Education
2022 MFA, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design
2016 BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Film, Video & Integrated Media
2012 AA, The College of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Gio Swaby: How We Go, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
I Will Blossom Anyway, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL
2021 Both Sides of The Sun, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Rooted, The Current, Nassau, Bahamas
2017 We All Know Each Other, Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Present Tension, Speed Art Museum | Louisville, KY
2025 Icons, Archetypes and Portraits, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Fabric of a Nation, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
2024 Crosscurrents, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Domestic Idols, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
The Experience of Expression, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Fabric of a Nation, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Shared Vision, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Thread: Making Patterns, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
2023 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
2022 National Exhibition 10, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2021 Fabric of a Nation, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Rituals of Resilience, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Four Now, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Net Worth, United Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2018 Die Textile: Stoffsuche, Kunsthaus Alte Mühle, Schmallenberg, Germany
2017 Übersee: Cuba and The Bahamas, Halle 14, Leipzip, Germany
2016 National Exhibition 8, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2015 Map of the New Art, Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Nassau Calling, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
2014 National Exhibition 7, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2013 Intersect, Popop Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Art Fairs
2026 The Amory, TERN Gallery, New York, NY
Expo Chicago, Claire Oliver Gallery, Chicago, IL
FOG Design+Art Fair, Veilmetter LOS ANGELES, San Francisco, CA
2025 Art Basel Miami, Veilmetter LOS ANGELES, Miami Beach, FL
SCOPE Art Fair, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Claire Oliver Gallery, Chicago, IL
2024 SCOPE Art Fair, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Claire Oliver Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 SCOPE Art Fair, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
EXPO Chicago, Claire Oliver Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 EXPO Chicago, Claire Oliver Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Claire Oliver Gallery, London, UK
UNTITLED Art, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Central Bank of The Bahamas, Nassau, 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 Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
RBC Art Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
The Baha Mar Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Public Commissions
2026 The Underline Miami Mural Project, Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
Selected Awards and Grants
2025 Canada Council for the Arts, Micro-grant
2024 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation
Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
OCAD University, Dean’s Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2021 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Abroad: Travel Grant
BC Arts Council Scholarship
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
OCAD University, Dean’s Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2020 British Columbia Arts Council, Individual Arts Grant: Visual Artist
British Columbia Arts Council, Scholarship
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
OCAD University, Dean’s Scholarship