Amber Hawk Swanson
Excerpted Art Portfolio of American Artist
Amber Hawk Swanson
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Upcoming and Recent Events
January 13—March 18, '12.: She Got Game (working title) Arlington Arts Center, Virginia (including solo performance in conjunction with group show)
July 27—Aug 22, '11: Artist in Residence
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Woodstock, NY (including an open studio event, Aug 20, 6-7:30pm)
June 15, '11—June 15, '12: Artist in Residence Year-long residency at BOLT West Loop, Chicago (including a group show of residents Aug 18—Sept 23, '11 and a corresponding solo exhibition July 6—27, '12; in the BOLT Gallery)
Aug '10—Aug '11: Artist in Residence
New year-long residency for arts workers at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC (including a culminating retreat in Hudson, NY July 15—18, '11 and Artist Talks Aug 10, '11 at the EFA Project Space 6:30-8:30pm)
Bio
Amber Hawk Swanson (b. 1980, Davenport, Iowa) is a video and performance artist living and working in Chicago and Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions include Locust Projects (solo, Miami), Non Grata Art Container (Estonia), Invisible Dog (Brooklyn), Georgia State University (Atlanta), Rosslyn Cultural Center (Virginia), Maryland Art Place (Baltimore), and The Redhouse (Syracuse, NY). Recent residencies include Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NYC), Woodstock Byrdcliffe (NY), Bolt (Chicago), Fountainhead (Miami) and Vermont Studio Center (on scholarship). Recent visiting artist appointments include McGill University (Montreal), East Carolina University (Graduate Program, Greenville, NC), Hunter College (Studio Arts and Film, NYC), and Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT (Photography, NYC). Her work is included in the permanent and MPP collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) and has been profiled and reviewed in Map Magazine, SexTV, The Associated Press, Time Out Chicago, and Flavorpill. Hawk Swanson holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Studio Arts, 2006).
Amber Hawk Swanson
Visit Amber's Website
Subscribe to her Mailing List
Find Amber on Vimeo, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit her News Section.
Upcoming and Recent Events
January 13—March 18, '12.: She Got Game (working title) Arlington Arts Center, Virginia (including solo performance in conjunction with group show)
July 27—Aug 22, '11: Artist in Residence
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Woodstock, NY (including an open studio event, Aug 20, 6-7:30pm)
June 15, '11—June 15, '12: Artist in Residence Year-long residency at BOLT West Loop, Chicago (including a group show of residents Aug 18—Sept 23, '11 and a corresponding solo exhibition July 6—27, '12; in the BOLT Gallery)
Aug '10—Aug '11: Artist in Residence
New year-long residency for arts workers at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC (including a culminating retreat in Hudson, NY July 15—18, '11 and Artist Talks Aug 10, '11 at the EFA Project Space 6:30-8:30pm)
Bio
Amber Hawk Swanson (b. 1980, Davenport, Iowa) is a video and performance artist living and working in Chicago and Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions include Locust Projects (solo, Miami), Non Grata Art Container (Estonia), Invisible Dog (Brooklyn), Georgia State University (Atlanta), Rosslyn Cultural Center (Virginia), Maryland Art Place (Baltimore), and The Redhouse (Syracuse, NY). Recent residencies include Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NYC), Woodstock Byrdcliffe (NY), Bolt (Chicago), Fountainhead (Miami) and Vermont Studio Center (on scholarship). Recent visiting artist appointments include McGill University (Montreal), East Carolina University (Graduate Program, Greenville, NC), Hunter College (Studio Arts and Film, NYC), and Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT (Photography, NYC). Her work is included in the permanent and MPP collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) and has been profiled and reviewed in Map Magazine, SexTV, The Associated Press, Time Out Chicago, and Flavorpill. Hawk Swanson holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Studio Arts, 2006).
