Jered Sprecher

Jered Sprecher is a Professor in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the University of Tennessee. His work explores eclectic aesthetics, blending high and low visual culture to create haptic documents of fleeting moments and epiphanies. He holds an MFA from the University of Iowa.

Education:

• MFA, University of Iowa

Research Focus: Sprecher’s practice interrogates the overload of contemporary visual culture through painting. His work oscillates between inductive and deductive processes, capturing transient glimpses of meaning in a fragmented visual landscape. Key themes include image flux, representation, and the materiality of perception.

Awards & Residencies:

• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2009)
• Artist-in-Residence: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Chinati Foundation, Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program (New York)

Exhibitions: Solo shows at Jeff Bailey Gallery (NY), Wendy Cooper Gallery (Chicago), and group exhibitions at The Drawing Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Weatherspoon Art Museum. Works are represented in major collections like the Knoxville Museum of Art.

Labs/Teams: Associated with the university’s art facilities including the Ewing Gallery, Downtown Gallery, and ArtBox initiatives.