Ian Swanson received his BFA from Wayne State University in Detroit and his MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Recent solo and group exhibitions include As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA; 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI; David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX; Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles, CA; Welcome Screen, London, UK and Bosi, New York, NY. Swanson currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
b. Detroit, MI
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
MFA; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; NY
BFA; Wayne State University; Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
more than ever, wholesome pleasure; As It Stands; Los Angeles, CA
my tree stays tree; 315 Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
2016
cynics milk; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
our shallow psychic death; Simone DeSousa Gallery; Detroit, MI
feels like feels; ashes/ashes; Los Angeles, CA
2015
a native fear..a featureless protagonist; D'agostino & Fiore; New York, NY
2013
studios pretty much an office rn; Welcome Screen; London
2012
/recent works; Simone DsSousa Gallery; Detroit, MI
2010
all visible objects; Starkweather Arts; Romeo, MI
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS/COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2018
B sides and Marginalia, exhibition by Ian Swanson & Alex Bienstock; MX Gallery; New York, NY
2015
Christopher Samuels & Ian Swanson; Java Project; Brooklyn, NY
Vital Shift in Central Observer, with Tao Kulczycki; Bosi; NYC
2014
or or and, with Ivana Basic; Free Paarking; St. Louis, MO
trade in trade up; Silent Barn; Brooklyn, NY (w/objetosexual.info)
ego drift, with Wendy Ross; WAKE; Detroit, MI
2013
SOULDRONE/SUPERDEMO; adultcontemporary.us, 888.669.0404; Los Angeles, CA (w/objetosexual.info)
2011
total id pigs; Re:View; Detroit, MI (w/Wendy Ross and Rachel Yezbick)
2010
741 hz; PCCA; Rochester, MI (w/Christopher Samuels)
2009
Debt Collective; Cass Café; Detroit, MI (w/Christopher Samuels)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Got it for Cheap; The Hole NYC; New York, NY
40 Pest Street, organized by Dillon Petito and Malte Zender; Alyssa Davis Gallery; New York, NY
The Unearthly, curated by Adrian Tone; Pratt Institute, Dekalb Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Chew Toy Attractors; 67; New York, NY
Hard Cry; Lubov; New York, NY
2016
Ignorance is Rich, curated by Alex Bienstock; 67; NY
2015
Dychtopia; Mould Map 4, curated by /New Scenario; Landfill Editions (print)
Business as Usual, curated by Perce Jerrom; Turf Projects; London, UK
F R I E N D S, w/Michael Pybus; Evelyn Yard; London, UK
To Feel What I Am; Hap Gallery; Portland, OR
Driveway 327, curated by Troy Kreiner; driveway327.com; Venice, CA
2014
Special Madness, curated by Keith J. Varadi; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
EDENunlimited.tbc/tbc, organized by coeval.gen.in; Berlin, DE
Progressive Regression; Relaax.in; internet
Objects of Affection, curated by Alex Bienstock; gordilloscudder; Brooklyn, NY
2013
Hobby Group #1; Jo-Ann Fabrics; Allen Park, MI
Restart/plugin; Former Mattress & Furniture Emporium; Glasgow, UK
New Lavoro - episodes 1-3, a project by Dora Budor (video)
Limits of Desire; 71 Dunham; Brooklyn, NY
2012
Peekskill Project V; Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art; Peekskill, NY
Aggro Crag; BOSI; New York, NY
Excavation/Material; Ed. Varie; New York, NY
Grid List; Allegra LaViola; New York, NY
2011
The Spaces in Between; Lost Coast Culture Machine; Fort Bragg, CA
Magic and Mysticism; Anton Art Center; Mt. Clemens, MI
Automobiles; Public Pool; Hamtramck, MI
2010
Swim Lane27; 39 Edwin; Hamtramck, MI
I don't believe in art, I believe in artists; Whitdel Arts; Detroit, MI
Version 2010; Co-prosperity Sphere; Chicago, IL
2009
Re:Collect; Re:View Gallery; Detroit, MI
Collected; Anton Art Center; Mt. Clemens, MI (collaboration with Chris Samuels)
Replacements; Museum of New Art; Pontiac MI
2008
Rigged; 1354 Division Gallery; Detroit MI
Detroit Loves Company; Johanson Charles Gallery; Detroit, MI
2007
Detroit Next; Detroit Artist's Market; Detroit, MI
CURATORIAL
2014-present - founder and director of objetosexual.info
2013/14 - co-founder and associate director of hotelart.us
2010/11 - resident and curator at Northend Studios in Detroit.
2009/10 - co-founder of ORG contemporary in Detroit.
2007/08 - organized exhibitions as Debt Collective
AWARDS
2012
Graduate Merit Scholarship - Pratt Institute
2011
Graduate Merit Scholarship - Pratt Institute
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"hotelart.us (interview)", BOMB magazine
“New American Paintings MFA Annual”, exhibition in print
"New American Paintings Midwest Edition #95"
