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Gio Swaby: Fresh Up | Exhibition Stories
The Art Institute of Chicago June 8, 2023Hear from Bahamian artist Gio Swaby on her embroidered portraits and her first solo museum exhibition. Swaby shares insight into the women, community, and culture...Read more -
Conversation: Gio Swaby—Love Letters
The Art Institute of Chicago May 23, 2023Gio Swaby’s embroidered portraits are anchored in the connections she forges with her subjects: each piece begins with a photo shoot in which her sitters...Read more -
Look back at LOOP: Overtown Miami 2022
December 3, 2022Claire Oliver Gallery is thrilled to share LOOP, an art and culture-focused block-wide art exhibition and cultural experience that took place in the heart of...Read more -
LOOP: Opening Night Events
November 29, 2022Join Claire Oliver Gallery as we look back on an evening of Grammy-Nominated Music and a fresh fashion collabRead more -
Textile portraits celebrate Black women at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
June 7, 2022“I’m making the art that I wanted to see.” That is how Bahamian artist Gio Swaby explained her textile-based portraits of Black women, on display...Read more -
/Dialogues: Textile Artists Now
May 15, 2022Panelists | Gio Swaby (Artist), Kimberli Gant (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art | Brooklyn Museum), LJ Roberts (Artist). Moderated by Michelle Millar Fisher (Ronald...Read more -
Gio Swaby: Visual Artist Centers on Black Joy as a Radical Act | Juneteenth Artist Showcase | OWN
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Private: Conversations on Content
May 1, 2022Artist Gio Swaby discusses with Claire her use of textiles to convey family connections and community love.Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Fiber Artist Talk: Gio Swaby and Adebunmi Gbadebo
March 1, 2021Claire Oliver of Claire Oliver Gallery interviews fiber artists Gio Swaby and Adebunmi Gbadebo for the James Renwick Alliance for Craft 2021 Distinguished Artist Series.Read more
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