Spencer Finch Installation Announced for the Obama Presidential Center

2 May 2025

The Obama Foundation announced it will be installing works by two notable American artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams, an upcoming graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, at the Obama Presidential Center. Their installations are among 25 site-specific works from a range of luminary to emerging artists that will be featured at the Center as part of a broad commitment to elevating public art across its campus.

Spencer Finch is best known for ethereal light installations that visualise his experience of natural phenomena. His investigations into the nature of light, colour, memory and perception manifest in watercolours, drawings, video and photographs. Compelled by what he describes as ‘the impossible desire to see oneself seeing’, Finch holds up an enchanting prism between the outer world and inner thought.

Find out more via The Obama Foundation.

Image: Portrait of Spencer Finch, Courtesy Lisson Gallery, © Spencer Finch, Photograph by Anna Mas Talens