Scum of the earth

Exhibition Dates:
September 12 - October 31, 2025

Opening Reception:
Friday, September 12, 2025, 5:00-9:00pm

Exhibition Walk Through with the Artist:
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 11:00am

Rivalry Projects is thrilled to present scum of the earth, our first solo exhibition with Tucson-based artist rocki swiderski. The exhibition continues an interest in the ecosystems of varied landscapes and how scum embodies literal and metaphorical states of resistance. Including new painting and sculpture, the exhibition will be on view from September 12 - October 31, 2025. Join us for an exhibition walk-through with the artist on Saturday, September 13 at 11:00am.

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About the Artist

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.