1972
Born Phoenixville, PA
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
2009
Caught Captive, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA,
travelling to Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2007
James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2005
Q.E.D., Los Angeles, CA
2004
James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2003
UCLA 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
Microwaveable, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Like animals (Comme des bêtes), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
2007
Art in America , Now, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
2006
USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Road Agent Ambush 2006 (Stand and Deliver: Your Money or Your Life), Road Agent, Dallas, TX
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
Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
Natural Histories: Realism Revisited, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2003
Air, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
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)
New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, curator William A. Fagley (catalogue)
The Big Id, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Out of the Ordinary: New Art From Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, curators Lynn Herbert and Paola Morsiani(catalogue)
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)
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
Fire Sale 2000, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Good/Bad Art Collective: Joey on ICU, ABC no Rio, New York, TX
True Stories, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, curators Joan Davidow and Sean Slattery (catalogue)
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
We Sorry, Artlies Magazine, Summer, p. 4
Good/Bad Burns, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Welcome to Important Town, Conduit Gallery Annex, Dallas, TX
Its a Peeece in Itself, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1997
Wee Coma, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Hallowmas, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Strange Loops, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX, curator Sean Slattery
Very Fake, but Real, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, TX (catalogue)
Red Rover Issues, Revolution Summer Art Space, Houston, TX (catalogue),
July 4
One Person Show Featuring ..., Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Gay Art/Straight Play, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1996
Isolation Chamber, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
el clumsio, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Sailors on Shoreleave: the Designs of Bob Mackie, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Popo y Lupe, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Mad, Good/Bad, and Dangerous to Know, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Selected Bibliography
2007
"Recommended: Erick Swenson, James Cohan Gallery," TimeOut New York, May 17, 2007
Goodbody, Bridget. “Erick Swenson,” Art in Review, The New York Times, June 15, 2007.
Art in Action (exhibition catalogue). San Francisco: The Natural World Museum. Text by
Noa Jones with forward by Achim Steiner. Curated by Barry Rosenberg.
2006
Falconer, Morgan, “The States They’re In,” The Times, London, England, October 4, 2006
Gibb, Brian, “Erick Swenson Interview,” Art Prostitute, August 2006
2006
Lewis, Caroline, “Saatchi’s USA Today at The Royal Academy of Arts London,” review, 24 Hour Museum, May 2006
Kutner, Janet, “Portrait in Obsession,” Dallas Morning News, July 19, 2006
2005
Sozanski, Edward J., “Extraordinary equines at heart of ICA exhibit,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2005
Pagel, David, “What Happens Naturally,” Los Angeles Times, Around the Galleries, June 3rd, 2005
Horton, C. Sean, “Erick Swenson, James Cohan Gallery,” Sculpture, March 2005
2004
Zamudio-Taylor, “ArtPace / A Foundation for Contemporary Art,” Arco, winter 2004 (mention)
Leffingwell, Edward, “Erick Swenson at James Cohan,” Art in America, October 2004.
Dailey, Meghan, “Erick Swenson”, review, ArtForum, September 2004.
Casadio, Mariuccia, “Dreamy”, Vogue Italia, May 2004.
Plagens, Peter. “Art’s ‘Star Search’”, Newsweek, March 22, 2004.
French, Christopher. “How do Texans stack up at the Whitney?”, Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2004.
Plagens, Peter, “Art’s ‘Star Search’”, Newsweek, March 22, 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
Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Erick Swenson at UCLA Hammer Museum”, (brochure essay) January 26-May 4, 2003
Smith, Roberta, “Air”, The New York Times, Friday, January 24, 2003
Wei, Lilly, “Air”, New York Reviews, Artnews, April 2003, p. 123
2003 Time Out, Art Reviews, Issue no. 384, February 6-13, 2003
Zamet, Kate, “Air”, Contemporary, Issue 49, pp. 86-7
Viveros-Fauné, Christian, “Fresh Air”, New York Press, February 5-11, 2003
Artpace, Artist Review, February 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
Drake, James, New Orleans Triennial, (catalogue), New Orleans Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 108–111
The New Yorker, “The Big Id,” March 19, 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
Caywood, Mark, “Who’s Deceived?” FW Weekly, May 18-25, 2000
Cohen, Mark Daniel. “Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson,” reviewny.com (Review Magazine), September 15, 2000
Daniel, Mike, “Natural Deceits,” Dallas Morning News Guide, May 12, 2000
Herbert, Lynn, “Erick Swenson,” Out of the Ordinary: New Art from Texas, catalogue,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2000, pp. 84-91, reproductions
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Everyday Art: Mundane Objects make for Out of the Ordinary works,” Houston Post, Aug 24, 2000
Krider, Dylan Otto, “Two Baboons and a Body Bag,” Houston Press, August 10, 2000
Kutner, Janet, “Art Outlet,” The Dallas Morning News, Saturday, July 8, 2000, pp. 5C-7C
Kutner, Janet, “Imposter art disguises meaning,” Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2000
Rees, Christina, “Cheers and Tallyho,” Dallas Observer, February 17–23, 2000
Rees, Christina, “Biting Back,” Dallas Observer, February 10 - 16, 2000, pp.14–23
1999
“Description without Place,” The New Yorker, November 29, 1999
Henry, Max, “Description Without Place,” artnet.com, November 4, 1999
Massey-Helber, Annabelle, “Blink,” Dallas Observer, November 4-10, 1999, p. 85
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
Slattery, Sean, “Obviously a Movie,” Artlies Magazine, Fall 1998, no 20, p. 55
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
Vanucci, Delphina, “Erick Swenson: Push to Prime,” ArtLies Magazine, Fall 1996, pp. 34, 41
Houston Press, vol. 8, no 37, September 12 –18, 1996
Public News, Houstons Alternative Newseekly, no. 774, September 11, 1996
Awards
1999
The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2004
The Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation
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
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
