{"id":41,"date":"2024-02-13T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:23:51","slug":"__about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/__about\/","title":{"rendered":"Corinna Spencer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" style=\"width:311px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-1106x1536.jpg 1106w, https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877-1474x2048.jpg 1474w, https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_1877.jpg 1629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Coventry University School of Art And Design<br>M.A Fine Art painting 2006-2008<br>B.A Fine Art painting 1993-1996<br>Maidstone KIAD 1992-1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">solo shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Small Dreams House<\/em>, Small House Gallery, 1-31 July 2021<br><em>Lovely Creatures<\/em>, That Art Gallery, Bristol, 7 September \u2013 29 September 2018<br><em>Strange And Romantic<\/em>, Exeter Phoenix, Cafe gallery, 12 May \u2013 1 July 2017<br><em>Portrait Of A Lady<\/em>, Nottingham Castle Museum &amp; Art Gallery, Nottingham, 19 September 2015 \u2013 17 January 2016<br><em>Mourning Portraits<\/em>, Automatic Sweat, Salon, L.A, 10 Oct \u2013 7 Nov, 2015<br><em>The State She\u2019s In<\/em>, The fishbone Gallery, Coventry 17th jan \u2013 28th Feb 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">ING Discerning Eye, SW Regional Prize 2019<br>Solo show award, Nottingham Castle open, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">selected group shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Other Landscapes<\/em>, Field System, Asburton , Devon, 2 &#8211; 25 April, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Drawing The Night In , The Second Sleep<\/em>, Black Swan Arts, Frome, 21 October &#8211; 17 November, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Summer Group Show<\/em>, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, 13 June &#8211; 30 Aug <br><em>Big Girl Pants<\/em>, The Art Office, London, 13-17 March, 2025&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Drawing The Night In<\/em>, Young Gallery, Salisbury, 25 Oct 2024 &#8211; 4 January 2025<br><em>Summer Open<\/em>, Studio Kind, Barnstaple, Devon, 24 August &#8211; 21 September 2024<br><em>Moons,<\/em> No.6 Bruton, Somerset, 30 May-9 June, 2024 <br><em>Open About Identity<\/em>, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset, 25 May &#8211; 2 September, 2024 <em>Curtains,<\/em> The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, 2-26 May, 2024<br><br><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Sugar Cube III<\/em>, Lido Stores, Margate 1-23 Dec, 2023<br><em>Studio Kind Summer Show,<\/em>&nbsp;Studio Kind, Devon, 22 July \u2013 12 August 2023<br><em>The Wild Thought<\/em>, Lido Stores, Margate &nbsp;1-24 Feb, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Anywhere In Between<\/em>, The Tub, Hackney, London, 21-25 August, 2022<br><em>A Drawing Show<\/em>, VO Curations, London, 4-12 July, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Raisa Nosova + Corinna Spencer<\/em>, Theodore, NYC, October 22 \u2013 Dec 4 2021<br><em>Turner Contemporary Open<\/em>, Margate, 22 Oct \u2013 2021 \u2013 20 Feb 2022,<br><em>A War With No Winner \u2013 Bodies And Their Spaces<\/em>, Grove Collective, London, 25 March \u2013 15 April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>36th Open<\/em>, Southwark Galleries, London, 2 December \u2013 31 January<br><em>Life On Venus: The Landscape<\/em>, The Tub, London, 10 \u2013 13 December 2020<br><em>Artworks Open<\/em>, Barbican Arts Trust, London,<br><em>Wells Contemporary 2020<\/em>, 1 October \u2013 28 February 2021<br><em>The Seventh View<\/em>, C24 Gallery, New York, 30 January \u2013 18 April 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Schwarzwald,&nbsp;<\/em>Joseph Wales, Margate, 9 \u2013 15 December, 2019<br><em>ING Discerning Eye<\/em>, Mall Galleries, London, 14 \u2013 24 November, 2019<br><em>Mostyn Open 21<\/em>, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales, 13 July \u2013 27 October 2019<br><em>Making A Mark<\/em>, The Store, Dulwich College, London, 25 \u2013 29 March<br><em>Season One<\/em>, Art Collection at The Wellington, St James, London&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Radiant<\/em>, That Art Gallery, Bristol, 2-22 December 2018<br><em>Drawing Open<\/em>, SFSA, No Format Gallery, London, 25 May \u2013 3 June 2018<br><em>You Are Here<\/em>, Stockport Museum, Stockport, 4 March \u2013 6 April 2018<br><em>Face To Face<\/em>, Lubomirov\/Angus Hughes Gallery, London, 22 January \u2013 2 March 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Paint A Vulgar Picture<\/em>, Studio One Gallery at Sluice 2017, 30 Sept \u2013 2 Oct, London<br><em>Connect\/Disconnect<\/em>, Watch This Space Gallery, Point Theatre, Eastleigh, 15 September 2017 \u2013 24 March 2018<br><em>Mardi Gras Requiem<\/em>, Project Space Plus, Lincoln, 19 \u2013 28 July, 2017<br><em>Plymouth Contemporary 2017<\/em> 15 July \u2013 2 September, 2017<br><em>Classical Corrosive<\/em>, Century Club, Soho, London, 22 April \u2013 30 July, 2017<br><em>What Is This Place?<\/em>, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, 22 April \u2013 15 July, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>The Chestnut Appeal Auction<\/em>, Exeter Phoenix, 10 November, 2016.<br><em>Bankley Open<\/em>, Bankley Studios And Gallery, Manchester, 8 \u2013 22 October, 2016<br><em>Cruel and Tender<\/em>, Vacuous at Studio One Galley, London, 25th August \u2013 11th September, 2016<br><em>Anthology 2016<\/em>, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, 5 August \u2013 20 August 2016<br><em>Paint Her To Your Own Mind<\/em>, The Lawrence Stern Trust, Shandy Hall, York, 10 July \u2013 30 September, 2016<br><em>Europa<\/em>, Transition Gallery ShopSpace, London, 14-25 June, 2016<br><em>\u00c9criture F\u00e9minine<\/em>, Edgar Modern, Bath, 21 February \u2013 6 March 2016<br><em>Home Time<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 20 February \u2013 12 March 2016<br><em>The Names<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 16 January \u2013 6 February 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>The Names<\/em>, Transition Gallery at Sluice Art Fair, London, 16 \u2013 18 October 2015<br><em>Shelf Life<\/em>, PS Mirabel, Manchester, 10 September \u2013 10 October 2015<br><em>Salon 7<\/em>, The Old Lock Up Studio, Darbyshire, 12 September, 2015<br><em>Lucy In The Sky<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 5 June \u2013 5 July 2015<br><em>Heads<\/em>, Yellow Gallery, Varese, Italy, 17 May \u2013 21 June 2015<br><em>Sex Shop<\/em>, Part II, Transition Gallery, London, 15 \u2013 29 March 2015<br><em>The Auction Of Desire<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 20 February \u2013 5 March 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>(detail)<\/em>, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, 19 December 2014 \u2013 19 April 2015<br><em>Sluice<\/em>, The Hospital Club, London, 18 December 2014- 31 January 2015<br><em>Nottingham Castle Open<\/em>, Nottingham, 13 December 2014 \u201318 January 2015.<br><em>Bankley Open<\/em>, Bankley Studios, Manchester, 10 \u2013 26 Oct, 2014<br><em>(detail)<\/em>, Transition Gallery London, 30 September \u2013 12 October 2014<br><em>Sex Shop<\/em>, Folkestone Fringe, Folkestone Triennial, 30th August \u2013 4th October 2014<br><em>(detail)<\/em>, H Gallery, Bangkok, 5 June \u2013 6 July 2014<br><em>PS Mirabel Open<\/em>, Manchester, 14 June \u2013 26 July 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Atomic<\/em>, Transition gallery at 60 Ravenscourt Road, London, 8-15 December 2013<br><em>Dr WHO, An exhibition in time and project space<\/em>, Westgate Studios, Wakefield, 27 Nov \u2013 15 Dec 2013<br><em>Easel Painting<\/em>, A Welsh Pavilion, Mermaid &amp; Monster at Sluice Art Fair, London, 19 \u2013 20 October 2013<br><em>The Dream Machine<\/em>, Transition at Sluice Art Fair, London, 19 \u2013 20 October 2013<br><em>Ornament<\/em>, Transition at Huntergather, London, 15 Oct \u2013 24 Nov 2013<br><em>Notorious<\/em>, Theodore:Art, NYC, 22 June \u2013 4 August 2013<br><em>#Tweetart at Hannah Festival<\/em>, Leeds, 12th-16th June 2013<br><em>Co-Respondent<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 16 Feb \u2013 3 March 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Crash Open Salon 2012<\/em>, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, 12 Dec 2012 \u2013 12 Jan 2013<br><em>ZAP Open 2012<\/em>, London, 17 Nov \u2013 1 Dec 2012<br><em>Sluice 2012<\/em> Exhibition and Auction, London, 22-24 Oct 2012<br><em>Transition at Bibliotheque<\/em>, Aid &amp; Abet, Cambridge, 9 August \u2013 15 \u2013 September <strong>2012<\/strong><br><em>Tainted Love<\/em>, Down Stairs Gallery, Herefordshire, 23 Sep \u2013 18 Nov 2012<br><em>Tainted Love<\/em>, Meter Room, Coventry, 8 June \u2013 8 July 2012<br><em>Tainted Love<\/em>, Transition Gallery, London, 4-27 May 2012<br><em>Tainted Love<\/em>, awarded ACE grants for the arts &amp; Coventry City Council small arts grant, May \u2013 Nov 2012<br><em>Tweetart<\/em>, Westgate Studios, Wakefield January \u2013 November 2012<br><em>Collectible<\/em>, Zeitgeist Project Space, London, 18-28 April 2012<br><em>Fan Fiction Empire<\/em>, The Residence Gallery, London, 5 April \u2013 27 May 2012<br><em>Curious Pursuits<\/em>, The Portico, Manchester, 2-29 February 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Strip<\/em>, Transition at Sluice Art Fair, London, 15-16 October 2011<br><em>Pulp Fictions<\/em>, Transition, London, 3-25 September 2011<br><em>Bad Art Salon,<\/em> Vintage London July 2011<br><em>Morph Plinth<\/em> (travelling exhibit), inaugural exhibition, June 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Here Today<\/em>, The Outside World Gallery, London, 2nd \u2013 8th December 2010<br><em>Art blitz<\/em>, Transition, London, 25-27 November 2010<br><em>Rhizomatic<\/em>, Departure, London, 1st October \u2013 12th November 2010<br><em>Bad Art Salon<\/em>, Vintage Goodwood, 13-15 August 2010<br><em>Alien art Trail<\/em>, Latitude Festival, July 2010<br><em>Artrix Open<\/em> Bromsgrove, 6 May-13 June 2010<br><em>HAND JOY<\/em> C4RD, London 28 April-28 May 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>2008\/9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Bodies on the Edge<\/em> Coventry. May 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>The Lock Gallery<\/em> Coventry, Nov-Dec 2008<br><em>idio<\/em> \u2013 Coventry university, Fine Art, Craft and Media Arts MA Show \u2013 2008<br><em>Interim<\/em> \u2013 Coventry University, Lanchester Gallery \u2013 2008<br><em>In Progress<\/em> \u2013 Coventry University M.A Show \u2013 2007<br><em>International student print exhibition<\/em> \u2013 1997<br><em>High Art<\/em> \u2013 Coventry School of Art Degree show 1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">collections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">V&amp;A \u2013 artists books<br>Private collections UK and internationally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coventry University School of Art And DesignM.A Fine Art painting 2006-2008B.A Fine Art painting 1993-1996Maidstone KIAD 1992-1993 solo shows Small Dreams House, Small House Gallery, 1-31 July 2021Lovely Creatures, That Art Gallery, Bristol, 7 September \u2013 29 September 2018Strange And Romantic, Exeter Phoenix, Cafe gallery, 12 May \u2013 1 July 2017Portrait Of A Lady, Nottingham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corinnaspencer.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}