For the first time ever I will be showing new video work in FOUND DRAWING with Luis Arnias, Joshua Hart, and Jeff Stratford at the Brant Gallery of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Foundation Department, up from September 28 until October 15, 2026. Special thanks to Helen Miller for believing in my work…
I am honored to have work from The Alternatives included in this beautiful new international online exhibition by Magali Avezou at the Photographic Museum of Humanity. https://phmuseum.com/exhibition/immanence “What we say being an image, a semblance, is what without being really non-existent, doesn’t exist nevertheless.” Clément Rosset. An image as a screen, a mirror, an illusion. A photograph as a…
“A Matter of Memory – Photography as Object in the Digital Age” opens October 22, 2016 at the Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. https://eastman.org/matter-memory-photography-object-digital-age Artists featured in this exhibition include Thomas Barrow, Mladen Bizumic, Matthew Brandt, Marco Breuer, Antony Cairns, Ellen Carey, Phil Chang, John Chiara, Adam Fuss, Bryan Graf, Robert Heinecken, Leslie Hewitt, Kenneth…
Delighted to among such amazing company in Der Greif: A Process 2.0: DER GREIF has been invited by Lars Willumeit, curator of the Krakow Photomonth 2016 Main Program – »Crisis? What Crisis?!« – to perform A Process 2.0 during the opening weekend at the festival centre. A Process 2.0 questions photography in its digital form as a distinct medium,…
My most sincere thanks to Lisa Hostetler, Curator-in-charge, Department of Photography, at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, for including five pieces from The Alternatives in her upcoming exhibition “A Matter of Memory”. (October 22, 2016–January 29, 2017, in the Museum’s Main Galleries). I will look forward to posting more about this exhibition as the date…
So proud and honored to have work going up as part of Kopeikin Gallery’s installation at UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 18th-20th 2015. Sincere and sustained thanks to Paul Kopeikin!
Delighted to have work from both BETH and The Alternatives on view at Kopeikin Gallery’s installation at the Seattle Art Fair! Special thanks to Paul Kopeikin, for tirelessly and steadily championing my work!
Thrilled and honored to have been included in Maria Teresa Salvati’s Multimedia Presentation as part of SLIDELUCK GLOBAL’s participation in the TRIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAMBURG. Featuring artists: Amy Elkins, Andi Schreiber, Boris Eldagsen, Dougie Wallace, Jean-marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni, Kirsty Mackay, Marcela Magno, Marika Dee, Matthew Swarts, Paula Teller, Rafael Arocha, Spike Johnson. June…
So elated to announce my participation in NEW GIFTS, The Creative Technologies Exhibition at Macy Gallery, part of the Art and Education Program at Columbia University, Teacher’s College. 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. June 1 – 26, 2015. Opening reception June 19, 5-7pm. From the exhibition announcement: “NEW GIFTS’ is an exhibition showcasing…
![MATTHEW SWARTS Screenshot of a webpage for the Flash Forward Boston event, featuring ART by PHOTOGRAPHER MATTHEW SWARTS in the exhibition “[Photo]gogues: New England (Part 3)” with a colorful pixelated artwork and event information about dates, location, and featured artists.](https://matthewswarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/matthew-swarts-griffin-museum-of-photography-960x1092.jpg "MATTHEW SWARTS Matthew Swarts + Griffin Museum of Photography + [Photo]gogues 2015 matthew swarts griffin museum of photography")
Incredibly honored to be included amongst photographic educators in the New England area showing work in Paula Tognarelli’s and Frances Jakubek’s [Photo]gogues 2015:, part of the FLASH FORWARD BOSTON festival! Dates Apr 24–May 15, 2015 Hours Mon-Thurs: 10 AM–9 PM Fri-Sat: 10 AM–9:30 PM Sun: 10 AM–9 PM Location Lafayette City Center Passageway (links Macy’s…
So Delighted to be showing work from The Alternatives at the very first SLIDELUCK BOSTON! From the show announcement: Slideluck is teaming up with Boston Cyberarts to bring you the first SLIDELUCK Boston! Join us on Saturday, April 11th at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge for our “Technology & Art” themed show. This show’s curator is Stephanie…
I am thrilled to announce my first exhibition with Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles): Matthew Swarts: PROCESSING (Beth and the Alternatives), March 7th through April 18th, 2015. My most sincere thanks to Paul Kopeikin, whose collaboration and support for this work have made all things newly possible! Friends and followers near Los Angeles, please join me at Kopeikin…
Delighted to be included in SLIDELUCK CHICAGO (IV); Special thanks to Andrew McFarland! Matthew Swarts from Slideluck on Vimeo. From the announcement text: Brace yourself, Chicago! Slideluck is returning just in time for Valentine’s Day. Join us for another night of food, music, fun, and art on Friday, February 13th, 2015, at The Promontory in…
I am incredibly honored to be a part of Jon Feinstein’s ground-shaking exhibition: RADICAL COLOR @ Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon. Opening Friday, February 6th, 2015 and on view until March 30th, 2015. From the essay that accompanies the exhibition: Radical Color: A Continuous Black Hole Color photography and its relationship to the…
I am thrilled and full of gratitude to have been invited by Eliot Dudik, Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of William and Mary, to participate in BREAKING GROUND, a blockbuster exhibition of photography featuring 110 national and international photographic artists! from the text accompanying the exhibition: On this 175th anniversary of the invention…
Delighted to belatedly learn that I am a finalist for the ONWARD Compe ’14 Exhibition at Project Basho in Philadelphia, PA! Exhibition opening at Project Basho on March 1, 2014!