SEBASTIAN SPRENG Born in 1956 in Esperanza, Santa Fe (Argentina) Sebastian Spreng is a selftaught artist. He grew up between the Argentinian countryside and the Atlantic Coast before moving to Buenos Aires in 1973. His professional painting career started at the age of 16 in Buenos Aires in the group exhibit Artists from Esperanza at the Fundacion Lowe. The next year he had his first solo exhibit at Martina Cespedes Gallery. The show was sold- out on opening night and the gallery held his work exclusively for several years. He moved to Miami in 1987 and has been a strong presence in the Florida art scene ever since. Since moving to Florida he added solo and group exhibitions in Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Toronto, Caracas, Dusseldorf, Essen, Fort Lauderdale, Munich, Osaka, Sarasota, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Miami. In the last years he had exhibitis at The Americas Collection, Coral Gables-the gallery represents his work in Miami since 1991-; Arden Gallery in Boston, Anthony Ardavin, Timothy Tew in Atlanta, Friesen Gallery in Seattle and SunValley(Idaho), Kent Gallery in Key West, the Toronto International ArtFair, the Arteamericas Art Fair in Coconut Grove, Florida as well at the Lowe Museum in the Paradise Lost show. His awards include the Hortt Competition at the Museum of Fort Lauderdale and the 1995 Personal Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association for the State of Florida. In 1994, he was commissioned by Metro- Dade Art In Public Places for a permanent exhibition at the Dade Government Center. The series Nonet for the Long Journey, is a memorial tribute to the American with Disabilities Trailblazers. In 1998 and 2006, he was included in Christie’s New York auctions among other Latin American Masters and his name was included in the book"Leonard’s Price Index Latin American Art at Auction" by Susan Theran. Music is present in his work and whole shows have been based on musical structures comprising of series titled: Schumann’s Liederkreis, Wagner’s Ring, Sinfonietta, Impromptus, Chamber Music and Reverberations. As a result, many of his pieces have been chosen as cover illustrations for the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra Playbills, along with the New World Symphony 1995-96 Season Program Book and the Florida Grand Opera 1998-99 Season Program and Poster, the first local artist to receive such an honor. 214 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134/ 305-446-5578/ Fax: 305-446-1148 www.americascollection.com Spreng also writes about music as a correspondent for music magazines and newspapers. As the US correspondent for Argentina’s foremost classical music magazine, Clasica, he interviewed composer Luciano Berio, conductors Donald Runnicles, Nicholas McGegan, James Judd and Michael Tilson Thomas; singers Montserrat Caballe, Renata Scotto, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Anne Sofie von Otter and Deborah Voigt; pianist Evgeny Kissin; violinists Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham and Pinchas Zukerman as well the members of the Emerson Quartet. Since January 2002, he also writes for El Nuevo Herald/Miami Herald and Opera News. Solo Exhibitions 2009 Handmade Horizons & Songs, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida 2008 Liederkreis Op.II, Friesen Gallery, Seattle Washington amd Sun Valley, Idaho 2007 Liederkreis, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida 2006 Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachussets 2005 Ring Landscapes, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington Kent Gallery, Key West, Florida 2004 Chamber Music Opus 3 - Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho 2003 The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachussets 2002 Seeking Light - Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington Paths – Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Panama 2001 Witness – Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2000 Inner Island – Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1999 Reverberations – The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1997 Oasis - The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1996 Galeria Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama 1995 Chamber Music - Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Chamber Music - The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida 1994 Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela 1993 Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Galeria Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama 1992 Sinfonietta/Impromptus - The Americas Collection,Coral Gables, Florida 1991 Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center, Government Center, Miami, Florida Water:inspiration & image -West Kendall Library, Miami, Florida 1990 Park Gallery, Fort Lauderdale / Boca Raton, Florida Known/Unknown - Interamerican Art Gallery - MDCC, Miami, Florida 1989 Silent Voyages - Galerie Helene Grubair, Miami, Florida Galeria Atica, Buenos Aires, Argentina 214 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134/ 305-446-5578/ Fax: 305-446-1148 www.americascollection.com 1988 Spanisches Kulturinstitut in Residenz, Munich, Germany Galerie in Burgermeisterhaus, Essen-Werden, Germany 1987 Galeria Atica, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1986 Veranos - Galeria Martina Cespedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1982 Galeria Financiera San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1981 Casa de la Cultura, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina 1980 Interiores - Galeria Martina Cespedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1979 Casa de la Cultura, Necochea, Argentina 1977 Variaciones sobre un tema - Galeria Martina Cespedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1976 Pueblos blancos - Galeria Martina Cespedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1975 Galeria Martina Cespedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Selected Group Exhibitions 2008 ARTEAMERICAS, The Americas Collection, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida Extended Boundary: Latin American Artists in Miami, IDB Cultural Center, Washington DC What does Compassion Look Like?, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington Notions of Landscape, Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2007 ART MIAMI, The Americas Collection, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida Notions of Landscape - Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Corners.Contour, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 ARTEAMERICAS, The Americas Collection, Coconut Grove Convention Center, C.Grove, Florida ART MIAMI, The Americas Collection, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida New Artists - Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Alignment, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada ARTEAMERICAS Art Fair, The Americas Collection, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Arden Gallery, Boston, Mass. 2004 ARTEAMERICAS Art Fair, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida Kent Gallery, Key West, Florida Panamerican Gallery, Dallas, Texas Paradise Lost - Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida 2003 ARTEAMERICAS Art Fair, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada Surface – Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2002 Florida International University, North Campus, Florida Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada 214 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134/ 305-446-5578/ Fax: 305-446-1148 www.americascollection.com 2002 Florida Latin American Artists – Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza/Pietrasanta, Italy Poetry Show - Anthony Ardavin Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia 2001 Contemporary Masters - The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Spirit of the Americas - The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida 2000 Galeria Codice, Managua, Nicaragua Vilanova Fine Arts, San Salvador, El Salvador 1999 Latin American Artists, Louisiana Tech Ruston Louisiana Latin American Artists, Center of Fine Arts, Hollywood, Florida Latin American Artists, Sarah Moody Gallery, Univ.of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Latin American Artists, Turman Art Gallery,Indiana State University, Terre Haute Indiana 1998 Numinous - Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta Georgia WIZO 98, Miami Beach, Florida MDA Art Collection, Jacksonville International Airport, Florida MDA Art Collection, Duluth Art Institut, Duluth, Minnesota Latin American Artists, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown Ohio Mesneros Gallery, University of West Virginia, Morgantown The Art Gallery - Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee 1997 The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Contemporary Latin American Artists, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Noel Fine Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina Latin American Artists, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee University, Latin American Artists, Johnston City, Tennessee & University of Alabama Yellow - Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia San Salvador Biennal, Galeria 1-2-3, San Salvador, El Salvador 1996 ART MIAMI 96, The Americas Collection, Miami Beach, Florida Pentimento Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada Red - Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Galeria 1-2-3, San Salvador, El Salvador 1995 MDA Art Collection, University of California, Berkeley, California MDA Art Collection, Blackhawck Satate Capitol, Arizona Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Florida 1994 Limited Graphics Edition, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida La Raza Council, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida Art Against AIDS 94, Coral Gables, Florida 1993 ART MIAMI 93, The Americas Collection, Miami Beach, Florida In the Eye of the Beholder - Main Library, Miami, Florida Bijutsu Sekai Galleries, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto; Japan Changing Images - Cork Gallery/Lincoln Center, New York Spotlight on Southeastern Artists XII, Atlanta, Georgia 214