Cole Swanson Curriculum Vitae www.coleswanson.org [email protected] Education University of Toronto Masters of Art, Art History 2013 India Studies Fellowship, Arts Fellowship: Contemporary Miniature Painting in India 2008 Shastri Indo Canadian Institute, India University of Guelph Bachelor of Arts, Honours: Studio Art 2004 Solo & Dual Exhibitions Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Milk & Honey (forthcoming) 2015 Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake Monuments & Melodramas 2012 Le Gallery, Toronto Next Exit (with Jennie Suddick) 2011 Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC Mile Zero (with Jennie Suddick) 2011 Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India of a feather 2007 Zero Four Art Space, Chung Li, Taiwan of a feather 2006 The Canadian Trade Office, Taipei, Taiwan of a feather 2006 Stirred a Bird Gallery, Guelph everybody in Flamingo 2005 Zavitz Hall Gallery, Guelph Shauchaalaya/Latrine 2003 Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 University of Guelph-Humber Gallery Visual & Digital Arts Faculty Exhibition (forthcoming) Toronto 2013 Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art Art Gives Good Gifts II Guelph Living Arts Centre Gallery Time & Place (curated by Megan Press) Mississauga First Canadian Place Gallery Best of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2012 Toronto University of Guelph-Humber Gallery Colloquium: Visual & Digital Arts Faculty Exhibition Toronto 2012 Justina M. Barnicke Gallery & Bread & Butter Toronto Jackman Humanities Institute, U of Toronto Harbourfront Centre Jubilee Toronto Nathan Phillips Square The 52nd Annual Toronto Outdoor Exhibition Toronto 2011 Narwhal Art Projects Pom Pom Toronto Art Metropole Gifts by Artists Toronto Art Gallery of Mississauga Eat Drink Man Woman (curated by Tara Marshall) Mississauga Samson Projects Chain Letter Boston, MA John B. Aird Gallery Drawing 2011 Toronto 2010 Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects Here, There and Nowhere Toronto Macdonald Stewart Art Centre House Beautiful Guelph John B. Aird Gallery Drawing 2010 Toronto 2009 Headbones Gallery Paper Salon Toronto Headbones Gallery Minutial Matters Toronto The Art Gallery of Mississauga Bazgasht: Traditional Methods and Modern Practices Mississauga The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts Bad Acid Toronto 2008 Alma Gallery Deck the Walls Guelph Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Transactions Chongqing, China 2007 Glenhyrst Art Gallery Drawing Brantford Castello de Conti di Modica Between the Sky and Ground Alcamo, Italy Dogpig Art Gallery Contemporary Canadian Artist Showcase Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2006 Camaver Kunsthaus Gallery The Perfection of Consciousness Lecco, Italy Palazzo Cesi The Perfection of Consciousness Acquasparta, Italy 2005 Temporary City Gallery Unfabulous! Guelph Praxis Gallery Still-Life Toronto Ed Video Media Arts Centre Midnight Artists Run Guelph 2004 City of Guelph AGOG: A Visual & Media Arts Celebration Guelph Zavitz Hall Gallery, University of Guelph The Winner’s Exhibition Guelph The Bullring, University of Guelph Art for Art’s Sake (curated by John Kissick) Guelph Art Auctions, Charitable Exhibitions, & Special Projects Trampoline Hall, Toronto: artist multiples (with Jennie Suddick) 2013 The Art Gallery of Mississauga Fine Art Auction 2009 - 12 Sounds Provocative, Guelph Jazz Festival Art Auction 2005-6, 9 - 11 Canadian Cancer Society, Fine Art Auction 2009 Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Beyond the Frame 2004 - 8 Juried Exhibitions John B. Aird Gallery Drawing, 2011 2011 John B. Aird Gallery Drawing, 2010 2010 The Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock The 48th Annual Juried Exhibition 2005 Zavitz Hall Gallery, Guelph The 36th Annual Juried Art Show 2004 The Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock The 47th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2004 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock The 46th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2003 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock The 45th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2002 Curatorial Works The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga Homecoming 2012 Decent Exposure 2012 Effigies 2012 Betwixt & Between 2012 A Homespun Web 2012 Thank You for Playing 2011 Saving Face 2011 The Annual (In partnership with South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto) 2011 Celebrity Still Life 2011 Nexus: Resident Artist Collaborative Exhibition 2011 SHIFT 2010 The Story of Stuff – Uprising Collective 2010 Nurses at Work 2010 Renga: Japanese Influences, Global Practices 2010 Hindsight: 2010 Resident Artist Exhibition 2010 Duality - Art Gala Forum 2010 BOOM! 2009 The Hotbox Project 2009 Ever Green 2009 The New Hybrids 2009 Re-form: 2009 Resident Artist Exhibition 2009 Art Talk Education Gallery 2008 Figuratively Speaking 2008 Teacher – Artist, Artist – Teacher 2008 Walk the Art 2008, 9, 10, 11 Visual Voices 2008, 9, 10, 11, 12 Other Venues University of Guelph-Humber Gallery, Toronto – Colloquium 2013 Pearson International Airport, Malton Exhibition Gallery, Betwixt & Between 2012 University of Toronto – Mississauga campus, Living Arts Centre Resident Artist Showcase 2010 - 12 The Temporary City Gallery, Guelph – Unfabulous! 2005 Employment & Teaching History OCAD University Sessional Instructor Toronto, Ontario Winter, 2014 DRPT 2B06: Colour and Structure DRPT 2B13: Contemporary Issues (Sections 02, 04) Humber College Toronto, Ontario Fall, 2012 - present Faculty, Visual & Digital Arts: VADA 460: Career Management VADA 450: Portfolio Development VADA 150: Art History I VADA 160: Art History II The Living Arts Centre Mississauga, Ontario Exhibition Curator & Residency Program 2008 - 2012 Coordinator Visual Arts Instructor Mississauga, Ontario 2012 - present The Julia Institute Taipei, Taiwan 2006 – 2007 Visual Arts & English Language Instructor The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Guelph, Ontario 2004 – 2006 Exhibitions and Collections Assistant The Woodstock Art Gallery Woodstock, Ontario 2001 – 2003 Coordinator, Summer Programs Artist/Curator Lectures Ontario College of Arts & Design University (OCADU), Toronto: Business Symposium Speaker 2014 The Jackman Humanities Insitute, University of Toronto: Guest Artist Speaker 2012 The Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake: Guest Artist Speaker 2012 The Art Gallery of Mississauga – Eat Drink Man Woman, Guest Artist Speaker 2011 This is Not a Reading Series, The Gladstone Hotel – Viktor Mitic: Rain Dance, Panelist 2011 Resident Artist Program, Living Arts Centre – Intersections: Contemporary Collaborative Practices 2011 Peel District School Board – Critical Thinking Through the Arts Seminar: South Asian Practices 2009 The Art Gallery of Mississauga – The Miniature Painting Revival: Discussion Panel 2009 Sheridan College Institute of Technology, Oakville – Exhibition Planning 2009 Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India – Exhibition Lecture: of a feather 2007 Chung Yuan University, Taiwan – Exhibition Lecture: of a feather 2006 The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei – Exhibition Lecture: of a feather 2006 The University of Guelph – 20th Century Mexican Art, Aztec Art. April 1-3. Introduction to Aboriginal Arts. 2005 The University of Guelph – Bihari Textiles. Humanities in International Development. 2005 Exhibition Jury Appearances Living Arts Centre, DECENT EXPOSURE 2012 Neilson Park Creative Arts Centre, Annual Juried Exhibition 2011 The Salmon Run Project, Art Gallery of Mississauga & The City of Mississauga 2011 Dufferin Peel District School Board, Annual Studio Arts Juried Exhibition 2010, 11, 12 Museum of Northern History, 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2009 Burlington Arts Centre, The Burlington Fine Arts Association Juried Exhibition 2009 Newcomer Centre of Peel, Annual Juried Art Show 2009 Image Publications/ Catalogues The Best of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, 2013. Bread & Butter (exhibition catalogue), Justina M. Barnicke Gallery with Jackman Humanities Institute, U of Toronto, 2012. A Homespun Web (exhibition catalogue), as curator, Living Arts Centre, 2012. The Annual (exhibition catalogue), as curator in partnership with SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre), 2011. House Beautiful (catalogue), Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 2010. Anthology: 2009 (exhibition catalogue), Headbones Gallery, 2009. Minutial Matters (exhibition catalogue), Headbones Gallery, 2009. Bazgasht: Traditional Methods and Modern Practices (catalogue), Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2009. Transactions (exhibition catalogue), Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Chongqing, China, 2008. “Monday Morning in the City of Victory,” Xpat Magazine, Taiwan, Winter 2008. “Bamboo Union,” Xpat Magazine, Taiwan, Fall, 2008. “Charles is the Ghost” Tongue, ed.1, Toronto, Spring, 2008. “Ghost” and “Dead Fish,” Xpat Magazine, Taiwan, Spring, 2008. “Girl” and “Dog,” Xpat Magazine, Taiwan, Fall, 2007. “Loverboy” Pressed (Taiwan’s English Culture Journal), Vol. 6, April 2007. AGOG: A Visual & Media Arts Celebration (catalogue), City of Guelph, 2004. “Ophelia Rising” The Oxford Youth Trust. Limited Edition Postcard, 2002. Critical Publications “A Made-up Place” exhibition essay: +01191| +01192, Art Gallery of Misssissauga, 2013 “The Playground of the Flat and the Deep,” exhibition essay: Rachael Wong, Stride Gallery, Calgary, 2012. “A Homespun Web,” exhibition essay: A Homespun Web, Living Arts Centre, 2012. “Rain Dance: Viktor Mitic,” exhibition essay and video commentary: Rain Dance, Fourfront Editions, 2011. “Art or War: Viktor Mitic,” audio commentary as Curator, Tightrope books, 2010. “Ever Green” exhibition essay: Ever Green, The Living Arts Centre, 2009. “The New Reform” exhibition essay: Reform, The Living Arts Centre, 2009. Grants & Awards Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant,