Born Christchurch, New Zealand, 1981
Education
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch
Awards and Residencies
2018 Inagaural Recipient of the Grace Butler Art Award at Ara
2014 Apexart New York Inbound Resident (Recommended by Justin Paton)
2013 Frances Hodgkins Fellow
2004 The CoCA/Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 For Vivian, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2017 My hand is a season, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2015 For Luck, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
2015 Concrete Dirt Parfait, State of Princes, Dunedin
2014 No Need for Water, The Hocken Library, Dunedin
2014 Zina Swanson, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 Breathing Space (with Georgie Hill), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
2011 Blue, ABC Gallery, Christchurch
2011 Zina Swanson (with Dane Taylor), Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington
2010 Symptoms of Incompatibility, SoFA Gallery, Christchurch
2010 Zina Swanson, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2009 The risk of it all falling apart, The Physics Room, Christchurch
2008 Zina Swanson, 64zero3, Christchurch
2008 Things that won't leave me alone, The Physics Room Kiosk, Christchurch
2007 Zina Swanson, The Physics Room, Christchurch
2006 Zina Swanson, High St Project, Christchurch
2005 Attachments, City Art, Christchurch
2003 Homunculus, High St Project, Christchurch
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Group Show #54, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2016 Precarious Balance, CoCA, Christchurch
2016 Bella Vista, North Projects, Christchurch
2013 SCAPE7 Public Art, Christchurch Biennial
2012 5 (Christchurch) Artists, The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 New Romantics, University of Waikato, Hamilton
2010 Swallows and Amazons, Robert Heald
2010 Ready to Roll, City Gallery, Wellington
2009 Wunderbox, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
2008 64, 64zero3, Christchurch
2008 Group Show, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
2007 Forestaurant, High St Project, Christchurch
2007 Another Destination, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
2005 Come as you are, High St Project, Christchurch
2004 Drawing, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
2004 Ampersand, Celebrating 12 yrs of HSP, Old Govt Life building, Christchurch
2004 Mr and Mrs Pink's, HSP/Blue Oyster exchange show, Dunedin/Christchurch
2003 Follow the White Rabbit (New Artists Show), Artspace, Auckland
Public Collections
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
University of Canterbury
Hocken Collections
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Selected Bibliography
2014 Natalie Poland, The Social Life of Plants: recent work by Zina Swanson.
2014 No Need For Water exhibition catalogue
2014 Gilbert May, Can Anybody Hear Me?
2014 Barbara Garrie, Talking with Plants: Zina Swanson's Can Anybody Hear Me?.
2014 SCAPE7 Publication
2014 David Eggleton, Review of No Need For Water, Art New Zealand #150, Winter
2014 Natalie Poland, Lessons in how to train your houseplants, Art News, Spring
2011 Lily Hacking, Organic Matters, Artzone Issue 41
2011 Warren Feeney, Estranged Experimental Hydroponics, eyecontact website
2010 Warren Feeney, Swanson at SoFA, eyecontact website
2010 Mark Amery, Ready to Roll continued, eyecontact website
2010 Sue Gardiner, Ministering to a fragile planet, artnews New Zealand, Spring 2010
2010 Corner, Katy, Wellington postcard (review of Swallows & Amazons), Art News
2009 Christopher Moore, A dry, delicate line of thought, The Christchurch Press, May 9
2009 John Hurrell, Barely tangible horizontal & vertical vectors: the physics of daisy chains
