Ena Swansea - sea and snow
Opening Reception August 9, 6 - 9 pmPROVINCETOWN
August 9 – 26, 2019
Ena Swansea
wave 2, 2019
Oil and acrylic on linen
142.24 x 177.80 cm / 56 x 70 in
Ena Swansea
6 am on 16th St, 2019
Oil and acrylic on linen
127 x 152.40 cm / 50 x 60 in
Ena Swansea
E 87th streetlight, 2018
Oil, acrylic, and pigment on linen
122.56 x 153.03 cm / 48 1/4 x 60 1/4 in
Ena Swansea
Andreas goes fishing with someone, 2019
Oil and acrylic on linen
121.92 x 152.40 cm / 48 x 60 in
Ena Swansea
puddle, 2019
Oil and acrylic on linen
121.92 x 182.88 cm / 48 x 72 in
Ena Swansea
wave 3, 2019
Oil and acrylic on linen
147.32 x 167.64 cm / 58 x 66 in
Ena Swansea
backside, 2018
Oil and acrylic on graphite on canvas
121.92 x 91.44 cm / 48 x 36
Ena Swansea
strawberry, 2013 / 2018
Oil and acrylic on graphite on canvas
91.44 x 152.40 cm / 36 x 60 in
Ena Swansea
backstage, 2011
Oil and graphite on canvas
183 x 152 cm / 72 x 60 in
Ena Swansea
14th st pile field, 2016
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
121 x 91.5 cm / 48 x 36 in
Ena Swansea
palazzo, 2016
Oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
121 x 91.5 cm / 48 x 36 in
Ena Swansea
backlit waves of los angeles, 2012
Oil and graphite on linen
228.6 x 289.6 cm / 90 x 114 in
BORN
1966, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
stuck in neutral, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2021
Ena Swansea + Jane Corrigan, Gaa Gallery, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
green light, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2020
New Paintings, Robilant+Voena, St Motiz, Switzerland
2019
sea and snow, Gaa Gallery Provincetown, MA, USA
mental map: Central Park, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2018
New Paintings, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2016
New Paintings, Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, USA
Marine Paintings, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA
2015
Self-inflicted Justiceby Bad Shopping, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg Germany
2014
Untitled nightlife and sofa, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Salon art + design, solo presentation for Friedman Benda, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA
2013
New paintings, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2012
New paintings, 313 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011
Psycho, 41 paintings from 2002 - 2011 in European collections, Deichtorhallen/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
studio show, organized by ARNDT Berlin, New York, NY, USA
2010
Armory Show, New York, solo booth, ARNDT Berlin, New York, NY, USA
Corrida Goyesque, temporary sand painting on the floor of the Arena d’Arles, France
2008
Ena Swansea paintings 2002 - 2008, Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
New paintings, Arndt & Partner, Zurich
New paintings, Volta NY, André Schlechtriem Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2007
New paintings, André Schlechtriem temporary Inc., New York, NY, USA
2006
Armory Show, New York, solo booth, Galerie Crone/Andreas Osarek, New York, NY, USA
2005
New paintings, Galerie Crone/Andreas Osarek, Berlin
2004
Situation, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY, USA
X rays, Mario Diacono Gallery at Ars Libri, Boston, MA, USA
2003
New paintings, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY, USA
2002
The reality of shadows, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Manscaping, The Hole, New York, NY, USA
Manscaping, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA, USA
A Tribute to Lawrence Weiner, accompanying the exhibition As Long As It Lasts, online show, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
2021
Doomed and Famous: Selection from the Adrian Dannatt Collection, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2020
Ben Brown Fine Arts: Celebrating 10 Years in Hong Kong, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2019
De la Tauromaquia à la Goyesque, Hommage à Francisco de Goya, Musée des Cultures Taurines Henriette et Claude Viallat, Nîmes, France
2018
Against Forgetting I, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA
2016
The Grass Is Green, Gaa Gallery Cologne Project Space, Cologne, Germany
Group Exhibition, Gaa Gallery Cologne Project Space, Cologne, Germany
2015
Sight unseen; Ellen Harvey and Ena Swansea, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2014
51st Anniversary Exhibition, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Il Corpo Figurato, Artworks from the Collection 1966 - 2005, Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy
How six men got on in the world, Ruby Anemic, Carla Arocha, Stéphane Schraenen, Edgar Leciejewski, Rosa Loy, Andreas Mühe, Johannes Rochhausen and Ena Swansea, Auguststrasse 86, Berlin, Germany
Come like shadows, curated by David Cohen, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2013
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music, Freidman Benda Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2011
Printer's Proof, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010
Exquisite Corpse Project, curated by David Salle, Gasser & Grunert, New York, NY, USA
Changing the World, ARNDT, Berlin, Germany
2009
Water is Best, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Naked!, curated by Adrian Dannatt and Paul Kasmin, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The beginning, 313 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
True Romance - Allegories of Love from the Renaissance to the Present, Kunsthalle Vienna, Villa Struck, Munich and Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
2007
Symbolism, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
2006
Idylle Traum und Trugschluß, curated by Oliver Zybok and Martje Schulz, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg Germany
Figuring the landscape, curated by Barry A. Rosenberg, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
WoMA, André Schlechtriem Temporary Inc., New York, NY, USA
Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart., Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich Germany
New Work, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Big Paintings, Small Paintings, White Sculpture, The Cartin Collection, G-Fox building, Hartford, CT, USA
2005
Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg Germany
Flower Power, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York NY, USA
Greater New York 2005, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY, USA
Story-Tellers, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Slices of Life: Blueprints of the Self in Painting, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY, USA
2004
Central Station: La Collection Harald Falckenberg, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003
After Matisse/Picasso, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY, USA
2001
The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
AWARDS
Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001
EDUCATION
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, USA
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, USA
Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Neue Meister/Albertinum Dresden, Germany
For the Collaborations sector of Art Cologne 2021, we are pleased to present new works by New York-based painters Ena Swansea and Jane Corrigan. The fair runs November 17 - 21 with preview days (by invitation only) - Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 12:00 to 20:00, Thursday, November 18, 2021, 11:00 to 19:00 and public days - Friday, November 19, 2021, 11:00 to 19:00, Saturday, November 20, 2021, 11:00 to 19:00, and Sunday, November 21, 2021, 11:00 to 18:00. Art Cologne 2021, Koelnmesse Halle 11, Booth D-32 50679 Köln, Germany.
We look forward to welcoming you at our booth D-32!
Gaa Gallery is pleased to announce participation in the 2020 edition of Art Cologne, November 19 - 22, 2020. For the Collaborations sector, the gallery will present a two-person exhibition featuring new works by New York-based painters, Ena Swansea and Jane Corrigan.
Gaa Gallery Provincetown is delighted to present sea and snow, an exhibition of new works from painter Ena Swansea. sea and snow will be on view August 9 - August 26, with an opening reception with the artist on Friday, August 9, from 6-9pm, at 494 Commercial Street, Provincetown.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to announce the painting exhibitions Against Forgetting I, opening Friday, May 25 in Provincetown (through July 10) and Against Forgetting II, opening Saturday, May 26 in Wellfleet (through July 1). Against Forgetting is a thoughtful and aesthetically diverse meditation on the medium of painting, and its accompanying capabilities to convey an array of ideas regarding memory and representation.
Please join us for opening receptions in Provincetown on Friday, May 25 from 6 - 9pm and in Wellfleet on Saturday, May 26 from 5 - 7pm.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to present The Grass is Green, a group exhibition featuring the work of four American artists, Richard Baker, Ena Swansea, Erika Wastrom, and Erin Woodbrey. The Gaa Gallery Project Space is located at Große Brinkgasse 8, 50670 Cologne, Germany with parking available across the street at the Parkhaus Bazaar de Cologne. The exhibition will be open daily from 10am - 6pm, Saturday, November 19 to Thursday, November 24 and upon appointment November 26 to December 31, 2016.
Gaa Gallery Provincetown is pleased to present Marine Paintings, new works by Ena Swansea. This exhibition will run from July 8 - August 3. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, July 8 from 6 - 9pm.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming group exhibition, featuring works from Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Rodney Dickson, Kenneth Dunne, Sophia Hamann, Barry Stone, Ena Swansea and Erin Woodbrey.
The exhibition will run concurrently with Art Cologne and will be the gallery's first exhibition in Germany. The Gaa Gallery Project Space is located at Große Brinkgasse 8, 50670 Cologne, Germany and will be open from Sunday, April 10 - Tuesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 14 - Sunday, April 17 from 10am - 7pm with a reception and brunch Saturday, April 16 from 10am - 2pm. Parking is available across the street at the Parkhaus Bazaar de Cologne on Große Brinkgasse 11.
