Gregory Spaid Explained

Gregory Preston Spaid (born 1946) is an American artist known for his photographic and mixed media works.^[1]

Early life

Spaid was born in Misihiwaka, Indiana.^[2] He studied at Kenyon College, receiving a B.A. degree in 1969, and at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received an M.F.A. in art in 1976, having worked with the renowned photographer Henry Holmes Smith.^[2] He has been a professor of art at Kenyon College since 1979.^[3] From 1999 to 2002, Spaid moved to a position of Associate Provost at Kenyon College, serving as Acting Provost during the Academic Year 2002–03. He was named Kenyon's Provost in 2003, a position he held until 2008.^[4] He lives in Gambier, Ohio.

Collections

His work is included in the collections of the Getty Museum,^[1] the Museum of Modern Art, New York^[5] and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.^[6]

Publications

Books

Grace: Photographs of Rural America. Asheville, NC: Safe Harbor Books, 2000.

On Nantucket. Asheville, NC: Safe Harbor Books, 2002.

Co-Author

Logsdon, Gene. The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable. Foreword by Wendell Berry. Photography by Gregory Spaid. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2001.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gregory Spaid (American, born 1946) (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
2. Book: Judith Keller. Anne Lacoste. J. Paul Getty Museum. Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection. 2006. J. Paul Getty Museum. 978-0-89236-854-9.
3. Web site: Gregory Spaid . www.kenyon.edu . 21 March 2021.
4. Web site: "Gregory Spaid Leaves Position of Provost to Return to Teaching" . Kenyon Alumni Bulletin: Volume 30, Number 4; Spring/Summer 2008 . Kenyon College . 21 March 2021.
5. Web site: Gregory Spaid - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
6. Web site: Gregory Spaid. Smithsonian American Art Museum.