Spencer P. Hutchinson

Chicago

Spencer Hutchinson, 39, passed away unexpectedly April 21, 2024 in his

apartment in East Garfield Park, Chicago.

He was born to Portia S. Hutchinson and George B. Hutchinson on July 16,

1984 in Knoxville, TN, and attended schools there, in Oak Ridge, TN, and in

Bloomington, IN, before attending Indiana University for two years and then

transferring to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was particularly

focused on electronic music. He graduated with a BFA in Sound and New Media in

2009. He subsequently did graduate work at the University of Chicago and then

entered the MFA program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, receiving an MFA

in new media in 2020.

His work has been shown nationally and internationally in

Sacramento, CA, Chicago, Knoxville, Detroit, Mexico City, Ravenna and Assisi, Italy,

and Manchester, UK.

Spencer's art practice traversed many media and styles, from digital sound

and 3D animation to sculptural installations with found objects, collaborations with

performance artists, and above all, in recent years, painting. His work has been

shown in multiple galleries around Chicago, and he had many friends in the Chicago

arts community while maintaining treasured friendships from his youth in

Bloomington, Indiana and Knoxville and Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Spencer is survived by his mother and father (Oak Ridge, TN and

Trumansburg, NY), his brother Geoffrey and sister-in-law Neah Morton Hutchinson

of Seattle, aunts and uncles, and many loving cousins.

No flowers, please. A memorial service and art exhibit in Spencer's honor will be held in Chicago at a later time.