Born: Eau Claire, WI
Died: Seattle, WA Jan, 2019
Education
2004 MPS, Pratt Institute, NYC
1992 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, KC, MO
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2012 AOT Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2011 FxFowle Gallery, NYC
2009 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2005 Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Centre, NY
1997 1331 Union Gallery, Kansas City MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Digipen Faculty Exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Group Sibling Exhibition, Bereskin Gallery, Bettendorf, IA
2017 Making our Mark, Art by Pratt Teaching Artists, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2016 TOTALPROOF: The GALA Committee 1995-1997, Red Bull Studios, NYC
Group Pop-Up Exhibition, Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2015 Catalyst: Leaving a Lasting Impression, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2014 Being Human, South Seattle College, curated by Kathy Liao, Seattle, WA
2013 Figural,Kirkland Arts Center, curated by Stacie Chappell, Kirkland, WA
Staff Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Transportation & Transfixion, Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Short Days, The OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Hot Wood Vol III, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Seasons, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Girls Against Boys, DC Art Center, Washington, DC
2003 New, New, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Group Exhibition, CODA Gallery, NYC
2002 Reactions, Exit Art, NYC
Reactions, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Snapshot, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2001 Tele(visions),GALA Committee, Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Staff Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Snapshot, Arcadia University, Fine Arts Gallery, Glenside, PA
2000 Fast; Five Years at Grand Arts(GALA Committee), Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
The GALA Committee,Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
1999 Prince Street Artists Invite…Prince Street Gallery, NYC
OPIE Anniversary Show, OPIE Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The GALA Committee,Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
1997 The GALA Committee and Mel Chin, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Un-mapping the Earth: In the Name of the Place(GALA Committee), Kwangiu Biennale,
Kwanju, Korea
Uncommon Sense, In The Name Of The Place(GALA Committee), The Geffen
Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Articles and Citations
Naomi Fry, “Reality Bites,” (GALA Committee), Artforum, Jan. 2017
Sean J. Patrick Carney, “Total Proof: The GALA Committee 1995-1997,” Art in America, Feb 2017
Hannah Stamler, “Total Proof: The GALA Committee 1995-1997,” Artforum, 10/15/16
William Grimes, “The Plot to Put Conceptual Art on ‘Melrose Place.” Yes, Really. New York Times, 9/28/16
M.H. Miller, “Remembering When ‘Melrose Place’ Became a Conceptual Art Project,” Art News, 8/1/16
Jen Carlson, “Did You Know The Props On ‘Melrose Place’ Were Covert Works Of Art With Coded
Meanings?” Gothamist, 8/25/16
Quinn Dukes, “Eric Swangstu at FXFowle Gallery,” Art in New York City, 4/3/11
Helen A. Harrison, “Regarding Race, History and Realism,” New York Times, 2/20/05
Jonathan Padget, “At D.C. Arts Center, Works Without a Hint of Pink or Blue,” Washington Post, 1/8/04
Amanda Pierre, “Gallery Boosts Iowa Artists,” Des Moines Register, 12/7/03
Barry W. Walker, “NYC Art Prior to Tragedy at PSC,” The Citizen, Plymouth, NH, 10/18/01
Christopher Leitch, “Big Brother, Middle Sister and Younger Brother,” REVIEW, Jul. 2001
Michael O’Sullivan, “1,300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show,” Washington Post, 11/17/00
“In the name of the place,” GALA Committee (catalogue), Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, Dec. 1998
C.Carr, “A Brief History of Outrage,” (GALA Committee), Village Voice, 9/22/98
Charles Cowdrick, “Running (out of) Time,” Pitch Weekly, Jan. 1998
Alice Thorson, “Painter leaves for New York,” Kansas City Star, 1/25/98
Roberta Smith, “a lot to see (But Not an Artwork insight)” GALA Committee, New York Times, 1997
Elisabeth Kirsch, “The assured brush of Eric Swangstu paints a portrait,” Kansas City Star, 10/3/97
Alice Thorson, “Show shares angst, alienation and loss,” Kansas City Srar, April 1997
C.Carr, “Masterpiece Theater” (Artists imbed secret messages in Melrose Place) GALA Committee, Village
Voice, 4/22/97
Ted Katauskas, “Agipop” GALA Committee, New Yorker Magazine, 3/24/97
Christopher Knight, “The Social-Art Genre” GALA Committee, The Los Angeles Times, 3/18/97
Collections
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Government Employee Hospital Association, Kansas City, MO
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO