Brenden Spivey

Brenden Spivey is a Columbus, Ohio-based contemporary abstract artist whose paintings explore memory, place, perception, and the emotional experience of the environments we move through. Working through layers of color, gesture, geometry, and atmosphere, Spivey creates compositions that balance structure with intuition and translate remembered experiences into a visual language of their own.
Drawing from travel, architecture, music, landscape, and design, his work reflects an ongoing interest in how places and moments remain with us after we leave them. Rather than depicting his sources literally, Spivey allows fragments of light, movement, color, and form to reappear through abstraction.

A self-taught artist, Spivey developed his practice through sustained experimentation and an intuitive engagement with materials. What began as a personal creative practice has evolved into a growing body of work exhibited through galleries, art fairs, and exhibitions nationally and internationally.

His work has been presented at Red Dot Miami, Art Expo New York, Intersect Palm Springs, and other exhibitions and fairs, and is held in private, corporate, and public collections, including the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Hilton, and Charle...

Self Taught

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Past Exhibitions | Awards | Grants
2018 - Elijah Pierce Gallery - King Arts Complex - Columbus, OH M(art)in United Art Exhibition Honorable Mention received - Genesis of Equality
2018 - Dublin Area Art League - Dublin Recreational Center
2018 - Stonewall Columbus  - Columbus, OH - Lindsay Gallery
2019 - Stonewall Columbus - Columbus, OH - Lindsay Gallery
2019 - The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition - Columbus, OH - "Under Autumn Trees" 
2019 - Riffe Gallery (DAAL) Columbus, OH 
2019 - Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant Award - November 
2019 - Elijah Pierce Gallery - King Arts Complex - Columbus, OH - M(art)in Unites Art Exhibition - 2nd Place - Circle Takes the Square 
2020 - Hilton Columbus Downtown - North High Street Corridor - Solo Exhibition 2020 
2020 - Ohio Theatre - Mural Team (Wil Wong Yee and Laurie Clements)  - Find Beauty in Every Mess 
2020 - Huntington Center Mural - Black Lives Matter Artwork
2020 - Straus Plastic Surgery - Dublin, OH.- Corporate Collection 
2021 - Ohio Historical Connection - Black Lives Matter Mural
2021 - Bryn Du Art Show - Granville, OH - We All Are One
2021 - Joy & Energy in Abstraction - Hayley Gallery - Solo Exhibition
2021 - Art of Recovery - Featured Artist - Fresh...