2024
- Exhibting in Social Photography XI, Carriage Trade, Group Show, New York, NY. Curator: Peter Scott
- Exhibting in Steal My Sunshine, group show. Curator: Marlee Katz Snow
- Returning mentor, MFA film program, American University, School of Communication
- Activision, 2022 included in (UU)ater :: Exhibition, Tuxford Gallery, Eureka, CA. Curators: Ian Breidenbach, Adam
Press: https://www.times-standard.com/2024/01/26/new-exhibit-opens-at-tuxford-gallery/
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/lowdown/events/uuater-exhibition-at-brenda-tuxford-gallery/
- Returning teaching artist in visual art, filmmaking, painting, photography. Manhattan Youth. New York, NY
- Activision, 2022 featured in UUater (Zine), Utopian Megapraxis Project, Curators: Ian Breidenbach, Adam Farcus
2023
- Returning mentor, MFA film program, American University, School of Communication
- Returning teaching artist in visual art, filmmaking, painting, photography. Manhattan Youth. New York, NY
- Essay on Marchel Duchamp and the Norton Simon Museum published by Pasadena Magazine. Editor: Malina Saval
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2022
- Interlocutor, a two-person exhibition by Jennifer McDermott and H Spencer Young. Curated by Clifford Owens. Art Club, New York.
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Group show, Spirit of Peace II, opens at ROOT Hotels Karaköy, Instanbul, Turkey. Curator: Pinar Goodstone
- Returning mentor, The American University, School of Communication, Visual Media track
- ecoartspace, Drought, 2022, 11h x 22w ft. billboard, by EJ McAdams w/H Spencer Young now live in Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Patricia Lea Watts.
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Selected finalist, ecoartspace’s I AM WATER billboard project; billboards to be presented in Massachusetts (August, 2022) and New York (September, 2022) (Illustrator / collaborator for EJ McAdams’ ‘DROUGHT, 2022’, Digital, 22h x 11w feet). Curator: Patricia Lea Watts.
- The Patriot, Group Show, 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, 22h x 11w feet
2021
- Art Basel, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Fla., Curator: Brian Whiteley
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Social Photography IX catalog published, Carriage Trade, New York. Curator: Peter Scott
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Teaching Artist: Visual Art, Painting, Photography, Digital Art, Manhattan Youth, New York, NY
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Indexularity, 2014 acquired by Farzin Fardin Fard (3F) collection. More info: Daily Mail
- Social Photography IX, Carriage Trade, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott
- Invited to Foundation NFT platform
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Center for Art Law, 2021 Benefit Auction, Capsule Auctions, Curator: Louise Carron
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Small Works, Group Show, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham
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Mentor, The American University, School of Communication, Visual Media track
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Rapid Response Group Show, Detroit, MI, Curator: Wayne Northcross
2020
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Teaching Artist, Visual Art, Manhattan Youth, East Side Middle School, New York, NY
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Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott
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Group show, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit, MI
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Teaching Artist, Manhattan Youth, Painting, Digital Art, Photography, New York, NY
- Image featured by The Lo Down, New York, NY
2019
- Social Photography VII Book announced, Carriage Trade, New York, NY https://carriage-trade-ny.myshopify.com, New York, NY
- Group Show, District Gallery, (Inaugural show), Cleveland, Ohio
- Image selected for Simultaneous Soloists, a publication on the work of Anthony McCall. Pioneer Press, New York, NY. Additonal info: Artbook.com
- Group Show, Carriage Trade, Social Photography VII, Lower East Side, New York; Prints are available in editions of ten in a first come first served basis: Link
- Benefit auction, Center for Art Law. Taylor | Graham Gallery & Paddle8, New York, NY (The auction has ended.)
- Guest Contributor, WFMU’s Rancho Thatchmo Radio Show, (WGXC, WFMU) Host: Thatcher Keats, New York, NY
- Joan as Police Woman, “Warning Bell [Official Music video]” featured in The Atlantic.
- Guest Lecturer, “The Imagemaker,” Hawken School, Gates Mills, OH
- Teaching Artist, Manhattan Youth, Painting, Digital Art, Photography, New York, NY
2018
- Music video for Joan as Police Woman featured in The Guardian
- Group Show, Galerie Richard, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY
- Guest Contributor, WFMU’s Rancho Thatchmo Radio Show, (WGXC, WFMU) Host: Thatcher Keats, New York, NY.Archive link.
- Teaching Artist, Manhattan Youth, Digital Art, Photography, New York, NY
- Carriage Trade, Group Show, Social Photography VI, Extended through September 23, 2018, New York, NY
- Goup Show, Carriage Trade, Gallery, Social Photography V, Lower East Side, New York, NY
- Teaching Artist, Filmmaking Intensive, Manhattan Youth, New York, NY
- Guest Contributor, WFMU’s Rancho Thatchmo Show, (WGXC, WFMU) Host: Thatcher Keats, New York, NY
- Teaching Artist, Filmmaking Intensive, Manhattan Youth, New York, NY
- Work featured in The Lo Down, New York, NY
- Images featured by Henry Street Settlement across socials
2017
- Director, Official Music Video: Joan As Police Woman, "Warning Bell"
- Film for Juice Press featured on Fox News Business
- Images featured by The Lo Down, Lower East Side, NY
2016
- Writer/Director: Global brand film, Hudson’s Bay Company, “Adventurers of Hudson’s Bay”
- Guest Lecturer, Color Photography, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2014
- Invited to shoot private family and survivor preview of National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Battery Park, New York, NY
- Profiled in, "The Lo Down: My LES." Lower East Side, New York, NY
- “Samuel in Space” a film by Rashid Johnson, edited by H Spencer Young, exhibited in Rashid Johnson: New Growth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver.
- Commission: Henry Street Settlement 2013 Annual Report report cover. Lower East Side, New York, NY
2013
- Global collaboration with Ram Dass
- New York Times: Downtown Brooklyn / Ft. Greene Local features Spencer's photographs
- Guest Lecturer, The Ghetto Film School, Harlem, New York
2012
- Editor / Sound Designer, "Samuel in Space‚” Director: Rashid Johnson, Commission for Ballroom Marfa, DP: Rod Lamborn. Exhibited at Ballroom Marfa.
- Commission for Juice Press; Directed and shot brand film which played in 65 store locations for 7 years, as well as vehicle wraps, foundational social media and in-store large format displays (still on display on Greenwich Avenue in 2023), New York, New York
- New York Times: Downtown Brooklyn / Ft. Greene Local features Spencer's photographs
- Director of Photography: Mykki Blanco, "Head is a Stone.” Director: Nick Hooker. Editor: Sloane Klevin.
- Writer/Director/Producer: Honor Spring 2012 Collection & Runway Film. Premiered by W Magazine
- Orchard Street, Rainy Morning" photograph featured all month on the City of New York homepage.
2010
- New York Times cover story.
2009
- New York Times, Downtown Brooklyn / Ft. Greene Local features Spencer's photographs for 18 months.
2006 – 2008
• Writer/Director: "Swing State," feature documentary, World premiere: Cleveland International Film Festival, Set standing one-day attendance record (CIFF), Distributor: Morningstar Entertainment, Netflix, SnagFilm
2005
• Story Advisor: "Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis" Director: Mary Jordan, Producer: Kenneth Peralta, World Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival‚ Entertainment Weekly, 10 best films of 2006
2004
• Visual designer, Amfibian, (Phish lyricist and songwriter Tom Marshall’s band). Created and executed improvisational, responsive, site specific experimental digital projection for the band’s performances. Knitting Factory, New York, & B.B. King's, New York.
2001
• Founded first-ever Final Cut Pro-based creative production studio.
1998
• 1st place: Logo competition, Amfibian, (Phish lyricist and songwriter Tom Marshall’s band)
1996
• 1st place, American Visions Film Festival (undergraduate & graduate entrants), “Passage,” 16mm sync-sound narrative short, adapted from an award winning short story by H Spencer Young. Screenplay by H Spencer Young. Directed by H Spencer Young.