EXHIBITION RECORD
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects
Selected Group Exhibitions
GRANTS AND AWARDS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2024 | Tenderness, Bienvenu Steinberg and J Gallery, New York, NY |
2019 | Sounding Body-Listening Body, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY |
Joy, Still, Grace Farms Foundation, New Canaan, CT | |
2018 | Sine Body, ICA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
2017 | Void Weaves, Bone Scores, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY |
2016 | Blue Sky with Rainbow, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, AU |
In Harmonicity, The Tonal Walkway, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA | |
2015 | Co-Portraits (photography), Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY |
2014 | How Deep is Your, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN |
2013 | Terrain, curated by Jacqueline Grandjean, Oude de Kerke, Amsterdam |
How Deep is Your, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ | |
2012 | How Deep is Your, deCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA |
Gravity, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY | |
Miracle, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ | |
2011 | Digital Empathy, Public Project, The High Line, NYC |
Terrain, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio | |
Thick and Thin, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY (with Ken Landauer) | |
Loop, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI | |
2010 | Close, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY |
Terrain, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE | |
2009 | The Sound of Light, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY |
Open, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
Terrain, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY | |
2008 | Terrain, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana |
2007 | Placements (photography), Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY |
Hope, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY | |
Julianne Swartz, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX | |
2006 | Affirmation, Commission for the BBC Radio 3, UK |
Breaches and Leaks, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, UK | |
Attractions, Suspensions and Dislocations, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
2005 | Managed Flow Echo System, Turchin Center for the Arts, Boone, North Carolina |
Partial Excavation (in pink), Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
Partial Excavation (in pink), Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
Bubble Portraits, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY | |
2004 | Currents - Julianne Swartz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
Speculative Mechanics *persistent optimism, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY | |
2003 | Line Drawing, Project Room, Artists Space, NY, NY |
2002 | Garden Details Imported and Compressed, Shroeder-Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2001 | Landing ~ the Bubble, 123 Watts, New York |
2000 | Shadow House, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York |
1999 | Shadow House, The Robert Lehman Gallery at Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY |
1997 | Numinous, Lombard–Fried Fine Arts, New York |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 | Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years, Grey Art Museum, New York, NY |
2024 | Love is Louder, Bozar Arts Center, Brussels, BE |
Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Collection, Colby College Museum of Art | |
2023 | One Wall a Web Through Which the Moment Walks, 1/9 Unosunove, Rome, Italy, curated by Jonathan Van Dyke |
2022 | Threading the Needle, The Church, Sag Harbor, NY |
2020 | Stories of Abstraction: Contemporary Latin American Art in the Global Context, Phoenix Art Museum |
Tiny Things, September Gallery, Hudson, NY | |
Unapologetic, Scottsdale Museum for Contemporary Art | |
Acoustic Resonance, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art | |
2018 | Crossing the Garden, Museum of Contempoary Art Bu Shi, curated by Xiaomin Xie, Shanghai, China |
2017 | Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY |
Resonant Spaces, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire | |
Common Exchange, curated by Dina Deitsch, Cambridge Common, MA | |
2016 | Explode Everyday: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, curated by Denise Markonish, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA |
2015 | When You Cut Into the Present, the Future Leaks Out, curated by Regine Basha, Bronx Borough Courthouse, Bronx, NY |
2013 | More Love, curated by Claire Schneider, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
2012 | Good Night, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel |
2011 | My Friend and I, 21 rozendaal, Enschede, The Netherlands |
2008 | Project Marfa, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX |
We Interrupt This Program, curated by Marcia Tanner, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA | |
2007 | Voice and Void, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT |
2006 | 2006 Liverpool Biennial, Tate Museum, Liverpool, England |
Recent Acquisitions, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ | |
New York Interrupted, curated by Dan Cameron, PMK Gallery, Beijing, China | |
2005 | The Empire of Sighs, curated by Andrea Pollin, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC |
Press Play, curated by Georgina Jackson, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | |
2004 | Counter Culture, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. NY |
2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
4 und 4 selected,curated by Anne Ellegood, Muller Dechiara Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
2003 | Breaking Away, P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY |
Plastic Gardens, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY | |
NY/LA, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
Main Space = Project Space, Artist Space, New York | |
Still Motion, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
2002 | The Microwave, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York |
Magnitude (in collaboration with John Yau), The Educational Alliance, New York | |
Liminal Spaces, curated by Cassandra Coblentz, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale, NY | |
Periphera, Murray Guy Gallery, New York | |
2001 | Interval: New Art for a New Space, Sculpture Center, New York |
Brooklyn!, curated by Dominique Nahas and Michael Rush, Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL | |
Let's Get To Work, curated by Gavin Wade, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
2000 | Luminous, curated by Brian Wallace, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
Pop Mechanics, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA | |
Millennium Bugs, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY | |
1999 | Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY |
Architecture in Glass, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA | |
1998 | The New York Biennial of Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
1997 | Numinous, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, NY |
Current/Undercurrent, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
1996 | Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fellowship in Music/Sound |
2015 | Anonymous Was A Woman Award |
UrbanGlass, Visiting Artist Fellowship | |
Bard Research Fund, for research with Markus Greiner (physicist, Harvard University) | |
2010 | Academy of Arts and Letters, Academy Award in Art |
2008 | Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters and Sculptors Award |
2005 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture |
2003 | Art Omi International Residency Program, Ghent, NY |
P.S. 1 Museum, National and International Studio Program | |
2002 | Public Art Fund, New York, NY |
2000 | Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, Residency Grant |
1999 | The Richard Kelly Foundation Grant for Work with Light |
Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture Fellowship | |
1998 | The New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grant |
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY | |
1997 | Special Editions Grant, The Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 | Princenthal and Sretenović, Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years, catalog,, Grey Art Gallery and Hilmer (illus) |
2022 | Reiman, Joshua, Strange Devices, Collected Writings |
2020 | Poitras-Santos, Julie, Acoustic Resonance, catalog,, ICA, MECA (illus) |
Gural, Natasha, Immerse Yourself in the Intersection of Art and Music, Forbes Magazine, (illus) | |
2019 | Walker-Bilaud, Mathilde, Sculpting the Uncanny: Julianne Swartz, BOMB Magazine |
Wei, Lily, Julianne Swartz Interview, Studio International (illus) | |
2018 | Vasari Diary: Julianne Swartz, ArtNews |
Welish, Marjorie, Wired for Sound: Julianne Swartz at Josée Bienvenu, ArtCritical | |
Krakow, Ellie, Julianne Swartz: Holes and Folds, Vector Magazine | |
2017 | Arnet, Dugan, In Cambridge, an Inspiring Reason to Hold Hands, Boston Globe, June 2 |
Welish, Marjorie, Wired for Sound: Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, ArtCritical, Dec | |
Reiman, Joshua, The Shape of Sound: An Interview with Julianne Swartz, Sculpture Magazine, May, Vol. 36. No. 4 | |
2016 | Smee, Sebastien, At Mass MoCA, Wondering about Wonder |
Markonish, Denise, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Explode Everyday, exhibition catalog (illus.) | |
Leach, Mark, Whispers, Chants, hums wrap around viewer in UNCC’s Swartz exhibition, Charlotte Observer, Feb 11 | |
2015 | Ganis, William V, Exhibition Review, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Sculpture Magazine, May Vol. 34 No. 4. |
2013 | Kalb, Peter R.,Exhibition Reviews Indianapolis Museum of Art, Sculpture Magazine, May Vol. 34 No. 4. |
Carlock, Marty, Julianne Swartz: deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Sculpture Magazine, January/February, Vol. 32 No. 1. | |
2012 | Smee, Sebastien, Works as Fragile as We See Ourselves, The Boston Globe, Sept. 15 (illus.) |
2012-2013 Museum Previews, Julianne Swartz, Art in America, Annual 2012-2013 | |
Art Around Town, Gravity at Josee Bienvenu, The New Yorker, June 3 | |
Saltz, Jerry, Critics Pick, Julianne Swartz, New York Magazine, June 11-18 (illus.) | |
2011 | Kwon, Liz, Julianne Swartz, The International Magazine of Space Design, Nov. (illus) |
Johnson, Ken, Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets, New York Times, Aug 18 | |
Browne, Alix, High Notes on the Highline, T magazine, New York Times, June 7 | |
Art Around Town, Summer Preview, The New Yorker, June 3 | |
2010 | Lokke, Maria, Julianne Swartz at Mixed Greens, The New Yorker, Oct. (illus) |
Tikhonova, Yulia, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, Sculpture Magazine, Jan (illus.) | |
2009 | Weiner, Emily, Critic's Picks New York, Julianne Swartz, Artforum, February (illus.) |
2008 | Nahas, Dominique, Hope, Sculpture Magazine, May (illus.) |
2007 | Trummer, Thomas, Aldrich Museum, Voice and Void exhibition catalog (illus.) |
Hall, Emily, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, Artforum, Sept. (illus.) | |
Weiner, Emily, Julianne Swartz, Time Out New York, June 28 (illus.) | |
Saltz, Jerry, Critics Pick, Julianne Swartz, New York Magazine, May 26 (illus.) | |
Art Around Town, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, The New Yorker, May 28 | |
Baker. RC, Best in Show, The Village Voice, May 22 | |
Gelber, Eric, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, The New York Sun, May 24 | |
Hanley, Bill, Humanizing Time, Rhizome News, May 28 | |
2006 | Tate Museum, Liverpool Biennial 2006 exhibition catalog (illus.) |
Sussman-Susser, Deborah, Julianne Swartz at Lisa Sette, Art in America, Nov. (illus.) | |
Key, Philip, Art that Talks to You, Liverpool Daily Post, Sept. 14 (illus.) | |
Cameron, Dan, New York Interrupted exhibition catalog (illus.) | |
Genocchio, Benjamin, The Minds Eye, (It's all a Blur), The New York Times, March 19 | |
2005 | Labelle, Charles, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, Frieze, March (illus.) |
Schwendener, Martha, Julianne Swartz at Josee Bienvenu, Artforum, Feb. (illus.) | |
Macadams, Barbara Magnetic Resonances, ARTnews Feb. (illus.) | |
Colby College Art Museum, Currents 1, Julianne Swartz, exhibition catalog | |
2004 | Saltz, Jerry Critical Call The Village Voice, October 1 (illus.) |
Fels, Sophie, Julianne Swartz, Speculative Mechanics Time Out New York, Oct. 14 (illus.) | |
The New Yorker, Speculative Mechanics, Persisitant Optimism, Oct. 25 | |
Marcus, David, Telephoning From Skid Row NYArts, Oct. 1 (illus.) | |
Moynihan, Colin, Exhibit Offers a Peek into Lives of Outsiders, The New York Times, Aug 1, (illus.) | |
Kennedy, Randy, The New Museum's Non-Museum, The New York Times, July 25 (illus.) | |
The New Yorker, Art around town July 12, 19, (illus.) | |
Weyland, Jocko 2004 Biennial Preview, Time Out New York, March 4 (illus.) | |
Smith, Roberta Art that Speaks to You. Literally, The New York Times, March 7 | |
Kimmelman, Michael, Touching All Bases at the Biennial The New York Times, Mar. 12 | |
Pearlman, Ellen, Artbeat, The Brooklyn Rail, March | |
Gopnik, Blake, 2004 Biennial Selections, The Washington Post, March 14 | |
Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004 Biennial, exhibition catalog (illus.) | |
2003 | Scott, Andrea Project Spaces, The New Yorker, March 31 |
Honigram, Ana, Garden Details, Sculpture Magazine, Jan-Feb (illus.) | |
2002 | Rush, Michael, Best Buys, Artnews, July |
Heartney, Eleanor, Brooklyn!, Art in America, April (illus.) | |
Turner, Elisa, Brooklyn Artnews, July | |
2001 | Smith, Roberta, Interval, New York Times, Sept. 28 |
Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn!, exhibition catalogue | |
Turner, Elisa, Brooklyn!, The Miami Herald, October 28 | |
Shostrom, Jan, Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Daily News, October 12 | |
Johnson, Ken, Clenchclutchflynch, New York Times, June 22 | |
Julianne Swartz, The New Yorker, January 15 | |
Dannatt, Adrian, “Choice in New York,” The Art Newspaper, January | |
Valdez, Sarah, Landing the Bubble, Time Out New York, May 24-31 | |
Lewis, Zachary A Thread of Tolerance, Patriot Daily News, April 18 | |
Lewis, Zachary, Link is the thought, not the actual thread, Patriot Daily News, April 22 | |
Open City, #13,(cover and project) | |
2000 | Griffin Tim, Luminous, exhibition catalogue |
123 Watts Gallery, Microwave two, exhibition catalogue | |
1999 | Cotter, Holland, Artist In the Marketplace, New York Times, July 21 |
Bronx Museum, Artist In the Marketplace, exhibition catalogue | |
1997 | Melrod, George, The New Art, New York Art & Antiques, Summer (illus.) |
Weatherspoon Gallery, Art on Paper, exhibition catalog | |
Levin, Kim, Choices, Art, Village Voice, 20, April | |
Raynor, Vivien, Diverse Visions, New York Times, July 8(illus.) | |
EDUCATION
2002 | M.F.A - Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Sculpture |
1999 | Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine |
1989 | B.A. - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Photography and Creative Writing |