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2012

KATHY AOKI, Review: Beauty in Landscape by Elizabeth Coleman, Art Animal, 2 NOV 2012

TARO HATTORI, Lost & Found: Photographs in the Aftermath of East Japan by Christian L. Frock, KQED, 20 OCT 2012

TARO HATTORI, re(collection) - A collaboration with Lost and Found by Lea Feinstein, Art Practical, OCT 2012

OAKLAND ART MURMUR, See // The Brooklyn of the West Coast by Sarah Bondoc, Artlog, 17 OCT 2012

OAKLAND ART MURMUR, Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name by Malia Wollan, The New York Times, 11 OCT 2012

SYDNEY COHEN + W. SCOTT TRIMBLE, Feature: Sydney Cohen + W. Scott Trimble, Oakland Art Enthusiast, 27 SEPT 2012

SYDNEY COHEN + W. SCOTT TRIMBLE, Pick: Sydney Cohen + W. Scott Trimble by Alex Bigman, East Bay Express, 26 SEPT 2012

TRUE PLACES, Review: Portland Collective “True Places” at Swarm Gallery by Mary Ann Kluth, Art Ltd, SEPT/OCT 2012

TRUE PLACES, Review: True Places by Alex Bigman, East Bay Express, AUG 2012

KATHY AOKI + CAMILLA NEWHAGEN, Preview: Shadows and Dreams by Alex Bigman, East Bay Express, 29 AUG 2012

TARO HATTORI, Finding Art & Soul in Oakland: Artist Taro Hattori Infiltrates City Hall by Christian L. Frock, KQED Arts, 4 AUG 2012.

MASAKO MIKI, Review: Bay Area Currents: What We Can’t See But Want to See is Art by Alex Bigman, East Bay Express, JUL 2012

ETHAN WORDEN, Photo Feature: Ethan Worden, “On Looking at Things, Empty and Otherwise” at Swarm Gallery, Oakland Art Enthusiast, 19 JUN 2012

ETHAN WORDEN + CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ, Review: On Looking at Things, Empty and Otherwise by Obi Kaufmann, East Bay Express, JUN 2012

MASAKO MIKI, Review: Ancillary Adaptations by Obi Kaufmann, East Bay Express, APR 2012

MASAKO MIKI, Review: Masaki Miki at Swarm Gallery, Recommendation by Dewitt Chang, Visual Art Source

MASAKO MIYAZAKI, Review: In the Space Between by Obi Kaufmann East Bay Express 21 MAR 2012

MASAKO MIYAZAKI, Review: The Space Between at Swarm Gallery Sf-artists-at-large.com, 22 FEB 2012

JESSALYN AALAND + PAUL MORGAN, Review: Roundabouts by Dewitt Cheng, East Bay Express, 8 FEB 2012

LAURA BALL, Review: Laura Ball’s Journey at Second Street Gallery, C-Ville, 7 FEB 2012

JESSALYN AALAND + PAUL MORGAN, Interview, oaklandartbeat.com, 1 FEB 2012

SVEA LIN SOLL Interview, San Francisco Arts Quarterly, FEB 2012

JILLIAN LUDWIG + LAURA BALL, American Art Collector, JAN 2012

2011

SARAH SMITH, Juxtapose Magazine, “Sarah Smith’s Metal Leafing”, 12/27/2011

JEFF EISENBERG: Weekend Bender, COAGULA.COM, 7 DEC 2011

MICHELE PRED: Pre-Occupied at Swarm Gallery, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 NOV 2011

DOUGLAS WILLIAMS: Documentation of (don’t) PUSH Installation at Swarm Gallery

JOHN CASEY: Tall Tales: Collaborative Projects by John Casey & Friends at Swarm Gallery, Oakland Art Beat, 13 OCT 2011

JOHN CASEY: John Casey @ Oakland’s Swarm, Fecal Face, 6 OCT 2011

JOHN CASEY, JAKE WATLING: Tall Tales: Collaborative Projects by John Casey and Friends, Hi-Fructose Magazine, 6 OCT 2011

JOHN CASEY, JAKE WATLING: Tall Tales,’ opens Oct. 1, Preview by Mary Eisenhart, SF Chronicle, 29 SEPT 2011

COLIN CHRISTY: Wild and Scenic, Review by Matt Sussman, SF Bay Guardian, 13 SEPT 2011

COLIN CHRISTY, JOSEPH SMOLINSKI: ‘Invasive Horizon’: Humans’ impact on nature, Preview by Nirmala Nataraj, SF Chronicle, 17 AUG 2011

JILLIAN LUDWIG: Artistaday.com, 11 AUG 2011

SWARM GALLERY: Oakland City Guide, DesignSponge.com, JULY 2011

MAYUMI HAMANAKA, Gambit Weekly, July 2011.
Review of “The Great White” by Eric D. Bookhardt.

SARAH A. SMITH: Editor’s Pick, Flavorpill.com, JUNE 2011

SWARM GALLERY, JOHN CASEY, MAYUMI HAMANAKA: ArtPadSF - Part Two, HI_FRUCTOSE, 25 MAY 2011

SWARM GALLERY, ALEXIS MACKENZIE: ArtPadSF - Part One, HI_FRUCTOSE, 24 MAY 2011

SWARM GALLERY: Three Art Fairs This Weekend!? We Were Already Complaining About Two, Hiya Swanhuyser, SF Weekly blog, 20 MAY 2011

APRIL BANKS, AMANDA WILLIAMS: Exploring Memory, Science and the Art of Family Folklore, Review by John Nathan, Wiles Magazine, 8 MAY 2011

TARO HATTORI: STUDIO INVASION, Interview on KQED Arts, 27 MAR 2011

MAYUMI HAMANAKA, 96 hours, March 2011
Review of “Aboveground” by Mary Eisenhart.

LAURA BALL, “McLennan and Ball at David B. Smith Denver,” Review by Conrad Skinner, Adobe Airstream, 8 February 2011

KATY HORAN + ALEXIS MACKENZIE: Fecalface.com, 31 JANUARY 2011

Double Dare at Swarm Gallery, New show features artist collaborations, East Bay Express by DeWitt Cheng, 5 JAN 2011

MAYUMI HAMANAKA, East Bay Express, January 2011.
Review of “Double Dare at Swarm Gallery” by Cheng Dewitt.

2010

Group Show: THINGS ARE EXPANDING, Examiner.com, by Cindy Warner, 14 DEC 2010

Group Show: THINGS ARE EXPANDING, SF Chronicle, 96 Hours, by Mary Eisenhart, 9 DEC 2010

JEFF EISENBERG, “Jeff Eisenberg and Kristen Wilkens make M0bile Pr4ctice”, ResonantCity.com, 3 DEC 2010
A full review of Jeff Eisenberg’s solo show, SOME RE-ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

JEFF EISENBERG, East Bay Express, 1 DEC 2010
Write-up for SOME RE-ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by DeWitt Cheng

LYNN KOBLE, solo exhibition, BUILDING STEAM, is reviewed in Artillery Magazine by Barbara Morris, NOV/DEC 2010

SWARM GALLERY is a grant recipient! Southern Exposure Awards 19 Bay Area arts groups in
Round IV of Alternative Exposure Grant Program. NOV 2010

CASEY JEX SMITH, The Lo-Down: News from the Lower East Side, OCT 2010
“Dungeons and Dragons in an LES Gallery” by Ashlie Cotton.

BILL MATTICK, CHRIS SICAT, REENIE CHARRIÈRE, LAND USE, Shotgun Review, 14 SEP 2010
“In Case You Missed It: Land Use” bu Mary Anne Kluth

BILL MATTICK, CHRIS SICAT, REENIE CHARRIÈRE, LAND USE Reviewed in the East Bay Express by DeWitt Cheng, 8 SEP 2010

BILL MATTICK, CHRIS SICAT, REENIE CHARRIÈRE, SFBG, 3 AUG 10
Write-up by Matt Sussman

H2 HOTEL, greenlodgingnews.com, 8 JULY 10
“Water-themed h2hotel Flows with Eco-hip Design, Emphasis on Local Elements” by Glenn Hasek

H2 HOTEL, C Magazine: California Style, 2 JULY 10

TARO HATTORI, Artillery, MAY/JUNE 10
“Bay Area Emergent: Galleries and Artists Put San Francisco Back on the Map” by Anduradha Vikram

KIRK STOLLER + ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN, Art Ltd., MAY/JUNE 10
Preview of Still/Gesture

TARO HATTORI, Art in America, APRIL 10
Review of V by Mark Van Proyen

JOHN CASEY + CASEY JEX SMITH, ParisArt.com, APRIL 10
Review of their 2 person show at Galerie Polaris in Paris (review in French)

BARRY ANDERSON, Kansas City Pitch, 1 APRIL 10
“Mastermind: Art - Barry Anderson

BARRY ANDERSON, The Pitch News, APRIL 10,
By Chris Packham

BARRY ANDERSON, Kansas City Star, 31 MAR 10
“Video-art exhibit taps into progressive rock sensibility” by Nick Malewski

BARRY ANDERSON, Review Studios, 26 MAR 10
“SpaceRockSpasm”, “Totem”, “Starchild”, “Suspended Release” by Colby Smith

CASEY JEX SMITH, examiner.com, 12 MAR 10
“Swarm Gallery” by Buck O’Brien

BARRY ANDERSON, KCUR 89.3 Kansas City MO, 9 MAR 10
“SpaceRockSpasm”, public radio interview, by Laura Spencer

LAURA BALL, by Leanne Goebel, Art Writer, 8 MAR 2011

CHRIS LOOMIS, San Francisco Chronicle, 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

CASEY JEX SMITH, motleyvision.org, MAR 2010
“Couple Creators: Casey Jex Smith / Amanda Michelle Smith”, Review by Theric Jepson.

CASEY JEX SMITH, ereview.org, MAR 2010
“Reverse Subliminal Messagin” by Jessica Brier.

CASEY JEX SMITH, artnet.com.fr, MAR 2010
“Parcours Marais Dessin” Review by Joel Riff (review in French)

JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, Berkshirefinearts.com, MARCH 10
“Joe Smolinski at Mixed Greens” by Adam Zucher.

SONYA BLESOFSKY, Oakland Tribune, 8 FEB 10
“New art at Swarm Gallery traces Oakland’s history” by Angela Woodall

CASEY JEX SMITH, fecalface.com, FEB 2010
“Blesofsky, Smith, & Anderson @ Swarm Gallery” by John Trippe.

CASEY JEX SMITH, beautifuldecay.com, JAN 2010
“Casey Jex Mith” by Brendan Monroe.

ANDY VOGT, My Love For You is a Stampede of Horses, 2010
“Andy Vogt” Article by Meighan O’toole

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

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

JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, The Daily Cougar, MARCH 09
“Art Interprets Societal Progress” by Melanie Pang.

JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, The New York Times, JAN 09
“A Show Goes Heavy on a Traditional Medium Yet Feels Fresh” Review by Benjamin Genocchio.

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

JAKE WATLING, Diablo Magazine, Aug 18, 2008
“Bedford’s Local Voice Exhibition” Review by Martha Ross

TARO HATTORI, Artforum.com, AUG 2008
Review of “The Great White” by Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart.

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

TARO HATTORI, Gambit Weekly, JULY 2008
Review of “White Space” by Eric D. Bookhardt.

CASEY JEX SMITH, Rhizome, JULY 2008
“Drawn Out Processes” by Marisa Olson.

CASEY JEX SMIITH, Time Out Chicago, Issue 175, July 2008.
“Casey Jex Smith” by Lauren Weinberg.

JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, The Boston Globe, JULY 08
“Earth In The Balance” by Sebastian Smee.

CHRIS LOOMIS + JEFF EISENBERG, East Bay Express 6/13/08
“Improvised Territory: Christopher Loomis’ and Jeff Eisenberg total fabications”
by DeWitt Cheng

JOSEPH SMOLINSKI, Mass MoCA, JUNE 08
“Badlands: New Horizons In Landscape” by Denise Markonish.

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