https://spencerklink.com Spencer Klink Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:01:54 +0000 https://spencerklink.com en https://spencerklink.com/CV Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:49:12 +0000 Spencer Klink https://spencerklink.com/CV Spencer Klink is a 24-year-old artist, writer, and researcher from Los Angeles. He recently completed a Fulbright Research Award in Germany, where he conducted independent archival research in affiliation with the Curatorial Workshop of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. He is currently based in Brooklyn. For inquiries, please email spencergklink@gmail.com.︎: thespencerklink ︎: spencerklink <img width="805" height="1080" width_o="805" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014f0e947514686ec567ebd754c45ed9dafdf060178bbb273220b0269104755d/IMG_3275.JPG" data-mid="239960789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/805/i/014f0e947514686ec567ebd754c45ed9dafdf060178bbb273220b0269104755d/IMG_3275.JPG" /> ︎︎&nbsp;Education: 2024: BA Studio Art and Art History, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 2023: Exchange at Freie Universität, Berlin, DE ︎︎ Fellowships:2026: Fulbright Research Award, Dessau, DE ︎︎ Residencies and Programs:2026: Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, In the Fog of the Digital, Berlin, DE 2025: Scholar-in-Residence, Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA ︎︎ Awards and Honors: 2024: Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University’s Gamma Chapter 2023: Reihlen Fund for German Studies, Wesleyan University 2023: Bernard J. Zawisa ‘49 Endowed Studio Art Award, Wesleyan University ︎︎ Solo Exhibitions: 2024: 🌈🏙️🚇😍 (Rainbow City Subway Love), Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT ︎︎ Group Exhibitions: 2024: Material Conclusions, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT 2023: Artivism, CUNY Summit for Peace &amp; Justice, New York, NY ︎︎ Published Work:2025: 100 Years of the Bauhaus Dessau, IMPULSE Magazine2025: On Being Shit and Loving Dick, IMPULSE Magazine2025: Performing at Art Basel Paris, IMPULSE Magazine 2025: An Image Erased: In Conversation with Ken Gonzales-Day, IMPULSE Magazine 2025: On Digital Sensation and Rotting, IMPULSE Magazine 2025: Specters of Queerness in “Weapons” (2025), IMPULSE Magazine 2025: Unmaking the City, IMPULSE Magazine 2025: Eroding the Nature-Culture Divide, IMPULSE Magazine https://spencerklink.com/Rainbow-City-Subway-Love Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:31:50 +0000 Spencer Klink https://spencerklink.com/Rainbow-City-Subway-Love 🌈🏙️🚇😍️ (Rainbow City Subway Love) April 2-7, 2024 Ezra &amp; Cecile Zilkha Gallery Wesleyan University Middletown, CTTen-month-long project investigating intersections of queerness and movement in urban contexts, culminating in the production of over 500 letterpress prints displayed as site-specific installations. Exhibition awarded Honors from Wesleyan University’s Studio Art Department. <img width="5381" height="3587" width_o="5381" height_o="3587" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65606b43bd1ed280b9bf2d024d522eb6b2942746da8e0a97f148d084f8ca30a0/Spencer-36.jpg" data-mid="209972067" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Exhibition view" data-caption="Exhibition view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65606b43bd1ed280b9bf2d024d522eb6b2942746da8e0a97f148d084f8ca30a0/Spencer-36.jpg" /><img width="3545" height="4431" width_o="3545" height_o="4431" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed47d62299db35715de18f11d359488698295b1ea3859cf1798d5101d2449b37/Spencer-15.jpg" data-mid="210028368" border="0" data-scale="61" alt="Rush, letterpress prints mounted on foam board, 24 x 23 x 2 ft." data-caption="Rush, letterpress prints mounted on foam board, 24 x 23 x 2 ft." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed47d62299db35715de18f11d359488698295b1ea3859cf1798d5101d2449b37/Spencer-15.jpg" /> <img width="3455" height="4319" width_o="3455" height_o="4319" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66fe1f68f17c2985860a43457019620bce7d75c6d567ac90c0fb8a91aa79f740/Spencer-22.jpg" data-mid="210032093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66fe1f68f17c2985860a43457019620bce7d75c6d567ac90c0fb8a91aa79f740/Spencer-22.jpg" /> <img width="3306" height="4132" width_o="3306" height_o="4132" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b353f9ad10842dc726fdb30c7fba196f591ca0de31dcf6ba6c3014f6d5dee78/Spencer-29-1.jpg" data-mid="210032322" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b353f9ad10842dc726fdb30c7fba196f591ca0de31dcf6ba6c3014f6d5dee78/Spencer-29-1.jpg" /> <img width="3863" height="3090" width_o="3863" height_o="3090" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a41bd8250e8d820e236a6745f05bacbaa0b09bff28f3c95715cfba5e6f70dd68/Spencer-31.jpg" data-mid="210039620" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a41bd8250e8d820e236a6745f05bacbaa0b09bff28f3c95715cfba5e6f70dd68/Spencer-31.jpg" /><img width="4560" height="2470" width_o="4560" height_o="2470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53c89ed663e1ccbf07c678285501f09d65cdb2e879a71d9f913cb64d2f0adbf9/spencer40cropweb.jpg" data-mid="210043026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53c89ed663e1ccbf07c678285501f09d65cdb2e879a71d9f913cb64d2f0adbf9/spencer40cropweb.jpg" /> <img width="2864" height="3580" width_o="2864" height_o="3580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9efaa307ef92c8206ede6455b0c4de9a0faa32bce76389a1bdb94fe513acd407/Spencer-3-1.jpg" data-mid="210043190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9efaa307ef92c8206ede6455b0c4de9a0faa32bce76389a1bdb94fe513acd407/Spencer-3-1.jpg" /> <img width="3190" height="3987" width_o="3190" height_o="3987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11aba99aeacf29a177d8f517b12945345ff68580739a9a8e874d3993fffba078/Spencer-8.jpg" data-mid="210043249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11aba99aeacf29a177d8f517b12945345ff68580739a9a8e874d3993fffba078/Spencer-8.jpg" /> <img width="3407" height="4259" width_o="3407" height_o="4259" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6c422819e3bf6a218b43be0f8a5a9b20c6273699441dd932dbc58462663698e/Spencer-35.jpg" data-mid="210042810" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6c422819e3bf6a218b43be0f8a5a9b20c6273699441dd932dbc58462663698e/Spencer-35.jpg" /> RETURN TO HOMEPAGE https://spencerklink.com/Gestaltungen Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:41:08 +0000 Spencer Klink https://spencerklink.com/Gestaltungen Gestaltungen 2024-2025 Series of multi-block linocuts poduced in Los Angeles over the course of fall-winter 2024-2025. Studies in serialization, gridded geometry, and vibrancy as a reflection of queer movement and vision. Drawing aesthetic inspiration from line dancing, desert ecology, and the road. <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9974848ffe33e6712136dfa59c9f2dd7920aadbc59975642429f04d51929962e/forwebsite3.jpg" data-mid="237590621" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9974848ffe33e6712136dfa59c9f2dd7920aadbc59975642429f04d51929962e/forwebsite3.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20acb0d5e5d91270cf07c4c3e47686a0bffe1c92b766fa63e839fff84776323a/forwebsite2.jpg" data-mid="237590620" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20acb0d5e5d91270cf07c4c3e47686a0bffe1c92b766fa63e839fff84776323a/forwebsite2.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b38ccbc92dfa1c7ce6973e84f72d28e7a25cea0a188fbf9d6529754ae63b787/forwebsite4.jpg" data-mid="237590622" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b38ccbc92dfa1c7ce6973e84f72d28e7a25cea0a188fbf9d6529754ae63b787/forwebsite4.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7df944889be8ab3c48cdc813267cfe426900797d76463592355813e4b215fffd/forwebsite4finalreal.jpg" data-mid="237590649" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7df944889be8ab3c48cdc813267cfe426900797d76463592355813e4b215fffd/forwebsite4finalreal.jpg" /> RETURN TO HOMEPAGE https://spencerklink.com/Anti-Gestaltungen Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:01:54 +0000 Spencer Klink https://spencerklink.com/Anti-Gestaltungen Anti-Gestaltungen 2024-2025 Series of large-scale collages produced in Los Angeles from fall 2024 through summer 2025. Compositions featuring mixtures of printed matter, adhesive vinyl, personal imagery, and imagery obtained through online public databases. Fragmenting urban, architectural, and anatomical motifs to create disharmonious spaces and compositions. <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3944e7c3b609966e0b8a20d39c44d7d2b27a7eb05f3895c31ec3a436020e4e7/collageweb12.jpg" data-mid="237592375" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3944e7c3b609966e0b8a20d39c44d7d2b27a7eb05f3895c31ec3a436020e4e7/collageweb12.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38a2f9a075e5ae5d67e261204057fd50e6acd2f252f6fed500f2b068e03db93c/collagweb12.jpg" data-mid="237592376" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38a2f9a075e5ae5d67e261204057fd50e6acd2f252f6fed500f2b068e03db93c/collagweb12.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e3ca746a2e0e4bc5d41be756a6f76a21218546c0709eaee8c54cc7a7e2d1c6/collageweb11.jpg" data-mid="237592374" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e3ca746a2e0e4bc5d41be756a6f76a21218546c0709eaee8c54cc7a7e2d1c6/collageweb11.jpg" /> collage <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6ebee59eccacb70bcf2adb0f010367d783e0ef34fca2f668c358076a9346db2/collageweb10.jpg" data-mid="237592373" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6ebee59eccacb70bcf2adb0f010367d783e0ef34fca2f668c358076a9346db2/collageweb10.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a83e73abbc035f191525ff6dbac26dc75d144f9cdad3bdbf9323f18922feb2aa/sofia-collage-web-final.jpg" data-mid="238282256" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a83e73abbc035f191525ff6dbac26dc75d144f9cdad3bdbf9323f18922feb2aa/sofia-collage-web-final.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/260630ea4efa95c8377c1fa6b3e711447a03fff7b0b1b2b0bd4db31877a8063a/collageweb7.jpg" data-mid="237592370" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/260630ea4efa95c8377c1fa6b3e711447a03fff7b0b1b2b0bd4db31877a8063a/collageweb7.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0284f3196245e4996a2bd9839ec2a45ef739f8c77df69d93a7bdeeca8c418fd1/collageweb9.jpg" data-mid="237592372" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0284f3196245e4996a2bd9839ec2a45ef739f8c77df69d93a7bdeeca8c418fd1/collageweb9.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86b88d3a19e046565374cfae2622ae4c889c311cf1f7684796762af3113353ad/collageweb8.jpg" data-mid="237592371" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86b88d3a19e046565374cfae2622ae4c889c311cf1f7684796762af3113353ad/collageweb8.jpg" /><img width="2774" height="3175" width_o="2774" height_o="3175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f246369e449a8c36d5c9e739a0e21fcd147633bdd0eddf991644d3787adb3c72/for-web-final.jpg" data-mid="237996474" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f246369e449a8c36d5c9e739a0e21fcd147633bdd0eddf991644d3787adb3c72/for-web-final.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89c430cdfffe3a99d053016fa0242d7fd2e00a5ee5cd3baffe0934f370645491/collageweb6.jpg" data-mid="237592369" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89c430cdfffe3a99d053016fa0242d7fd2e00a5ee5cd3baffe0934f370645491/collageweb6.jpg" /><img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fb6b9a697d3e7cf99b7020eb5a510c31f4046477c63b9a1987d29941d9fa038/collageweb5.jpg" data-mid="237592368" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fb6b9a697d3e7cf99b7020eb5a510c31f4046477c63b9a1987d29941d9fa038/collageweb5.jpg" /> RETURN TO HOMEPAGE