Caitlyn Swift
cmswift4@asu.edu | caitlynswift.com | @caitlynswift

EDUCATION

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 – Ghosts of Girls I Could’ve Been and Once Was, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2024 – Restless, Bay College, Escanaba, MI
2021 – Orchid House, Subspace, Tucson, AZ
2020 – 12 am, The Grey Door Gallery, Tucson, AZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

AWARDS & GRANTS

2025 – Galbut Prize Award (3rd Place), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Awarded $300 for placing 3rd in the Galbut Prize Competition.

2025 – GSG Research Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Awarded $750 toward project-based creative research.
2025 – GPSA Thesis Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Awarded $2,000 toward thesis exhibition materials.
2025 – New York Academy of Art SURP Academy Merit Award, NY, NY
Full-tuition scholarship for the New York Academy of Art summer residency program.
2024 – Martin Wong Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
1st Place, awarded $4,500 in studio materials funding.
2021 – Project Creosote ($10,000 Grant), Tucson, AZ
Awarded to Subspace Gallery for artistic development.
2020 – 1st Place, Visual Arts, Polaris Magazine, Ada, OH

RESIDENCIES

2025 – New York Academy of Art Artist in Residence Program (SURP)
Tuition fully funded through the New York Academy of Art Academy Merit Award

2021 – Château d’Orquevaux Artist Residency, Orquevaux, France
Awarded Denis Diderot (A.I.R.) Grant ($750).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Arizona State University (2022–Present)

Courses Taught: Figure Drawing (ART 214), Foundation Drawing (ART 111), Intermediate Drawing (ART 311), Drawing (ART 211), Watercolor (ART 227/394)

Designed and implemented student-centered curriculums that balance technical skill-building, conceptual exploration, and personal experimentation.
Provided individualized mentorship to over 168 students, guiding them in portfolio development, creative problem-solving, and artistic growth.

Instructor, Phoenix College (2025-Present)

Courses Taught: Watercolor (ART 165)

Instructor, Edna Vihel Arts Center, Tempe City for the Arts (2024–Present)

Develop and implement original curricula for beginner and intermediate-level courses in drawing, watercolor painting, and foundational 2D art techniques.

Instructor, Youth Summer Camps, Arizona State University (2022–Present)

Designed and implemented workshops on portrait painting, color theory, and oil painting chemistry for high school students.

Instructor, Valley Vista High School Teacher Training Program (2023)

Conducted workshops in oil painting and professional development for art educators.

Instructor, The Drawing Studio (Nonprofit, Tucson, AZ) (2020–2022)

Taught beginner to advanced drawing, figure drawing, watercolor, and oil painting courses to all ages.

COMMUNITY & OUTREACH TEACHING

Instructor, Navigator (Special Needs Art Program), Phoenix, AZ (2024)

Developed craft-based fine art courses for adults with disabilities to improve fine motor skills and creative expression.

Visiting Instructor, Ochoa & Pueblo Gardens Public Schools (2021)

Led arts workshops for K-12 students in underserved schools through The Drawing Studio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Artist Talk Panelist, Bay College, MI (2024)
Invited to speak and exhibit for Women’s History Month panel discussion on contemporary figurative painting.
Intern, Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (MOCA) (2020–2021)
Assisted in exhibition coordination, public programming, and museum operations.

PUBLICATIONS