CAROLYN SWIFT
Lives and works in Traverse City, Michigan
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1983
B.F.A., summa cum laude, Albion College, Albion, MI, 1980
RESIDENCIES
2016 Playa, Summer Lake, OR
2014 Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY
EXHIBITIONS
Solo/Two-Person
2017 Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
2015 Carolyn Swift/Jesse Hickman, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2014 Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
1995 Swift Armitage/Patek: Contemporary Prints, Start Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1990 A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
1987 Miriam Perlman, Inc., Chicago, IL
Group
2018 "Block-Paper-Ink-Printmaking", Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix, MI
2017 Biennial 29, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Art Now: Printmaking, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
"Mystery and Enigma", Kreft National Juried Exhibition, Concordia University,
Ann Arbor, MI
2016 "From the Earth", Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
"Boundaries, Borders, and Thresholds", Kreft National Juried Exhibition,
Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Americas Paperworks 2016, Minot State University, Minot, ND
Annual Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2015 28th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
28th Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
"Transformation", Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
Annual Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2014 37th Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis
Michigan Fine Arts Competition (regional as of 2013),
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
86th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon,
MI
Annual Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Annual Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2013 102nd Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Art
Center, Mystic, CT
“Grace”, Kreft Juried Natl. Exhibition, Concordia University, Ann
Arbor, MI
52nd Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts,
Midland, MI
Annual Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Annual Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2012 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center, Birmingham, MI
1991 LaGrange Natl.XVI, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange,
GA
Michigan Artists Program XIV: “A Decade of Michigan
Printmaking”, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
“The Print”, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center, Birmingham, MI
1990 10th Annual Natl. Print Exhibition, ArtLink, Ft. Wayne, IN
The Graphic Art of Printmaking, Wichita Art Association, Wichita,
KS
Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI
Annual Holland Area Arts Council Michigan Arts Competition,
Holland, MI
1989 “The Print”, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI
1988 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center, Birmingham, MI
“The Print”, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI
9th Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
1987 Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts,
Midland, MI
“The Print”, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual Holland Area Arts Council Michigan Arts Competition,
Holland, MI
1986 62nd Annual International Competition, The Print Club,
Philadelphia, PA
29th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North
Dakota, Grand Forks
9th Annual Eastern United States Print and Drawing Exhibition,
North Carolina Print and Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC
Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts,
Midland, MI
Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI
1985 15th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College,
Minot, ND
“Michigan:The Place and the Lake II”, Bergsma Gallery, Grand
Rapids
Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts,
Midland, MI
1984 14th Natl. Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot,
ND
1983 Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI
AWARDS
2017 Best in Show, Art Now: Printmaking, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Honorable Mention, Annual (statewide) Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree
Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2015 Donor Award, 28th Northern Natl. Art Competition, Nicolet College,
Rhinelander, WI
2014 Third Place, Michigan Fine Arts Competition (regional),
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
Honorable Mention, Annual (statewide) Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree
Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2013 Alden B. Dow Museum Solo Exhibition Award; Saginaw Valley
State University Artist Award, Greater Michigan Art Exhibition,
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
1 of 3 equal prizes awarded, Annual (statewide) Exhibition, Oliver Art
Center, Frankfort, MI
1990 Purchase Award, 10th Annual Alma College Statewide Print
Competition
1988 Arts Foundation of Michigan Purchase Award (top award), 8th
Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition
McCamly Place Award, 9th Michigan Artists Competition, Art
Center, Battle Creek
1987 Honorable Mention, 29th Annual Michigan Exhibition, Midland
Center for the Arts
1985 Award, “Michigan: The Place and the Lake II”, Bergsma Gallery,
Grand Rapids, MI
1983 Purchase Award, 2nd Annual Alma College Statewide Print
Competition
COLLECTIONS
Allied Corporation
Prudential Insurance Co.
AT&T (the former Michigan Bell Telephone Co.)
Alma College
Albion College
