Swarm Gallery in the News
2010
CASEY JEX SMITH, examiner.com, 12 MAR 10
"Swarm Gallery" by Buck O'Brien
CHRIS LOOMIS, San Francisco Chornicle, 5 MAR 10
"New Benchmark: Vitis Seating from Barrels" by Zahid Sadar
BARRY ANDERSON, ereview.com, 2 MAR 10
"Reverse Subliminal Messages" by Jessica Brier
SONYA BLESOFSKY, Oakland Tribune, 8 FEB 10
"New art at Swarm Gallery traces Oakland's history" by Angela Woodall
2009
TARO HATTORI, Review of V by Stephanie Baker, ARTPRACTICAL.COM, 19 NOV 09
TARO HATTORI + JORDAN ESSOE, Review by Dewitt Cheng, SQUARECYLINDER.COM, 20 NOV 09
JORDAN ESSOE, Review of Living Room by Stephanie Baker, ARTPRACTICAL.COM, 3 DEC 09
KATHY AOKI, East Bay Express 10/21/2009
"You Look Mahvelous"
Review of "The Museum of Historical Makeovers" by DeWitt Cheng
KATHY AOKI, San Francisco Chronicle 9/17/2009
"Museum of Historical Makeovers"
Kathy Aoki's solo show receives the cover of the 96 Hours section with a feature article by Nirmala Nataraj
JOSH KEYES, VAUGHN BELL + REENIE CHARIERRE, East Bay Express 8/26/2009
"Nestlings: Three Swarm Gallery artists find us environmentally problematic"
DeWitt Cheng reviews Natural Selection
JOSH KEYES, VAUGHN BELL + REENIE CHARIERRE, KQED Gallery Crawl August 2009
Natural Selection
Swarm is featured in this month's KQED Gallery Crawl Podcast - "a monthly tour of the hottest
art in northern california's coolest galleries"
SWARM GALLERY, ArtLtd. July/Aug 2009
Oakland/Berkeley - July/August 2009
Dewitt Cheng brings Oakland emerging arts scene, and Swarm Gallery,
to the public in this report on the local scene.
JAKE WATLING, Fecalface.com 7/7/2009
"Mini Interview: Jake Watling"
Bill Dunlap interviews Jake about his
current work and his feelings about animals.
JOSEPH SMOLINSKI: Ground Control at Swarm Gallery," by Anuradha Vikram, curativeprojects.com, 21 JUNE 09
JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, Art Papers May/June 2009
"Solution, Houston"
Kurt Mueller reviews Joseph Smolinski's Tree Turbine project on exhibit at DiverseWorks in Houston, TX.
THE NEST - Opening Reception 6/26/2009, 5-7pm.
Swarm launches The Nest, a neighborhood artist residency program
DAN NELSON, East Bay Express 6/3/2009
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
Rachel Swan reviews Dan Nelson's most recent project on display at Cricket Engine Gallery until June 14th
FILMNIGHT 2.0 at Swarm Gallery: Saturday May 30th, 7:30 pm.
Featuring the work of San Francisco Art Institute MFA students.
FILMNIGHT 1.0 at Swarm Gallery: Saturday May 1st, 7:30 pm.
Samara Halperin curates an evening of video work by Mills undergraduate and MFA students.
JOHN CASEY, East Bay Express 4/22/2009
"Family Resemblance: John Casey's dark, absurdist humor makes sense these days."
Review by DeWitt Cheng
JOHN CASEY, Fecalface.com 4/8/2009
"John Casey @ Swarm"
Fecalface.com reviews John Casey's current show
JOHN CASEY, SFist 4/1/2009
"SFist Interviews: John Casey"
Micke Tong interviews John Casey
JAKE WATLING, KQED Arts 3/23/2009
"Enter, Exit"
Review of Jake Watling's recent work by Victoria Gannon
JAKE WATLING, JARED CLARK + JOE PENROD, Fecalface.com 3/3/2009
"Oakland's Feb 1st Friday"
John Casey's blog posting about the Enter/Exit opening
2008
ERIK FRIEDMAN, REUBEN MARGOLIN + GARETH SPOR, East Bay Express 12/3/2008
"Eclectic Affinities: Three artists explore art, science, and philosophy"
Review by DeWitt Cheng
RENEE ADAMS + RIA BRODELL, Artslant 10/27/08
"A Few New Breeds"
Review of work by Renee Adams and Ria Brodell, by Andie Rictchie
JEFF EISENBERG, The Hook 10/20/08
"Linguistic structures: Eisenberg shapes his words"
Review by Laura Parsons
JEFF EISENBERG, You Tube 10/15/08
Artist interview: Jeff Eisenberg at Second Street Gallery
RENEE ADAMS, RIA BRODELL + NATHANIEL PARSONS, Art Business 10/10/08
Renee Adams, Ria Brodell, Nathaniel Parsons
Reported by John Casey
CASEY JEX SMITH, Oakbook 9/23/08
"Art, Religion, Success"
by Theo Konrad Auer
ETHAN WORDEN, MICHAEL HALL + TRISHA GROVER, East Bay Express 7/9/08
"Crossroads: Two recent Mills graduates explores the dualities of modern life"
by DeWitt Cheng
CHRIS LOOMIS + JEFF EISENBERG, East Bay Express 6/13/08
"Improvised Territory: Christopher Loomis' and Jeff Eisenberg total fabications"
by DeWitt Cheng
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