rocki swiderski (b. 1994, California) lives and works in Tucson, Arizona. Spanning disciplines, swiderski manipulates color and form to capture the untold essence of the desert southwest. Their focus is currently on boundaries, barriers, natural resources, looking at the sky, and daydreaming about the new world. They are a 2024 recipient of Night Bloom, Grants for Artists through MOCA Tucson and the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts. Currently swiderski also co-runs Precious Cargo, a gallery and artist publication project in Tucson, AZ. swiderski is represented by Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY.

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