Julia Venske 1971 Berlin
Gregor Spänle 1969 Munich
Live and work in New York and Munich

EDUCATION

1991-1995 Steinbildhauerfachschule Laas, Italy
1995 Diplom
1996 RMIT Dep. of fine arts, Robert Owen, Melbourne, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 “perchance to dream,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2005 “as if we are alone” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2004 "aussen vor" Lothringer Str. 13/Spiegel, Munich, Germany
2004 “Square and Drops,” Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 "we are here," Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA
2003 "fluff" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2002 "smurfs and screens" Renate Schröder Galerie, Köln, Germany
2001 "screen" Museo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina (catalogue)
2000 Renate Schröder Galerie, Köln, Germany
2000 Köln Skulptur, Art Cologne,Germany
1999 "black & white" Margaret Thatcher Projects (2 Person show), New York, USA
1998 "marble", MBM Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)
1997 "Transformation", MBM Gallery, New York, USA
1997 AR-TS Kunstverein Traunstein, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel (art fair), Marcia Wood Gallery, Portland (OR), USA
2006 flow (art fair), Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami, USA
2006 Pulse (art fair), Thatcher Projects, Miami, USA
2006 “Strafraum,” Lothringerstr. 13/Spiegel, Munich, Germany
2006 “flow,” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA
2005 Pulse (art fair), Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami, USA
2005 “Redefining Space,” Turchin Center for the Arts, Boone, NC, USA
2005 “12. Kunstpreis, Kunstverein Aichach, Germany
2005 “heavenly or a slice of white” Hunter College, New York, USA (catalogue)
2005 “Summer Sensation,” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2004-5 ”imbenge dreamhouse,” Völkerkunde Museum Munich Germany – Johannesburg, South Africa (catalogue)
2004 “ArtHouse, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2004 “Mindscapes,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
2004 18 th Rosen Outdoor exhibition, Boone, NC (catalogue)
2004 "hard & soft" Thatcher Projects, New York
2004 "under different circumstances", The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
2003 Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, Australia
2003 "tickled pink" Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2003 Castel Mareccio, Bolzano, Italy
2002 "Von der Garnison zur Konversion" BBK Augsburg, Germany
2002 "breathing room", Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2002 "Transit", Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2002 "jump", Schmidt-Dean-Gallery, Philadelphia
2002 "benefit", White Columns, New York
2001 Toyamural International Sculpture Biennale, Sapporo , Japan (catalogue)
2001 "heat", Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2001 arte BA, C/C Galeria de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 "PinkRed", Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia
2001 Art Brussels, Renate Schröder Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2001 "in House" Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2000 Messe Zurich, Renate Schröder Galerie, Köln, Germany
2000 Messe Zürich, Renate Schröder Galerie, Switzerland
2000 Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia
1999 Galerie Wolfram Völker, Berlin, Germany
1999 Black and White with Arthur Mednick, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
1998 "Timessquare Ilusions", MBM Gallery, New York
1997 Schloß Goldrain, Bolzano, Italy
1995 "grenzen", St. Moritz, Switzerland
1995 Burg Tschengls, Bolzano, Italy
1994 Flughafen München,"Eigenart", Munich, Germany

GRANTS

2003 "The Yard", Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, USA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Venske & Spänle, monograph, published 2006
The Contemporary, issue no. 70, 2005, news p. 15,16, Cathy Byrd
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sept. 24-30. 04, Metro p. 27 ”squares and drops”, Dominique Angeloro
Artforum, Sept. 2003, pp.229, "Yard", Kevin Pratt
New York Times, june 2003, pp E28, "Impressions of the Yard, Visual and Olfactory", Roberta Smith
Time Out New York, june 19-26 2003, pp.66
Atlanta Journal - Constitution , "fluff", "Melting marble for a smile", Jerry Cullum, 31 Januar 03
New York Times, "Heat", July 1 2001
hoy en el arte, BA , Laura Feinsilber, venske & spanle "screen", april 2001
Chambers, Christopher,"Picks", NY Arts Magazine, Vol.4, No.3, 1999, p 75
Rothbart, Daniel, "Arthur Mednick Venske & Spänle at Margaret Thatcher Projects",NY Magazine, Vol. No.3
New York Contemporary Art Report, Vol II, Issue II, February 1999, p.124
The New York Art World, Vol.2, No. 2,Oct. 1998, p. 23
Dolomiten, "bildhauer in new york" 1998, p. 28
NY Arts Magazine, The New York Art Walk, Sep. 1997 Traunsteiner Tagblatt