Vaughn Spann

Vaughn Spann is a contemporary artist born in Florida in 1992.[1][2] His style moves between abstraction and figuration, and at times incorporates symbols such as the American flag or the letter X.[3]

Education and career

Spann completed a BA in fine arts at Rutgers University in 2014, and an MA at the Yale School of Art in 2018.[4] His work is held in institutions including the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the High Museum of Art,[4] and has been shown at the Rubell Museum, the Pérez Art Museum and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.[5][6] In 2020 he was one of Forbes "30 Under 30 in Art and Style".[4][7]

In 2020 he donated some proceeds from the sale of a print to Black Lives Matter.[8]

He lives in Newark, New Jersey.[9]

References
  1. "Vaughn Spann". DePauw University. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. "Vaughn Spann / 'Smoke Signals' / Almine Rech Brussels". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. Crow, Kelly (15 January 2020). "A Boundary-Busting Artist Seeks to 'Learn Through the Chaos'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. "Vaughn Spann". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. "Vaughn Spann: Open Onto". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. "Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM's Fund for African American Art". www.pamm.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. "30 Under 30 2020: Art & Style". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. "Vaughn Spann Releases 'Cosmic Symbiote' Print in Support of Black Lives Matter". HYPEBEAST. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. "Vaughn Spann". rubellmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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