Born 1977, New London, Connecticut
Raised in Daytona Beach, Florida
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1998–2001
Lives and works in Brooklyn
SELECTED PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
2018
Philadelphia Mural Arts
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, March 2018
2017
CAC, Cincinnati, OH, Retrospective, September 2017
Allouche Gallery, New York, New York, April 2017
Skissernas Museum, Sweden, site-specific installation January 2017
2016
Tandem Press Printmaking Residency, Madison, Wisconsin November 2016
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Fresh Talk Lecture Series, Washington DC October, 2016
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, September 2016
Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI site-specific installation, September 2016
Parrish Museum Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, May 2016
MIMA Museum, Brussels, site-specific installation, March 2016
Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA – site-specific installation, January 2017
2015
Commission, Facebook Headquarters, October 2015
Philly Mural Arts Residency, Open Source, May 2015
New Orleans Airlift, Music Box Project, March 2015
2014
Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY – site-specific installation, April 2014
Djerbahood, Tunisia, North Africa, August 2014
Present Project – International Artist Residency – Hawaii, September 2014
Wynwood Walls, Mural Project, Miami, Florida, December 2014
2013
Galerie Jeudy, Paris, France – solo exhibition, November 2013. (upcoming)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario – group show, October 2013.
Museum de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico – ‘Zona Urbana’, group show, July 2013.
State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota Fine Art Gallery, Brandenton, Florida – ‘Petrichor’, solo exhibition, February 2013.
2012
Black Rat Projects, London, England – ‘Wunderkammer’, group show, November 2012.
Prague, Czech Republic – ‘Stuck on the City’, group show, October 2012.
2nd Annual Ural Biennial, Ekaterinburg, Russia – group show, September 2012.
XYZ Gallery, Tokyo, Japan – ‘Honeycomb’, solo exhibition, April 2012.
Dithyrambalina, New Orleans, LA – Group sculpture (ongoing).
2011
Black Rat, London, England, – ‘Murmuration’, December 2011.
Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, – ‘Inside Out Outside In’, group exhibition, August 2011.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachussettes, – ‘Anthropocene’ solo exhibition, August 2011.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, – ‘Thalassa’ commissioned sculpture, June 2011.
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, – ‘Art in the Streets’, group exhibition, April 2011.
Metro Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, – solo exhibition, February 2011.
2010
Konbit Shelters, Phase #2, Barrier Juedy, Haiti, December 2010/January, 2011
Black Rat Projects, London, – ‘Small Acts of Resistance Group Exhibit’, November 2010.
Galerie L.J, Paris, – ‘Fata Morgana’, October 2010.
Konbit Shelters, Barrier Juedy, Haiti, August 2010.
NYC Parks Department and Urban Art Projects, Brooklyn, New York, -‘Konbit Park Sculpture’, May 2010.
Philagrafika, The Graphic Unconcious, Philadelphia, January 2010.
2009
Threshold, Tokyo, October 2009.
Urban-Art Info, Berlin, – ‘Swoon + Ben Wolf’, September 2009.
NuART, Stavanger Norway, September 2009.
Venice Biennale, – ‘Swimming Cities of Serenissima’, June 2009.
Town House Gallery, Cairo, Residency, February-March, 2009.
‘The Influencers’ Group exhibition, Barcelona, February, 2009.
2008
Deitch Projects, Long Island City – ‘Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea’ Solo exhibition, September 7-October 18.
Honey Space Gallery, New York City – ‘Portrait of Silvia Elena’ Solo Exhibit, May 2008.
Braddock Active Arts, Braddock PA- ‘Points of Interest’ April.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco – ‘The Way That We Rhyme’ March 29- June 29.
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco – ‘Feral’ Collaborative exhibition with Monica Canilao. March 21 – April 26.
New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles – ‘Drown Your Boats’ Solo exhibition, February 16- April 19.
2007
Pictures on Walls, Bethlehem –‘Santa’s Ghetto’, December.
Galerie LJ Beaubourg, Paris – `Swoon, Chris Stain, and The Polaroid Kidd’, November 10- December 8.
Black Rat Press, London – ‘Heap’ Collaborative exhibition with Monica Canilao and
David Ellis, October 25 – November 20.
New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles – ‘The Burning House’ Collaborative exhibition with Faile and David Ellis, January 20-February 24.
2006
Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA – ‘La Boca del Lobo’ Collaborative exhibition with Polonia Soloveichek and Allison Corrie, April 7-28.
Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev – ‘Generations USA’ Group exhibition of Ukrainian and American artists, December.
2005
Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida, SWOON, December 1 -January 28.
Deitch Projects, New York, SWOON, July 7-August 13.
P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, Greater New York, March 13- September 26.
Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin – ‘Project Backjumps Part 2′ International exhibition of street art and hip hop culture, August 19 -October 16.
2004
Publico, Cinncinnatti, ‘Good World’ Group exhibition working in conjunction with The Beautiful Losers and the CAC.
Space 1026, Philadelphia -‘Change Agent’ Call it a Crew Group exhibition with members of the music and design collective Change Agent.
Roda Sten, Gothenburg – ‘Ever Wanting Streets’ Group exhibition, international crosssection of graffiti, street art and urban interventionists.
DCKT Contemporary, New York – ‘1:100’ Group exhibition organized by Glowlab.
Urbis, Manchester, Ill – ‘Communication II’, Group show of ten contemporary street artists.
The Vinyl Factory, London – ‘Something Else’ Group show of large scale temporary installations
2003
Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin – ‘Project Backjumps’ International exhibition of street art and hip hop culture.
2002
NGBK, Berlin, Recipient of the Evolutionaere-Zellen grant given to individuals or groups who creatively shape their environment, exhibition held at Die Neue Gesellescheft fur Bildende Kunst.
Urban-Art.info, Berlin – ‘Swoon loves Solovei’ Collaborative exhibition with Solovei of Toyshop collective.
AWARD / FELLOWSHIPS
SGC International Community Engagement Award 2011
Creative Time Global Residency Grant 2010/2011
Boomerang Grant 2010
Creative Time Grant 2009
Tides Foundation 2007 Lambent Fellowship
Evolutionaere-Zellen
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Tudor Investments
Tate Modern
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Massachusettes Museum of Contemporary Art
Deitch Projects
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
SELECTED PRESS
“In the Music Box, New Orleans Residents Hear Hope”, NPR, January 25, 2012.
“Swoon: Murmuration”, Ossian Ward, Time Out London, November 25, 2011.
“A Street Artist Steps Inside”, Rachel Wolff, Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2011.
“Swoon in Studio”, Jamie Rojo and Steven Harrington, Huffington Post, January 17, 2011.
“Swoon’s First Community Center INaugurated in Haiti”, Hyperallergic, January 11, 2011.
“Braddock Street Art: A Town Ready for Renaissance”, Brooklyn Street Art, May 26, 2011.
“Barging into Venice”, Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Magazine, June 7, 2009.
“A Two Way Street”, ARTNEWS, November 2008.
“A Floating City with Junkyard Roots”, New York Times, August 17, 2008.
“Lawbreakers, Armed with Paint and Paste”, New York Times, July 9, 2008.
SELECTED BOOKS
“Art in the Streets”, Jeffrey Deitch, Skira Rizzoli, 2011.
“Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine”, William Perry, Lawrence Hill, 2011.
“Swoon”, Abrams, 2010.
“Graffitti Women”, Thames & Hudson, 2006.
“re:vision”, Chris Pieretti, 606, 2006.
“Graffitti World”, Thames & Hudson, 2004.
“Street Logos”, Tristan Manco, Thames & Hudson, 2004.
MOVIES
Swoon as herself, “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, Banksy, 2010.
Swoon as herself, “Our City Dreams”, Chiara Clemente, 2009.