Sebastian Spreng

Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an Argentine-born American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.^[1]

Sebastian Spreng
Sebastian Spreng 2008
Born	(1956-04-06) April 6, 1956 (age 68) Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
Known for	Painting, music, stage designer, opera, journalism, diarist

Delicate Balance Installation/Private Collection

Biography

Sebastian Spreng was born on April 6, 1956, in Esperanza, Santa Fe in Argentina.^[1] In 1987, he settled in Miami, Florida and has been a vital presence in the Florida art scene.^[1][2]

His awards include the Hortt Competition at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and the 1995 Personal Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association for the State of Florida, since earlier childhood, Spreng suffers from muscular dystrophy.^[3]

In 1994, he was commissioned by Metro-Dade Art In Public Places to create a permanent exhibition at the Miami-Dade Government Center.^[3]

In 2012, he was selected as one of the "100 Latinos of Miami", along other personalities,^[4] and as the 2013 Visual Artist of the 11th Edition of the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival in Atherton, California.^[5]

Since 2015 he works in IPad drawings presenting exhibitions totally dedicated to digital art in Miami,^[6] Santa Fe, and Panama. The series Das Lied von der Erde,^[7] based in Gustav Mahler song cycle comprised more than twenty Ipad drawings in several sizes.

In 2017 was named "Knight Champion of the Arts" by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation^[8][9] and his works exhibited at the Knight Hall in the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

At the Lowe Art Museum an exhibition about the destruction of Dresden consisting in iPad drawings printed on aluminum took place between March and September 2018.^[10][11]

References

1. "Sebastian Spreng Biography". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
2. "Sebastian Spreng - Handmade Horizons and Songs". Artpulse Magazine. 2009. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
3. Tschida, Anne (May 13, 2011). "Sebastian Spreng's lively produce". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-18. commissioned to create a public work for Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, a tribute he created for the "American with Disabilities Trailblazers." Spreng has muscular dystrophy
4. "Listado 100 Latinos Miami 2011-2012". 100latinos.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
5. "Music@Menlo |". musicatmenlo.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
6. Chuchla, Ross (March 27, 2015). "A Collaboration of Music and Art". SeraphicFire.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
7. mahler's das lied von der erde…a song for the earth (PDF). 2015.
8. "On its 10th anniversary, Knight Arts Challenge Miami funds 43 projects with $2.5 million". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
9. Wooldridge, Jane (December 4, 2017). "Knight Arts Challenge names these artists — and South Florida — winners". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
10. "Sebastian Spreng: DRESDEN". www.lowe.miami.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-28.
11. Herrera, Adriana (May 17, 2018). "Sebastian Spreng: Cantos para exorcisar la catastrofe". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish).

External links

• Official Site