JANA SWEC
b. Berkeley CA, 1978

EDUCATION

2001 BFA Painting, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITS

2009 Jana Swec & Jared Theis, d berman gallery, Austin, TX
2008 E.A.S.T., Big Medium Gallery, Austin TX
2008 Gallery Lombardi, Austin TX
2007 Davis Gallery, Austin TX
2007 Pattern, Pattern, Pattern, Women & Their Work, Austin TX
2007 E.A.S.T., Bolm Studios Bay 12: Austin TX
2007 Radical Nautical, Gallery Lombardi Austin TX
2006 The Unicorn Show, Bolm Studios, Austin TX
2005 20 to Watch, Dallas Contemporary, March 31st- June 10th SODALITAS
2005 Robot Gallery: San Antonio TX SODALITAS
2005 20 to Watch, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX SODALITAS
2004 Madrone: San Francisco, CA SODALITAS
2004 Plan B Gallery: Austin TX SODALITAS
2004 E.A.S.T. Bolm Studios Bay 12: Austin TX SODALITAS
2004 Group Show GREY McGEAR MODERN: Los Angeles, CA SODALITAS
2004 More Art for Marfa, Post 65 AMVET: Marfa TX SODALITAS
2004 2040 Gallery: Austin TX SODALITAS
2004 Russell Allen Gallery: Walnut Creek, CA SODALITAS
2004 5 X 7 Art House at the Jones Center: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 Plan B Gallery: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 Nancy Scanlan Gallery, Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 E.A.S.T. Bolm Studios Bay 12: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 Davis Gallery: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 Highland Gallery Marfa: TX SODALITAS
2003 5 X 7 Art House at the Jones Center: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 5 X 7 Mixture Gallery: Houston TX SODALITAS
2003 5 X 7 Dunn & Brown: Dallas TX SODALITAS
2003 708 Gallery: Austin TX SODALITAS
2003 Bolm Studios Bay 12, Austin Tx SODALITAS
2002 Gallery 1313: Austin TX SODALITAS
2002 4 walls, Austin TX
2002 Blue Genie Art: Austin TX SODALITAS

INSTALLATIONS

2009 Wall Mural, La Condesa Restaurant, Austin TX SODALITAS
2007 Collaboration with Shea Little, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2006 Domain, Austin TX SODALITAS
2006 Carlos Gallery, Sewanee University, Sewanee TENN, SODALITAS
2003 The Painted Lady, Austin, TX, SODALITAS

AWARDS / HONORS

2006 Selected as Texas Book Festival Artist, SODALITAS
2004 Selected artist for the Texas Book Festival, Austin TX SODALITAS
2004 Austin Critics Awards Art Community Leadership Austin, TX SODALITAS
2003 Austin Chronicle Top Ten Artists of 2003 SODALITAS
2003 Best of Austin Awards, Best New Art Collaborative, Austin, TX, SODALITAS

LECTURES

2005 Austin Museum of Art, Gallery Talk
2005 Texas State University, Lecture on the Collaborative Process, SODALITAS
2004 McCallum Fine Arts Academy, Guest Artist
2003 St. Stephens Episcopal School: Guest Artist SODALITAS

PUBLISHED/TELEVISION

2008 Katherine Catmull, The Austin Chronicle, “Welcome To My Studio,” 21
November.
2005 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, “Inside Arts: East Austin Studio Tour Brings Out The Crowds,” 1 December.
2005 Rebecca S. Cohen, Artlies, “New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch,” Issue 48, Fall.
2005 Austin Chronicle, “EAST: Now With More! Cutting Edge Art,” 18
November.
2005 V. Mark Fort, The Daily Texan, “AMOA’s Gallery Talks Draw to a Close Tonight,” 22 September.
2005 Rachel Koper, Austin Chronicle, “22 to Think About: AMOA Shows New Austin Art That Engages The Mind,” 26 August.
2005 James Housefield essay & Dana Friis-Hansen introduction, New Art
In Austin: 22 to Watch Austin Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue.
2005 J.R. Compton, Glasstire, “The Texas Biennial,” August.
2005 Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, “Do It Yourself Biennial: How to
Showcase All The Great Art In Texas on a Showstring Budget,” 4
March.
2005 J.R. Compton, Dallas Arts Revue, “Birth of This Texas Biennial.”
2005 KLRU’s Austin Now Television Program, “Three Friends Collaborate to
Create Art in East Austin.”
2004 Voices of Art Magazine, “Sodalitas.”
2004 Rachel Koper, Austin Chronicle, “Expanding East: The Third Austin
Studio Tour Doubles The Days. Doubles the Fun,” 19 November.
2003 Rachel Koper, Austin Chronicle, “Where Cement is Beautiful and Cranes are Elegant,” 14 November.
2003 Urbanscape, Featured artist, July.

SELECTED ART RELATED ACTIVITIES

2005 – P Co-Director of the Texas Biennial
2007 – P Member of the Austin Bicycle Choir
2004 – P Lead vocals of Supersonic Uke
2003 – P Co-Director of East Austin Studio Tour
2002 – P Co-Director of Big Medium (previously Bolm Studios)
2001 – P Member of three-person artist collaborative, SODALITAS