ILONA SZWARC about

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IIona Szwarc is an artist who works in photography, sculpture, and performance. She received an MFA in Photography from Yale University and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She explores themes of identity, transformation, and the dopplegänger - an inquiry rooted in her immigrant experience. Recent solo exhibitions include Fahrenheit Madrid, Spain (2023), Diane Rosenstein Gallery (2021), Make Room (2019) and AALA Gallery (2018) in Los Angeles; and Fort Institute of Photography Foundation, Warsaw (2017). Recently, her work was included in group shows at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York City; and Nicodim Gallery, Regen Projects, and Shulamit Nazarian Gallery in Los Angeles. Her photographs have been featured in numerous publications worldwide. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.

"I am a woman and I feast on memory"

Set of three artist books. Limited edition of 500.

8.25 × 10.75 inches. 32 pages each. Perfect-bound.Printed on HP Indigo digital press. Designed by Michela Povoleri

Linen Beach Throw

This 52 by 70 inch linen beach throw isn't just for the beach. It is also great as a wall hanging, for draping over furniture or having on hand for chilly movie nights. Taking an archival approach to her photographs, Ilona Szwarc created a unique collage using photographs of hands pulled from different bodies of work from the last decade. ⁣⁣

100% Linen

$120.00

EDUCATION

2015 MFA Photography, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
2013 BFA Photography, summa cum laude, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Mother Mould, Fahrenheit Madrid, Spain
2021 Virgin Soap, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles
2020 I am a woman and I feast on memory, Ogrodowa 8, Lodz, Poland
2019 Unsex me here, Make Room, Los Angeles
2018 Some women can take their eyes out, AALA Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 You are now entering the human heart, Instytut Fotografii Fort, Warsaw, Poland
2016 I am a woman and I feast on memory, Leica Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015 Rodeo Girls, Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany
2014 American Girls, Johnson Hall Rotunda Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina
2013 American Girls, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2013 American Girls, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France
2012 American Girls, Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (select)

2021 There Is Always One Direction, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
2021 Mirror, Mirror, Nathalie Karg, New York
2021 My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 The Makeable Mind, Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
2020 PAPA RAGAZZE, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
2020 The Creator Has A Master Plan, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles
2020 Athens Photography Festival 2020, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2020 About Face, curated by Ali Subotnick, Gallery Platform LA
2019 212 Photography Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Engaged, Active, Aware: Women's Perspectives Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 By The Lights of Their Eyes, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles
2017 POWER, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 FOAM TALENT, Unseen Photography Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 Lovely Dark, Regen Projects, Los Angeles

AWARDS / GRANTS

2015 Richard Benson Prize for Excellence in Photography, Yale University
2014 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation
2014 Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Yale University
2014 PDN’s 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2013 World Press Photo, Third Prize: Observed Portraits

SELECTED EDITORIAL CLIENTS

The New York Times Magazine, TIME, The New Yorker, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, New York Magazine, OUT Magazine, Leica S Magazine, Financial Times Weekend Magazine, Marie Claire, Elle, The Telegraph Magazine, National Geographic, Surface, and Topic.com

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