Gregory Preston Spaid (born 1946) is an American artist known for his photographic and mixed media works.[1]

Early life

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Spaid was born in Misihiwaka, Indiana.[2] He studied at Kenyon College, receiving a B.A. degree in 1969, and at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received an M.F.A. in art in 1976, having worked with the renowned photographer Henry Holmes Smith.[2] He has been a professor of art at Kenyon College since 1979.[3] From 1999 to 2002, Spaid moved to a position of Associate Provost at Kenyon College, serving as Acting Provost during the Academic Year 2002–03. He was named Kenyon's Provost in 2003, a position he held until 2008.[4] He lives in Gambier, Ohio.

Collections

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His work is included in the collections of the Getty Museum,[1] the Museum of Modern Art, New York[5] and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.[6]

Publications

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Books

Grace: Photographs of Rural America. Asheville, NC: Safe Harbor Books, 2000.

On Nantucket. Asheville, NC: Safe Harbor Books, 2002.

Co-Author

Logsdon, Gene. The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable. Foreword by Wendell Berry. Photography by Gregory Spaid. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2001.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gregory Spaid (American, born 1946) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
  2. ^ a b Judith Keller; Anne Lacoste; J. Paul Getty Museum (2006). Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection. J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 978-0-89236-854-9.
  3. ^ "Gregory Spaid". www.kenyon.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ^ ""Gregory Spaid Leaves Position of Provost to Return to Teaching"". Kenyon Alumni Bulletin: Volume 30, Number 4; Spring/Summer 2008. Kenyon College. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Gregory Spaid - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  6. ^ "Gregory Spaid". Smithsonian American Art Museum.