Liz Sweibel

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  Liz Sweibel
Brooklyn, NY

b. 1957 New York, NY

EDUCATION

2006 MA in Counseling, Manhattan College.
2003 MFA in Studio Arts, Maine College of Art.
1997 BFA in Painting, Massachusetts College of Art.
1977 BA in English, University of Florida.

EXHIBITION RECORD
* Solo exhibit

2010
Ekleksographia. [video and digital images] Rich Murphy, Guest Editor. http://ekleksographia.ahadadabooks.com

2008
Many Kinds of Nothing. Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA. [catalogue]
Inertia, IV. [collages] Rich Murphy, Guest Editor.  http://www.inertiamagazine.com/i4

2007
Neo-Abstraction. AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Tomoko Ashikawa, Curator.

2004
*Re:Union. HallSpace, Boston, MA.
*Opening. Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA.
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
The Schoolhouse Galleries, Provincetown, MA.

2003
150 x 150. The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.
Lines of Thought. MFA Thesis Show. Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Remains: Four Artists Mine Memory and Meaning. Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH.
Marks Made. Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA. Jennifer Roff, Guest Curator.
Sacred and Profane. Battery Steele, Peaks Island, Portland, ME.

2002
Lost & Found. The Mills Gallery, Boston, MA (two person).
Visual Feast. Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA.
South Enders. The Mills Gallery, Boston, MA. Annette Lemieux, Juror.

2000
150 x 150. The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.
Certain Moments. A collaboration with modern-dance choreographer Jody Weber. Mobius, Boston, MA.
For the Time, Being. A collaborative installation with Asa Chibas and Traci Wile. Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA.

1999
Fear & Loathing in the New Millennium. The Heywood Gallery,
Worcester, MA. Nick Capasso and Jessica Morgan, Jurors.
100 x 100. The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.
7th Invitational Exhibition. The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT.
MPG at 1. MPG, Boston, MA.
New Art ‘99. MPG, Boston, MA. Carl Belz, Juror.
DD-MM-YY. Empty foundry, Hartford, CT. David Borawski, Curator.
Verge. Art with modern dance. Jody Weber, choreographer. Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA.

1998
*Skin and Bones. Gallery 70, Worcester, MA.
100 x 100. The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.
Gallery 70 II Boston Debut. Fort Point Arts Community Gallery,
Boston, MA.
Small Work. The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA.
Gallery 70 Inaugural Group Show. Gallery 70, Worcester, MA.

ON THE WEB

Artists Space, Irving Sandler Artists File Online, New York, NY.
http://afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=2797

Liz Sweibel. http://www.lizsweibel.com

The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY.
http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.cfm

GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2007
Vermont Studio Center (partial fellowship).

2003
Albert Murray Educational Fund Grant.

2002
Maine College of Art Grant.
Albert Murray Educational Fund Grants.

2001
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant, Finalist, Sculpture.
St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant-in-Aid.
Maine College of Art Grant.
Albert Murray Educational Fund Grant.

1999
Gallery Award, New Art ‘99, MPG, Boston.

VISITING ARTIST

2008
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.

2001
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Post-Baccalaureate
Program, Boston, MA.

2000
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009
Raymond, D. (2008/2009, December/January). Spotlight Review: Many Kinds of Nothing. Art New England.

2008
McQuaid, C. (2008, October 5). “Nothing” is happening: Minimalist works help provoke a meditative state. Boston Sunday Globe.

2004
McCoy, M. B. (2004, June/July). Liz Sweibel: Re:Union. Art New England.

2002
McQuaid, C. (2002, March 29). Using found objects, artists create works that grapple with loss. The Boston Globe.

McQuaid, C. (2002, December 29). The best of 2002: City’s energetic galleries flourished despite economic slump. Boston Sunday Globe.

Sherman, M. (2002, March 10). Discover new sculpture at “Lost & Found.” Boston Herald.

2000
Taylor, C. (2000, June 10). Duo makes “Moments” count. Boston Herald.

1999
Birke, J. (1999, October 31). Revamped Ely House hosts distinguished invitational. New Haven Register.

Cash, D. (1999, March 20). Green Street offers intimacy and humor. The Boston Globe.

Damsker, M. (1999, February 7). Edgy art inhabits Hartford foundry. The Hartford Courant.

Rosoff, P. (1999, April/May). DD-MM-YY: An exhibition of contemporary art. Art New England.

Rosoff, P. (1999, February 11). Extension cords and serendipity: Voila! Instant moveable art installation. Hartford Advocate.