Janice Caswell

at Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY Curated by Krista Svalbonas. With Janice Caswell, Emily Hass, Ryan Sarah Murphy, Cat Poljski, Krista Svalbonas July 11 – August 30, 2015  

Work from my “organizing” series will be included in Peregrinations, Constellations at Schema Projects.

Dec 4 – Jan 31  I have a few pieces in MAIN WINDOW at 1 Main Street in Dumbo  

Pins and Needles, group show at the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport, CT

Basic human function rests on the brain’s ability to recall physical and mental action. A lucky minority of humans is born with a so-called photographic memory, some, unfortunately, lack a healthy functioning memory, while the rest of us rely on our varied capacities for retaining information. Although memory can make or break you professionally, socially, […]

Landscape is primal in the human imagination. No wonder: Our environs play a role in everything from basic needs — food, water, shelter — to culture and sense of identity, to spiritual beliefs and myths. Throughout history artists have documented the landscape, and in so doing, mirrored and shaped how we see ourselves. Think how […]

(translated from French) Anne Barrault extends an invitation to American gallerists Schroeder Romero. Luckily, they brought Janice Caswell with them. Last year Anne Barrault showed sample work from her artists’ stable in one of the numerous galleries in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Today she returns the favor to Schroeder Romero, her American fellow gallerists. What could have […]

Sometimes it seems like the art world just doesn’t want you, with those too-cool-for-school gallery staffers, and conceptual installations you’d never want in your house. (A box of broken TVs? No thanks!) But not every New York artist is a snob. And many galleries are happy to help a novice collector. There’s even an annual […]

As the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary breaks ground, a 22 foot fallen tree lives under glass in the original structure. “Vivarium” means many things. For one, the tree is an ancient symbol for life. For another, a tree with live insects crawling through it symbolizes the merging of art and natural science in the 21st […]

We’re almost a generation into the digital/online era. The web has been mainstream for about 20 years, blogs for about 10 years , Twitter for almost four. Now seems about when we might expect to see a major museum survey of an artist who lives or shares much of his career online, no? Sure enough, […]