J Ken Spencer

Education:
1993  Bachelor of Science, Illustration, Utah State University

Awards and Honors:
2025  Best in Show, Coors Western Art Exhibit, National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO
2024  Bronze Metal, OPA Western Regional Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2024 Landscape Honorable Mention, PleinAir Salon Art Competition- March, PleinAir Magazine
2023  Silver Medal, OPA Western Regional Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Brushworks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2023  Award of Excellence, 24th National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2023  1st Place, BoldBrush Painting Competition- July
2022  Award of Excellence, Western Regional Show, Oil Painters of America, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022  1st Place, BoldBrush Painting Competition- May
2021  Honorable Mention, 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
2021  First Place, Spring City Arts Plein Air Competition, Spring City, UT
2020  First Place, American Impressionist Society Juried Online Exhibition
2019  Best of Show, BoldBrush Painting Competition- February
2018  Gold Medal, Oil Painters of America Salon, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI

Selected Exhibitions:
2025  101st Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2025  Coors Western Art Exhibit, National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO
2024  25th Annual National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Rockport Art Museum, Rockport, MA
2024  OPA Western Regional Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2024  100th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2024  Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, Denver, CO
2023  OPA Western Regional Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Brushworks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2023  OPA Masters Show, Oil Painters of America, Illume Gallery West, Philipsburg, MT
2023  24th Annual National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2023  32nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Reinert Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2022  23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO
2022  2022 Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Oil Painters of America, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022  6th Annual Small Works Showcase, American Impressionist Society, Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM
2021  22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, American Impressionist Society, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE

Selected Collections:
Dunnegan Museum, Bolivar, MO
Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
Brigham Young University, Idaho, Rexburg, ID
Zions Bank, Multiple Locations

Representation:
David Ericson Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Illume Gallery West, Philipsburg, MT
McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Montgomery Lee Fine Art, Park City, UT