ARTISTS : CORIN SWORN

EXHIBITIONS AT ZIEHERSMITH

The Wild Ones Are So Tame Now, 2008
Evenings and Weekends, 2007
CORIN SWORN BIO
1977
Born in London, England. Raised in Vancouver, Canada.
Lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland

EDUCATION
2009
MFA, Glasgow School Of Art, Glasgow
2002
BFA, Integrated Media, Emily Carr Institute of Arts and Design, Vancouver
2001
Art and Design Program, Central St. Martins College, London
1999
BA, Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Lens Prism, Tramway, Glasgow
Prologue: An Endless Renovation, Washington Garcia, Glasgow
2008
The Wild Ones Are So Tame Now, ZieherSmith, New York
Back in 5: Accessing the Backstory, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver
2006
Adventure Playground, Or Gallery, Vancouver
Atmosphere and Architecture, Access, Vancouver
2005
Evenings and Weekends, ZieherSmith, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Game Show, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia
Group Program, Migrating Forms Film Festival, New York
Cosey Complex, ICA, London
Aires de jeux: la police ou les corsaires (Playgrounds: police or pirates), Le Quartier Centre for Contemporary Art, Quimper
Morality, Witte De With, Rotterdam
Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam
2009
EASTInternational 2009, Norwich University College of the Arts, UK
EASTInternational, White Columns, New York
Report on Probability, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Phantom Limb, curated by Mari Spirito, 179 Canal, New York
Love Me Tender, Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
The Meaning Is In The Use, Blanket Contemporary Art, Vancouver
Desenhos (Drawings): A-Z,, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
2008
Heritage Complex, curated by Tejpal Ajii, Art Gallery of Peel, Ontario
The Psychology of the Pawn, curated by Mari Spirito, Participant, Inc., New York
Exponential Futures, Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
In the Shadows, Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
2007
There Are Those, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2006
Canada Dreaming, Kunstverein, Wolefsburg, Germany
2004
Nowhere Else But Here, Daniel Arnaud Gallery, London
2003
Explorations in Psychic Geography, Or Gallery, Vancouver
Into the Grey: Landscape and Natural History Series, Cover Up, London
Bauhuas, Dessau, Germany
The Picture Room by Goshka Macuga, Gasworks, London
2002
Overkill, Berlin, Germany
Prisoners, Or Gallery, Vancouver
Tripite, Contemporary Art Galleyr, Bogotá, Columbia
Total Ass with David Young, performance tour, Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver; Little Theater, Seattle; Mission Theater, San Francisco; Creat Theater, Sacramento
Beyond Terminal City, VTO Gallery, London
2001
Minimum Wage Portraits, Penny Arcade Gallery, Toronto

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marie Tout Court, Anthologie /Aires de jeux /d'Artistes (Anthology/Playgrounds/of Artists), Infolio Editions, 2010
Rachelle Sawatsky, “Back in 5: Accessing The Back Story,” C Magazine, Winter 2009
Richard Rhodes, “The Year In Review: Top Ten Exhibitions,” CanadianArt.com, December 2008
Morgan Falconer, “ZieherSmith: Corin Sworn,” Frieze 199, November/December 2008
Aaron Peck, “Exponential Future,” Canadian Art, Summer 2008
Richard Rhodes, “Corin Sworn: Late Modern,” CanadianArt.com, July 2008
Clint Burnham, “Cirtic’s Pick: Corin Sworn,” Artforum.com, July 2008
Kevin Griffin, “Blurring the line… with a rich vein of material,” Vancouver Sun, February 2, 2008
The National Post/Financial Post, January 24, 2008
Lance Blomberg, Playtime Visual Codec, www.visualcodec.com July 2006
Deborah Campbell, “Top BC Artists Re-Imagine School,” The Tyee, April 18, 2006
Paul Grant, “Adventure Playground,” CBC Radio, April 2006
Jessie Caryl, “Tower Ghosts and Swing Shifts,” fillip Review, Spring 200
Centerfold Image, C Magazine, Spring 2006
Lance Blomberg, “Internal Obsession vs. External Internalization,” Visual Codec Magazin, Feb 2006
“Portfolio,” Doppelganger Magazine, January 2006
Michael Wilson, “Corin Sworn,” Artforum, November 2005
Aaron Peck, “Floating Utopia,” Terminal City, February 2005
P. Lafuente & C. Warren, Art Review, December/ January 2003
Max & Abby Scholar, “Beyond Terminal City,” Mind Magazine 3, 2002
Shamus Keely, “Total Ass,” Terminal City, October 2001


SELECTED WRITING
Corin Sworn, catalogue essay, Kevin Schmidt, Presentation House, 2006
Corin Sworn, “Holly Ward at the Or Gallery,” Canadian Art (Fall 2004)
Corin Sworn, “Mark Lecky and Tony Romano at Mercer Union,” C Magazine (Summer 2004)
Corin Sworn, “Republic of Love at the Power Plant,” Canadian Art (Summer 2004)
Corin Sworn, “Shannon Oksanen: Spins,” D’Or: Notes on Collaboration, Or Gallery Press: 2004

AWARDS AND HONORS
2008
EASTproject Assisted Research
2007
BC Arts Council Production Grant
Canada Council Research and Creation Grant
2005
Visual Arts Development Award (VADA)
2004
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2003
Residency, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany
2001
Millennium Scholarship

COLLECTIONS
Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Colecção Madeira Corporate Services - MCA, Portugal
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York