AUTUMN SPEARS
Lives and works in Washington DC
Education
2020 BA, Art Education, Albright College, Reading, PA
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2025/ 2026 -Braids and Threads, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
2023 -Becoming, Freedman Gallery, Reading PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Ain't No Place Like Home, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
The Art of Pink, BLOOM, Usan Usan, National Landing, Arlington VA
Shall We Gather at the River, Spiralis Gallery, Easton MD
BLACK(ER), Black Artists of DC, MLK Memorial Library, Washington DC
Bag of Glass Invitational, 52 O Street Studios, Washington DC
All That Carrying On, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring MD
2025
Collaborate, Gallery Y, Washington DC
Everything is Everything, Transformer Gallery, The Line, Washington DC
Umbrella Art Fair, Usan Usan, Union Market, Washington DC
CONFAB, Washington Studio School, Washington DC
Free Music: The Illusion of Liberation, Eaton DC, Washington DC
Encapsulated Earthseeds, Ice House Galleries, Berkley Springs WV
Friends of Usan, Downtown DC BID, Art All Night, Washington DC
DC Art Now 2025, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
SHE:DC Gallery, La Cosecha, Washington DC
Uplift, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington DC
Shanklin Hall Volume 8, Shanklin Hall, Washington DC
2024
Umbrella Art Fair, Usan Usan, Union Market, Washington DC
Woven Threads 6.0: Tradition Meets the Street, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington DC
Art All Night, MLK Memorial Library, Washington DC
The Hair Show: A Celebration of Black Hair, The Haus on Market, Petersburg VA
From the Earth to the Sky, Gallery Y, Washington DC
Let This World Be Beautiful, MLK Memorial Library, Washington DC
Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea, The Peale, Baltimore MD
2023 - More Than Essential, Charles Sumner School, Washington DC
2020 - Honoring Women in the Arts, Berks Art Alliance, West Lawn PA
2019 - Life As We Know It, Albright College, Reading PA
2018 - Light, Sitar Arts Center, Washington DC
Public Artworks
2026/ 2027 - A Gentle Reminder, Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, MLK Memorial Library, Washington DC
2025/ 2026/ 2027 - The Color of Love, NOMA in Color Mural Festival, NOMA Bid, Alethia Tanner Park, Washington DC
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
2025
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) Art Bank Recipient, Washington DC
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) Fellowship Grant Recipient, Washington DC
2024 - DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities (CAH) Fellowship Grant Recipient, Washington DC
2020
Gold “A” Recipient, Albright College, Reading, PA
Ella M. Schaffer Art Award, Albright College, Reading, PA
President’s Art Award, Albright College, Reading, PA
2019
First Place, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
People’s Choice Award, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
Speaking Engagements
2026
Artist Lecture, BLACK(ER), Black Artists of DC, MLK Memorial Library, Washington DC
Artist Lecture, Braids & Threads Artist Talk, Washington Project for the Arts, Eaton Hotel DC, Washington DC
2025
Artist Panel, DC Art Now, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington DC
Artist Lecture, Transformer Gallery, The Line, Washington DC
Artist Lecture, The Phillips Collection, The Stew, Washington DC
Artist Panel, SHE:DC – An Evening With Artists, The Annex, Washington DC
Artist Panel, Shanklin Hall V.8, Shanklin Hall, Washington DC
Artist Lecture, Uplift, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington DC
2023
Artist Lecture, Becoming, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
Teaching Experience
2025 - Current Youth Development Specialist at Words, Beats & Life (Washington DC)
2021 - 2024 DC Public Schools Art Teacher at Drew Elementary (Washington DC)
2020 - 2021 Student Teacher at Reading High (Reading PA)