Curriculum Vitae

ERIC IAN HORNAK-SPOUTZ

Art dealer, curator, and historian

EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2002 to present
Executor
Ian Hornak Estate Administration, East Hampton, New York

2015 to 2017
Owner and Director
Pink Shrimp Fine Art, Los Angeles, California

1998 to 2017
Owner and Director
Eric I. Spoutz Fine Art
Dealerships in Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Detroit, and Cape Coral, specializing in American, European, and Asian art of the second half of the twentieth century

EDUCATION

Fort Hays State University
Bachelor of General Studies
Concentrations in General Business and Historical Studies

Rutgers University
Graduate study in Creative Arts and Literature (ABT)

HONORS

2008
Lifetime Fellowship
Denman Waldo Ross Society, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Honor conferred by Sir Malcolm Rogers

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL ACQUISITION ARRANGEMENTS

Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of American History
American Art Museum
Smithsonian Libraries
Archives of American Art

Library of Congress
Rare Books and Special Collections Division
Prints and Photographs Division

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Fine Arts Program

Flint Institute of Arts

National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library

Florida State Capitol Complex Art Collection

National Hellenic Museum

George Washington University Art Galleries

Rutgers University
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
Library and Archives

Long Island Museum of Art, History and Carriages

Childrens Hospital Boston

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Indiana University
Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVAL PROJECTS

Smithsonian Institution
Archives of American Art

Dartmouth College
Rauner Special Collections Library

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Florida State Capitol Complex
Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Forest Lawn Museum
Anton Art Center
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Kinsey Institute
Cape Coral Hospital

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES

Institutional exhibition catalogues published in conjunction with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Forest Lawn Museum, and Galleries Maurice Sternberg.

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Lectures presented at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Forest Lawn Museum, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, and other public and academic institutions.

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

Television and radio interviews with CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates related to institutional exhibitions and curatorial projects.

SELECTED WRITING

Contributor to national and regional publications including Art in America, Washington Post, East Hampton Star, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and other academic and cultural outlets.
Eric I. Hornak-Spoutz

—B.G.S., Historical Studies & General Business, Fort Hays State University
—M.A.L.S. Creative Arts and Literature (ABT), Rutgers University