Gail Spaien interprets the natural world from different perspectives; as an observed specimen, as an aesthetic concept, as a metaphor and as a subject that can represent inner experience. Spaien has been granted numerous fellowships including the Djerassi Foundation Resident Artist Program in Woodside, CA: Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, NY; and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME. Her group exhibitions include the DeCordova Museum of Contemporary Art, in Lincoln, MA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, ME, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, in California, Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento, CA, Jack Meier Gallery in Houston, TX, the Portland Museum of Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, ME. Her solo exhibitions include Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, ME, Vanier Gallery in Tucson, AZ, Aucocisco Gallery in Portland, ME George Marshall Store Gallery of the Old York Historical Society in York, ME, and Miller Block Gallery in Boston, MA. Her work is in private and public collections including Fidelity Investments, Intuit Corporation and the University of Southern Maine. Spaien received her BFA from the University of Southern Maine and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

She is currently affiliated with Aucocisco Gallery in Portland, Maine, the Miller Block Gallery in Boston, MA, and the William Scott Gallery in Provincetown, MA.
 

April 2010