Lawrence Summer Workshop, Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, August 1989.

Scholastic Invitational Art Exhibit, El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas, May 1989

Annual MA/MFA Exhibition: 1989, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1989.

Polaroid 20" x 24" Exhibition, Raw Space Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 1988 and the Van Deren Coke Gallery of the University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1989.

Conceptions Southwest Exhibit, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1988 and 1984.

Annual MA/MFA Exhibition: 1987, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1987.