Heather B Swann
Born 1961
Master of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania 2003
Solo Exhibitions
2018 sad mouse, c a v e s gallery, Melbourne
2018 I let my body fall into a rhythm, the Ian potter museum of art, Melbourne
2018 I let my body fall into a rhythm, BUoY Arts Center, Tokyo
2018 the waiting room, Michael Bugelli Gallery, Auckland
2018 the long rock, spring1883 michael bugelli gallery, melbourne
2017 The Lullaby Suite, Spring1883 Michael Bugelli Gallery, Sydney
2017 Luna, Michael Bugelli Gallery, Hobart
2016 Nervous, National Gallery of Australia
2014 Nervous Preview, Medley Hall, Melbourne
2013 Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Family, Bett Gallery Hobart
2011 Bone, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Troublemaker, Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Sweet, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2005 Dog Eat Dog, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2004 Animal Behaviour, Dick Bett Gallery Hobart
2003 Night Creatures, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2003 Beastly, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2002 Night Creatures, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
1999 Ex Voto, Gallery 482, Brisbane
1996 Paper Doll, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1993 Kings of Wishful Thinking, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 sensual nature, fremantle art centre, western australia
2018 intimate realities, shepparton art museum, victoria
2017 Darkside, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2017 Belonging to the Night, The Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria
2016 AIR, The Gallery at BACC, Brighton, Victoria
2016 CAVES, Melbourne
2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object, Art Gallery of South Australia
2015 Spring 1883 Sydney 2015, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Establishment Hotel, Sydney
2015 Streetwise: Contemporary Print Culture, National Gallery of Australia
2015 21st Century Heide: The collection since 2000, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
2015 Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Solitaire, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Victoria
2014 Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2014 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
2013 Creep Show, Strange Neighbour, Melbourne
2012 I am Heathcliff, Daine Singer Gallery, Melbourne
Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Melbourne
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea: Queer Urban Tales, The Substation, Melbourne
Controversy, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery
Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat
Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
Voiceless 3, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2011 Seven Things To Do In an Emergency, The British School at Rome
Text (as) Image, Level 17 Artspace, Melbourne
2010 Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Marcher sur les pelouses, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2008 Who Let the Dogs Out? Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Domain08, Alinga Street, Canberra
2007 A Room Inside, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
2006 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, Sydney
2004 Palmer’s Kiss, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
2003 Art/History, Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Victoria
2002 Three into One, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart
Drawing the Line, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
1999 Rosamund, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Days and Nights with Christ, IHOS Opera, Princes Wharf, Hobart
1996 Pulp: The Opera, Ihos Opera, The Paper Mill, Burnie
1995 Home/Body (When You Get Behind Closed Doors), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston and Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
Selected Awards and Commissions
2015 Newcastle East Public School National Sculpture Award
2014 Drawing prize, Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2013 New Work Grant, Arts Victoria
2012 Drawing Award, Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Award
2011 Australia Council Studio, Rome
2010 Sculpture commission for Fender Katsalidis Architects, NewActon, Canberra
2007 Laneways Commissions, City of Melbourne
2005 Goddard Sapin-Jaloustre Scholarship, France: 8 month residency
1998 Rosamund McCulloch Scholarship, University of Tasmania, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France: 5 month residency
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Artbank
Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
Latrobe University, Victoria
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
Shepparton Art Museum
Swan Hill Regional Gallery
Heide Museum of Modern Art
University of Tasmania
City of Port Phillip, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia
detached cultural organisation, hobart