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Swarm Press Releases

2008

MATERIALS UNORGANIZED | Casey Jex Smith
September 5 - October 5, 2008
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The Sum of Its Parts | Group show
August 1-31, 2008
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Junction | Mills MFA
June 27 - July 27, 2008
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Improvised Territory: Jeff Eisenberg + Christopher Loomis
May 24 - June 22, 2008
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Sarah Smith + Kevin E. Taylor
April 18 - May 18, 2008
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JazzMasters: James Gayles
March 15 - April 13, 2008
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Ricky Allman + Zachary Royer Scholz
In Project Space: Dark Into Light
February 8 - March 9, 2008

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We're All In This Together
January 5 - February 3, 2008
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2007

The Little Show | 75+ works
November 24 - December 23, 2007
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Code-Switching | Quorum San Francisco Group Show
In Project Space: 745 Seventh Ave., New York
October 20 - November 18, 2007

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ARTIFICE OF FORM | Nathaniel Freeman, Josh Keyes and Andy Vogt
September 1 - October 14, 2007
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CRITICAL CHAOS | Erik Friedman + Ema Harris-Sintamarian
In Project Space: Laura Kamian
August 10 - 26, 2007

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ZONAL CONFLUENCE | Merging perspectives on land and environment from four California College of the Arts MFA Graduates
In Project Space: Fired!
June 23- August 5, 2007

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Casey Jex Smith | There is no end to matter
In Project Space: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod
May 27 - June 17, 2007

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Georgia June Goldberg | Recent Works
In Project Space: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod (through June 17)
May 10 - 24, 2007

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ARTHEAD | Group Show
Swarm Celebrates 1 Year!
In Project Space: Tao Urban (through May 6)
March 31 - April 27, 2007

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My California | New Works by Michael McDermott
In Project Space: Jared Lindsay Clark (through March 25)
February 17 - March 17, 2007

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New Works on Paper | Mariana Garibay, Elise Morris, Myong Stebbins
In Project Space: Jessica Serran
January 6 - February 11, 2007

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2006

Inside the Art World
Lecture Series for Artists
Fall 2006

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Paintings | Michael Cutlip + Gage Opdenbrouw
Sculpture | Mark Baugh-Sasaki
In Project Space: Linda Braz
November 28 - December 31, 2006

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International Digital Print Competition
Juror: Marisa Olson
In Project Space: Erik Friedman + Ema-Harris Sintamarian
October 14 - November 19, 2006

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Katherine Westerhout: WINTER LIGHT
In Project Space: lauren woods
September 9 - October 8, 2006

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Paintings | Nikki Shires + Andrew Junge
Sculpture | Tiffany Schmierer
In Project Space: Kevin E. Taylor
July 29 - September 3, 2006

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SOMEWHERE IN SPACE
Installations and paintings | Mayumi Hamanaka
+ Eric Larson
In Project Space: Eric Larson
June 24 - July 23, 2006

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RE:FORM
Gregg Fleishman
May 6 - June 18, 2006

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Swarm Studios + Gallery in the News

2008

Artslant 10/27/08
"A Few New Breeds"
Review of work by Renee Adams and Ria Brodell, by Andie Rictchie

The Hook 10/20/08
"Linguistic structures: Eisenberg shapes his words"
Review by Laura Parsons

You Tube 10/15/08
Artist interview: Jeff Eisenberg at Second Street Gallery

Art Business 10/10/08
Renee Adams, Ria Brodell, Nathaniel Parsons
Reported by John Casey

Oakbook 9/23/08
"Art, Religion, Success"
by Theo Konrad Auer

East Bay Express 7/9/08
"Crossroads: Two recent Mills graduates explores the dualities of modern life"
by DeWitt Cheng

East Bay Express 6/13/08
"Improvised Territory: Christopher Loomis' and Jeff Eisenberg total fabications"
by DeWitt Cheng

Contra Costa Times 3/19/08
"Artist's portraits of jazz masters at Oakland gallery"
by Robert Taylor

Oakland Tribune 3/18/08
"Oakland artist honors Bay Area jazz greats with exhibit"
by Angela Woodall

ArtSlant 2/24/08
"Zachary Scholz"
A Review of work by Andie Ritchie

ArtSlant 2/24/08
"Dark Into Light"
A Review of Christine Wong Yap's work by Andie Ritchie

2007

Wallpaper 12/07
"Ricky Allman"
Graduate Directory of artists to watch

Flavorpill 11/26/07
"The Little Show"
by Connie Hwong

NovoMetro 11/19/07
"Swarm: Art on View"
by Omid Memarian

NovoMetro 10/31/07
"Code Switching at Swarm Gallery"

NovoMetro 10/23/07
"Artist Michele Pred incorporates new cell phone technology with art"

SFist.com 9/07/07
"Interview: Andy Vogt"
by Emily Cox

SFist.com 8/24/07
"Interview: Svea Lin Vezzone"
by Emily Cox

Stark Guide 7/3/07
"Swarm: A Good Reason To Go To Oakland"
by Marianna Stark

SFist.com 6/29/07
"Interview: Amanda M. Lynch"
by Emily Cox

MARGINAL:The Male California Art Issue (June/July,2007)
"There Is No End To Matter"

ART LTD Magazine (June 2007)
"Artist Profile: Josh Keyes"
by George Melrod

Art Fever 6/6/07
"Casey Jex Smith at Swarm (Oakland)"
by Bob Callaway

Swee(t)Art Magazine (Multiple Issues)
Swarm Profile and Jessica Serran (March 2007), John Casey and Casey Jex Smith (July 2007). Pick it up today!

SFist.com 6/01/07
"Interview: Casey Jex Smith"
by Emily Cox

imeem 4/30/07
"Arthead SF Group Show"
Video posted by the Manifest SF Group

Oakland Tribune 4/15/07
"Public Hasn't Caught Up with Oakland's Buzzing Art Scene"
by Angela Woodall

Juxtapoz Magazine 4/18/07
Andrew Schoultz + Casey Jex Smith at 200 Second
by Theo Konrad Auer

Oakland Magazine (March 2007) and
San Francisco Magazine (April 2007)

Swarm is featured in SF Magazine - Pick up a copy!

Artweek (April 2007)
Preview by Debra Koppman "Georgia Goldberg and Casey Jex Smith" (May-June 2007)

East Bay Express 3/06/07
In the Galleries: "My California" by Jakki Spicer

Art Business 1/12/07
Oakland East Bay Art Gallery Openings Reported by Theo Konrad Auer

2006

East Bay Express 12/12/06
"Relentless Gray" by Jakki Spicer

Art Business 12/01/06
Oakland Art Gallery Openings Reported by Anuradha Vikram

East Bay Express 10/25/06
"Plant That Ate Oakland" by Kelly Vance

East Bay Express 10/04/06
"Winter Light" by David Downs

SF Chronicle Review 9/30/06
"Societal Decay, Captured in Images of the Remains of the Day" by Kenneth Baker

Review 9/06
lauren woods' "Inkblot Projective Test #3" by Christine Wong Yap

East Bay Express 8/02/06
"Between the Lines" by Rachel Swan

Shotgun Review 7/27/06
"Somewhere In Space at Swarm Gallery" by Scott Oliver

The Oakland Tribune 6/28/06
"Community support makes East bay a magnet for artists" by Monique Beeler

East Bay Express 5/24/06
"Re:Form - Works by Gregg Fleishman" by David Downs

San Francisco Chronicle 5/11/06
"Climb on This: 'Re:Form': Gregg Fleishman's art includes forts, cluster structures and other things to play on"
by Reyhan Harmanci

Artweek (May 2006)
Preview by Debra Koppman "Gregg Fleishman"

East Bay Express 4/5/06
"New Works" by David Downs

Oakland Tribune 3/24/06
"Swarm Studios uses sunshine to spotlight art" by Brenda Payton