Spencer Budd is a BFA graduate in illustration from Brigham Young University and an MFA graduate in painting from Utah State University. Learning has been and is an artistic goal, and Spencer’s work includes all subjects in many different mediums. Sculpture is currently his primary means of expression; figurative work created from life is one of his passions. Spencer is drawn to traditional and modern artistic ideals. His creative goal is to use the language of art to incorporate abstraction, simplification, and conceptual themes into all his work. Spencer’s artworks have been included in shows such as the UTC Invitational, BDAC annual statewide exhibit, Logan Fine Art fall salon, Utah Division of Arts and Museums statewide annual exhibit, the Springville Museum of Art’s Spring Salon and annual Spiritual exhibit, and the Loveland Sculpture in the Park annual show, and he’s won awards in several of these exhibits. In addition to creating art, Spencer is an adjunct faculty member at UVU (sculpture) and at BYU (gymnastics). He enjoys spending time with family, ballroom dancing, biking, music, and snow skiing.
Website: Spencer Budd Sculpture Gallery
Celestial Material 1 – 2025
$1,800 – 23 x 11 x 6 – Bronze and Steel
Sponsored by Washinton County RAP
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In “Celestial Material 1”, I drew on the concept that we are both spiritual and temporal beings. This sculpture uses fabric draped around the form of a reclined figure to represent the temporal. Openings where the fabric is absent reveals the negative spaces representing the spiritual. Being mounted to an upright base creates a sense of rising and floating adding to the tension of the overall concept.
My inspiration comes from the beauty I see in the human body; the way light and shadow define the forms of the figure, the shapes created by those forms, the way the body moves, and the resulting relationships.
The challenge I embrace when creating is to join traditional and modern ways of seeing that subtly question the conception of art, that point to multiple ways to perceive an object or reality.
Previous Entries
Spiral Series #13 – 2024
$5,500 – 30” X 27” X 21” – Steel and ceramic
Sponsored by Cowdell Insurance Agency and Financial Services
If I were not human, not imperfect in execution, my spiral sculptures would be nautili, perfect strands of DNA, our solar system traversing space. But I make mistakes, change directions at my own whim. My ability to conceive, construct and assemble deviates from mathematical precision. And yet, these perceived “imperfections” create their own pleasing form, and the process results in a unique and personal outcome.
System Series #9 – 2023
“System Series #9” – Curved steel plates of increasing size connect from end to end via a steel rod, forming a spiral form. I was challenged to create a system to follow that would dictate unknown visual outcome. At the time I was working in ceramic clay and chose to take wheel-thrown bowls, cut them into quarters, and attach those pieces end to end. After several versions of this sculpture, I determined I needed the strength of steel to reach the potential of this concept. This sculpture is the ninth version in this ongoing exploration.
