rocki swiderski (b.1994, California) lives and works in Tucson, Arizona. Spanning disciplines, swiderski manipulates color and form to capture the essence of the arid southwest. Breaking with the tradition of large-scale, pastoral depictions of the desert ‘sublime’, they instead focus on chance encounters, native species, or seemingly mundane depictions of brush and light, all of which are informed by their deeply spiritual commitment to noticing relationships between the land and it’s inhabitants.

SELECT Exhibitions

• scum of the earth, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, 2025

• the muck, Everybody, Tucson, AZ, 2025

• As It Unravels: Re-imaginations of Landscape, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, 2024

• with love from hell (with Jack Graydon), Stellarhighway, New York, NY, 2024

• In-Habit, ZACC, Missoula, MT, 2024

• Portal, Arusha Gallery. London, England, 2023

• Open Window, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN, 2022

• Duets in Color Breathing, Spy Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2022

• tear jerker, lowell, Portland, OR, 2021

• Red Root, Green Root, The Valley, Taos, NM, 2021

• POM–––PALM, Williamson | Knight, Portland, OR, 2018

• Brushing Out the Brood Mare's Tale, Nationale, Portland, OR, 2017

SELECT AWARDS AND Residencies

• Artist in Residence, Rivalry Projects & Griffis Sculpture Park, Ashford Hollow, NY, 2025

• Artist in Residence, Open AIR @ Home Resource, Missoula, MT, 2023

• Artist in Residence, MOCA Tucson AIR, Tucson, AZ, 2022

• Grant Recipient, Artist Opportunity Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2022