Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (born 1979) is an American painter.[1]

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Born1979 (age 44–45)
EducationBard College
Known forPainting

Biography

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Dupuy-Spencer was born in New York City in 1979.[2] She received a BFA degree from Bard College in 2007. She currently[when?] resides in Los Angeles, California.[3]

Career

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Dupuy-Spencer began exhibiting in 2007, including collaborations with Ridykeulous Project.[4] In 2015, her work was included in the show Queer Fantasy at Morán Morán in Los Angeles. She had solo shows at the Nino Mier Gallery in 2016 and 2018, and at the Marlborough Gallery in 2017.[5] Her work was included in the Hammer Museum's 2018 exhibition Made in L.A.[6] and in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.[7]

In 2018, Dupuy-Spencer had a residency at the Elaine de Kooning House in East Hampton, New York.[8] Dupuy-Spencer's work was included in the 2022 exhibition Women Painting Women at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.[9]

Dupuy-Spencer's work is held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.[1]

Personal

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Dupuy-Spencer identifies as transgender, which is reflected in her subject matter.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Veterans Day, 2016". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer". ArtNet. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer". Nino Mier Gallery. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer". MutualArt. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ Knight, Christopher (5 June 2018). "'Made in L.A. 2018': Why the Hammer biennial is the right show for disturbing times". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Wappler, Margaret (10 September 2018). "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer's Art Is a Reflection of Her America". Elle.
    - Livingstone, Josephine (15 September 2017). "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer Is Painting the News". The New Republic.
  8. ^ "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer Spring 2018". Elaine de Kooning House. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Women Painting Women". Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  10. ^ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 128. ISBN 978-0714878775.
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