Curriculum vitae
SARAH SZWAJKOS
27 CENTRAL STREET· CAMDEN· MAINE · 04843
207-232-8541 · SARAH@DAMNRABBITSTUDIOS.COM
WWW. SARAHSZWAJKOS.COM
SOLO & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Morphing Medium, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland, ME
2021 On Now, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2020 Architectural Interiors, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
2016 New Color Messages, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Inside/Out, PhoPa Gallery, Portland, ME & MMW+C Gallery, Rockport, ME
2012 Personal Space, Think Tank, Portland, ME
2011 Personal Space, Smith College Alumnae House Gallery, Northampton, MA
2000 Sarah Szwajkos: Photographs, Robert C. May Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 10 Years & 100 Photo Collectors, MMPA, USM Glickman Library, Portland, ME
2019 Maine Viewpoints: Contemporary Photographs & Paintings, Thos. Moser Gallery, Freeport, ME
2018 Summer Stable Show, MFT Gallery, Belfast, ME
2017 We Might Climb a Tree, At Least, MMPA, USM Glickman Library, Portland, ME
Interiors, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
The Inside View, MFT Gallery, Belfast, ME
2016 Wild Things, MFT Gallery, Belfast, ME
2015 Visualizing Home & Homelessness, Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME juried
UnReal & Vacationland, VoxPhotographs, Portland, ME
2013 It’s a Thin Line Between Love & Hate, United Photo Industries Brooklyn, NY juried
2012 LIVINGarrangements, Spring Design & Art, Brooklyn, NY juried
Maine Home: Inside & Outside, Chocolate Church Art Gallery, Bath, ME
Poetic Objects: Still Life as Subject, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT juried
Around the House, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2011 2011 Photography National, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME juried
Seeing Myself, Seeing Others: The Art of the Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT juried
Art of the Boat, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME juried
Aprons, Arms, Legs & Drawers, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME juried
2010 Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later, CMCA, Rockport, ME
2009 Ordinary Life, CMCA, Rockport, ME
Contours, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
Just Look at Yourself!, CMCA, Rockport, ME
Options, Asymmetrick Arts, Rockland, ME
Midcoast Chroma: Six Midcoast Fine Art Photographers, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
44N 69W: Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME
Winter White, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
2008 Maine Photography Show, Boothbay Railway Museum, Boothbay ME juried - First Place
2007 Toys, Dreams & Nostalgia, Asymmetrick Arts, Rockland, ME
Free for All, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Up Close, CMCA, Rockport, ME
Passing Through, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
2006 Underexposed, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2005 Gallery Artists, William Ryan Gallery, Belfast, ME
GRANTS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Individual Artist’s Project Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2021 Artist’s Residency, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Rockland, ME
2021 Individual Artist’s Project Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2017 Individual Artist’s Project Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2010 Review Santa Fe 100 Juried Portfolio Review, Center, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2008 First Place, Color Photography - Maine Photography Show, Boothbay Railway Museum, Boothbay ME
2007 Honorable Mention - Hey, Hot Shot!, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Janet Mitchell Blumberg Fellowship, Smith College, Northampton, MA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Office for Institutional Diversity, Smith College, Northampton, MA
EDUCATION
Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME
Continuing Studies in Photography and Media
B.A.,Smith College, Northampton, MA
Double Major in Studio Art and Italian Language & Literature
Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, High Honors in Studio Art
Università di Firenze, Florence Italy
Twentieth Century Italian Literature
The Leys School, Cambridge, England
Advanced Level French, Advanced Level Religious Studies
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arango, Jorge. “Morphing Medium Will Widen Your View of Photography.” Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME),Nov. 6 2022. <https://www.pressherald.com/2022/11/06/art-review-morphing-medium-will-widen-your-view-of-photography/>
Van Voorst Van Beest, J.P. “Sarah Szwajkos: About the Liminal Series” 2022. <https://www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/sarah-szwajkos>
Kany, Daniel. “Art review: Exhibit explores Thoreau’s relationship with Maine.” Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME),Nov. 12 2017. <http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/12/art-review-exhibit-explores-thoreaus-relationship-with-maine/>
Spring, Elin. “Midwinter Night’s Dream. “ What Will You Remember? March 8, 2016. <http://elinspringphotography.com/blog/carroll-strom-heyne-szwajkos-kelley-at-555gallery-boston/>
“Lord Hall Gallery Exhibits Explore Concepts of Home, Homelessness. “ Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), Oct. 8, 2015. <http://bangordailynews.com/community/lord-hall-gallery-exhibits-explore-concepts-of-home-homelessness/>
“Three Maine Photographers Turn PhoPa Gallery ‘Inside/Out’. “ Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), Feb. 8, 2015. <http://www.pressherald.com/2015/02/08/three-maine-photographers-turn-phopa-gallery-insideout/>
Konau, Britta. “Staying Home - The Canvas.” Maine Home + Design Magazine, January 2014. <https://mainehomedesign.com/the-canvas/2177-staying-home/>
Bonneville, Brenda. “Two Photography Exhibits at UMMA. “ Maine Art Scene, June 22, 2011. <http://maineartscene.com/maine-photography-exhibit-5/>
Park, Youngna. “Hey, Hot Shot! Contender: Sarah Szwajkos.” Hey, Hot Shot! Blog, July 7, 2010. <http://www.heyhotshot.com/blog/2010/07/07/hhs-contender-sarahszwajkos/>
Herman, Adriane. “Sarah Szwajkos.” Plunder the Influence: An Examination of Visual Manifestations (and Sources) of influence <http://adrianeherman.typepad.com/plunder_the_influence/2011/02/sarah-szwajkos.html>
Ernest, Dagney. “The Beauty Within. “The Courier-Gazette, The Beat Arts Section (Rockland, ME), Dec 5, 2007. <http://www.mainecoastnow.com/ar ticles/2007/12/05/ar ts_and_enter tainment/features/doc4756c13eb85b1796786341.txt>
Michelson, Marina. “Hey, Hot Shot! Entries: Sarah Szwajkos” Hey, Hot Shot! Blog, August 13, 2007. <http://heyhotshot.com/blog/2007/08/13/hey-hot-shot-entries-sarah-szwajkos/>
“CMCA Mounts Portland Show. “Camden Herald (Camden, ME), Fine Arts Section, Feb. 2, 2006.