Spencer Vazquez (b. 2000) is a Chicago-born artist currently based in Queens, NY. His debut solo show, Glue Traps, is on view through June 10, 2026 at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York. His work has been featured in publications such as ARTnews, Hypebeast, and Interlocutor Magazine.
Spencer’s work explores the intersection of memory, digital media, and the everyday image. Using a variety of cameras and photographic processes, his work spans music videos, adhesive tape transfers, panoramic pinholes, and flatbed scans of his phone screen. He received a BA in Film & Electronic Arts from Bard College in 2022.
spence.vazquez@gmail.com
“29 DEC: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
1 JAN 88: WE MUST FIGHT WITH THE SPIRIT.
12 JAN 88: THERE ARE NO ANSWERS, SOMETIMES
I
WONDER IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
18 JAN 88: REALITY AS WE KNOW IT TO BE
HAS ANOTHER SIDE.
24 JAN 88: LIGHT IS MY GUIDE.”
- Jack Whitten, “Studio Log 1987,”
Notes from the Woodshed, 204