jody sweitzer’s works in animation, video, installation, and performance have been shown in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and primarily in the Philadelphia area including shows at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Painted Bride Arts Center, Gallery Joe’s Bird Park, Voxpopuli, Nexus, Bridge Street Theater, Gallery Siano, Off the Wall Gallery, and various sites during several years of The Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Her work has received substantial support from the Independence Foundation and the Leeway Foundation and favorable press from such publications as Art News, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, City Paper, Art Blog, and the Philadelphia Weekly. Her works delve deeply into voyeuristic acts upon the self while, attempting to shift the relationship of the stagnant viewer to an active, self-reflecting participant.
Her work has received substantial support from the Independence Foundation and the Leeway Foundation and favorable press from such publications as Art News, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, City Paper, Art Blog, and the Philadelphia Weekly. Her works delve deeply into voyeuristic acts upon the self while, attempting to shift the relationship of the stagnant viewer to an active, self-reflecting participant.
Selected Shows
Solo shows:
• 2006 “Slave monologues”, Christ Chuirch, Philadelphia, PA
• 2005 “Booth”, Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
“Now That We Have Your Attention”, Gallery Joe(Bird Park), Phila., PA
” Jody Sweitzer”, The Vacumm Gallery, www.40North3rd.org, Phiua.,PA
• 2004 "Mine is the Color of 5: adventures of a waxing personae, Nexus Gallery, Phila., PA
“Ladies & Gentlemen”, Window on Broad, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Phila., Pa
•2002 "Conversations with Colored Paper", Charles Addams Foyer, Phila., PA
• 2001 "Jody Sweitzer", VoxPopuli Gallery, Phila.,PA
• 2000 "Emotional Baggage weighs heavy over Technical Truths”, Off The Wall Gallery, Phila., PA
• 1999 "Glances”, VoxPopuli Gallery, Phila., PA
"101 Seats”, Visual Fringe Installation, Quarry Street Cafe, Phila, PA
• 1998 "Peep Show", VoxPopuli Gallery, Phila., PA
"Atomic Pear", Visual Fringe Installation, Phila., PA
Group Exhibitions (partial)
• 2006 “Crises”, Annenberg School for Communication , Philadelphia, PA
• 2005 “Project Perfection”,Benjamin Franklin: American Idol Nexus Gallery, Phila., PA
“Shag part 3”, Media TonicII, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
"Discontent part 1& 2", Nexus Gallery, Phila., PA
2004
“Hit Me!”, Nexus Gallery, Phila., PA
“1-800-Oh-MyGod” (stills), 25 Years of Off the Wall, Phila., PA
• 2003 "16:02:30:27(2-line)",CO/OP Vox Populi Turns 15, Phila. PA
“Infiltration”, Fringe Festival, 5-Spot, Phila., PA
"16:02:30:27(8-line)", Gallery Siano, Phila., PA
“Private Conversations”, Gallery Siano, Phila., PA
"16:02:30:27(2-line)", Charles Addams Gallery, Phila., PA
• 2002 "TV Dinner", Bridge Street Theater, Phila., PA
“One Nation Under”, Meyerson Gallery, University of
Pennsylvania , Phila., PA
"Lint", Graduate Student Center, University of Pennsylvania , Phila., PA
"Cantos", Fox Gallery, Phila., PA
"My Guardian Angel Wears Rubber Boots", Charles Addams Gallery, Phila., PA
• 2001 "Sink or Swim", Treasure Hunt, Old City , Phila., PA
"Human Peeves", Not Yet Housebroken, VoxPopuli Gallery, Phila.,PA
"Searching for a Hero", Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Clown #12", Snapshot Show, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
"Thoreau's Fantasy", Off The Wall Gallery, Phila., PA
"Blushing Bride", Steal This Show, VoxPopuli Gallery, Phila., PA
Gallery of Jewels, SanFrancisco, CA
