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Spencer Vazquez

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Installation view of Glue Traps, on view now at @baxterstccny

Slide 3: Sky (Jesus Toast), 2025. Masking tape transfer from mono-laser, 24 x 16” (middle)

Slide 4: 5010 W. Grace St, 2026. Mono-laser print on masking tape, 25 x 33”

Custom framing and pigment prints by @loupedigital
Photos by @lloyd_mccullough taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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JOIN US TONIGHT at 6–8 PM for the opening of our exhibitions: 'On Broken Ground' by 2025 BAXTER ST Mid-Career Artist Hannah Smith Allen (@hannahsmithallen), and 'Glue Traps' by 2026 YoungArts BAXTER ST Artist Spencer Vazquez (@spencevaz). Come celebrate with us at 154 Ludlow Street! ⁠
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In 'Glue Traps,' Vazquez attempts to reckon with his own archive. Prompted by the discovery of a long-lost hard drive and the death of his father, a housepainter, Vazquez began asking how he might engage again with the sprawling photo diary he had assembled over the last decade. Faced with thousands of files—ranging from recent portraits of his father post-chemo to old family polaroids to rolls he shot as a teenager—Vazquez started contemplating the material future of these images. He sought a printing method that was at once ephemeral and tangible: a process that could get around the aesthetic and economic limitations of traditional fine art printing; and one that nodded to classic photographic conventions while also embracing the medium’s inherent contradictions. ⁠
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⁠Hannah Smith Allen's exhibition includes a selection of still photographs, unique screen prints, collage, and a video installation shown alongside 'Borderlands', an accordion book published by Visual Studies Workshop Press in 2021. Spanning recent works along with those made during Donald Trump’s first presidency, the exhibition explores the American landscape as a site of both possibility and imposed limitations.⁠
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The exhibitions will be on view at 154 Ludlow Street through June 10, 2026. Learn more via the link in our bio! ⁠ taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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6 months ago

DEVIKA - “CHLORINE”

Dir: @torimumtaz @spencevaz
Prod: @torimumtaz
DP: @spencevaz
Editor: @spencevaz
Art Director: @Devika.wav
Choreo: @anshkonuru
Dancers: @anshkonuru @chillmomvibin
PA & Wardrobe Assist: @princessayqa
@Harmony.Underground dress by @princessayqa
CRTV Visualizer: @sundae.nyc

LINK IN BIO

So grateful for this dope team ❤️ by @spencevaz

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She Need a Ring Like Carmelo, 2026
Color laser print on paper, 8.5 x 11”

This piece is part of a small series based on my recent collabs with the great Ime Soul (@sazonpackets). I was lucky enough to document Soul’s performance piece, “And here we’ve left our shoes at the door” (2026), presented as part of Movement Research’s Open Performance program in June. This piece derives from stills, scans, and low-res screen-grabs of this footage. by @spencevaz

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I bought a new printer 😅

Goldfish (Havan), 2026. Color laser print on masking tape, 21 x 32”

Still is from a music video I shot two years ago in Flushing w/ @havancloud (last slide) 🩵 taken in Brooklyn, New York by @spencevaz

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2 months ago

New stuff ❤️‍🔥
May - June, 2026 taken in Brooklyn, New York by @spencevaz

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As my show comes to a close, I just want to say thank you to everyone who came out to see it, shared kind words, cheered from afar, or supported it in ways big and small. Making work like this is never a solo endeavor, and I’m so grateful for everyone who spent time with it. Until the next one ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Glue Traps Forever <3 taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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4 months ago

SAVE THE DATE: On Saturday, June 6th at 12 PM, join BAXTER ST and 2026 YoungArts BAXTER ST Open Call Recipient Spencer Vazquez (@spencevaz), at 154 Ludlow Street for a walkthrough of his solo exhibition, Glue Traps, and an interactive workshop where you can learn more about the tape transfer technique utilized in the exhibition.⁠
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Materials will be provided but participants are welcome to bring their own toner-based laser prints to work with. Space is limited, visit the link in our bio for more information and to RSVP!⁠
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⁠This event is part of the programming for 'Glue Traps' a lens-based exhibition at BAXTER ST of new and recent works by photographer Spencer Vazquez. The exhibition is on view through June 10th. ⁠
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Images: Installation view of 'Glue Traps.' Photos by Lloyd McCullough. ⁠ taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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In Glue Traps, @spencevaz (2018 Film, 2019 Photography) attempts to reckon with his own archive. Prompted by the discovery of a long-lost hard drive and the death of his father, a housepainter, Spencer began asking how he might engage again with the sprawling photo diary he had assembled over the last decade. At the heart of this work is tape transferring, a widely accessible yet labor-intensive process in which toner prints are transferred onto adhesive tape, producing images in reverse through a sequence of rubbing, soaking, and peeling.

Want to learn more about the process? Join Spencer for a tape transfer workshop at @baxterstccny, June 6 at 12 PM. Space is limited, RSVP at the link in bio.

Glue Traps by Spencer Vazquez is on view @baxterstccny in partnership with YoungArts now through June 10! taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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Only 3 weeks left to see GLUE TRAPS at @baxterstccny

On view through June 10, 2026!

BAXTER ST
154 Ludlow St
New York, NY
Open Tues-Sat, 12-6pm

Slide 1: January 21, 2020, 2026. Archival pigment print, 35 x 60”
Slide 2: Green Monster, 2026. Archival pigment print, 25.5 x 40”
Slide 3: January 19, 2020, 2026. Archival pigment print, 35 x 60”

Install photos by @lloyd_mccullough taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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I am going to post so many bills taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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GLUE TRAPS is on view at @baxterstccny thru June 10, 2026!

Stills from a lovely walkthrough with @youngarts team and alum 🫶🏽

Baxter St at CCNY
154 Ludlow St
New York, NY
Hours: Tues-Sat, 12-6pm

Photos by @zay.ira taken in Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York by @spencevaz

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