patricia Spergel
Patricia Spergel was born in 1960 in Philadelphia and graduated from Cornell University in 1983 with a B.A. and a B.F.A.. After living and working in both San Francisco and Philadelphia, she moved to New York in 1988 and received her M.F.A. in painting from the School of Visual Arts in 1990. After graduation, Ms. Spergel had a studio for eleven years in the meatpacking district in NYC and then moved her studio to the ArtsWestchester building in White Plains in 2001. In 2004, the artist was invited by her alma mater present a one person exhibition at the Tjaden Gallery at Cornell University. She has also been included in numerous group shows nationally and internationally. Spergel exhibited at The Painting Center with Sarah Lutz in January 2017, had a solo show in October 2018 and her last show as a member was in December 2020. In addition, she curated two recent exhibitions with Gallery Director Shazzi Thomas: Cultivate Your Own Garden in March 2018 and About Face in June 2019.
“Painting non-objectively allows Spergel to draw from her personal experiences, while keeping her focus on the formal qualities of paint. Her inspiration and fascination vary from her travels, her yoga practice or her observations of changing light patterns. Spergel’s paintings are composed of abstract shapes that crowd together, float and overlap, hovering on the verge of becoming recognizable, tangible objects, momentarily throwing the viewer off guard. Private, secret events are glimpsed just before they move or change. Forms surface, submerge, and press against one another as if for support, or come together as if magnetically, sexually attracted.”
