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ROB SWAINSTON
Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2006 MFA; Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1997 BA; Hampshire College, Amherst, MA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 PLEXUS, Esther Massry Gallery, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
2010 Propositions, David Krut Projects, New York, NY
2010 Centennial Drift, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
2009 Centennial, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Recombinant Histories, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA


SELECTED AWARDS

2011-12 Fellowship, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2011 Residency, Islip Museum Carriage House in Process, East Islip, NY
2009-10 Residency, Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, New York, NY
2009 Residency, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
2008 Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, BELGIUM
2007 Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Vista, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping, NADA Hudson, CANADA Gallery, Hudson, NY
New Prints Summer 2011, IPCNY, New York, NY
Site 92, Smack Mellon, New York, NY

2010
Planet of Slums, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
4x4: A Printeresting Curatorial Project, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Printable, Philagrafika 2010, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009
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
Journey to the Center of Uranus, CANADA Gallery, 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
Portapocalypse IV, Gallery Alcatraz, Hallein, AUSTRIA
Columbia MFA Thesis Show, Brooklyn, NY

2005
XC Projects-scope Miami 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

2011-12
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Residency, Provincetown, MA

2011
Salem2Salem, Salem Art Works, Residency, Salem, NY
Seven Below, Residency, Burlington, VT
Islip Museum, Carriage House Residency, Islip, NY

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



TEACHING

2011
Visiting Artist, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY

2010
Visiting Artist/Critic, State University of California Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Visiting Artist/Critic, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist/Critic, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Columbia University, New York, NY

2009-10
Adjunct Faculty, Printmaking, New Jersey City University, NJ
Teaching Intro to Silkscreen, Intaglio, Woodblock, and Lithography

2008
Guest Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2007-09
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia University, New York, NY
Teaching Intaglio and Lithography

2004-06
Teacher Assistant, Columbia University, New York, NY
TA for Intaglio, Silkscreen, Woodblock, and Advanced Printmaking classes


PRINT EXPERIENCE

2006-Present
Master Printer and co-founder of Prints of Darkness, Brooklyn, NY

Prints of Darkness is a collaborative printshop used by numerous contemporary artists. The shop is set up for etching, silkscreen, stone and plate lithography, woodblock, and digital printing. The shop specializes in layering several of these processes for both editioning and unique multiples. Artists the shop has worked with include Daniel Bozhkov, Ridley Howard, Charline von Heyl, Dana Schutz, Reena Spaulings, Eve Sussman, Kiki Smith, Robert Gober, Mark Grotjahn, and Kara Walker.

2008
Master Printer, Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
Lead project with artist Rirkrit Tiravanija

2003-08
Printer Assistant, Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, NY
Worked as printer/print assistant on numerous projects. Artists included: Polly Apfelbaum, Ernesto Caivano, Mark Dion, Barnaby Furnas, Dana Hoey, Yun-Fei Ji, Dana Schutz, Shahzia Sikander, Kiki Smith, Sarah Sze, Paula Wilson, and Terry Winters.



SELECTED PRESS/BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012 (forthcoming)
PUSH Print, Jamie Berger (ed.),
Sterling Publishing Co.

2011
Wicked Local; Provincetown, “Year in Review: From small works to new festivals,
Outer Cape artists dug below the surface”, Dec. 31.
Art in Print, “At You Can Move In: Prints and Installation Art”, Charles Schultz, Sept-Oct 2011, p, 10-17.
WGBH NPR Boston, "Provincetown Prices Out Young Artists”, Sean Corcoran, Nov. 14.
Wicked Local; Provincetown, “Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Gear Up for First Show In Provincetown”, Oct 27.
Art 21 Blog, "Ink/The Lexicon of Tomorrow: Print Based Installations”, Sarah Kirk Hanl.
Philagraphika 2010; The Graphic Unconscious Exhibition Catalog.
Hudson Register-Star, “NADAArt Space at Basilica Hudson features Art and Culture for Today”, Lisa D.Connell, August 1.
Printeresting, "All That is Solid...", Miguel A. Aragon
Printeresting, "Rob Swainston's Carving it Up".

2010
Printeresting, "4x4 Exhibition; First Look".
Printeresting, “Rob Swainston”.V-Mag, Work in Process, Jason Schmidt, Summer 2010, p.46-7.
PS1 Curators Pick, PS1 Studio Visit
Sculpture Center, Curators Notebook, Fionn Meade.

2009
Vox Populi at 21 Catalog “Vox Populi: We're Working On It”.

2008
The Art Blog, First Friday Layer Cake The Philadelphia Inquirer,
"Fine Exhibitions, Little Schlepping" by Edith Newhall, August 17,
p.H4