MINDY ROSE SCHWARTZ

Mindy Rose Schwartz (American, b. Chicago, IL) lives and works in Chicago. Recent solo exhibitions of Schwartz’s work include Sophie Tappeiner (2025) in Vienna, Interstate Projects (2021) in Brooklyn, Et. Al. Gallery (2020) in San Francisco, Barely Fair (2019) with Prairie in Chicago, Balice Hertling (2017) in Paris, and Queer Thoughts (2017) in New York. Selected group exhibitions include: Artists Space in New York City, US (2025), King’s Leap in New York City (2024),Tatjana Pieters Gallery in Ghent, BE (2021), The Renaissance Society in Chicago, US (2018), Room E-10 27 in Berlin, DE (2018), Carlos Ishikawa in London, UK (2018), Cooper Cole in Toronto, CA (2017), Alter Space in Los Angeles, US (2016), Galerie Hussenot in Paris, FR (2015) and Arcadia Missa, UK (2015). Schwartz completed her MFA at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Alongside her studio work, Schwartz teaches in the Sculpture Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she contributes to ongoing conversations around craft and sculpture. Her course Extreme Craft investigates conventional sculptural and craft methods through the lenses of taste, class, gender, and generational identity.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EXHIBITIONS

APRIL 15th - MAY 27th, 2023
2023 Group Exhibition

The River (2005) mixed media 15 x 5.5 x 4 ft. (4.57 x 1.67 x 1.23 m)

The River (2005)
mixed media
15 x 5.5 x 4 ft. (4.57 x 1.67 x 1.23 m)

In the Balance , 2005 foam, resin, paint, and wood 60 x 48 x 36 in. (152.4 x 121.92 x 91.44 cm)

In the Balance, 2005
foam, resin, paint, and wood
60 x 48 x 36 in. (152.4 x 121.92 x 91.44 cm)

Erase Face , 2017 Fabric, dry-erase fabric, dry erase marker, and thread

Erase Face, 2017
Fabric, dry-erase fabric, dry erase marker, and thread

Farm Animal Alien Head Keychains (Pig) , 2002-2024 cast bronze, braided plastic lanyard, brass hardware 18 x 3 x 1½ in. (45.72 x 7.62 x 3.81 cm) MRS008

Farm Animal Alien Head Keychains (Pig), 2002-2024
cast bronze, braided plastic lanyard, brass hardware
18 x 3 x 1½ in. (45.72 x 7.62 x 3.81 cm)
MRS008

Figure, 2013 papier mache, burlap, and thread 46 × 18 × 30 in (116.84 x 45.72 x 76.2 cm)

Figure, 2013
papier mache, burlap, and thread
46 × 18 × 30 in (116.84 x 45.72 x 76.2 cm)

Sandy , 2016 glass, sand, and corks dimensions variable MS0001

Sandy, 2016
glass, sand, and corks
dimensions variable
MS0001

You will live each day in Springtime, 2014 potter’s wheel, wood, paper, papier-mâché, nylon, gold thread, linen cord, iridescent paint, and song

You will live each day in Springtime, 2014
potter’s wheel, wood, paper, papier-mâché, nylon, gold thread, linen cord, iridescent paint, and song

Cones , 2023 tabunoki wood, guar gum, lavender, vetiver, clove, cinnamon, sandalwood, lemongrass, and peppermint oils, aluminum, yellow iron oxide, red iron oxide, viridian, burnt umber, iron oxide, Milori blue, and charcoal pigments 12 x 11 x 12.5

Cones, 2023
tabunoki wood, guar gum, lavender, vetiver, clove, cinnamon, sandalwood, lemongrass, and peppermint oils, aluminum, yellow iron oxide, red iron oxide, viridian, burnt umber, iron oxide, Milori blue, and charcoal pigments
12 x 11 x 12.5 in. (30.4 x 27.9 x 31.7 cm)
MS0004

Connected , 2020 (detail) fabric, thread, wood beads, rope, earrings, fluff 102 x 10 x 7 in. (259.1 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm)

Connected, 2020 (detail)
fabric, thread, wood beads, rope, earrings, fluff
102 x 10 x 7 in. (259.1 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm)

Portraits (Three Heads) , 2017 upholstery fabric, earrings, thread, stuffing 42 x 11 in. (106.68 x 27.94 cm) MS0016

Portraits (Three Heads), 2017
upholstery fabric, earrings, thread, stuffing
42 x 11 in. (106.68 x 27.94 cm)
MS0016