Spencer Sweeney

Spencer Sweeney has been a vital presence in the art, nightlife, and music scenes of New York for twenty years. As a musician and performance artist, he was a member of the seminal noise-art group Actress; as a painter and visual artist, he makes collages, paintings, self-portraits, and drawings, as well as environments and immersive experiences, such as the 2010 show in which he moved his living quarters into a gallery space and installed himself alongside the art objects on view. Photo: Rob McKeever