Gail Spaien

south portland, ME

Gail Spaien received her B.F.A. from the University of Southern Maine and her M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships including the Varda Artist Residency Program; Millay Colony for the Arts; the Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program; and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has received grant funding from the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation; the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artist Advancement Grant; and the Maine Arts Commission. Her solo and group exhibitions include Ogunquit Museum of American Art (Ogunquit, ME); the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln, MA); Provincetown Art Association and Museum (Provincetown, MA); San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose, CA); Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA); the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME), and Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, ME). Today, Spaien is a Professor in the M.F.A. program at the Maine College of Art.