1993-97
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Lewis S. Ware Memorial Prize for experimental work
Jimmy C. Leuders painting Prize
Angela Pinto Memorial Prize for experimental work
Cuff/Sammack Prize for abstract painting
Lucile Sorgenti Scholarship for artistic excellence

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Paintings from the Laboratorium, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Teatr Laboratorium, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin, Germany

2009
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY

2008
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Our Gang, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK

2006
AMT Gallery, Como, Italy

2005
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York

2003
Works on paper, Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York, NY

1999
Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
To NY with Love, Don't Projects, Paris, France

2009
The living and the dead, Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York
Frenz, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA
From NY with Love, Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico (cur. by GlorimartaLinares)

2008
That Was Then…This Is Now, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NY

2006
Day For Night: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2005
Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
The Early Show, White Columns, New York, NY
Drunk Vs, Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York,NY
Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Subway Series, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

2003
My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Today’s Man, John Connely, New York, NY
Kareoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York, NY

2002
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York, NY
Paintings: Steve DiBenedetto, Spencer Sweeney, and Joe Zucker, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY

2001
American Fine Arts, New York, NY

2001
Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan

2000
21st century group show, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Legal Paper Work, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

1999
XXX-Mas show, American Fine Arts (Curator Colin Deland)
CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3, PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY
Paradise 8 (installation and performance), Exit Art, New York, NY
Preview Party for John Waters’ opening (performance), American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Colin Deland)
Preview Party for Gary Gross (performance), American Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
Hey, You Never Know, (curated by Carol Greene), New York, NY

1998-97
Gift Land, Printed Matter, New York, NY

1994-93
Subculture Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Spencer Sweeney currently lives and works in New York City, NY