Nacido en Kimberley, Canadá (1978). Vive y trabaja en Barcelona.
Swaney trabaja desde la imaginación, como un elemento opuesto al uso de imágenes fotográficas, y acude intencionadamente a referentes como Jean Dubuffet, el Art Brut o el Outsider Art, y a canales de búsqueda infinitos como Internet.
Su obra está plagada de personajes de apariencia naif y fuerte carga simbólica. Figuras humanas de rasgos muy esenciales, recortadas sobre fondos planos y que no parecen interactuar entre sí. Rostros simplificados que Swaney utiliza no exento de ironía, a modo de emoticonos de la sociedad actual. Los descontextualiza y manipula hasta perder su significado original, un ejercicio que da pie a la reflexión sobre los efectos de la revolución digital en nuestras vidas.
Conocido por su pintura expresiva y sus esculturas, Swaney invita al espectador a indagar sobre las costumbres, los rituales y los objetos desde la perspectiva del absurdo. Su afán por reproducir situaciones de nuestra vida cotidiana provoca que, una vez introducidos en la obra, se adhieran a una lógica surrealista que no deja indiferente a nadie.
Óleo, acrílico, gesso y bolígrafo sobre tela le bastan para jugar con el folclore contemporáneo en textos, recortes de periódicos y artefactos. El resultado son botijos multicolores, simétricos castellets y emoticonos como que llevan el humor hasta en el título.
Swaney ha expuesto su obra en galerías y ferias de arte de todo el mundo; desde Barcelona a Nueva York, pasando por Miami, Toronto, Copenhague y Bruselas.
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How many paintings in a roll of canvas 5, 2023Mike Swaney
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Finger Family 85th, 2023Mike Swaney
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Bungalow Theif, 2023Mike Swaney
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Bossa-nova Constrictor, 2023Mike Swaney
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Untitled, 2024Mike Swaney
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MS0017/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike SwaneyMike Swaney, MS0017/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023€ 1,400.00
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MS0016/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike Swaney
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MS078/2022 Finger Family Understudy 38, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS081/2022 Finger Family Understudy 1, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS0050 il Gander, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS0052 Asparagus Bud, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS029 Still life and lamps, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS0080 Puppy 1, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS046/2022 Finger Family Understudy 6, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS043/2022 Finger Family Understudy 3, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS042/2022 Finger Family Understudy 2, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS045/2022 Finger Family Understudy 5, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS044/2022 Finger Family Understudy 4, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS047/2022 Finger Family Understudy 7, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS049/2022 Finger Family Understudy 9, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS050/2022 Finger Family Understudy 10, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS048/2022 Finger Family Understudy 8, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS051/2022 Finger Family Understudy 11, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS052/2022 Finger Family Understudy 12, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS053/2022 Finger Family Understudy 13, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS056/2022 Finger Family Understudy 16, 2022Mike Swaney€ 660.00
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MS055/2022 Finger Family Understudy 15, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS057/2022 Finger Family Understudy 17, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS054/2022 Finger Family Understudy 14, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS061/2022 Finger Family Understudy 21, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS060/2022 Finger Family Understudy 20, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS063/2022 Finger Family Understudy 23, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS064/2022 Finger Family Understudy 24, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS065/2022 Finger Family Understudy 25, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS066/2022 Finger Family Understudy 26, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS062/2022 Finger Family Understudy 22, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS068/2022 Finger Family Understudy 28, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS069/2022 Finger Family Understudy 29, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS067/2022 Finger Family Understudy 27, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS072/2022 Finger Family Understudy 32, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS073/2022 Finger Family Understudy 33, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS070/2022 Finger Family Understudy 30, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS071/2022 Finger Family Understudy 31, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS074/2022 Finger Family Understudy 34, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS075/2022 Finger Family Understudy 35, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS077/2022 Finger Family Understudy 37, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS076/2022 Finger Family Understudy 36, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS079/2022 Finger Family Understudy 39, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS007/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike SwaneyMike Swaney, MS007/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023€ 380.00
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MS006/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS0014/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS009/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS00120/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike SwaneyMike Swaney, MS00120/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023€ 290.00
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MS0012/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS002/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS005/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS0011/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS008/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS004/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike SwaneyMike Swaney, MS004/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023€ 120.00
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MS0013/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS0015/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike Swaney
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MS0010/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS003/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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MS001/2023 Untitled ceramic , 2023Mike Swaney
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Mari Flor con mariquititas, 2022Mike Swaney
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Pink anty, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS002 Scare Crow, 2022Mike Swaney
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MS0045 Mixed flor, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS003 Mousie I'm sorry, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS0048 Boxy Nosy, 2021Mike Swaney
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MS0082 Deal Homes, 2021Mike Swaney
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Dog People 16, 2020Mike Swaney
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Fish People, 2020Mike Swaney
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Celestial Syntax Error, 2023Mike SwaneyVendido
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Dior, Fenty, Giorgio, Cool Water, Stetson, Givenchy Finger Family 49th, 2021Mike SwaneyVendido
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Just Keep Your Eye Out Like Aye Aye Captain, 2021Mike SwaneyVendido
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Two Lips, 2021Mike SwaneyVendido
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Three Lips, 2021Mike SwaneyVendido
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Lips, 2021Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS0019/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike SwaneyVendidoMike Swaney, MS0019/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Vendido
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MS0018/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Mike SwaneyVendidoMike Swaney, MS0018/2023 Untitled ceramic, 2023Vendido
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MS058/2022 Finger Family Understudy 18, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS059/2022 Finger Family Understudy 19, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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Hermanas, 2023Mike SwaneyVendido
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Finger Family 86th, 2023Mike SwaneyVendido
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Charcuterie, 2023Mike SwaneyVendido
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Laberinto, 2023Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS010/2022-FingerFamily68th, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS008/2022-FingerFamily68th, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS011/2022-FingerFamily68th, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS007/2022 FingerFamily68th, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS009/2022-FingerFamily68th, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS016/2022-FingerFamily73rd, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS006/2022 FingerFamily, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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MS006/2022 FingerFamily, 2022Mike SwaneyVendido
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U-Roy, 2020Mike SwaneyVendido
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Finger Family 36th (Gremlin Juice), 2020Mike SwaneyVendido
SOLO SHOWS | EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES (selection)
2019 Peanut Butter & Honey Moon, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels
2018 Here I am, here I am, how do you do? L21, Mallorca, Spain
2017 Ongange Lellow, Gnyp Gallery, Berlin
2016 Papisho, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
2015 Physiology of Taste, Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid
2015 Sculptures & Groceries, Louis 21 - The Envelope, Palma de Mallorca
2014 Subtropics, Krets, Malmö
2014 Hut 1 Paintings 4, Blokker, Madrid
2013 Sleeping Beauty Painter, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
2013 You just got blogged, me & the curiosity, Barcelona
2013 :•), noestudio, Madrid
2012 Efecto Dubuffet, Mulherin + Pollard, New York
2012 Go West, Escala, Valencia, Spain 2011 Ding Dong , Alice Gallery, Brussels
2012 Ancient Scrolls, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami 2010 The Corner, Victor Saavedra, Barcelona
2009 Zulu Voodoo Buddha Guru, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
2009 Safari Arc Performance, Locust Projects, Miami
2008 Butler's Credit, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2008 Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Red Deer, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
2007 Artifacts from Finland, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
2006 Onoffonoffonoff (w/ Human ve collective), Art Firm, Calgary
2004 Spirit in the sky takes rest..., (w/ Human ve collective), The Crying Room, Vancouver
2003 Human ve (w/ Human ve collective), Compound Gallery, Portland
GROUP SHOWS | EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS (selection)
2021
CRYSTAL. Delimbo Gallery, Spain
2020
Then and Now, Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens
The Edge of Chaos, The Newsstand Project, LA
2018
3 person show, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco
As If A Field Could Become Some Dream, No Place, Columbus, Ohio
Velvet Ropes GIFC, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
2017
In Paper We Trust, The Dot Project, London- curated by Sara Clarken & Brigitte Mulholland
Three-way Ticket, Needles And Pens, San Francisco- curated by Pablo de Pinho
21, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, USA
2016
Grand Opening Show, Allouche Gallery, NY
Itch Under The Skin, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
GIFC VOL 2-6, David Risley Gallery, Happy Ending, HAIK HQ, Steinsland Berliner, Agnes B's Gallerie du Jour
Christmas Show, Versace Versace Versace, Miami
2015
Second Show, Eddys Room Gallery, NY
Art Copenhagen w/ Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Denmark Sun Spot, Big Medium Gallery at Canopy, Austin, Texas Summer Mixer, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Crossing the Line, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
Group show - Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas
Creative Expressions, organized by Jonathan Rajewski, College for Creative Studies, Detroit Art Herning w/ Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Herning, Denmark
2014
Ingràvid group show curated by Me & the Curiosity, Galería Lola Ventós, Figueres Swab Art Fair w/ me & the curiosity & Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Barcelona Summertimes, Galeria Yusto/Giner, Marbela
Salat, 3 person show, CCA Andratx, Andratx
Arti cilia, Cyan Gallery, Barcelona
Still Life, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus
Just Before Brazil, Alice Gallery, Brussels
Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Curated by Mónica Álvarez Careaga, Galería Astarté, Madrid Lost in Space, curated by Aliceday, Alice Gallery, Brussels
2013
The Hanging (w/ Huskmitnavn), Ruttkowski 68, Cologne
Whole, In Part. Artists' Publications from the MACBA Collections, Musac, Leon Groupshow, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm
Swab Art Fair w/ me & the curiosity, Barcelona
Living Video, Demolden, Santander, Spain
Wintershow, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2012
Art Copenhagen w/ Alice Gallery and Charlotte Fogh Gallery Paperworld, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark Domesticated Souls, Alice Gallery, Brussels
Blaque Lyte, ADA Gallery, Richmond, USA
Esto no es graf ti, Cicus, Sevilla, Spain
Fun, Riihimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2011
Pulse Miami w/ Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
BYOB Barcelona, Fundació Met.room
Funky Pretty, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm Art Brussels w/ Alice gallery
2010
pintura? cuatro respuestas, Adhoc Galeria, Vigo, Spain
Relationships, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen
Guasch Coranty Painting Prize exhibition, Centre d'Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona Draw, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Group show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
To the road less travelled..., V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2009
The Pop of Colors, POVevolving Gallery, Los Angeles
Hello My Name Is, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Los Angeles
2008
SCOPE Miami with Iguapop Gallery
Landscape Portrait Pattern, Hallway Projects, San Francisco
Out of STH, group show at Awangarda BWA, Wroclaw, Poland
White Noise Drawn Together, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
How Clouds Dream (2 person show), Deluge Contemporary, Victoria, Canada Art Chicago & Art Cologne w/ Galeria Altxerri
SCOPE New York w/ Iguapop Gallery
White Noise, Space 1026, Philadelphia
2007
SCOPE Miami w/ Iguapop Gallery
Slump (2 person show), Galeria Altxerri, San Sebastian, Spain Swab Art Fair w/ Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
2005
Humble Beginnings, Belkin Satelite, Vancouver
2002
Dollhouse, The Crying Room, Vancouver
It's a Small World, Gallerie le Deco, Tokyo & Sis Boom Bah, Toronto
Suggestive Line, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver
2001
Live installation/performance with Human ve, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
Residents, Bubble Gallery, Vancouver
Residencies
Simcor Residency, Los Angeles - November 2019 CCA Aandratx Residency, Mallorca - June 2014 Noestudio, Madrid, Jan. - Feb. 2013
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Sept. - Nov. 2008
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