Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an

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-born

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and

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. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in

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, Florida.

Biography

Sebastian Spreng was born on April 6, 1956 in

Esperanza, Santa Fe Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It had about 36,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department. Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the countr ...

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. In 1987, he settled in

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, Florida and has been a vital presence in the

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art scene. His awards include the ''Hortt Competition'' at the

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and the 1995 ''Personal Achievement Award'' from the

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for the

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, since earlier childhood, Spreng suffers from

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. In 1994, he was commissioned by Metro-Dade Art In Public Places to create a permanent exhibition at the

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Government Center. In 2012, he was selected as one of the "100 Latinos of Miami", along other personalities, and as the 2013 Visual Artist of the 11th Edition of the

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Chamber Music Festival in

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. Since 2015 he works in

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drawings presenting exhibitions totally dedicated to digital art in Miami, Santa Fe, and Panama. The series

Das Lied von der Erde ''Das Lied von der Erde'' ("The Song of the Earth") is an orchestral song cycle for two voices and orchestra written by Gustav Mahler between 1908 and 1909. Described as a symphony when published, it comprises six songs for two singers who alte ...

, based in

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song cycle comprised more than twenty Ipad drawings in several sizes. In 2017 was named "Knight Champion of the Arts" by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and his works exhibited at the Knight Hall in the

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. At the

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an exhibition about the destruction of Dresden consisting in iPad drawings printed on aluminum took place between March and September 2018.

References

External links

Official Site
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