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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Matthew Spender

English · b. 1945

Profile
41
34–51 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall41

Composite Codex score

Institutional58

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market5

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#29,299Mid-Career
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal11 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median— tracked lots
Sell-throughRecent 3-year market
Social Signals
397Instagram followers39th percentile

Signal summary

Matthew Spender: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (2 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: . Historical record: $1.4K at Phillips (Sep 15, 1987).
No annual auction series yet

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Global

No defensible cohort from current data.

Regional

No defensible regional cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).

Peer set
  1. Helen Cammock#2,947 · Kate MacGarry #668 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  2. Emma Talbot#3,109 · Context Art Gallery #724 · Emergingemerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  3. Es Devlin#3,149 · Platform Earth #127 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  4. Brendan Neiland#3,155 · The Redfern Gallery #207 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  5. David Remfry#3,226 · Sponder Gallery #322 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown · 0 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  6. Matthew Krishanu#3,335 · Tanya Leighton #206 · Emergingemerging · 6 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  7. Matthew Higgs#3,432 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
  8. Rosalind Nashashibi#3,438 · GRIMM #170 · Emergingemerging · 3 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  9. Liam Spencer#3,462 · Contemporary Six #1,043 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
  10. Matthew Spender

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set
  1. Emma Talbot#3,109 · Context Art Gallery #724 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,109 Codex rank
  2. Es Devlin#3,149 · Platform Earth #127 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,149 Codex rank
  3. Mark Titchner#3,302 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · DUVE Berlin #124 · Career stage unknownsculpture · shared regional context · #3,302 Codex rank
  4. Matthew Krishanu#3,335 · Tanya Leighton #206 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,335 Codex rank
  5. John Virtue#3,377 · Paintings · $5K–10K · Andelli Art #1,003 · Established contemporarypainting · shared regional context · #3,377 Codex rank
  6. Matthew Higgs#3,432 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,432 Codex rank
  7. Rosalind Nashashibi#3,438 · GRIMM #170 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,438 Codex rank
  8. Markus Amm#3,459 · Paintings · $10K–25K · David Kordansky Gallery #17 · Emergingpainting · shared regional context · #3,459 Codex rank
  9. Liam Spencer#3,462 · Contemporary Six #1,043 · Early/mid-careershared regional context · #3,462 Codex rank
  10. Matthew Spender

Selected works

Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.

Museum Acquisitions

Top 1
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