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matthew swarts
Birthplace
plainfield, nj
Birth year
1970
Lives in
somerville, ma
Works in
new york, ny
Website
Schools
Princeton University, 1992, AB
Massachusetts College of Art, 1997, MFA
Tags
exhibition/performance, conceptual, figurative, graffiti/street-art, abstract, digital, drawing, photography, traditional, performance, video-art, realism, installation, arts-education mixed-media, collective, publication, government, non-profit, FOUNDATION, gallery
Statement
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91 Yorktown Street, Somerville,MA 02144
617.571.2883
matthew@matthewswarts.com
http://theturnout.org
http://matthewswarts.com
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| Ramapo College of New Jersey |
Assistant Professor of Photography/Digital Media |
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Mahwah, New Jersey |
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Fall 2005-present |
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| Bowdoin College |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Art
Brunswick, Maine
Fall 2002-Spring 2004 |
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| Amherst College |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Fall 1998-Spring 2001 |
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| University of Massachusetts at Boston |
Instructor
Boston, Massachusetts
Spring 1998 |
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| The University of Connecticut |
Instructor
Storrs, Connecticut
Spring 1998 |
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| Middlesex College |
Instructor
Bedford, Massachusetts
Spring 1998 |
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| Massachusetts College of Art |
Instructor
Boston, Massachusetts
Fall 1996-Spring 1997 |
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| March 2009 |
The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University |
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SYNTAX
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| March 2008 |
Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey |
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2008 School of Contemporary Arts Faculty Exhibition
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| February 2008 |
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park |
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"Photographs of Children from the DeCordova Permanent Collection"
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| January 2007 |
Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery |
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NY, NY |
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"Digital Transitions: Selections from the LightWork Permanent Collection" |
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May 2006
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DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park |
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2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition |
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| February 2006 |
Light Work, Syracuse New York |
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"Digital Transitions: Selections from the LightWork Permanent Collection" |
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| September 2005 |
Pascal Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey |
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"Two New: Matthew Swarts and Irina Nakhova " |
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January 2005
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Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit
"Third Annual Film and Video Festival" |
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June 2004
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Syracuse University
"LightWork Artist’s Residency Program" |
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| Fall 2002 |
The Boston Academy of Fine Arts
"Ten Boston Photographers" |
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| Spring 2002 |
The Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park
"The Decordova Collects: Recent Acquisitions" |
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| Fall 2001 |
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Recent Acquisitions in Photography" |
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| Fall 2001 |
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
"Alone: Images of Isolation" |
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| Summer 2001 |
The Art Museum, Princeton University
"The Peter C. Bunnell Collection" |
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| Spring 2001 |
The Friends of Photography, San Francisco
"Matthew Swarts/Mystery School"
The Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award
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| Fall 2000 |
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University
"Precedence: Emmet Gowin and His Students (travelling)" |
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| Fall 2000 |
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
"ArtCetera 2000" |
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| Spring 2000 |
Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Stoors
"Matthew Swarts: Mystery School" |
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| September 1999 |
Film and Video Studies Gallery, Hampshire College
"Seventeen Artists" |
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| April 1999 |
Gallery at 185 Nassau Street, Princeton University
"Matthew Swarts: Photographs" |
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| November 1998 |
Film and Video Studies Gallery, Hampshire College
"Matthew Swart:s Children and Cancer" |
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| October 1998 |
Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College
"Matthew Swarts and Karin Stack: Recent Work" |
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| September 1998 |
Carpenter Center for the Arts, Harvard University
"Matthew Swarts: Children and Cancer" |
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| August 1998 |
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
"Nothing So Mysterious as A Fact" |
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| February 1998 |
Children’s Hospital-Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"Children of the Dana Farber" |
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| May 1997 |
Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art
"Matthew Swarts: Children and Cancer" |
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The Friends of Photography, San Francisco
The Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
The Boston Public Library
LightWork, Syracuse, New York
The Art Museum, Princeton University
The Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit
The Polaroid Collection
The Massachusetts College of Art Collection
The Collection of James Fitts
The Collection of Gus and Arlette Kayafas
The Collection of Jeffrey Keough
and other private collections
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The 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition (catalog)
Contact Sheet #132: The Light Work Annaul 2005
SBR Summer Stipend 2006 Trustees of Ramapo College
LightWork, Syracuse, New York: Artist-in-Residency Program, Spring 2004
Matthew Swarts Untitled, Self-Published Artist’s Book, 2004
Trustees of Bowdoin College Faculty Research Grant (2004)
J. William Fulbright Scholar Grant (Costa Rica) 2001-2002
Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award, Friends of Photography, San Francisco 2000
The New York Times Magazine, “What They Were Thinking” (September 10, 2000)
DoubleTake (Spring 1998)
Fotophile, 34, (Winter 2000), 39 (Spring 2001)
Afterimage, May 2001 (review)
Children and Cancer (self-published artist’s book) 1999
Mystery School (self-published artist’s book) 1999
Trustees of Amherst College Faculty Research Grant (1998, 1999)
Trustees of Amherst College Faculty Travel Grant (1998, 1999)
The Polaroid Corporation Artist Support Grant (1999)
Camphill Foundation Grant (1999, 2000)
Inside the Institute (a Dana-Farber publication) June 1997
DeCamp Fellowship for Bioethics, Princeton University, 1991
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Lecture and Workshop: “Deliberate Realities: Truth in Contemporary Photography” Centro Diseno/Cine/Television, Mexico City, Mexico, TBA
Artist Lecture and Presentation: Syracuse University, March 2006
Featured Presentation: “Matthew Swarts: Mystery School,” Society for Photographic Education 2001 National Conference, Savannah, Georgia
Columbia College Chicago: Visiting Artist Lecture, Spring 2001
Ithaca College Spring Lecture Series: April 2000
New York University,Visiting Artist Lecture, Spring 2000
University of Connecticut, Visiting Artist Lecture, Spring 2000
The George Eastman House, Artist Lecture (SPE Conference), November 1999
Harvard University, Visiting Artist Honorarium, April 1998
Hampshire College, Visiting Artist Lecture, November 1998
Rhode Island College, Visiting Artist Lecture, November 1997
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Princeton University, A.B. with honors, Department of Philosophy, 1992
Massachusetts College of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Photography, 1997
Bryn Mawr College, Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program, 1994 |
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| Emmet Gowin |
Professor of Photography, Princeton University |
| Abelardo Morell |
Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art |
| Samuel Morse |
Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Amherst College |
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