Spencer Cheek (b. 1993) is a ceramic artist and printmaker from Boston, MA. His work explores the strange and stagnant backwaters of American iconography, drawing together themes of consumption, collection, religiosity, and droll masculinity. Spencer is the 2024-25 Visiting Artist at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. Cheek received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, IL (2016) and his MFA in Ceramic Art from Alfred University (2024).
He has exhibited at Sculpture Space in New York City, NY and BICA Project Space in Buffalo, NY and Mark Chapman Gallery at Kansas State University. As a student, his work was featured in NCECA’s 2024 Juried Student Exhibition in Richmond, VA.