Holly Newton Swift 

Education: Masters of Fine Arts, Painting, School of the Art Institute, Chicago Illinois

Teaching History: 
2007-2008 Adjunct, Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota 
1996-2006   Adjunct, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis Minnesota
2001-2003   Lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1990-1996   Assistant Professor/ Gallery Director, North Harris College, Houston, Texas
1987-1989   Adjunct, North Lake College, Irving, Texas
1988-1989   Adjunct, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
1985-1987   Adjunct Faculty / Academic Advisor, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
1984            Teaching Assistantship, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Solo Exhibition:

2020 Immersion, Winona Art Center, Winona, Minnesota
2018          Time Lines, Ephrathah Gallery, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minnetonka, Minnesota
2013         Woodlands and Waterfalls, Law Warschaw Gallery, Curator, Chloe Nelson, Macalester College, St Paul,
Minnesota
2010          Time and Place, University Of Winona, Winona, Minnesota
1990          Passages, North Lake College, Irving Texas 
1990          Passages, Collin County College, Plano, Texas

Two-Person Exhibition: 

2022 Viewpoints, Paintings and Drawings, Holly Swift, Andrew Wykes, Reedy Gallery, Minnesota Arboretum 2021 Exploring the Transitory, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018          The Edge of Water, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis Minnesota 
2015          Amidst Trees, Linda Gammell, Holly Swift, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Artistry, Bloomington Art Center,
Bloomington, Minnesota
2012          Amidst Trees, Schaefer Gallery, Linda Gammell, Holly Swift, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, Minnesota
2010          Time, Self, and Space in the Northern Landscape, Holly Swift, Mila Horack, Johnson Heritage Post, Grand
Marais, Minnesota

Selected Exhibitions:

2023 Present, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2022 Art Speaks, Minnesota History Center, St Paul, Minnesota

2021 Many Waters, A Minnesota Biennial, Minnesota Musuem of American, St Paul, Minnesota

2020 Northeast Minneapolis Art District at the MSP Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019           Bibliographic in Nature, Cargill Gallery, Hennepin County Minneapolis Central Library
2019           Northern Light, Images of the Northland, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018           Phases of Matter, Evanston Art Center, Evanston Illinois
2018           Phases of Matter, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota
2018           Plein Air Invitational, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
2016           Open Air, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis Minnesota 
2016           In Their Element: Artist Inspired by Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, University of St.Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota
2015           Beneath the Canopy, Contemplating the Tree in Art, University of St Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota
2015           Love Letters from Artists, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota  
2013           Minnesota Museum of Art Project Space Celebration, St Paul, Minnesota
2012          Thoreau Festival, Anderson Center, Curator, Robert Hedin, Red Wing, Minnesota
2010           Swan Song Gallery, Curator, Cynde Randall, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
2004          Uncanny Visions, Plains Art Museum, Curator, Patricia Briggs,  Fargo, North Dakota 
2002          Uncanny Visions, Phipps Center for the Arts, Curator, Patricia Briggs, Hudson,Wisconsin   
1997           Muse, A Drawing Exhibition, Sommers Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997           Multiple Media Immediate Emotion, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Orono, Minnesota
1995           Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Curator, Ronie McMurtrey, Beaumont, Texas
1994           Weekend Gallery, Curators, Martin Mercader, McKay Otto, Houston,Texas
1994           Silences, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
1993           H2O Watermedia, Art League of Houston, Curator, Arthur Turner, Houston, Texas
1992           Surfaces, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1992           Contemporary Texas Landscape, Hill Country Art Foundation, Curator, Betty Vernon, Ingrim, Texas
1992           Visual Art Alliance Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition, NCNB Bank, Juror, Suzanne Delechanty, Houston, Texas

Collections:
Minnesota History Center, St Paul, Minnesota
Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota 
Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, Minnesota
Izumi City Hall, Izumi, Japan
Minnesota Department of Transportation Headquarters, Bemidji, Minnesota
Saint Paul Ramsey Women Clinic, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Hill Country Art Foundation, Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center, Ingrim, Texas

Visiting Artist/ Lecture:
2017           Lecture, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota
2016           Lecture, Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota
2016           Lecture, Plein Air Painting, MCTC, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2015           Lecture, Artistry, Bloomington, Minnesota
2013           Lecture Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota
2012           Lecture Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, Minnesota
2010           Lecture and Workshop University of Winona, Winona, Minnesota
2009           Lecture, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peters, Minnesota
2003           Visiting Artist, Bemidji State University, Minnesota    
2002           Visiting Artist, Normandale College, Bloomington, Minnesota
1999           Visiting Artist, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota   

Workshops:    
2016           Workshop, Gustavus Adolphus Colllege, St Peter, Minnesota 
2015           Interdisciplinary Workshop with Photographer, Linda Gammell, Botanist, Robert Bergad, Tofte Lake Center, Ely,
Minnesota
2012           Workshop and Lecture, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, Minnesota
2012           Interdisciplinary Workshop with Photographer, Linda Gammell, Botanist, Rober Bergad, Tofte Lake Center, Ely,
Minnesota
2011           Workshop Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota
2010           Interdisciplinary Workshop with Photographer Linda Gammell, Botanist Robert Bergad, Pepin Art and Design
Center, Pepin, Wisconsin
2008           Workshop, Pepin Art & Design Center, Pepin, Wisconsin
2007           Workshop Pepin Art and Design Center, Red Wing, Minnesota
2007           Workshop Normandale College, Bloomington, Minnesota

Recognition, Residencies: 
2017           Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota     
2013           Film “ Painting the Place Between” directed by Kristin Lowe one of four artists featured in the film,
Minneapolis Minnesota    
2005          Juror Minnesota State Fair, St Paul Minnesota
2004          Juror Normandale College Student Art Show, Bloomington, Minnesota   
1999           Artist in Residence, Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, Minnesota
1997           Faculty, International Study Program, Ireland 
1990           Artist in Residence, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingrim, Texas