Education
2022
OCAD University
Master of Fine Arts - Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design
2016
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Film, Video & Integrated Media
2012
The College of The Bahamas
Associate of Arts - Fine Art
Museum Collections
Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA
Speed Art Museum -Louisville, KY
Museum of The Fine Arts Boston - Boston, MA
Museum of The Fine Arts - St. Petersburg, FL
Harper House - Detroit, MI
Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art - 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
2023
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
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