Born: 1970, Chicago, IL
Education:
| 1992 | Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting |
| 1989-91 | Brown University, Providence, RI Liberal Arts Studies |
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
| 2018 | "Florascape", Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2016 | "Bloom Chamber", Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2014 | "Subsurface Continuum", Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2012 | VOLTA New York, presented by Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011 | "Groundwork," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010 | "Mass Continuum," Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA |
| 2009 | "Architectonic," DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY |
| 2008 | "The Impact Curve," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 | "Views Beneath a Mechanistic Wilderness," Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA |
| 2005 | "all in electric lights," Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Pathways to Apparent Brightness," Site-specific installation at View 155, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | "Landscape Modification," DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY |
| 2003 | "openendless," Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA -scope Miami (Featured Artist), TownHouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL "Visual Purple," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA -scope New York (Featured Artist), Dylan Hotel, New York, NY |
| 2002 | "Growth Studies," Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | "Active Transport," a.o.v. gallery, San Francisco, CA |
Selected Group Exhibitions:
| 2019 | "There’s Reality, and Then There’s California" curated by Jessica Snow, NIAD, Richmond, CA |
| 2018 | “Art & Activism: Drawing The Line”, Curated by Jill Weinstock, CMA, New York, NY |
| 2017 | "Sanctuary City: With Liberty And Justice For Some", co- curated by Monica Lundy, Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA |
| 2015 | Art Market San Francisco, Fort Mason, San Francisco, Image of "Sunburst Radiant" used for promotional material |
| 2014 | "Shift", The NWBLK, San Francisco. In partnership with HMxAA |
| 2014 2013 2011 |
"Overview", LAND AND SEA, Limited Edition Risograph Print Set at LA Art Book Fair ArtPad SF, The Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA “Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010 | "I Want to Feel at Home Here," Milepost 5, Portland, OR (curated by Megan Scheminske) |
| 2008 | "Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY "Kick Out the Jams," The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 | "Outside: Contemporary Landscape Art," Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA (curated by Paul Paiement) |
| 2006 | "The Eighth Annual Miami University Young Painters Competition: William and Dorothy Yeck Award Exhibition," Miami University, Oxford, OH (juried by Jerry Saltz) "As Good As Your Next Gig," Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA |
| 2005 | "Welcome 2 the Jungle," DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY "Sprawl," Haley Martin Gallery (in collaboration with Ampersand International Arts), San Francisco, CA (curated by Robert Gutierrez, Amanda Hughen, and Jennifer Starkweather) "Built Against Site," Paragraph, Kansas City, MO |
| 2004 | "2-1/2: Art at the Corner of Two and Three Dimensions," Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (curated by Paul Mullins) -scope Miami, TownHouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL "Eye Candy," Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA (curated by Helen Varola) "intercourse: The Bay Area Show," Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI (curated by Sacha Eckes) -scope New York, Hotel Gansevoort, New York, NY |
| 2003 | "Beautiful Pressure," Rocket Projects, Miami, FL (curated by Nina Arias) "edge: Fresh Visions," Gensler, San Francisco, CA (curated by Britta Campbell) "Back in Black," Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York, NY "The Future That Never Happened," Ghettogloss, Los Angeles, CA "The Surreal Netherworlds of Donald Traver and William Swanson," Bank of America Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Assembly," The Front Room, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jordan Isip and Rodger Stevens) |
| 2002 | "Bay Area Now 3," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA "Retrofuturist," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA "Grupo," Juice Design, San Francisco, CA "Monster Drawing Rally," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA "Post Postcard," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA "The Panorama Project," Gallery 69a, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 | "The Inaugural Exhibition," Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Monster Drawing Rally," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA "Paintaholics," New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA "Art Sale V," The Lab, San Francisco, CA "Recent Works by Various Artists," a.o.v gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | "Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers," The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA "Pierogi Flatfiles," Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Pictura Plastica Perfecto," New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA "Things Get Dangerous," Blue Books Gallery, New College, San Francisco, CA "Multiple Sensations: Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA "Poster Renaissance," New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA "Summerland," postandbeam, San Francisco, CA "S.F. Drawing Show," New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA "Hand vs. Mouth," Blue Books Gallery, New College, San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | "Millenium," City Arts Gallery, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Renny Pritikin, Juror |
| 1998 | "emerge," Gen Art Annual Juried Show, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997 | "shrink," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; Julie Lazar, Juror |
| 1995 | "12" x 12"," RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI |
| 1993 | "Calculated Risk," Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 1992 | AS220, Providence, RI "Group Invitational 92," Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI "A Quiet Invasion," Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
Selected Collections:
Microsoft Art Collection, Sunnyvale, CA
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
UBS Financial Services Inc., Atlanta, GA
The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Mailer Anderson, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography:
| 2014 | Baker, Kenneth, "2 San Francisco Galleries With New Tomorrows: Swanson in Tomorrowland", San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 3 |
| 2014 | Gavish, Michal, "Subsurface Continuum" SF Art News, Oct. 10 |
| 2014 | Taylor, Mark, "Shift Is The New Black For Heather Marx", KQED Arts, Oct. 1 |
| 2012 | The Editors, "Smart Art for $25,000 and Under," Art+Auction, May, p. 125 |
| 2011 | Baker, Kenneth, "Bay Area Arts Picks: Swanson’s Way," San Francisco Chronicle (Ovation section), March 17, p. F4 Zevitas, Steven, "Body, Landscape, Space: Top Ten Painting Shows in the U.S.," The Huffington Post, March 8 |
| 2009 | Baker, Kenneth, "William Swanson: Marx & Zavattero," ARTnews, May, p. 117 |
| 2008 | Swanhuyser, Hiya, "Not Spaced Out Enough," SF Weekly, November 26 Harmanci, Reyhan, "Zealous Zine," San Francisco Chronicle (96 Hours section), May 8, p. 18 |
| 2007 | Melrod, George, "Artist Profile: William Swanson," art ltd., November, p. 78-79 Myers, Holly, "Making a Scene," Los Angeles Times, October 14, p. F6 |
| 2005 | Baker, Kenneth, "Swanson at Marx," San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, p. E1, 10 Tunks, Jane, and Swanhuyser, Hiya, "all in electric lights," SF Weekly (Night & Day section), May 4 |
| 2004 | Berry, Colin, "'2-1/2' at SFSU Fine Arts Gallery," Artweek, November, Vol. 35 Issue 9, p. 14 Baker, Kenneth, "William Swanson," ARTnews, February, p. 118 |
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| 1999 | Cover Image for the organizers of this publication assume no responsibility for the contents herein., September |
| 1998 | Alexander, Meredith, "emerge at the SFAI," Artweek, September |