Spencer Chalk-Levy
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Spencer Chalk-Levy was born and raised in New York City and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, continuing studies from 2014-2020 at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. He currently works and resides in Vienna.
The art of Spencer Chalk-Levy reworks and restructures classical Western genres, styles of illustration, and cultural norms into an aesthetic all his own. Chalk-Levy taps into traditional techniques and the pictorial language of historical art genres, while injecting contemporary elements to create a colorful and detailed aesthetic. The emotional resonance of staged scenes and characters elicit extrospection into his personal narrative, allowing the viewer to contemplate the sequel of the scenery.
Colliding traditional genres, illustration, and subject matter, Chalk-Levy has developed a unique style with a distinctive design. In his recent experiments in the realm of digitally woven tapestries, he explores how contemporary re-interpretations and the use of advanced production processes impact their meaning and tradition.
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Education
Academy Fine Arts Vienna, AT
BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Collect Art Fair, Common Sense Gallery, London UK
2023 Vienna Contemporary, Solo booth with Vienna Collectors Club, Vienna, AT
2022 “Spencey Palais” Industra Artspace, Brno, CZ
2022 “Spencey Palais” Kaiserstraße, Vienna Collectors Club, Vienna, AT
2022 “Heat of the Moment” TW Fine Art, Palm Beach, USA
2021 “Heavens & Threads” Galerie 3, Velden am Wörthersee, AT
2021 “Orange Nights“ ReTramp Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 “Cabinet of Curiosities” Anatolia Schnitzel, Vienna, AT
2019 “Spencey Palais” Karlsplatz Ubahn Station, Vienna, AT
2018 “Armour“ Æther Art Space, Sofia, BG
2017 “Consumption and Lace” Klimt Villa, Vienna, AT
2016 “Spencer Chalk-Levy” One Work Gallery, curated by Salvatore Viviano, Vienna, AT
Group Exhibitions
2023 Scope Art Fair, TW-Fine Art, Miami, USA
2023 Positions Art Fair, Common Sense Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 The Bunker Art Space Season 2022/2023, West Palm Beach, USA
2022 “Wiener Freiheit” Galerie 3, Klagenfurt AT
2022 “Postcards from the Edge” Visual Aids, New York, USA
2021 “Sky’s the Limit” TW Fine Art, New York, USA
2021 “Future Oracles” Sofia Art Week, Sofia, BG
2021 “The Concept of Authenticity” Haze Gallery, Berlin, DE
2020 “Love My Way 2” Villa Noialles, Hyeres FR
2020 “Staycation Is A New Artwork On Your Wall” Foufou Contemporary, Vienna AT
2020 “Vienna Art Week” Artist’s Atelier, Vienna AT
2020 “Art on a Postcard” Summer Auction (Online), UK
2020 “Coloring Quarentine” Exile Gallery, Online exhibition, Vienna, AT
2019 ‘’Love My Way’’ Villa Noialles, Hyeres FR
2018 “Pain Game” Shaufenster Gallerie, Berlin, DE
2017 “To Figure it Out” Sophie Tappeiner Gallery, curated by Barbara Rüdiger, Vienna, AT
2017 “Siegfried Wagner: Bayreuth’s ‘Fairy’ Crown Prince” Schwules Museum, Berlin, DE
2017 “Volume A” Colonia Nova, organized by Kaltblut Magazine, Berlin, DE
2017 “Asyl im Not Auction” Semperdepot, Vienna, AT
2017 “Who am I?” ARCC Art Open Space, Vienna, AT
2017 “50 Contemporary Artists” Enter Art Foundation, Berlin, DE
2016 “Le Mal des Fleurs” ARCC Art open space, curated by Angela Stief, Vienna, AT
2016 “Caritas Charity Auction” Dorotheum Auction House, Vienna, AT
2016 “Of the Coast of Me” curated by Barbara Rüdiger, Vienna, AT
2016 “Buy Art for a Good Cause” Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna, AT
2016 “KW7” Temporary Art Space, Vienna, AT
2016 “Pop Up Show & T-Shirt Collaboration” Samstag Shop, Vienna, AT
2013 “Decembeards” Galerie Mooiman, Gronigen, NL
2013 “Post-Apocalyptic Draw Club” curated by Paul Deflorian, VBKÖ, Vienna, AT
2012 “Things Fall Apart” Berlin, DE
2011 “The Ones Modified” New Mexico, USA
2010 “Ports 1961 Charity Show” New York, USA
2009 “Governor's Island Art Fair” New York, USA
2008 “New Art Inside New York” SVA Galleries, curated by Jeanne Siegel, New York, USA
2008 “Best and Brightest” Millennia Fine Art, Orlando, USA
2008 “SVA Senior Thesis Show” SVA Galleries, New York, USA
Publications and Texts
2022 Die große Geste der Haute Couture, ‘Die Presse ‘Shaufenster’ Magazine
2021 Foufou Contemporary Calendar, by Sandra Petrasevic
2020 Volksoper Behind, by Jenni Koller
2013 Collection 5, Kalblut Magazine
2012 “Boys with Beards” Foreword text by AA Bronson Edition of 200
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