SELECTED PRESS
Zubizarreta, Denise, “Way to Glow: A Classic Denver Neon Shop Helps Artists Revive a So-Called Dying Art.” Southwest Contemporary. 11 April 2023
Arellano, José Antonio, “Joel Swanson: The Distance Between Words.” DARIA. 12 January 2023
Rinaldi, Ray, “‘Tearing up the Dictionary.” The Denver Post. 31 Oct 2022
Rinaldi, Ray, “‘Like Like’ tells the story of Tank Studios’ 10-year history in Denver.” The Denver Post. 14 Nov 2022
Rinaldi, Ray, “Six Denver-area art exhibitions you absolutely must see right now.” The Denver Post. 12 Nov 2021
Lombardi, D. Dominick, “Text In Art.” Dart International Magazine. 6 Oct 2021
Yamasaki, Parker, “Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project.” DARIA. 25 June 2021
Brown, Kerrie Lee, “Joel Swanson: When an Artist is Also a Wordsmith.” Denver Life Magazine 1 June. 2021
Joel Swanson: 2010–2020. Edited by Lindsey Gustave. David B. Smith Gallery, 2021. Exhibition Catalog
Burnett-Abrams, Nora. ”The Dys/functionality of Language: The Art of Joel Swanson.” in Joel Swanson, 2010–2020, Edited by Lindsay Gustave, Denver: David B. Smith Gallery, 2021, 10–11
Montfort, Nick. ”Hyperliterate Swollen Speech.” in Joel Swanson, 2010–2020, Edited by Lindsay Gustave, Denver: David B. Smith Gallery, 2021, 79–82
Patrick Carney, Sean J. “Interview.” in Joel Swanson, 2010–2020, Edited by Lindsay Gustave, Denver: David B. Smith Gallery, 2021, 98–103
“Adversarial Tactics,” Neural Magazine, April 1, 2021
A Nomadic Art Museum: Black Cube 2015–2020. Edited by Stell, Cortney. Black Cube Nomadic Museum, 2020. Exhibition catalogue
Blasberg, Derek, “Gus Kenworthy’s Dreamy California Home is Both Chic and Playful.” Architectural Digest, December 18, 2020
Harris, Kyle, “Black Cube: Denver’s Nomadic Museum Freeing Art From Galleries.” Westword Magazine, December 8, 2020
Owens, Emily, “Elementary Tools and Linguistic Interpretation: The Inquisitive Works of Joel Swanson.” The New Collection, October 13, 2020
Burnett-Abrams, Nora. “The Dys/functionality of Language: The Art of Joel Swanson.” in Art and Language, edited by Whitney Carter and Kate Nicholson, Denver: Tilt/West, 2020, 21–23
New Zealand Parkin Prize Plagiarism Controversy News Coverage:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2020/08/winner-of-25-000-parkin-prize-accused-of-plagiarizing-similar-artwork-of-the-same-name.html
https://www.news24.com/arts/arts/plagiarism-controversy-stalks-the-2020-parkin-prize-winner-20200817
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12355322
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/122291792/a4-piece-of-paper-with-typed-forward-slashes-wins-25000-art-prize
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300076143/parkin-drawing-prize-winner-denies-accusation-of-plagiarism
Deorio, Christine. “4 Colorado Artists Whose Works Reframe Natural and Manmade Worlds.” Luxe Magazine, September 19, 2020
Ware, Joshua, “In Absence of the Word, The Word Remains: On Joel Swanson’s Pink Erasers.” Entropy, January 6, 2020
Paglia, Michael, “Conceptual Art and Abstraction Rule Solos at Space and David B. Smith.” Westword, December 18, 2019
Todd, Jeff, “‘Night Lights Denver’ Showcases Artwork On D&F Tower Downtown.” CBS 4 Denver, December 16, 2019
Froyd, Susan, “Will Night Lights Denver Chase Away Downtown's After-Dark Shadows?” Westword, November 7, 2019
Peripheries. Edited by O’Sullivan, James, University College Cork, Ireland. July 15, 2019. Exhibition Catalog
Rinaldi, Mark Ray, “How corporate backing can help — and hurt — public art as seen in Republic Plaza’s latest exhibit.” The Denver Post, April 19, 2019
Froyd, Susan, “Fifteen Things for Art Lovers to Do on First Friday Weekend.” Westword, April 4, 2019
Johnson, Brandon, “The Back Alleys of Denver's Contemporary Artscape.” Zing Magazine, November 2018
“Downtown Denver alleys transformed through art.” 9 News, November 20, 2018
Albani-Burgio, Paul, “Firehouse art exhibit examines news and media with ‘Making Headlines’.” Times-Call. October 13, 2018
Boyd, Kealey, “A Denver Art Project Envisions Alleys as Social Spaces.” Hyperallergic. September 28, 2018
Lane Stell, Cortney, “Text Messages: On Joel Swanson’s Text-Based Artworks.” September 1, 2018. Self Published Essay
Torres, Kevin, “Alleyway art on display in Downtown Denver.” Fox 31 News Denver, KDVR. June 20, 2018
Anderson, Cori, “The 16th Street Mall Alleys Have Changed, Here’s what to check out.” 303 Magazine. June 20, 2018
“Artists Asked To ‘Create Vibrant Experiences’ In Denver Alleyways.” CBS 4 News Denver, KCNC. June 17, 2018
Poligaeva, Dasha, Interview, “How Hundreds Of Fake Cats Are Making Downtown Denver’s Alleyways Friendlier,” Colorado Public
Radio, Denver, June 13, 2018
Roberts, Kathaleen. “516 exhibit explores nuances of 21st-century language,” Albuquerque Journal. May 13, 2018
Smith, Claude. “Decoding Language as Form.” Catalog essay for 21st Century Cyphers. 516 Arts, Albuquerque New Mexico. May 12, 2018
Anderson, Cori, “Everything you need to know about ‘Happy City’ transforming Denver” 303 Magazine. May 4, 2018
Rinaldi, Mark Ray, “Find your favorite Denver artist and feel the pulse of the local scene with RedLine’s decade celebration ‘10X’.” The Denver Post. March 29, 2018
Edwards, Stephanie. “She/He | to Be | is Being.” Black Cube Nomadic Museum. February 14, 2018
Paglia, Michael, “Review: RedLine Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary With 10X.” Westword. January 31, 2018
Kemmerly, Karah. “5 Colorado Artists To Collect Now.” 5280 Magazine. October/November 2017
Paglia, Michael. “Review: Joel Swanson's Sticks & Stones Is Letter Perfect.” Westword. August 30, 2017
Rocket, Caitlyn. “The In Between.” Boulder Daily Weekly. August 23, 2017
Rinaldi, Ray. “Denver’s new Hotel Born accomplishes big things with collection of 700 local works.” The Denver Post. August 25, 2017
Froyd, Susan. “Five Stunning Ways to Celebrate Art in Denver This Week” Westword. June 7, 2017
Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “Piece by piece, important visual arts event Venice Biennale feels closer and closer to Denver.” Denver Post. May, 28 2017. p. 1E
Trouillot, Terence. “And the Latest Nation to Join the Venice Biennale Is… Colorado: The “nomadic” art space Black Cube is taking its mission way beyond the streets of Denver,” Art Net News. May 16, 2017
Farely, Michael Anthony, “Tuesday Links: Racist Art Out, Vomit Art In.” Art F City. May 16, 2017
Lane, Cortney Stell. “Laura Shill & Joel Swanson.” Personal Structures: Time, Space Existence. Venice, 2017 p. 518–521. Exhibition Catalog
“Joel Swanson & Laura Shill on Exhibiting during the 57th Venice Biennale,” Blackcube.art. November 3, 2017
“Personal Structures, Laura Shill and Joel Swanson,” Blackcube.art. May 20, 2017
Hamel, Ken. “Laura Shill and Joel Swanson at the 57th Venice Biennale” Denver Arts. April 1, 2017 (no link)
Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “Why you should be following Black Cube (and here is the 2017 Lineup).” One Good Eye, January 27, 2017
Archuletta, Lauren. “Exploding Art-World Boundaries With Black Cube’s New Fellows.” Westword. January 24, 2017
Kirschenbaum, Matthew, “Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing.” Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press, 2016. p. 206
Paglia, Michael. “Learn Joel Swanson’s Language at the Museum of Outdoor Arts.” Westword. February, 10 2016
Garza, Evan Selector. New American Paintings, issue 120. October 2015. p. 142–145
Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “ Joel Swanson’s curious connections at Englewood Museum of Outdoor Arts.” Denver Post. October 29, 2015
Paglia, Michael. “Review: Two Distinct Takes on Conceptualism Fill the David B. Smith Gallery.” Westword. October, 6 2014
Froyd, Susan. “Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Joel Swanson.” Westword. May 6, 2014
Paglia, Michael. “Joel Swanson engages in wordplay at MCA Denver.” Westword. March 6, 2014
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Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “MCA Denver’s (not too) likable showcase of Joel Swanson and Ian Fisher.” Denver Post. January 23, 2014. p. 1E
Froyd, Susan. “An ampersand is an ampersand is an ampersand in one of MCA Denver’s new exhibits.” Westword. January 20, 2014
Burnett Abrams, Nora, “Left to Right, Top to Bottom,” Catalog Essay. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. 2014
Hammond, Harmony, “Material Engagements,” Catalog Essay, RedLine Denver 2014
Schrijver, Eric. “No-one Starts From Scratch: Type Design and the Logic of the Fork,” October 1, 2013
Ascher, James P, Emerson, Lori, Ed. “Bibliographical Awareness in Art: Joel Swanson’s Spacebar,” Media Archaeology Lab. December 1, 2013