Swan Ferraro
sferraro@wisc.edu
Education
2023-2026 MFA, 4D Visual Art, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA
2015-2020 BFA, Gender Studies Certificate, Arts Administration Certificate, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, WI, USA
2019 Global Feminisms Program Certificate, University of Delhi, India
Grants & Awards
2025 Student Research Grants Competition - Conference Presentation Funds, Madison, WI
2023 Eugene F. Dana Graduate Student in Art Scholarship, Madison, WI
2022 Denim Lab: Indigo Dyeing Research Lab, Fellowship via School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 International Fellows Program for Research, Service, and Creative Activity, Eau Claire, WI, USA, Bangalore, India
2020 Midwest Queeritivities National Exhibit - Curatorial Grant, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2019 Chippewa Valley Writers Guild - Writers’ Retreat Grant, Assistant Arts Administrator, Chippewa Valley, WI
2019 Taminiau-Warloski Memorial Scholarship for Broad Cultural Perspective, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
2019 Tom Grewe Fine Arts Scholarship Award, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
2017 Patrick Danen Scholarship Award for Outstanding Photography, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Transmutation, Gallery 7, Madison, WI
2024 you are cut from the cloth of the divine, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin Madison
2022 angels place, Toula Gallery, virtual exhibition
Group Exhibitions, Performances, Film Screenings
2025 Touch Spell, Performance Studies International Conference, Fortaleza, Brazil
2025 Photography Duo Show, Delta Beer Lab, Madison, WI
2025 Improv Spaces Festival, Round Lake, NY
2025 The Place We Make, Art Lit Lab, Madison, WI
2025 Soundbox Improvisation Festival, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2025 Momentary Fields, Mother Fools, Madison, WI
2024 Radial Point, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
2024 When I Can’t See It, I Know It’s There, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
2024 Movement Performance, Communication, Madison, WI
2024 Layers of (in)QUEER(y), Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2024 A Grey Area, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2024 Creative Improvisation as Divination in the Trans Body, Performance Studies International Conference, London, UK
2024 GRINDHER performance & art show, Pony Inn, Chicago, IL
2024 Creative Improvisation as Divination, Soundbox Improvisation Festival, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2024 Metamorphosis, Fashion Show at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2024 Body Language, Mills Folly Microcinema, Art & Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2024 performance at Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2024 Digital Salon, DesignLab, online exhibition
2024 Reflect, Hub Central Gallery & Image Lab Gallery, Madison, WI
2024 Hedonism, Art Show at Siren, Chicago, IL
2023 What is Technology? The Vault’s FW23 Fashion Show, Madison, WI
2023 uncertain terraforms, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
2023 Performance Prayer, Common Sage, Madison, WI
2023 ritual / release / roses, New Generation Film Forum, Chicago, IL
2023 Group Art Show, Pilsen Arts Community House, Chicago, IL
2023 Queer Hearts, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2023 RAGE! RAGE! RAGE! Art Show atSiren, Chicago, IL
2022 I’m Not a Robot, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art Show, Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
2022 Chicagoland Art Show, Articles Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art Show, Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
2020 BFA Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2020 Nothing (A) Political Film Screening, Seen Scene, Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Everything Dies Art & Music Festival, Cherry House, Eau Claire, WI
2019 Live Art & Music, The Cabin, Eau Claire, WI
2019 62nd Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Mary Carothers)
2018 #MeToo A Live Literary Event, Volume One Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2018 61st Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror John O’Donnell)
2017 60th Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Deborah Rockman)
2016 59th Annual Juried Art Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI (Juror Scott Stulen)
Artist Talks and Panels
2025 Wayward Pedagogies: Embodied Teaching & Radicality as New Academic Transgression, panel at SECAC Conference, Cincinatti, OH
2024 Layers of (in)QUEER(y) artist panel, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
2023 Filmmakers Panel, New Generation Film Forum, Chicago, IL
2022 I’m Not a Robot, panel at Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2021 Art as Therapy: Sexual Assault Recovery Program, virtual
2020 Midwest Queeritivities National Exhibit, Honors Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, virtual
2019 University of Wisconsin Barron County, ART 108: Color & Composition, Rice Lake, WI
Publications
2025 Global Performance Studies Journal, After Assembly: the hum, the shutter, the earthworm, paper
2024 Cuties of Contemporary Literature, Dream Boy Book Club Press, 3 poems published
2024 Queer Photography, Coin Operated Press, 1 photograph
2024 Dream Boy Book Club Press, Series 4, 3 poems published
2021 T4T, Trans Art Publication for Mutual Aid, two drawings
2019 Out., Queer Poetry & Art, two poems & one art piece in Issue II
2019 B*tch Zine, featured my art & interview
2018 Twig Midwestern Poetry, two poems in Issue IV
2018 None of the Above, Literary and Fine Arts Publication, cyanotype series
2018 Flipside Magazine, back cover art
2017 None of the Above, Literary and Fine Arts Publication, photo series
2017 Flipside Magazine, front cover art, poetry
2016 Flipside Magazine, poetry
Workshops
2024 Denim Engraving Workshop, University of Wisconsin Madison
2024 Fabric Engraving Workshop, University of Wisconsin Madison
2024 How To Laser Engrave on Glass, Wood, Paper & Fabric, University of Wisconsin Madison
Work Experience
2025-2026 Lecturer, Art 112: Drawing for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin Madison
2025 Lecturer, Art 100: Intro to Art for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin Madison
2025 Organizer/host of visiting artist Lindsey Cherek Waller for Colloquium Talk at University of Wisconsin Madison
2024-2025 Teaching Assistant, Art 100: Intro to Art for Non-Art Majors, University of Wisconsin Madison
2024-2025 Art Handler, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2023-2024 Digital Fabrication & 4D Teaching Assistant Instructional Support, University of Wisconsin Madison
2023-2024 New Generation Film Forum, Programming board, Chicago, IL
2022-2023 Sexual Assault Recovery Program, Volunteer, Research, Graphics, virtual position
2020-2022 Parabo Press, Print Shop Team Member, Madison, WI
2019-2020 Converge Radio 99.9, Radio Host, Creative Marketing Specialist, Eau Claire, WI
2019-2020 Cove Collective Arts & Justice Organization, Founder, Executive Director, Eau Claire, WI
2019-2020 Foster Gallery, Curator, Arts Administrator, Gallery Attendant, Eau Claire, WI
2020 Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Internship, Programming, Graphics, Eau Claire, WI
2019 FreaQweek Queer Film Festival, Curator, Programmer, Eau Claire, WI & San Francisco, CA
2019 NOTA, None of The Above Literary and Fine Arts Publication, Music Director, Eau Claire, WI
2019 Eau Claire Jazz Festival, Photographer, Videographer, Eau Claire, WI
2018-2019 Keep It Moving Publication, Co-Editor, virtual position
2018 Barstow & Grand Literary Magazine, Artist, Eau Claire, WI
2018 Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, Photographer, Eau Claire, WI
2017-2018 NOTA, None of The Above Literary and Fine Arts Publication, Art Director, Eau Claire, WI
2017 Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, Creative Team Internship, Eau Claire, WI