Heather Swenson
www.heatherswenson.com | mail@heatherswenson.com | @_heatherswenson
www.heatherswenson.com | mail@heatherswenson.com | @_heatherswenson
Education
2025 MFA in Printmaking, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2012 BFA in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Conservatory of Art and Design at Purchase College,
State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Temporary Measures, Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2020 Fold Line, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2019 Observation Towers, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Public Art Program, Rochester, NY
2016 Heather Swenson: New Work, Colleen Buzzard Studio, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY
2013 In the Space Separating, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, LAB Space, Rochester, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Future Continuous, Center for Emerging Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Now one with Everyone, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2025 I drilled a hole and stared at the sun, Big Ramp, Philadelphia, PA
Streetview, Studio 105, Ray Philly, Philadelphia, PA
Here and Now: Artists of Central New York, Group Invitational, Herbert F.
Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
To hear to view, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Picnic, Lightning, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Second Look, Frontispace Gallery, Rochester, NY
2024 The Sublime is Meow, Big Ramp, Philadelphia, PA
2023 MESH: A Juried National Exhibition of Screenprinted Works, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,
Hyattsville, MD
2022 Exhibition #4, Group Invitational, CA53776V2.gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
AMID/IN WNY 2022, Group Invitational, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2021 Stillness, Movement, Chaos, International Juried Exhibition, City Art Space, Rochester, NY
2020 Biblio Spectaculum, National Juried Exhibition, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Screenprint Biennial, MTSU Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
2019 Inside Out, pop-up show for Current Seen, Rochester Biennial, Rochester, NY
66th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery,
Rochester, NY
2017 Structure, Scape, Utensil, Two Person Show, Starlight Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2016 Under Pressure: Redefining the Multiple, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Second Glance, Juried Exhibition, NTID Dyer Arts Center/Ohringer Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
Upstate NY Printmaking Invitational, Group Invitational, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2015 Made in New York, Regional Juried Exhibition, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
The 35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center of
Peoria, Peoria, IL
2014 The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition VIII, International Juried Exhibition,
Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Residencies, Fellowships, and Awards
2026-2027 Studio Fellowship, Tyler Center for Art and Creative Exchange at PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2025 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
Dean's Support Research Grant, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Visiting Artist Residency in Printmaking, Academy for Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2022 Artists Print!, Invited Artist, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2019 IEA Artist in Residence, NYSCA Experimental Visual Arts Program, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2012 President’s Award for Achievement, Conservatory of Art and Design at Purchase College, State
University of New York
Professional Experience
2023 Panelist, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
2022 Screenprint Assistant, Signs (I-XII) by Nicholas Ruth
2019-2022 Board of Directors, Exhibition Manager, Print Club of Rochester
2019 Screenprint Assistant, Listen to Me by Nicholas Ruth, IPEP India: A voice to a voice
2016-2018 Board of Directors, Vice President, Print Club of Rochester
2017 Screenprint Assistant, The Great Conflagration (After Currier and Ives), Prints by Stella Ebner
2015-2016 Board of Directors, Trustee, Print Club of Rochester
Teaching Experience
2026 Associate Adjunct Professor, Serigraphy, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2025 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Woodworking, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Instructor of Record, Serigraphy, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Visiting Professor of Art and Architecture, Image Exploration in Photography and Printmaking,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Lectures/Demonstrations
2023 Visiting Artist, Academy for Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Screenprint and Guerra Pigment Demonstration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2016 Visiting Artist, Hobart William Smith College, Geneva, NY
2015 Screenprint Demonstration, Sage Art Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Collections
Carey Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2025 MFA in Printmaking, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2012 BFA in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Conservatory of Art and Design at Purchase College,
State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Temporary Measures, Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2020 Fold Line, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2019 Observation Towers, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Public Art Program, Rochester, NY
2016 Heather Swenson: New Work, Colleen Buzzard Studio, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY
2013 In the Space Separating, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, LAB Space, Rochester, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Future Continuous, Center for Emerging Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Now one with Everyone, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2025 I drilled a hole and stared at the sun, Big Ramp, Philadelphia, PA
Streetview, Studio 105, Ray Philly, Philadelphia, PA
Here and Now: Artists of Central New York, Group Invitational, Herbert F.
Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
To hear to view, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Picnic, Lightning, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Second Look, Frontispace Gallery, Rochester, NY
2024 The Sublime is Meow, Big Ramp, Philadelphia, PA
2023 MESH: A Juried National Exhibition of Screenprinted Works, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,
Hyattsville, MD
2022 Exhibition #4, Group Invitational, CA53776V2.gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
AMID/IN WNY 2022, Group Invitational, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2021 Stillness, Movement, Chaos, International Juried Exhibition, City Art Space, Rochester, NY
2020 Biblio Spectaculum, National Juried Exhibition, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Screenprint Biennial, MTSU Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
2019 Inside Out, pop-up show for Current Seen, Rochester Biennial, Rochester, NY
66th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Regional Juried Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery,
Rochester, NY
2017 Structure, Scape, Utensil, Two Person Show, Starlight Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2016 Under Pressure: Redefining the Multiple, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Second Glance, Juried Exhibition, NTID Dyer Arts Center/Ohringer Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
Upstate NY Printmaking Invitational, Group Invitational, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2015 Made in New York, Regional Juried Exhibition, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
The 35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center of
Peoria, Peoria, IL
2014 The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition VIII, International Juried Exhibition,
Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Residencies, Fellowships, and Awards
2026-2027 Studio Fellowship, Tyler Center for Art and Creative Exchange at PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2025 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
Dean's Support Research Grant, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Visiting Artist Residency in Printmaking, Academy for Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2022 Artists Print!, Invited Artist, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2019 IEA Artist in Residence, NYSCA Experimental Visual Arts Program, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2012 President’s Award for Achievement, Conservatory of Art and Design at Purchase College, State
University of New York
Professional Experience
2023 Panelist, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
2022 Screenprint Assistant, Signs (I-XII) by Nicholas Ruth
2019-2022 Board of Directors, Exhibition Manager, Print Club of Rochester
2019 Screenprint Assistant, Listen to Me by Nicholas Ruth, IPEP India: A voice to a voice
2016-2018 Board of Directors, Vice President, Print Club of Rochester
2017 Screenprint Assistant, The Great Conflagration (After Currier and Ives), Prints by Stella Ebner
2015-2016 Board of Directors, Trustee, Print Club of Rochester
Teaching Experience
2026 Associate Adjunct Professor, Serigraphy, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2025 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Woodworking, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Instructor of Record, Serigraphy, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Visiting Professor of Art and Architecture, Image Exploration in Photography and Printmaking,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Lectures/Demonstrations
2023 Visiting Artist, Academy for Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Screenprint and Guerra Pigment Demonstration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2016 Visiting Artist, Hobart William Smith College, Geneva, NY
2015 Screenprint Demonstration, Sage Art Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Collections
Carey Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
