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Julianne Swartz

 

Born in Phoenix, Arizona. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
                 

Education

2002 M.F.A., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Sculpture
1999 Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1989 B.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Photography and Creative Writing
 
                   
Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2008
Terrain, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

2007
Hope, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2006
Breaches and Leaks, Reg Vardy Gallery, Universtiy of Sunderland, UK

2005
Partial Excavation (in pink), Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Managed Flow Echo System, Turchin Center for the Arts, Boone, NC
Elevator Music, The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

2004     
Currents1: Julianne Swartz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Speculative Mechanics (persistent optimism), Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2003
Line Drawing, Artists Space, Project Room, New York

2002
Garden Details Imported and Compressed, Shroeder-Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2001
Landing ~ the Bubble, 123 Watts, New York

2000     
Shadow House, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York

1999
Shadow House, The Robert Lehman Gallery at Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

1997
Numinous, Lombard–Freid Fine Arts, New York

                   
Selected Group Exhibitions

2006
Liverpool Biennial, Tate Museum, Liverpool England
New York Interrupted, curated by Dan Cameron, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China

2005
Press Play, curated by Georgina Jackson, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Counter Culture, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
4 und 4 selected, curated by Anne Ellegood, Muller Dechiara Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Lineaments of Gratified Desire, curated by Maricia Tanner, Catharine Clark Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

2003     
Breaking Away, P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY
NY/LA, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Plastic Gardens, Cristinerose | Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
Line Drawing, Artist Space Project Room, New York
Still/Motion, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
The Microwave, Cristinerose | Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
Garden Details, imported and Compressed, Schroeder Romero, New York
Magnitude (in collaboration with John Yau), The Educational Alliance, New York
Liminal Spaces, Curated by Cassandra Coblentz, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Periphera, Murray Guy Gallery, New York

2001
Interval: New Art for a New Space, Sculpture Center, Long Island City,New York
Brooklyn!, Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Let's Get To Work, curated by Gavin Wade, Philadelphia College of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Plant Life, curated by Patrick Callery, K.S. Art, New York
Trackings, curated by Jonathan van Dyke, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
clenchclutchflynch, curated by Dominique Nahas, Paul Rogers/9W Gallery, New York
Mixed Greens at space 101, Mixed Greens, Brooklyn, New York

2000
Luminous, curated by Brian Wallace, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Pop Mechanics, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Meat Market Art Fair, New York
microwave two, 123 Watts, New York
Millenium Bugs, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

1999     
Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
Vision in Motion, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Second Nature, The Susquhanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Architecture in Glass, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Hands Off, ArtNation Projects, New York

1998     
The New York Biennial of Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1997     
Numinious, Lombard -Freid Fine Arts, New York
Current/Undercurrent, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York

1996     
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, NC
Male/Female Vines, the Gramercy International Art Fair, New York, NY

                   
Grants and Awards

2003     
Art Omi International Artists Colony, Ghent, NY
P.S. 1 Museum, National and International Studio Program

2000     
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1999     
The Richard Kelly Foundation Grant
Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts

1998     
Special Editions Grant from the Lower East Side Printshop

1997     
Artist in Residence Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts
 
                   
Bibliography

2005
Labelle, Charles, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, Frieze, March
Macadams, Barbara Magnetic Resonances, ARTnews Feb
Schwendener, Martha, Julianne Swartz, at Josee Bienvenu , Artforum, Feb

2004
Blumberg, Deborah Lynn. Through a tube starkly: Connecting on the Bowery, The Villager, August 11-17
Counter Culture, am New York, July 9-11               
Fels, Sophie. Julianne Swartz. Speculative Mechanics *persistent optimism, Time Out New York, October 14-21
Gopnik, Blake. 2004 Whitney Biennial, The Washington Post, March 15
Heartney, Eleanor. The Well-Tempered Biennial, Art in America, June
Julianne Swartz, The New Yorker, October 25          
Kennedy, Randy. The New Museum’s New Non-Museum, The New York Times, July 25 
Kimmelman, Michael. Touching All Bases at the Biennial, The New York Times, March 12
Levin, Kim. Voice Pick, Village Voice, October 20-26
Markus, David. Telephoning From Skid Row: A Conversation with Julianne Swartz, NYArts, October 1
Moynihan, Colin. Exhibit Offers a Peek Inside the Lives of Outsiders, The New York Times, August 1
New Museum of Contemporary Art, The New Yorker, July 12 & 19
Pearlman, Ellen. From Da Hood to da Whitney: 3 Artists from Willamsburg Make Good, The Brooklyn Rail, March
Saltz, Jerry. Critical Call, Village Voice, October 1
Saltz, Jerry. The OK Corral, The Village Voice, March 11
Smith, Roberta. Art that Speaks to You. Literally, The New York Times, March 7
The New Yorker, Art around town”,July 12
Vandam, Jeff. The City's Other Restaurant Row, The New York Times, July 25 
Weyland, Jocko. 2004 biennial Preview, Time Out New York, March 4-11
Where to buy…, The Week, October 22
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial, exhibition catalog
Yablonsky, Linda. Treasure hunt, Time Out New York, August 5-12

2003
Honigram, Ana. Garden Details, Sculpture Magazine, illustration, January – February
Olson, Marisa S. Still Motion, Afterimage, reviews, March – April
Scott, Andrea. Project Spaces, The New Yorker, March 31

2002
Heartney, Eleanor. Brooklyn!, Art in America, illustration, April
Kunsella, Eileen. Wise Buys, Art news, Summer
Rush, Micheal. Best Buys, Artnews, July
Turner, Elisa. Brooklyn!, Artnews, March

2001
Beck – Friedman, Tova, Julianne Swartz, NYArts, February
Beck-Friedman, Tova. Julianne Swartz at Ricco Maresca, NY Arts, Feb
Brooklyn,Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue
Dannatt, Adrian. Choice in New York, The Art Newspaper, January
Johnson, Ken. Clenchclutchflynch, New York Times, June 22
Julianne Swartz, The New Yorker, January 15
Lewis, Zachery. A Thread of Tolerance, Patriot Daily News, April 18
Lewis, Zachery. Link is the thought, not the actual thread, Patriot Daily News, April 22
Open City, #13, cover and project
Shostrom, Jan. Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Daily News, October 12
Smith, Roberta, Interval, New York Times, 28 Sept
Turner, Elisa. Brooklyn!, The Miami Herald, October 28
Valdez, Sarah. Landing the Bubble, Time Out New York, May 24-31

2000
Bellevue Art Museum, Luminous, exhibition catalogue
Microwave two, 123 Watts Gallery, exhibition catalogue

1999
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, exhibition catalogue
Cotter, Holland. Artist in the Marketplace, New York Times, July 21

1997
Costa, Robert. Julianne Swartz at Lombard Fried, llustration, Cover, September
Aletti, Vince. Choices, Photo, Village Voice, May 2
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Gallery, exhibition catalogue
Levin, Kim. Choices, Art, Village Voice, April 20
Melrod, George. The New Art, New York, illustration, Art & Antiques, summer

1996
Raynor, Vivien. Diverse Visions, illustration, New York Times, July 8