Spann, Vaughn
EDUCATION
2018 Yale School of Art, MFA Candidate
2014 Rutgers State University, Bachelors of Art
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Exchange Art, Rush Arts, Chelsea, NY
First Time Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Black Joy, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (Curator)
Enjoy/Endure: The City and Its People: Newark Open Doors, Newark, NJ
2015 Power, Protest and Resistance, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Echo, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ
After Afropolitan, Weeksville Heritage Center/CCCADI, Brooklyn, NY
Beyond These Brick Walls, 67 Orange Street, New York, NY
Ted x Cuny: Access Art Showcase, Macauley Honors College, New York, NY
Sanctuary, Newark Open Doors 2014, Newark, NJ
Printed in Newark, Art Kitchen Gallery, Newark, NJ
For Whom it Stands, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
BFA Thesis 2014, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Breaking Through Tradition, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2013 Art+Activism Exhibition, City With Out Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
Dreams Before Sleeping, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ
Stigmata, Newark Open Doors, Newark, NJ
2013 Gala Exhibition, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2012 Submissions & Transmissions, Rupert Ravens Contemporary Gallery, Newark, NJ
H(A)UNTED, A Treyvon Martin Exhibition, Caribbean Cultural Center of African Diaspora Institute, New York, NY
RESEDENCIES/HONORS
Alice Kimball Traveling Fellowship 2017
Leopoldo Villareal III Scholarship | Yale University
Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant
Rutgers University Award of Excellence in Fine Art
SELECTED PRESS
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/shareblackjoy-yale#axzz4RcU6gHi6
http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/11/yale-black-joy-poster-burned
Bey, Amir. “H(A)UNTED.” Artvoices Magazine. N.p., Aug. 2012. Web. 24 Dec. 2012.
Dacey, Kim. “Museum Exhibit Offers American Flag Interpretations.”
Http://www.wbaltv.com.
WBALTV, 3 July 2014. Web. 5 July 2014.