Bernice Ficek-Swenson berniceficekswenson.com
swensgold@gmail.com
Professional Position
Present – 17 Professor Emerita, Art Dept. University of Wisconsin – River Falls, USA
2017 – 92 Professor, Art Dept. University of Wisconsin – River Falls, USA
1990 – 1980 Co-Director, Land Mark Editions, Fine-art Printmaking Atelier, Minneapolis, MN
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2023 To See The Unseen, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI (Two-person)
2018 Stone Voices, No. 3 Reading Room & Photo Book Works, Beacon, NY
2018 9th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal (Invitation of Curator, Nuno Canelas)
2018 Hudson Hospital Healing Arts Program, Hudson, WI
2017 Stone Voices, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 3rd Global Print 2017, Douro, Portugal (Invitation of Curator, Nuno Canelas)
2014 El Fuego, Institute of Fine Arts, USBI, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico
2013 Aqua Vitae, 2012 Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant Exhibition and Presentation, Mpls Photo Center, MN
2012 Fire & Water, Name & Mary Schina, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL (Two-person)
2011 FIRE!, IFP MN Center for Media Arts, Minneapolis, MN , Vance Gellert, Curator, (Two-person)
2008 Camera Lucida, Galerie Domus, Universite’ Claude-Bernard, sponsored by Galerie Par-ci Par-la, Lyon, France
2006 Of Fire and Stone, Gallery of Technohoros, Athens, Greece
Group Exhibitions
2024 Foto Focus, Stories of the Land, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, OH
2024 4th Annual Group Show, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2024 Sublime Synergies: Interactions of Light and Ink, Tortuga Gallery, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2023 An Exhibition on FIRE, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
2023 Art and Poetic Text, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
2023 Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Nature in Mind, Platteville, WI
2021 Re-Collection, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, WI (Traces soil & glass installation)
2020 Through Her Lens, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2020 Mapping the Anthropocene, Invitational portfolio of 12 artists, added to Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, GA
2020 & 2010 Foot in The Door, MAEP, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls., MN
2019 Topographic Traces, Gordon Parks Gallery, Metro State University, St. Paul, MN (3-person)
2019 Bibliographic In Nature, Cargill Gallery, Minneapolis Central Library, MN (Book arts exhibit)
2018 Phases of Matter, Evanston Art Center, IL & Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2016 In Their Element: Artists Inspired by Earth, Air, Water and Fire, O’Shaughnessy Gallery, St. Thomas Univ., St. Paul, MN
2015 Here Now There Then, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico
2015 There’s No Escape, Where Nature & Intersect, Silverwood Park Gallery, St. Anthony, MN
2014 Women & Print, A Contemporary View, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog)
2014 Bridging the Gap, 2014 SGCI International Printmaking Conference, San Francisco, CA
2014 Of Memory, Bone & Myth, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
2014 45th Parallel, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, invitational
2014 Perspectives, Photography Grant Recipient Exhibition, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2013 McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio
2013-12 From Dark Into Light, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, Laurel Reuter, Curator
2012 Women & Water, Concerning Water, Phipps Art Center, Hudson, WI
2012 Ontologies: 4 Visions, Athens Printmaking Festival, Eleftherias Park Art Center, Athens, Greece (4-person)
2011 Constructed Realities, 5 person invitational photogravure, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden (5-person)
2004 & 02 Uncanny Visions, Contemporary Romantic Landscapes, Plains Art Center, Fargo, ND and the Phipps Art Center, Hudson, WI
1997-96 Earth, Water, Air and Fire, MAEP, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls., MN
Grants & Awards
2021 McKnight Minnesota Center for Book Arts Fellowship Finalist
2017 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, ($10000.00 Stone Voices artist book edition)
2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, ($9300.00 Aqua Vitae photogravure suite project)
2003 Polaroid Corporation Materials Grant, Cambridge, MA
1998 Polaroid Corporation Materials Grant, Cambridge, MA
Artist Residencies and Visiting Artist
2020 Brushcreek Artist Residency, WY (wait listed)
2018 Benton Projects: Artist-in-Residence, Benton, WI (1st artist-in-resident)
2018, 2016, 2014 Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN: Visiting artist lecture
2017 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant panelist – photography
2017 Institute of Fine Arts, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico: Visiting Artist
2016 Starpointe Studio, Louisville, KY: artist book collaboration
2016 University of Kentucky – Lexington: Visiting artist, photogravure history lecture
2014 Institute of Fine Arts, University of Veracruz, Mexico: Artist-in-Residence, 1 month residency
2014 Scripps College, Claremont, CA: Visiting artist workshop & lecture, Landscape, Memory & Metaphor
2012 Hong Kong Institute of Education, China: Visiting Professor, 2 weeks workshop & Lectures
2010 Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada: Artist-in-Residence, 1 month photogravure residency
2007 Universite’ Claude-Bernard, Lyon, France: Visiting Artist lecture
2006 Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece: Visiting artist lecture, “Contemporary Printmaking Trends in the US”
2005 Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece: Visiting artist, two-week workshop polymer photogravure workshop
2004 Anchor Graphics, Chicago, ILL: Artist-in-Residence, two-week photogravure residency: Pyre suite
Publications
2024 4th Annual Strata Members Group Exhibition, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (online)
2018 9th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal, (catalog)
2017 Stone Voices, artist book – edition of 12, MN State Arts Board grant. Design collaboration with Starpointe Studio
2016 Black & White Photography Magazine: Looking Back – Looking Forward, Alternative Photography issue
2014 Women & Print, A Contemporary View, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog)
2011 FIRE!, IFP MN Center for Media Arts, Minneapolis, MN, exhibition book, Vance Gellert Introduction
2011 Grafik Nytt, Swedish Graphic publication, article on Grafikens Hus, Classic Photogravure exhibition, repro of Promise of Water
2010 THENOW catalog, New World / Old World Invitational, Katherine Nash Gallery, MN
2008 North Dakota Museum of Art, Laurel Reuter
2005 The Polaroid Book, Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge, A, Taschen Pub., hard cover
2001 Photogravure, Photographs in Ink, exhibition catalog, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls, MN
1997 The Best of Printmaking: An International Collection , Rockport Publisher’s , hard cover
Permanent Collection
Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections, Texas State University – San Marco, TX
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
Carleton College Library, Northfield, MN
Douro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection, Portugal
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Hong Kong Institute of Education, China
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Veracruz, Mexico
Izote Editions, Xalapa, Mexico
Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, University of KY-Lexington
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Minneapolis Central Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections, MN
Minnesota Historical Society, Special Book Collection, St. Paul, MN
Museum of Contemporary Photography @ Columbia, Chicago, IL
Minneapolis Institute of Art Collection, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge, MA
Scripps College, Claremont CA
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, Brunswick, NJ
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, GA
Rare Book Collection
Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections, Texas State University – San Marco, TX
Carleton College Library, Artist Book Collection, Northfield, MN
Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont CA
Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, University of KY-Lexington
Minneapolis Central Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections, MN
Minnesota Historical Society Library, Special Book Collection, St. Paul, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery Affiliation
Strata Gallery, 125 Lincoln Ave, Suite 105, Sante Fe, NM 87501