Randy Sprout

Born in Emmetsburg, Iowa in 1945, Randy Sprout began his art career in 1964 at the University of Iowa, printmaking and studying with Mauricio Lasansky and Dr. John Schultz. He graduated with a BA in fine arts from the University of Iowa in 1968 Army service in Korea interrupted his art for two years, after which he studied with Robert Heinecken, Jan Stussy, Ray Brown, Sam Amato, Richard Diebenkorn and Stanton MacDonald-Wright, in the UCLA Graduate School of Fine Arts. He was awarded an MA in 1972 and an MFA at UCLA in 1973. He had many shows during that time, including a One Man show at the Santa Barbara Art Museum. He also worked for Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with Ben Johnson, and got to restore many priceless prints for the Norton Simon Museum.

Working closely with Jan Stussy and Stanton McDonald-Wright, he began painting and his drawings began to get larger and better. In 1973, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to restore some Goya steel-faced etchings at the Prado, in Lisbon. Then Ruth Weisberg of the USC Department of Art reached out to him, and he worked there as an Associate Instructor in printmaking for 2 years. After that, he taught painting and printmaking for 4 years at the UCLA Art Extension then taught...

1968 BA Fine Art University of Iowa, 1970 MA UCLA, 1971 MFA UCLA,

4th National Print Exhibition, Apr. 1 7-May 2 2
Downey Museum of Art, C alifornia
Above and Below Apr. 1 7 - May 2 2
Palos Verdes Art Center California
LA. Printmakers, International Traveling Show
Bucharest Museum of Fine Art, Rumania
International Exchange Exhibition,
Nov.7-Dec. 30, Pacific Culture Asia Museum
Pasadena, California
Brand Seven
Brand Art Center, Glendale, California
L A Printers Nov.23 - Dec.30
Lantern Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Southern California Prints
Santa Monica City College, California
1975
4th National Traveling Exhibition
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
18 Colleges throughout the U.S,
Elly 1975
Elly House Gallery, London, England
Oslo Trondheim Exhibit
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Oslo Museum of Art and the Trondheim
Museum of Art, Norway
United States-Turkey Exchange Exhibition
Izmir Mar.5- 20, Ankara Mar. 28 - Apr.13
United States Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
Prints California Apr.29 -'July 6
Oakland Museum of Fine Art, California
New Photographics 75 Apr. 28 - May 23
Fine Arts Gallery Central Washington State
College, Ellensburg, Washington
New American Graphics Mar. 14 - Apr. 8
The Madison Art Center
Madison, Wisconsin
Artist Under 35 Feb. 9 - Mar. 4
Los Angeles...