VERA SPENCER

Vera Spencer Biography

Vera Spencer (b. 1926)

1926 Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia

1936 Moved to the UK with her family

1945 Married Herbert Spencer (1924-2002) the graphic designer and founder of the
magazine Typographica

1946 - 1949 Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art & Central School of Textile Design

1948 Vera Spencer, Galerie Apollinaire, London

1951 Abstract Paintings, Sculptures, Mobiles, AIA Gallery (Artists International
Association), London, May - June 1951, organised by Adrian Heath,
British Abstract Art, Gimpel Fils, London, organised by Anthony Hill
South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain
Inclusion in Designers in Britain 3, Society of Industrial Artists

1952 Trois Peintres, the Galerie Arnaud, Paris
The Mirror and the Square AIA Gallery (Artists International Association) held at the
New Burlington Galleries

1953 3rd Weekend Exhibition, Adrian Heath's Studio, 22 Fitzroy Street, London,
Exhibition arranged by John Weeks, the third and final of a series of exhibitions held
over consecutive weekends
Conran Furniture, 22 Piccadilly Arcade, London

1954 The ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
Artist versus Machine, Building Centre, Store Street, London, organised by Victor
Pasmore and Kenneth Martin
Collages, Palais de Beaux Arts, Paris

1955 Summer Exhibition, the Royal Academy, London
Group Espace, Royal Festival Hall, London
Galerie Arnaud, Paris

1956 International Collage Exhibition, Rose Fried Gallery, New York

1959 The Society of Women Artists, London

1963 Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists exhibition,
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry

1964 Vera Spence,r The Elisabeth Gallery, Coventry
Cinquante ans de collages; papier colles, assemblages, collages, du Cubisme a nos
jours, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne

1965 The London Group, London

1968 The Elisabeth Gallery, Coventry