Sheila Spence has dedicated her creative practice to the exploration of portrait photography, investigating complexities that embody personal relationships, the constructions and contradictions of identity, and notions of community. In many ways her work over the last 25 years has been dedicated to her own search regarding her place in the community and family that surrounds her. — Mary Reid
Spence’s unpretentiousness is a gift in an age characterized by high-tech superficiality and a paralyzing narcissism. — Robert Enright
Bernadette, Jude & Katherine 1988