Spencer Hansen

b. 1979
Lives and works in New York and Bali

EDUCATION
Utah State, Logan, Utah, 1998.
Boise State, Boise, Idaho 1999.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001.
UCMT – Utah College of Massage Therapy, Millcreek, UT, 2002. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, BFA 2004.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Skye Gallery Aspen, ANIMA, Aspen, CO.
2022 - Samuel Lynne Gallery, Shaping Stories, Dallas, TX 2024 Skye Gallery Aspen, Tethered Worlds, New York, NY.
2021 - Skye Gallery Aspen, NEW FRIENDS, Aspen, CO.
2020 - Skye Gallery Aspen, STRANGERS, Aspen, CO.
2019 - Art Basel, Aqua Art Miami, presented by Skye Gallery Aspen, STRANGERS, Miami, FL.
2018 - Skye Gallery, PLEASE PLAY, Aspen, CO.
2012 - Toy Art Gallery x Clutter Magazine, WHAM BAM BLAMO, Hollywood, CA.
2006 - Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Solo Show, San Francisco, CA.
2010 - Toy Art Gallery, BLAMO Solo Show, Los Angeles, CA.

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - SUN . CONTEMPORARY, Bali, Indonesia.
2023 - Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022 - Art Basel, Aqua Art Miami, presented by Skye Gallery Aspen, Miami, FL.
2021 - SIKA Gallery, DIS & DAT, Bali, Indonesia.
2020 - THE SLOW, STRANDED, Bali, Indonesia.
2020 - Skye Gallery Aspen, IN TANDEM, Aspen, CO.
2020 - BLK MKT, Minky Blamo Custom Show, Denver, CO.
2019 - Art Basel, Aqua Art Miami, presented by Skye Gallery Aspen, Miami, FL.
2017 - BLK MKT, Minky BLAMO Custom Show, Aspen, CO. 2019 COTA, Spencer Hansen Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2017 - BLK MKT SV, HUG BLAMO Custom Show, Ketchum, ID.
2016 - EDITION HOTEL, BLAMO Exhibit, Miami Beach, FL.
2016 - Bird’s Nest Gallery, Photography Group Show, Aspen, CO.
2015 - Ghostbird Gallery, Sculpture Show, Sanur, Bali.
2015 - Biasa Gallery, Painting and Sculpture Group show, Badung, Bali.
2014 - Swoon Gallery, Photography Show, Sanur, Bali.
2013 - Toy Art Gallery, Billy BLAMO Custom Show 5th Anniversary, Hollywood, CA.
2012 - Toy Art Gallery, HUG BLAMO Custom Show, Hollywood, CA.
2011 - Million Fishes Gallery, Swampy BLAMO Custom Show, San Francisco, CA.
2011 - Black Sheep Gallery, BLAMO Show, Seminyak, Bali.
2010 - Million Fishes Gallery, Nimbus BLAMO Custom Show, San Francisco, CA.
2009 - Chillin’ Productions, Photography Group Show, San Francisco, CA.
2008 - Han Sen Studio, Photo Exhibition, Ketchum, ID.
2008 - 111 Minna, Photography Group Show, San Francisco, CA.

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, AND ART ADVOCACY

Aspen Art Museum & Skye Gallery, Artist talk in conjunction with solo exhibition, PLEASE PLAY, Aspen CO, 2018.
Wood carving class teaching assistant, The Carving Shed, Orcas Island, 2019.
Workshop on The Creative Process, Beyul, Meredith, CO, 2020

SELECTED REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS AND MAGAZINES

Idaho Mountain Express, Discover Art on Ketchum’s Fringe, August 2007.
Giant Robot, Spencer Hansen, Blamo, June 2008.
Clutter Magazine, Issue 16 Designer Toys Award, August 2011.
Rhiannon Griego Ghost, Man maker series interview with Spencer Hansen, July 2017.
Idaho Mountain Express, Hotel Ketchum to host farewell party for BLK MKT, January 2018.
The Aspen Times, The Aspen Times Most Anticipated Art Events, Winter 2018-2019, November 2018.
Aspen Peak Magazine, Spencer Hansen Opening at Skye Gallery Aspen, December 2018.
Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum Artist Opens Solo Exhibit in Aspen, January 2019.
The Aspen Times, Highs & Lows on the Culture Scene from Winter 2018-19, May 2019.
The Aspen Times, Artist and Toymaker Spencer Hansen Returns to Skye Gallery, December 2019.
Aspen Daily News, Aspen in Miami: Local galleries, artists travel for art week, December 2019.
Nash & Banks, Behind the scenes with Spencer Hansen from Blamo, May 2020.
Nash & Banks STRIDE, Object Art Story, July 2020.
LES COLLECTION, publication Volume 01, Fall 2021
The Aspen Times, Artist Spencer Hansen back at Skye Gallery, January 2022.
Aspen Daily News, Spencer Hansen returns to Skye Gallery..., January 2022.
Colossal, Mysterious Creatures Emerge in Recycled Material by Spencer Hansen, November 2022 https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/11/spencer-hansen-sculptures/
Orion, The Strange and Wonderful Creatures of Spencer Hansen, January 2023 https://www.ori-onmagazine.org/article/spencer-hansen-sculpture-art/Stirpad
Skye Gallery explores Spencer Hansen’s surreal universe through ‘Tethered Worlds’ April 2024 https://www.stirpad.com/news/stir-news/skye-gallery-explores-spencer-hansen-s-surreal-uni-verse- through-tethered-worlds/

REPRESENTATION
Skye Gallery, NY, New York