STATEMENT

   Art is a phenomenon. Art is a catalyst for social growth. I'm hopeful art can encourage society to solve problems such as in energy, create social justice and come to terms with its place in the world. Art is the dream that sustains our spirit.

   It has become obvious that art is more than just an illusion, it helps define our lives. An artist can "break the 'paint-barrier'" if he or she can think of paint in terms of its actual physical nature. Art is a product of its environment, its relevance is a given.

   Public art is a chance to meet the challenges of modern life.

   With art we may find common truths that help us to understand each other.

   Art is experience, art is communication, art can bridge the gap.

   Art is for everybody.

   My work is derived from everyday life, its interactions and the social events I am witness to.

RESUME

2008

2008 ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Group Show / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
ECO d'ART, Group Theme Show / Wayne County Community College, Detroit MI (More Info)
13^th ANNUAL MAPP ARTWORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn MI
50 Bucks!, Benefit / Center Galleries - College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
THE BEN FRANKLIN PROJECT III, Juried Group Show /  555 Studio & Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
GALLERY ARTISTS SHOW / Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit MI

2007

75^th ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW, Group Show / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
2007 ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL, Group Show / Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit & Ladybug Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
12^th ANNUAL MAPP ARTWORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn MI
TWO PERSON SHOW / 1st Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit MI
THE BEN FRANKLIN PROJECT II, Juried Group Show /  555 Studio & Gallery, Detroit MI USA (More Info)
2007 WINDSOR BIENNIAL, Bi-National Juried Group Show / Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor Ontario Canada (More Info)

2006

HOLIDAY SHOW 2006, Group Show / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI USA
THE BEN FRANKLIN PROJECT I, Juried Group Show /  555 Studio & Gallery, Detroit MI
11^th ANNUAL MAPP ARTWORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn MI (More Info)
SHELTER, Juried Group Show / Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), Detroit MI (More Info)
POST IT, Mail Art Show / Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport UK (More Info)
MEMBERS EXHIBITION / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI USA
UU ORIGINALS, Group Show / 1st Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit MI
WHAT IS ART?, Invitational / Wayne County Community College, Detroit MI (More Info)
ADAM & EVE, Group Show / Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti MI & other locations (More Info)

2005

FRUITCAKE, Holiday Art Show & Sale / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI USA
ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Juried / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
10^th ANNUAL MAPP ART WORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / Masonic Temple, Detroit MI (More Info)
28^th ANNUAL DALLY IN THE ALLEY, Outdoor Festival / Cass Corridor, Detroit MI (More Info)
GALLERY ARTISTS / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
NINTH ANNUAL ALL-MICHIGAN OPEN COMPETITION / University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn MI (More Info)
MORE THAN MINUTES, Historical Theme Contest / Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago IL (More Info)
OFF THE WALL, Group Project-Fund Raiser / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
RIVERS & BRIDGES, International Mail Art Exhibition / Laredo Community College Teaching Gallery, Laredo TX
FIRST UU @ BUC, Group Show / Birmingham Unitarian Church, Bloomfield Hills MI (More Info)
MONA LISA PROJECT, Mail Art / Michael Rosenthal-nupink art, San Francisco CA (More Info)

2004

A.C.,T. MEMBERS' SHOW / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
9^th ANNUAL MAPP ART WORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / Masonic Temple, Detroit MI
GROUP SHOW / University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit MI (More Info)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MURAL PROJECT / Commission, Detroit MI (More Info)
SELF PORTRAIT EXHIBITION, Group Show / Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit MI
COBO HALL, Group Show / Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center, Detroit MI (More Info)

2003

MURAL WORKSHOP, Fellowship and Show / The National Academy of Design, New York NY (More Info)
"3", Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
REGIONAL DRAWING EXHIBITION, Juried / Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
GROUP SHOW / First Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit MI (More Info)
SILVER MEDAL EXHIBITION, Juried / The Scarab Club, Detroit MI

2002

HOLIDAY SHOW, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
MODERN NARRATIVE, Solo Show / Birmingham Unitarian Church, Bloomfield Hills MI
7^th ANNUAL MAPP ART WORKS FOR LIFE, Benefit / Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores MI
TWO DAM WEEKS, Group Show / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
OFF THE WALL, Group Project-Fund Raiser / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

2001

SPACE PROGRAM Mark Schwing, Solo Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
A.C.,T. SHOWS, Group Show / Pure Detroit, Detroit MI (More Info)
MANIPULATION: (NO) STRINGS ATTACHED, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

2000

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DESIRES, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
SELF-PORTRAIT SHOW, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
GALLERY ARTISTS, Group Show / Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit MI
OFF THE WALL SHOW AND SALE, Group Project / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
THE FINAL MARK DOWN!!!, Four Person Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

1999

A SMALL PRESENCE, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
DOCUMENTA USA, Archive / Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac MI (More Info)
MY OWN PERSONAL MAIL ART SHOW, Mail Art / Various Locations
POTHOLDERS SHOW, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
THE SUMMER CIRCUS SHOW, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
SWANN AUCTION / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
APRIL SHOWERS, MAY FLOWERS, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
SOLO SHOW / Millers Artist Supplies Co., Ferndale MI (More Info)
LANDSCAPE SHOW, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
GROUP SALON SHOW, Invitational / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

1998

DECK THE WALLS, Invitational / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
HOLIDAY SHOW, FANTASY SHOW, FIRE WORKS, Group Shows / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
TIME CAPSULE 2098 / Art Time Capsule Project (More Info)
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS ONLY SHOW / Detroit Focus, Detroit MI
THE SMALL WORKS SHOW, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
GROUP SHOW / Craig Gallery, Ferndale MI
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON, Mail Art Exhibition / Trumbull Art Gallery, Youngstown OH (More Info)
FROM THE FIRE, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
NEW MEMBERS SHOW, Invitational / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
OFF THE WALL SHOW, Auction / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
INVITATIONAL / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI

1997

CHRISTMAS SHOW, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
RED, Group Show / A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)
ART ON VIEW, Solo Show / First Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit MI
RECYCLING AS A WAY OF ART, Mail Art Show / Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale VA and Galaxy Hut, Arlington VA
SMALL WORKS, Group Show / Swann Gallery, Detroit MI
GUILTY OF SELF-PROMOTION, Event / Detroit MI and other locations
THE MAYFLY AUCTION, Auction Show / Mask Gallery, (Pioneer Building) Detroit MI

1996

GROUP SHOW / Birmingham Unitarian Church, Bloomfield Hills MI

1995

SILVER MEDAL EXHIBITION, Juried Group Show / Scarab Club, Detroit MI

1991

NO BIGGER THAN, NO MORE THAN, Invitational / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit MI

1990

NFS, IT'S WORK BY MARK SCHWING, One Person Show / Willis Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

1989

AFTER TEN YEARS: DETROIT FOCUS, Juried Invitational / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit MI
MARK SCHWING, Solo Show / Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids MI

1988

SUPER-REALITIES, SURREALISM IN DETROIT, Invitational / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI (More Info)
INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION #6 / Ariel Gallery, New York NY (More Info)
THE WESTMORELAND ART NATIONALS / Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood PA (More Info)
ANNUAL ALL MICHIGAN SILVER MEDAL EXHIBITION / Scarab Club, Detroit MI

1985

ART, Group Exhibition / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit MI
ANNUAL ALL MICHIGAN SILVER MEDAL EXHIBITION / Scarab Club, Detroit MI (More Info)
GROUP EXHIBITION / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI

1984

ONE MAN SHOW / Sixth Street Gallery, Royal Oak MI (More Info)
TWO PERSON EXHIBITION / WDIV Gallery, Detroit MI

1983

PAINTING AND DRAWING, Group Show / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit MI
SAY YES TO DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET, Group Show / Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
24^th ANNUAL MID-MICHIGAN EXHIBITION, Juried / Midland Center for the Arts, Midland MI
PETER PICKS PAINTINGS, Juried Show / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit MI (More Info)

1981

FROM THE EAST VILLAGE, Solo Show / Birmingham Unitarian Church, Bloomfield Hills MI (More Info)