Ian Swanson

b. Detroit, MI. Lives in New York.

Education
BFA - Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2007
MFA - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2013

Solo exhibitions:
2017 - "More than ever, wholesome pleasure", As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA
2017 - "my tree stays tree", 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - "cynics milk", David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 - "our shallow psychic death", Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI
2016 - "feels like feels", ashes/ashes, Los Angeles, CA
2015 - "a native fear..a featureless protagonist", D'agostino & Fiore, New York, NY
2013 - "studios pretty much an office rn", Welcome Screen, London, UK
2012 - "/recent works", Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI
2010 - "all visible objects", Starkweather Arts, Romeo, MI

two person exhibitions/collaborative projects:
2018 - "B-Sides and Marginalia" (forthcoming), MX Gallery, New York, NY
2015 - "Christopher Samuels & Ian Swanson", Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2015 - "Vital Shift in Central Observer", with Tao Kulczycki, Bosi, New York
2014 - "or or and", with Ivana Basic, Free Paarking, St. Louis, MO
2014 - "trade in trade up", Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY (w/objetosexual.info)
2014 - "ego drift", with Wendy Ross, WAKE, Detroit, MI
2013 - "SOULDRONE/SUPERDEMO", adultcontemporary.us, 888.669.0404, Los Angeles, CA (w/objetosexual.info)
2011 - "total id pigs", Re:View, Detroit, MI (w/Wendy Ross and Rachel Yezbick)
2010 - "741 hz", PCCA, Rochester, MI (w/Christopher Samuels)
2009 - "Debt Collective", Cass Cafe, Detroit, MI (w/Christopher Samuels)

Group Exhibitions :
2017
"The Unearthly", Pratt Institute, NYC
"Chew Toy Attractors", 67, NYC
"Hard Cry", Lubov, NYC
2016
"Ignorance is Rich", 67, NY
2015
"Dychtopia", Mould Map 4, curated by New Scenario, Landfill Editions (print)
"Business as Usual", curated by Perce Jerrom, Turf Projects, London, UK
"F R I E N D S", w/Michael Pybus, Evelyn Yard, London, UK
"To Feel What I Am", Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
"Driveway 327", driveway327.com, curated by Troy Kreiner, Venice, CA
2014
"Special Madness", curated by Keith J. Varadi, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
"EDENunlimited.tbc/tbc", organized by coeval.gen.in, Berlin
"Progressive Regression", Relaax.in, internet
"Objects of Affection", curated by Alex Bienstock, gordilloscudder, Brooklyn, NY
2013
"Hobby Group #1", Jo-Ann Fabrics, Allen Park, MI
"Restart/plugin", Former Mattress & Furniture Emporium, Glasgow, UK
"New Lavoro - episodes 1-3", a project by Dora Budor (video)
“Limits of Desire”, 71 Dunham, Brooklyn, NY
2012
"Peekskill Project V", Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
"Aggro Crag", BOSI, NYC
"Excavation/Material", Ed. Varie, NYC
"Grid List", Allegra LaViola, NYC
2011
"The Spaces in Between", Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA
"Magic and Mysticism", Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
"Automobiles", Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI
2010
"Swim Lane", 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, MI
"I don't believe in art, I believe in artists" , Whitdel Arts, Detroit MI
"Version 2010" Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2009
"Re:Collect", Re:View Gallery, Detroit MI
“Collected” , Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens MI (collaboration with Chris Samuels)
"Replacements" , Museum of New Art, Pontiac MI
2008
“Rigged“, 1354 Division Gallery, Detroit MI
“Detroit Loves Company“, Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit MI
2007
“Detroit Next“, Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit MI

Curatorial :
2014-16 - founder and director of objetosexual.info
2013/14 - co-founder and associate director of hotelart.us
2010/11 - resident and curator at Northend Studios in Detroit.
2009/10 - co-founder of ORG contemporary in Detroit.
2007/08 - organized exhibitions as Debt Collective in Detroit

Awards :
2011/12 Graduate Merit Scholarship - Pratt Institute

Bibliography :
"Window on Broad:Black Market Inhaler", Title Magazine
interview - COEVAL magazine
"hotelart.us (interview)", BOMB magazine
“New American Paintings MFA Annual”, exhibition in print
"New American Paintings Midwest Edition #95"