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Carmen Spera

 

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017 Louis Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica , CA

2013 The Vibrating Monks, c.Na Gallery, Beijing, China

2012 The Vibrating Monks, Ningbo Museum of Art China

2011 Guns and Roses | c. Na Gallery , Beijing, China
2011 Guns‘n Roses | Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010 Tarot | Heller Gallery, New York NY
2010 The Fool and His Friends | Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Thinking Inside the Box Lois | Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 The Gun Series Limited Edition Prints on Paper, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, California
2007 House of Cards, Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 Totem Series
,On Site Installation, Flickinger Glassworks, Brooklyn, New York
1999 The Odyssey, Neuhoff Gallery, New York, New York

1995 Game Tables, Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

1992 Galleria Due Emme, Genoa Italy

1991 Nuova Era Gallery, Bari Italy
1989 House of Mirrors, Art et Industrie, New York, New York
1988 Tension, Art et Industrie, New York, New York Heller Gallery, New York, New York
1984 Hudson River Museum, New York, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2013 Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York, New York

2013 Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2012 Art Expo, Miami, Florida

2012 Heller Gallery, New York NY

1993 American Craft Museum , 6 Glass Artists,  New York, NY

Guns and Roses | Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Inaugural Group Show | Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Masur Museum of Art’s 48th Juried Competition Masur Museum
,Monroe , Louisiana
Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, California
(July) Cold and Hot | Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California
Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Modern Multiples, Los Angeles, California
G.F.A. Gallery, Los Angeles, California Gallery 1816, Bretenoux, France
Leo Kaplan Gallery, New York, New York

Maroma Gallery, Cancun, Mexico
Art et Industrie, New York, New York
Heller Gallery, New York, New York, Also 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992

Leo Kaplan Gallery, New York, New York
Turbulence Gallery, New York, New York
G.F.A. Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Also 1991
Gallery 91, New York, New York, Also 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991
Art et Industrie, New York New York. Also 1980-1990

Dawson Gallery, Rochester, New York
1990 Functional Art New York, Brutus Gallery, Osaka, Japan; IMZ BuildingFutuoka, Japan
1987 Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, New York 
1986 Art for Money, Fashion Moda Benefit, New York, New York.

1980 Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1985 New Art, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas

1984 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, New York
1984 House on the Borderline, White Columns, New York, New York

1983 Phoenix Show, Toronto Canada
1983 Art Furniture, Hokin-Kaufman, Chicago Illinois
Ourhaus, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York 

Danceteria, New York, New York
1982 Ward Island Sculpture Show, New York, New York
1981 Coney Island Show, Coney Island, New York Monumental Show, Brooklyn, New York
1977 Hensen Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Galleria d’Arte Grafica, Bologna, Italy
 

MUSEUMS

2014 Tools of the Trade, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT USA

2012 Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China
2010 Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisana

1993 American Craft Museum Permanent Collection, New York, NY

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAHY
Domergue, Denise. Artist-Designed Furniture. New York: Abrams, 1984.
Frank, Peter and Michael McKenzie. New, Used and Improved: Art for the Eighties. New York: Abbeville. 1987.
International Design Yearbook. New York: Abbeville, 1987.
Jepson, Barbara. Art Furniture...American Craft, October/November 1985: 10-17.Z

 

 

EDUCATION
New York University, Art Therapy program, 1981-1983

University of Bologna, Bologna Italy 1977-1979 

Queens College, Flushing, New York, B.F.A., 1974

 

 

WORK HISTORY

Flickinger Glassworks, Brooklyn, New York Coordinator – Special Projects
New York University, New York, New York Teacher - Contemporary Furniture
Lincoln Center Winston Marsalis Jazz Awards Trophy Design

Katherine Gibbs, New York , Teacher - 3-D Modeling/Visual Communication Department
Set Designs - Fashion, Advertising, and Recording Artists
Pratt School of Design, New York,  Teacher - Introduction to Furniture Design

NYU, New York,  Teacher - Introduction to Furniture Design

Art Institute, New York, Teacher - Introduction to Furniture Design

 

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