b. Cleveland, Ohio
Lives and works in New York City

Education

BA Visual Media & Cinema Studies, The American University, Washington, D.C.

Graduate in Directing and Cinematography, Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts), Prague, CZ

Graduate, The Majic Bus, traveling experiential learning program in Geography of the American Civil Rights Struggle, American Intellectual History, American Road Literature, and American Social history, Dr. Douglas Brinkley, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.

2022

• Interlocutor, a two-person exhibition featuring photographs, collages and a performance-installation by artists Jennifer McDermott and H Spencer Young. Curated by Clifford Owens. Art Club, New York.

Group show, Spirit of Peace II, ROOT Hotels Karaköy, Instanbul. Curator: Pinar Goodstone

• ecoartspace, Drought, 2022, 11h x 22w ft. billboard, by EJ McAdams w/H Spencer Young now live in North Adams, MA. Curator: Patricia Lea Watts.

Selected, ecoartspace’s I AM WATER billboard project; billboards in Massachusetts (August, 2022) and New York (September, 2022) (Illustrator / Designer / collaborator for EJ McAdams’ ‘DROUGHT, 2022’, Billboard, 22h x 11w feet)

Group Show, “The Patriot,” O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY. Curator: Jamian Juliano-Villani, Billy Grant

Finalist, ecoartspace’s I AM WATER; Illustrator / collaborator for EJ McAdams’ DROUGHT, 2022, Digital, 22 x 11 feet

2021

• Art Basel, Gallery Sector, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Fla., Curator: Brian Andrew Whiteley

• Social Photography IX, Carriage Trade, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

• Center for Art Law Benefit Auction, Capsule Auctions, New York, NY, Curator: Louise Carron, Irina Tarsis

• Small Works, Abbatoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham

• Indexularity, 2014, NFT acquired by Farzin Fardin Fard (3F) collection, March, 2021. More info: Daily Mail

2020

• Rapid Response Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI, Curator: Wayne Northcross

• Small Works, Abbatoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham

• Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

2019

• Taylor | Graham Gallery, Center for Art Law Benefit Auction, New York, NY https://itsartlaw.org/auction/ Curator: Louise Carron

• Carriage Trade, Social Photography VII, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

• District Gallery, Our Favorite Things, Inaugural Show, Group Show, Cleveland, Ohio

• Spring Break Art Show, Solo Show (accepted, waitlist), Curator: Kara Brooks, New York, NY

2018
- Galerie Richard, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, New York, NY
- Carriage Trade, Social Photography VI, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott
2017
- Carriage Trade, Social Photography V, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott
- Lyles and King, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, New York, NY
2016
- Chris Davison Gallery, Sensing Place, Group Show, Newburgh, NY, Curators: Chris Davison, Kevin Kearns
- New York Public Library, Librarian’s Choice, New York, NY, Curator: Fred Gutzeit
- Cara Gallery, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, New York, NY
2014
- Rox Gallery, Now You See, Group Show, New York, NY, Curator: Emerald Fitzgerald
- Bosi Contemporary, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, New York, NY
2013
- Rox Gallery, Ascension, Group Show, New York, NY, Curator: Emerald Fitzgerald
- The Space, Pop-up Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Emma Reilly
- Our Lower East Side, The Yard, New York, NY, Curator: Traven Rice
- En Masse, RAW Cleveland, Group Show. More info.
Related
- Fall, 2019: Image selected for publication in Simultaneous Soloists: The work of Anthony McCall. Pioneer Press, New York.
- Fall, 2018: Contributor, Rancho Thatchmo Radio Show, Host: Thatcher Keats (WGXC, WFMU)
- Summer, 2018: Contributor, Rancho Thatchmo Radio Show, Host: Thatcher Keats (WGXC, WFMU)
- 2016: Guest Lecturer, Color Photography, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York NY
- 2015: Guest Artist, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE
- 2014: Juror, See.me Exposure 2014, International Photography Competition, New York, New York
Certifications
- Using Critical Consciousness to Challenge Inequity: Sanford Inspire, National University System
- Foundations in Health and Safety, Office of Children and Family Services
- Youth Engagement Matters, University of Minnesota, Extension
- Mandated Reporter, Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Office of Children and Family Services
- Teaching Online: Best Practices for the Live Online Classroom
- Positive Behavior in Schools I: Introduction to Schoolwide Behavior Systems: PBS Teachline

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