Education
2022
Master of Fine Arts - Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design
OCAD University | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Film, Video & Integrated Media
Emily Carr University of Art + Design | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2012
Associate of Arts - Fine Art
The College of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum | New York, NY
Central Bank of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
Harper House | Detroit, MI
Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries at Newfields | Indianapolis, IN
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art | Kansas City, MO
Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN
MSU Broad Art Museum | East Lansing, MI
Museum of The Fine Arts - St. Petersburg, FL
Museum of The Fine Arts Boston - Boston, MA
National Gallery of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa, ON, Canada
Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA
RBC Art Collection | Toronto, ON, Canada
Speed Art Museum | Louisville, KY
The Baha Mar Collection | Nassau, The Bahamas
Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis, MN
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up - Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA
I Will Blossom Anyway - Claire Oliver Gallery | New York, NY
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up - Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
2022
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up - Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg | Tampa, FL
2021
Both Sides of The Sun - Claire Oliver Gallery | New York, NY
2018
Rooted: An Exploration of Blackness and Womanhood - The Current | Nassau, The Bahamas
2017
We All Know Each Other - Unitt/Pitt Projects | Vancouver, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Scope Art Fair - Miami Beach | Miami, Fl
Art Toronto - Metro Toronto Convention Center | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Experience of Expression - Weisman Art Museum | Minneapolis, MN
Shared Vision: Portraits from the CCH Pounder-Koné Collection - African American Museum in Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA
Domestic Idols - Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN
Crosscurrents - Speed Art Museum | Louisville, KY
Thread: Making Patterns - Kemper Museum | Kansas City, MO
Fabric of a Nation - Cummer Museum | Jacksonville, FL
2023
Scope Art Fair - Miami Beach | Miami, Fl
Daughter/ Mother/ Ancestor: Threads of Connection - Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries at Newfields | Indianapolis, IN
Fabric of a Nation - Skirball Cultural Center | Los Angeles, CA
EXPO Chicago - Navy Pier | Chicago, IL
2022
Loop Overtown -Miami’s Overtown District | Miami, Fl
NE: Ten - Mercy - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
EXPO Chicago - Navy Pier | Chicago, IL
2021
Untitled Art Fair - Miami Beach | Miami Beach, FL
Fabric of A Nation - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston, MA
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Somerset House | London, UK
Rituals of Resilience - Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN
2020
Four Now - Claire Oliver Gallery | New York, NY
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - Hosted by Christie’s | Online
Net Worth – UNITED CONTEMPORARY | Toronto, ON
2019
Transforming Spaces – The D’Auguilar Art Foundation | Nassau, The Bahamas
2018
Die Textile: Stoffsuche - Kunsthaus Alte Mühle | Schmallenberg, Germany
35th Annual Art Competition - Central Bank of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series (Vancouver Finals) - Gallery Jones | Vancouver, BC
Going Out Clothes - Cheeky Proletariat | Vancouver, BC
2017
Übersee: Cuba and The Bahamas - Halle 14 | Leipzip, Germany
2016
National Exhibition 8 – National Art Gallery of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
The Show: Graduate Exhibition - Emily Carr University of Art & Design | Vancouver, BC
2015
Nassau Calling – HilgerBROTKunsthalle | Vienna, Austria
Black Girl in Unnatural Habitat - Abraham Rogatnick Gallery | Vancouver, BC
32nd Annual Art Competition - Central Bank of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
Map of the New Art - Giorgio Cini Foundation | Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
2014
National Exhibition 7 – National Art Gallery of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
2013
Intersect: Junior Residency Artists' Exhibition - Popopstudios ICVA | Nassau, The Bahamas
Celebrating 40 Years of Bahamian Independence - Bahamian Embassy | Beijing, China
SINGLESEX - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas | Nassau, The Bahamas
Awards and Distinctions
2023
Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create: Research & Creation Grant
2022
Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create: Concept to Realization Grant
2021
Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Abroad: Travel Grant
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2020
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Canada Graduate Scholarship
BC Arts Council - Scholarship
OCAD University - Dean’s Scholarship
Charitable Arts Foundation - Tuition Grant
BC Arts Council - Project Assistance for Visual Artists
2016
Emily Carr University - President’s Media Award for Best Art Installation
2015
Emily Carr University of Art & Design - Scholarship
2013
Ministry of Education of The Bahamas - Tuition Grant
Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts - Junior Artist Residency Prize