BIO

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Spencer is a multidisciplinary Artist with an established practice in Sculpture, Installation, Photography, Moving Image, Sound, and Performance. 

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As a global citizen who has resided outside of his country of origin for the last 25 years, Spencer's practice explores the complexities of place, movement, and belonging. As someone that exists in a temporary and transient state, what does it mean to be in outer space within a place?

 

Spencer's practice and the landscapes of his host nation coexist in a collaborative and symbiotic relationship. He immerses himself within ethereal and uninhabited spaces to spark his creative thought process. Spencer actively seeks out and absorbs the environment, materials, sounds and cultural experiences of his host nation and mixes this up with the data and memory stored on the magnetic tapes of his mainframe brain. Spencer's process culminates with his body, costume, and objects/ sculptures being juxtaposed against sublime and dystopian landscapes to produce outcomes of fantasy, mythology, futurism, and carnival through the mediums of  Moving Image, Sound and Photography.

 

Spencer's creative outcomes have been exhibited at Art Institutions and Festivals globally including at Sharjah Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial 24/25, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Lulea International Film Festival - Sweden, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, The Whirled Cinema - London, Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, Tashkeel - Dubai and Sikka Art and Design Festival -Dubai.

 

Spencer values the importance of collaborative experimentation and in particular creating dialogue between Sonic Vibrations and Intuitive Movement. With his growing reputation as an innovative Sound Designer/ Composer, he has been invited to join several exciting experimental collaborative projects, including the Emirati Theatre production “Hamour Does not Leave the Cubicle” and "Inside," a collaboration with an Architect, Choreographer and Dancers that fuses Movement, Space, Material, and Sound.

 

​Spencer has received numerous awards for his work and was an Artist in Residence at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation in 2022/23 and was a collaborative member of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Visiting Artist Programme in 2022-25, which culminated with a Sound Installation in Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial 24/25.

 

Spencer holds an MA Fine Art (Distinction (D-PG) from Falmouth University, UK (2024)