March 2012
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WatchWe’ve been brewing up some exciting projects here for a while here at the gallery and today is the day we can finally begin to share some of them with you all! We are so thrilled to present to you a whole new set of media in the form a series of Swarm artist video profiles that explore the process and ideas behind the work of our gallery and affiliate artists.
This first profile features...
February 2012
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Swarm Intelligence on KALX live 9pm TONIGHT @ the...
Don’t forget folks! Tonight at 9pm down at the gallery we have a great show that will be broadcast live on KALX! Swarm Intelligence, a new band featuring a few folks who have played here before (Grex + Jordan Glenn, Phillip Greenlief, Dan Seamans, Cory Wright), will be performing along with the Ross Hammond Quartet (w/Vinny Golia, Steuart Liebig, Alex Cline), who are celebrating the...
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Art Hound crushin' on Jillian Ludwig this week
After mentioning Katy Horan’s featured work at Buy Some Damn Art earlier today, I noticed that Swarm’s Jillian Ludwig was mentioned earlier this week over at Art Hound, BSDA’s sister site. Head over there to scope Jillian’s work and to see a nicely curated selection of other great artists from all over!
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Swarm featured in the EBX Insider's Guide!
Swarm is featured in the East Bay Express Insider’s Guide in this week’s issue! Pick up a guide for yourself and see where else you can experience the many great things happening this side of the bay.
Swarm studio artist Masako Miyazaki!
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New Katy Horan works @ Buy Some Damn Art!
Photo courtesy of Buy Some Damn Art
Swarm’s Katy Horan is the featured artist this week over at Buy Some Damn Art, a site dedicated to affordable art run by Art Hound’s Kate Singleton. New works by Katy, priced between $400-$500 each, will be up for the next six weeks on the site. Also check out BSDA’s interview with Katy over at at their blog!
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Of Course Not write up in East Bay Express!
Paul Morgan, I’m Lichen This! (2011), Screenprint, 20 x 26 inches
Head on over to the East Bay Express to check out Dewitt Cheng’s coverage our current show, Of Course Not. And make a point to stop by the gallery if you need another look (or a first look) at this show before the show ends Sunday February 26th!
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Mayumi Hamanaka @ Middlesex County College Studio...
Swarm’s Mayumi Hamanaka is in a group show that opened up February 2nd at Middlesex County College Studio Theatre Gallery in Edison, New Jersey. The show, entitled Self: Scape is an exhibition that “conceptually questions the metaphoric redefinition of the environment through the artist’s perspective,” according to curator and Drexel University professor Jen Blazina. “Whether it is a...
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John Casey @ Galerie Polaris (Paris) 2/11 through...
To our French followers (or those lucky ones adventuring in Paris this month), Swarm’s John Casey has a solo show opening in the main gallery of Galerie Polaris today (or, yesterday, Paris time), Saturday February 11 from 2-9pm! The show, Big Idea, also features a group exhibition in the second gallery featuring the work of Claude Briand-Picard, Marine Joatton, Maëlle Labussière,...
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Live KALX broadcast of Swarm Intelligence on 2/25...
We’re excited to announce a show—that will be broadcast live on KALX!—coming up later this month on Saturday 2/25 at the gallery! Swarm Intelligence, a new band featuring a few folks who have played here before (Grex + Jordan Glenn, Phillip Greenlief, Dan Seamans, Cory Wright), will be performing along with the Ross Hammond Quartet (w/Vinny Golia, Steuart Liebig, Alex Cline),...
Interview in SFAQ Magazine!
Photography by Bonnie Chan
Gregory Ito interviewed Swarm Gallery director, Svea Lin Soll, in the latest issue of the San Francisco Arts Quarterly (FEB/MAR/APR 2012). Click the link to download and read.
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Jeff Eisenberg current and upcoming
Swarm’s Jeff Eisenberg is part of the Kala Artists’ Annual group show that’s currently up and running through this Saturday, February 4th. Go check out Jeff’s stunning new graphite drawings and other works from over 90 members of Kala’s artist community of Fellows, Artists-in-Residence, workshop instructors, and staff.
Next up for Jeff is his residency at the...
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Jessalyn Aaland + Paul Morgan featured in Oakland...
Wondering how current Swarm exhibiting artists Jessalyn Aaland and Paul Morgan make such crazy cool art? Oakland Art Beat recently spoke with the artists about their collaborative tendencies, the reason they love working in Oakland, and their current show at Swarm. Check it out to learn more of the interesting ways in which they work together.