Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an

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-born American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.

Biography

Sebastian Spreng was born on April 6, 1956 in Esperanza, Santa Fe in

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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 Miami-Dade 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 Music@Menlo 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 alt ...

, based in Gustav Mahler song cycle comprised more than twenty Ipad drawings in several sizes. In 2017 was named "Knight Champion of the Arts" by the

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and his works exhibited at the Knight Hall in the

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. At the Lowe Art Museum 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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