Erik Swars
Painting
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Biography
- 1988 born in Zwenkau near Leipzig (Germany)
2005-06 Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig with Jochen Plogsties
2010-11 Leipzig School of Design with Christian Weihrauch
2011-16 Studies of Painting at Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design Halle/Saale with Prof. Christine Triebsch
2013-14 Geidai Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo
2015 JASSO scholarship at Geidai Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo
2016 Diploma
lives and works in Leipzig
Solo shows
- 2019 Menschen wie Raeume, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo
- 2018 You and me are the same thing, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
- 2017 Suji, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo
2016 Diploma, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig
2015 Ich, MATCHBACO_gallery, Tokyo
2014 Erik Swars - solo, B2, Halle/Saale
Adyton, MATCHBACO_gallery, Tokyo
2013 Who is your favorite painter?, JIKKA Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Galerie OBA, Halle/Saale
Group shows
- 2019 Soft Mirrors, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo
Bis hier hin gings noch gut, Archiv Massiv, Leipzig - 2017 Tsuki, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo
- +/-, Bikini Berlin
- Christian Herzig / Tobias Jacob / Erik Swars, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
- Star Tale, Ken Nakahashi, Tokyo
- Parcours. Diplome der Kunst, Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (Saale)
- Artists of the Gallery, Galerie Kleidienst, Leipzig
- 2016 MATCHBACO_gallery, Tokyo
2015 Spektral, Leipzig
Westpol Airspace, Leipzig - Necessarius, MATCHBACO_gallery, Tokyo
Neuwerk, Halle/Saale
Spinnerei Werkschauhalle, Leipzig
Patent Pending, Ostapotheke, Leipzig
2014 Westwerk, Leipzig
Galerie Potemka, Leipzig
2013 Trans Arts, Tokyo
Am Hawerkamp, Münster
2012 Galerie Mücheln
Salus, Magdeburg
2011 1. Connewitzer Artfestival, Leipzig
2010 Feinkost, Leipzig
Grants
- 2015 JASSO scholarship at Geidai Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo