GALLERY
2005
Resin, acrylic
Currently lives and works in Dallas, TX
EDUCATION
1999 B.F.A. Studio Art, Painting/Drawing, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Q.E.D., Los Angeles, CA
2004 James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2003 ULCA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
1998 Obviously a Movie, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 Push to Prime, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, TX
1996 Microwaveable, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 USA Today, Saatchi Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (Upcoming)
2006 Road Agent Ambush 2006 (Stand & Deliver: Your Money or Your Life), Road Agent, Dallas, TX
2006 A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Springtide, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Summer Show, James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2004 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
2004 Natural Histories: Realism Revisited, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 Air, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Erick Swenson and Ricky Swallow, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Summer, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Swallow Swenson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, curator Rachel Kent
(catalogue)
2001 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, curator William A. Fagley
(catalogue)
2001 The Big Id, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Out of the Ordinary: New Art From Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX,
curators Lynn Herbert and Paola Morsiani (catalogue)
2000 Artistic Centers: Dallas/Ft Worth, TFAA/Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX,
curator Suzanne Weaver, assistant curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art,
Charles Wiley, Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, TX (traveled)
2000 Natural Deceits, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, TX,
curator Michael Auping (catalogue)
1999 Description Without Place, Staff USA/AC Project Room, New York, NY
1999 Fire Sale 2000, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
1999 Good/Bad Art Collective: Joey on ICU, ABC no Rio, New York, TX
1999 True Stories, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX,
curators Joan Davidow and Sean Slattery (catalogue)
1999 Senior Show, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1998 Texas Dialogues Parallels, Blue Star Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX,
curator Franco Mondini-Ruiz 1998 We Sorry, Artlies Magazine, Summer, p. 4
1998 Good/Bad Burns, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1998 Welcome to Important Town, Conduit Gallery Annex, Dallas, TX
1998 Its a Peeece in Itself, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1997 Wee Coma, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1997 Hallowmas, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1997 Strange Loops, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX, curator Sean Slattery
1997 Very Fake, but Real, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, TX (catalogue)
1997 Red Rover Issues, Revolution Summer Art Space, Houston, TX (catalogue), July 4
1997 One Person Show Featuring ..., Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1997 Gay Art/Straight Play, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1996 Isolation Chamber, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1996 el clumsio, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 Sailors on Shoreleave: the Designs of Bob Mackie, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 Popo y Lupe, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1996 Mad, Good/Bad, and Dangerous to Know, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY
2005 Sozanski, Edward J., “Extraordinary equines at heart of ICA exhibit,”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2005
2005 Pagel, David, “What Happens Naturally,” Los Angeles Times,
Around the Galleries, June 3rd, 2005
2005 Horton, C. Sean, “Erick Swenson, James Cohan Gallery,” Sculpture, March 2005
2004 Zamudio-Taylor, “ArtPace / A Foundation for Contemporary Art,” Arco, winter (mention)
2004 Leffingwell, Edward, “Erick Swenson at James Cohan,” Art in America, October 2004.
2004 Dailey, Meghan, “Erick Swenson”, review, ArtForum, September 2004.
2004 Casadio, Mariuccia, “Dreamy”, Vogue Italia, May 2004.
2004 Plagens, Peter. “Art&30146;s ‘Star Search’”, Newsweek, March 22, 2004.
2004 French, Christopher. “How do Texans stack up at the Whitney?”,
Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2004.
2004 Plagens, Peter, “Art’s ‘Star Search’”, Newsweek, March 22, 2004
2004 Lagnado, Caroline, “Whitney Biennial Well Worth the Visit”, Tufts Daily, Friday, April 16, 2004
2003 Knight, Christopher, “Erick Swenson at UCLA Hammer Museum”,
The Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 21, 2003
2003 Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Erick Swenson at UCLA Hammer Museum”,
(brochure essay) January 26-May 4, 2003
2003 Smith, Roberta, “Air”, The New York Times, Friday, January 24, 2003
2003 Wei, Lilly, “Air”, New York Reviews, Artnews, April 2003, p. 123
2003 Time Out, Art Reviews, Issue no. 384, February 6-13, 2003
2003 Zamet, Kate, “Air”, Contemporary, Issue 49, pp. 86-7
2003 Viveros-Fauné, Christian, “Fresh Air”, New York Press, February 5-11, 2003
2003 “Air Supply”, Women’s Wear Daily, Thursday, January 9, 2003
2002 Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, “Fawning,” Dutch, May/June 2002, p. 30
2001 Bayliss, Sarah, “Best Bets,” Artnews, Summer 2001
2001 Drake, James, New Orleans Triennial, (catalogue),
New Orleans Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 108–111
2001 The New Yorker, “The Big Id,” March 19, 2001
2001 Flash Art, Swallow & Swenson @MCA Sydney, November/December 2001, p. 45
2000 Auping, Michael, “Natural Deceits,” catalogue, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2000, pp. 1-11
2000 Caywood, Mark, “Who’s Deceived?” FW Weekly, May 18-25, 2000
2000 Cohen, Mark Daniel. “Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson,”
reviewny.com (Review Magazine), September 15, 2000
2000 Daniel, Mike, “Natural Deceits,” Dallas Morning News Guide, May 12, 2000
2000 Herbert, Lynn, “Erick Swenson,” Out of the Ordinary: New Art from Texas, catalogue,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2000, pp. 84-91, reproductions
2000 Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Everyday Art: Mundane Objects make for Out of the Ordinary works,”
Houston Post, Aug 24, 2000
2000 Krider, Dylan Otto, “Two Baboons and a Body Bag,” Houston Press, August 10, 2000
2000 Kutner, Janet, “Art Outlet,” The Dallas Morning News, Saturday, July 8, 2000, pp. 5C-7C
2000 Kutner, Janet, “Imposter art disguises meaning,” Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2000
2000 Rees, Christina, “Cheers and Tallyho,” Dallas Observer, February 17–23, 2000
2000 Rees, Christina, “Biting Back,” Dallas Observer, February 10 - 16, 2000, pp.14–23
1999 “Description without Place,” The New Yorker, November 29, 1999
1999 Henry, Max, “Description Without Place,” artnet.com, November 4, 1999
1999 Massey-Helber, Annabelle, “Blink,” Dallas Observer, November 4-10, 1999, p. 85
1999 Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Erick Swenson at Angstrom Gallery,”
Art in America, January 1999, p. 110
1998 Rees, Christina, “Framed: Best of 1998,” Dallas Observer,
December 31 - January 6, 1998, p. 56
1998 Slattery, Sean, “Obviously a Movie,” Artlies Magazine, Fall 1998, no 20, p. 55
1998 Rees, Christina, “Frozen Fantasies,” Dallas Observer, September 10-16, 1998, p. 62
1998 Massey-Helber, Annabelle, “Erick Swenson,” The Met Magazine, September 2-9, 1998, p. 39
1997 Good/Bad Art Collective, Entertainment Chronicle (Denton Record Chronicle), 1997, p. 34
1996 McMullan, Dawn, “Isolated Art,” Denton Record Chronicle, no 17, 1996, p. 4
1996 Vanucci, Delphina, “Erick Swenson: Push to Prime,” ArtLies Magazine, Fall 1996, pp. 34, 41
1996 Houston Press, vol. 8, no 37, September 12 –18, 1996
1996 Public News, Houstons Alternative Newseekly, no. 774, September 11, 1996
AWARDS
2004 The Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation
1999 The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, TX
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2005
Resin, acrylic
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