Rob Swainston

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Marie Walsh Sharpe Open Studios  
Centennial  
Till Tomorrow On  
A Stately Pleasure Dome Decree  
Print/Collage - Centennial  
Recombinant Histories  
Triumphal Arch CANADA  
Lithos and Woodblocks  
Triumphal Arch Skowhegan  
Stages  
Course of Empire  
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Monuments  
Portapocalypse  
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  EDUCATION

2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2006 MFA; Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1997 BA; Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

EXHIBITIONS

2010
Propositions (solo), David Krut Projects, New York, NY 
Centennial Drift (solo), BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Printable, Philagrafika 2010, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Centennial (solo), Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
X-Initiative; No soul for sale, Vox Populi, New York, NY
The Relief Print: Changing Surfaces, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
Anderson Ranch Resident Show, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO

2008
Recombinant Histories(solo), Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Journey to the Center of Uranus,CANADA, New York, NY
475 Lives, Queens Museum of Art, Bulova Center, Queens, NY
Intellectual Property, Meat Market Gallery, Washington, DC

2006
Manhattan Project,Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Festung Austellung, International Summer Academy
Portapocalypse IV, Gallery Alcatraz, Hallein, AUSTRIA
Columbia MFA Thesis Show, Brooklyn, NY

2005
XC Projects-scopeMiami Int’l Art Fair, Miami FL
Affordable Art Fair, Pier 92, New York, NY
Hand Pulled, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Metaphase, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Made in America, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, CHINA
Panopoly, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2004
Peekskill Project, 1st Annual Peekskill Arts Festival, Peekskill, NY
Objects of Desire II, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY


AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2010
Salem2Salem Residency, Salem, GERMANY
Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, New York, NY
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant

2009
Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, New York, NY
Anderson Ranch, Residency, Snowmass, CO

2008
Frans Masereel Centrum, Residency, BELGIUM

2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Residency, Skowhegan, ME

2006
Hayward Prize - Sommer Academie Residency, Austrian American Foundation, Salzburg, AUSTRIA

2005
LeRoy Neiman Print Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY
Miriam Wallach Merit Award, Columbia University, New York, NY
Graduate Arts Council Merit Scholar, Columbia University, New York, NY

2004
Graduate Arts Council Merit Scholar, Columbia University, New York, NY
LeRoy Neiman Print Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY

TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE


2010
Visiting Artist,  SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist,  SUCLB, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist,  Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2009-2010
Adjunct Faculty, Printmaking, New Jersey City University, NJ

2008
Master Printer, Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2007-present
Adjunct Faculty, Intaglio, Lithography, Columbia University, New York, NY

2006-present
Cofounder, S11Press-Prints of Darkness, Collaborative Printshop, Brooklyn, NY