b. 1977, Spokane, Washington
EDUCATION
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Ecological Studies/Spanish, Seattle University (cum laude)
2002-2003 Post-Baccalaureate Studies, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 Guest Lecturer, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute (Digital Photography Course), Bloomfield Hills, MI
2009-2010 Gallery Educator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2009 Workshop Assistant, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA (Masterclass with Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb)
2008 Workshop Assistant, PhotoExperience, Cusco, Peru (street photography intensive with Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb)
2006-2007 Teaching Artist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (studio art workshops, K-12 students)
2006-2007 Teaching Assistant/Darkroom Instructor, Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center/PCNW, Seattle, WA (after-school photography program for ESL students ages 13-18)
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 Gallery Assistant, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Visitor Services Representative, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
2010-2011 Program Assistant, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2011 Production Intern, KHU Productions/Matthew Barney Studio, Detroit, MI (Ancient Evenings Production)
2008-2009 Interim Director of Education, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2007-2009 Registrar, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2006-2007 Front Desk Staff, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2003-2005 Enrollment Counselor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
EXHIBITION RECORD
2012
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
2011
Here Here: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
HATCH: Sweeny & Dubois, Café 1923, Hamtramck, MI
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
Three Cubes, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Co-Curator
Women: A Celebration of Art & Culture, Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI, Site-Specific Installation
2010
Blue, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Director's Award
Erin Sweeny: You ( ) Take It With You, Gallery 40, Seattle, WA, (solo)
Future Seating: 2010 Chair Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2009
Erin Sweeny: Spill Into Standing, The Darkroom, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
668 Jackson, Chinatown International District Art Walk, Seattle, WA
ISO PCNW: Longshot Exhibition, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA, Co-Curator
2008
Pacific Northwest Photographers, Plasteel Frames & Gallery, Seattle, WA
The SlideLuck CoCAShow, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
The Color Portrait, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2007
Erin Sweeny: Oye Mi Cielo, Greenwood-Phinney Artwalk, Seattle, WA
Erin Sweeny: Oye Mi Cielo, Yakima Sports Center, Yakima, WA (solo)
Urban Wildlife Show, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003
Spring Student Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
New Genres Video Exhibition, off Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, Screenings and Installations
2002
Photography Showcase, Prentice and Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
COMMISSIONS
2011 The Janus Tunnel, Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI, Site-Specific Installation for the Movement Festival/CAMP Detroit Program (Collaboration with Daniel Roberts, Sculptor), Commissioned by Paxahau
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2011 Artist-in-Residence, El Nido, Tieton, WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hooper, Ryan Patrick, CAMP Detroit Sets Up Shop, Red Bull USA Music & Entertainment News, June 3, 2011
COLLECTIONS
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
The Darkroom, Santa Fe, NM
Private Collection of Batur Oktay, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA
Lincoln Street Sculpture Garden, Detroit, MI
