Born 1981 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2004 BS, Art, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
2021 The Receivers, Irenic Projects, Pasadena, CA**
2021 Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Apocalypse, Irenic Projects, Pasadena CA*
2021 Parasocial, curated by Lion Eyes, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA*
2021 Faculty Meeting, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2019 Welcome Home, curated by Soyoung Shin, AALA, Los Angeles, CA*
2018 What Can the Semi-Tropic Spiritualists Do For You? General Projects, Los Angeles, CA* **
2018 Totenpass, curated by Anthony Bodlović, Visitor Welcome Center**
2018 Manifesto: A Moderate Proposal, curated by Ciara Ennis, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2017 More Light, curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Shady Rest, curated by Betsy Hunt and Zach Moser, Prove Gallery, Duluth, MN
2017 Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum, Klowden Mann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA**
2017 Untested Address, Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum, Irvine, CA**
2017 Faculty Meeting, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2016 Bad Religion, curated by Akina Cox, Lyeberry HQ, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Unseen, Summercamp Project Project, Los Angeles, CA**
2016 (En)Gendered (In)Equity: The Gallery Tally Project, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Our Prime Property, curated by Diana-Sofia Estrada, www.ourprimeproperty.org**
2016 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2016 Monster Drawing Rally, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2015 Shangri-La, curated by Michelle Chong, Joshua Tree, CA**
2014 God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards, curated by Astri Swendsrud and Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Hatchery, Badger, CA
and Light & Wire Gallery (www.lightandwiregallery.com)**
2014 The White Album, curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA**
2014 Picnic Invitational, organized by Steven Bankhead, Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Monster Drawing Rally, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2014 Have Your Cake, curated by Short House, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Squaring the Circle, curated by Craftswomanhouse and Hinterculture, Llano del Rio, CA**
2014 Gallery Tally, Area: Lugar de Projectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2014 Gallery Tally Poster Project, organized by Micol Hebron, For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Impact 2014, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2013 Haunted, curated by Cindy Rehm, Cultural Alliance of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA **
2013 Shangrila: Burrito Deluxe, organized by Steven Bankhead and Jesse Benson, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA**
2013 Sanctified: Spirituality in Contemporary Art, performance program curated by Mary Anna Pomonis and Adriana Yugovich, Vincent Price Art
Museum, Monterey Park, CA**
2013 Turbulent Times: First It's the Afterparty, curated by Megan Lindeman, Chime and Co., Los Angeles, CA**
2012 The Subterraneans, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012 LA Road Concerts: Mulholland Dérive, Los Angeles, CA**
2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Entr’acte, curated by Samuel W. Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY*
2010 Summertime Frolics, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
2010 Sam’s Book of Martyrs, curated by Sam Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY
2009 Rant, curated by Dan Callis, The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Objet Petit A, curated by Dayton Castleman and Matthew Dupont, Spoke Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 While It Lasted, The Suburban at the Hyde Park Art Center – Artists Run Chicago, Chicago, IL*
2008 Domestic Utensils, curated by Diana-Sofia Estrada, COMA Alternative Space, Los Angeles, CA
2008 We Want a New Object, curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2008 The Graduation, curated by Guan Rong, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
2008 shhh, Gallery A402, Valencia, CA*
2008 Proposition 29025, 29025 Eveningside, Val Verde, CA
2007 It Could All Be So Simple But I’d Rather Make It Hard, Gallery D300, Valencia, CA
2007 Astri Swendsrud: MFA 1 Exhibition; L-Shape Gallery, Valencia, CA*
2007 Eveningside 5, 29025 Eveningside, Val Verde, CA
2004 The End of the End of the Line, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, curated by Jo del Pesco and Jeneé Misraje, intervention curated by Aaron
Van Dyke
*denotes solo exhibition
**denotes exhibition as Semi-Tropic Spiritualists
CURATORIAL
2010-present Co-Director of Elephant, an artist-run exhibition space in Los Angeles, CA
2021 In Search of the Miraculous, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2021 Re:connections, Bardwell Project Space, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2016 Modern Arts and Crafts, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
2014 God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards, co-curated with Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Hatchery, Badger, CA and Light & Wire
Gallery (www.lightandwiregallery.com)
2011 Summertime Frolics, co-curated with Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
LECTURES
2021 Artist Talk, Irenic Projects, Pasadena, CA
2019 Panel Discussion, "Countercultural Positions, Motherhood, and Reclaiming Craft as a Feminist Practice," Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
2017 Artist-Run Space Panel Discussion, FAR Bazaar, Cerritos, CA
2013 Artist-Run Space and Studio Visit with Foundation Class – California Institute of the Arts
2011 Panel Discussion, “Matter and Spirit” conference – Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2010 Contemporary Art Topics Class – California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010 All Things Project gallery, New York, NY
2009 Contemporary Art Topics Class – Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Biola University Art Department (studio visits included) – La Mirada, CA
2006 Advanced Painting Class – Northwestern College Art Department, St. Paul, MN
BIBLOGRAPHY
2019 Cathy Akers, Countercultural Positions, Motherhood, and Reclaiming Craft as a Feminist Practice, East of Borneo
2018 Astri Swendsrud and Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Guidebook, Insert Blanc Press
2018 Sydney Walters, Art Influencer: Astri Swendsrud, artandcakela.com
2018 Meet Astri Swendsrud, Voyagela.com
2017 Catherine Wagley, Five Free Art Shows to See in LA This Week, LA Weekly, September 27, 2017
2017 Annie Lloyd, Ten Things You May Not Know About Echo Park, LAist.com, April 5, 2017
2017 GYST Do It! With the Artists of Elephant, www.blogtalkradio.com/gystradio
2016 Wendy Gilmartin for KCET Artbound, Cults. Mystical Sites. Divine Rituals. An Artist Duo Traces the the Occult in California.
2016 Hadley Holliday for www.hadleyholliday.com, Studio Visit With Astri Swendsrud
2016 Matthew Stromberg for Hyperallergic, Art RxLA, March 1, 2016
2015 Artists Find Shangrila at Joshua Tree, Otis College of Fine Art blog, blogs.otis.edu
2014 Gladys-Katherina Hernando, The White Album, exhibition catalog, 2014
2014 Donald Munro for Fresno Beehive, Art and Ghosts at The Hatchery
2014 Donald Munro for Fresno Beehive, Weekend Picks: Performance Pieces at The Hatchery
2013 Interview with Mary Anna Pomonis, artslant.com
2013 Review by Adriana Yugovich, "Sanctified"
2012 Review by Carol Cheh, "Mulholland Dérive"
2010 Review by Jess Wheaton, http://blog.littlepaperplanes.com/astri-swendsrud/
2009 Post-Freudian Piñata, You Complete Me, exhibition review by Gretchen Holmes
2008 Beyond the Valley of the Ultra CalArts, Benjamin Weissman and Thomas Lawson contributors, publication concurrent with exhibition
We Want a New Object
2007 29025 Eveningside Drive, Stine Marie Jacobsen and Ina Viola Blasius contributors, publication concurrent with 2007 exhibitions at
29025 Eveningside
2004 The End of the End of the Line exhibition catalog, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
