ENA SWANSEA - VITA

1966 born in Charlotte, North Carolina
studied at University of South Florida, Tampa
lives and works in New York City

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
André Schlechtriem Temporary Inc.

2005
Galerie Crone, Berlin

2004
situation, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc., New York
x rays, Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, Boston, Massachusetts

2003
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York

2002
The Reality of Shadows, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

1998
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

GROUPEXHIBITIONS
2007
Das deutungsreiche Spiel – Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt – Museum, Wuppertal
Zurück zur Figur, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam

2006
The Triumph of Painting - Part 3, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart., Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München

2005
Geschichtenerzähler, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 MoMA, New York
The Triumph of Painting, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Slices of Life: Blueprints of the Self in Painting, Austrian Cultural Forum, NY

2004
Central Station: La Collection Harald Falckenberg, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York

2003
After Matisse Picasso, P.S.1, New York

2001
The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

2000
Abstraction, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI,
Gardens of Pleasure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1998
Equilibrium of the Senses, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Drawings and Paintings, Wooster Gardens, New York, NY

1996
Scratch, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

1995
P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY (with Robert Miller)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
Katz, Vincent: Art in America NEW YORK: Ena Swansea at Robert Miller. 6/1 (1999)
Garwood, Deborah: Ena Swansea at Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert, Inc artcritical.com, Spring (2003)
Lehrman, Karen: Fall by Ena Swansea, Watercolor, Oct. 15 - Nov. 16 at the New York School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture artnet.com (2003)
Katz, Alex; Swansea, Ena: Like a Quarter Mile Race - Alex Katz and Ena Swansea in conversation, Parkett No. 72, insert, pp. 8-19. (2004)
Schwabsky, Barry: The Triumph of Painting: The Saatchi Gallery.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich; Dreyfus, Laurence; Delpeux, Sophie: Central Station, (2004) p.122.
Bellini, Andrea: New York Tales, Flash Art, November – December (2004) pp.106 – 108.
Danatt, Adrian: The Feeling of Now, The Art Newspaper, No. 150, September (2004) p. 32.
Cohen, David: An Animated Awkwardness, The New York Sun, September 16, Vol. 120, No. 106, New York. Front page, cont. p. 19. (2004)
o.A.: Dictionary of Painters, Flash Art, July– August (2004)
Kuntz, Melissa: Ena Swansea at Gasser and Grunert, Art in America, January (2004)
o.A.: Reality of Shadows, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. With a catalog essay by Carter Ratcliff.
Keller, Maximilian: Galerie Crone, Ena Swansea, Die Welt, Berliner Kunstmarkt, 27.05., S. 38. (2005)
Koerner von Gustorf, Oliver: Die im Dunkeln sieht man doch, Monopol, Februar/März, Nr. 1/2006

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