2005 Montclair State University Art Gallery, Montclair, N.J.
         Performance Art, "Hip-Hop Construction, An Exploration in New Media"
         March 14 - April 9, 2005

2000 Bertone Gallery, Montclair, N.J.
         "Charlee Swanson Solo, the work till 2000"

Invitational Exhibitions

2007 April 28 - May 27: Nobis Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.
         "Convergence"
         Melissa Reed and Charlee Swanson

2007 April 19 - May 31:Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
         "Detritus"

2006 October-December:Newark Arts Council
         "Newark Between Us"
         Curator Rupert Ravens

2005-6 Newport Museum of Art, Newport, R.I.
         "Ourchitecture"

2005 Newark Arts Council
         "Facing Newark"
         N.Y. and N.J. artists cultural exchange installation exhibition
         Curator Rupert Ravens

2005 Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J. "Identity"

2004 Max Luxus Gallery, Newark, N.J.

2003 Hera Gallery, Wakefield, R.I.
         "American Democracy Under Siege"

2002 City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.
         "A New Take on Art for Art's Sake" show
         Curated by Ruth Rintel

2001 Montclair State University
         "Sensibility Toward Line and Form"
         Curated by Jane Harris

2000 The Jersey City 2000 Biennial: "In Your Face: The Other Side of the Hudson"
         The Irving Goldman Memorial Gallery at One-Eleven
         Art Center on First
         Jersey City, N.J.

2000 City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.
         "The Color Line in the 21st Centruy"
         Curated by Vivian McDuffie

1999 Center City Artisans, Providence, R.I.          "Second Annual Recycle Show"
         Curated by Boris Bally and Anker West

1999 City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.          Flip Group Show
         Curator Joan Vaccaro

1997 111 1^st Street Community Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.
         "The Decadence Show"

1997 Hoboken Montclair Connection Group Show, Hoboken, N.J.

1997 Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.
         "American Visions: 20^th Century Sculpture Garden Inaugural Show"

Juried Exhibitions

2007 May-October:
         "Sculptour"
         selected by jurors Rocio Aranda-Alvarada and Gae Savannah
         for the Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA)

2006 Pro Arts Juried Exhibition, selected by Beth Venn, curator Newark Museum of Art

2006 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, "International Show"
         honorable mention, Juror Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Museum of Art

2005 N.J. Fine Arts Annual 2005, "Place of Mind," at the Montclair Museum of Art
         curator Beth Venn, formerly of the Whitney Museum,
         with Jurors Nancy Maguire of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and Janet Taylor Pickett of Montclair, N.J.

2005 Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, N.Y., third place award, "Artistic Fragments," Juror Benny Andrews

2004 Studio Montclair Inc. 7^th Annual Juried Open Art Exhibition "The 7 Deadly Sins,"
         at the New Century Artists Gallery, first place award and best in show
         Juror Gail Stavinsky, Montclair Art Museum

2004 Studio Montclair Inc.
         "Let's Face It: What is a Portrait?"
         Gaelen Gallery, JCC of Greater Morris, Whippany, N.J.

2003 "Connections," artists exchange with city of Graz, Austria

2003 Studio Montclair Inc. 6^th Annual Juried Open Art Exhibition
         at the Westminster Gallery, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J.
         first place award and best in show,          Juror Joseph Jacobs, curator, Newark Museum of Art

2002-3 New Jersey Fine Arts Annual, Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.

2002 Ringwood Manor Association of Arts, 37^th Annual
         second place award, sculpture
         Juror M. Teresa Lapid Rodriguez

2000 Studio Montclair at Montclair State University Gallery
         "Projected Visions"
         Juror Nan Rosenthal, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

1999 New Jersey Fine Arts Annual at the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.

1998-9 Studio Montclair Annual Exhibitions at the Bertoni Gallery, Montclair, N.J.

1997 City Without Walls, "Small Works" Newark, N.J. traveling show

1997 "The Rest of the Colony," group show, Montclair, N.J., curator Aaron Heller

1997 St. John's 22^nd Annual Exhibition of Spiritual Art, Newark, N.J., honorable mention

1996 Montclair State University, National Juried Exhibition of Small Works
         special recognition by Juror Vivian Gaynor, 1995

1995 St. John's 20^th Annual Exhibition, "Spiritual Art," first prize in sculpture and best in show

1995 St. John's 19^th Annual Exhibition, "Spiritual Voices," first prize in sculpture

Group Shows

2007 January-March: William Paterson University, "Six Men Working Sanctuary"

2004 The Creative Center, New York, N.Y. "Metamorphosis: Six Men Working for People With Cancer,"

2003 Midland Gallery, Montclair, N.J. "Six Men Working Now"

2002 R-Space Gallery, Montclair, N.J., Ridgeway-Swanson Responding

2002 R-Space Gallery, Montclair, N.J. "Six Men Working on the Edge"

2002 City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.
         ArtReach "The Exhibition X"
         Artist Mentor for David Plummer, Montclair High School

2001 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
         ArtReach "The Exhibition IX"
         Artist Mentor for Eduardo Whittington, Montclair High School

2001 Hera Gallery, Wakefield, R.I. "Artists Defend the Environment Under Siege"

1999 Second Annual Recycle Show, Center City Artisans, Providence, R.I.
         Curated by Boris Bally and Anker West

1998 Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York City, "Art Discoveries" Annual Group Show

1998 Studio Montclair "Open Studio Tour and Gallery Gala"
         at the Colonnades Gallery, Montclair, N.J.

1997 Hoboken Montclair Connection Group Show, Hoboken, N.J.

1996 Tompkins Square Park, "Art Around the Park," New York, N.Y.

1996 Jersey City Studio Tour Show, Jersey City, N.J.

1995 Morgan Industrial Center, Jersey City, N.J., "Solid State," curator Robert Costa

1995 Pro Arts Sculpture Project, "Solid State" at Van Vorst Park, Jersey City, N.J.

1995, 1994 Art Students League Student Show

1993, 1994 Yard School student show

1983 Hoffman-LaRoche Employees Show

Commissions

2007 Terrance Reidy, Asbury Park, American Flag

1999 Fleisher Furniture, contemporary coffee table

1997 First Night Montclair, Montclair, N.J., "The Bolt," public interactive resolution/memorial sculpture

1993 First Night Montclair, Montclair, N.J., "Resolution Sculpture 94"

Selected Bibliography

Nov. 3, 2006   New York Times "Art Review: A Showcase of Talent, Homegrown and Established"
                           by Benjamin Genocchio

Dec. 18, 2006   Television interview by New Jersey Network (NJN) News television reporter
                           Michael Aron as part of his report on the Newark Between Us Show

March 24, 2005     The Montclair Times, "Hip Hop Construction at MSU," by Mary Ann Christiano

Feb. 25, 2005        The Star Ledger, Newark, N.J., "Students Build Their Creativity through Workshop with Artist"
                                  by Philip Read

Jan. 5, 2003        The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., "Building bridges toward 'Tolerance,'" by Dan Bischoff

2002        Video installation: "Charlee Swanson Responds in Shattered Glass," by Monica Smeal Abbott, filmmaker, editor, producer

July 28, 2002        The New York Times, "Artists in Pairs: Two Ways of Seeing," by William Zimmer

July 18, 2002        The Montclair Times, "Mentor Program Helps Paint a Bright Future for Young Artist," by Elizabeth S. Ludas

June 20, 2002        The Montclair Times, "Six Men Working on the Edge Look at Sept. 11 Through Their Art," by Elizabeth S. Ludas

Jan. 25, 2002        The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., "No narrative needed," by Dan Bischoff

Lectures and Panels

2004 - 2005 Montclair State University, student workshops and a faculty panel discussion for
         "Hip Hop Conctruction, An Exploration in New Media."

2004 - 2005 BUILD Academy, Paterson, N.J. teacher and student workshops for
         "Hip Hop Conctruction, An Exploration in New Media."

1999 Adult School, Montclair, N.J.
         Lecture: "How an Artist Creates"

1997 Montclair Art Museum
         Panelist: Symposium on "Montclair, the Art Colony"

1997 New Jersey Council on the Arts
         Participant, Round Table Discussion

Spoken Word Performances

2004 Brown vs. Board of Education, with Quincy Troop, Oliver Lake, and Dana D. Lewis,
         organized and produced by Reggie Workman at Montclair High School

2003 Spoken word performance organized and produced by Reggie Workman at Montclair High School

1995 Spoken word performance at Common Boundaries, Jersey City

1998 Contributing poet, "Broken in Parts" world premiere performance

1995 Spoken word performance at Common Boundaries, Jersey City, N.J.

Professional Affiliations

2006 - Present    Sculpture Center, Long Island City, N.Y. Artist Member

2002 - Present    International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, N.J. Artist Member

1996 - Present    Studio Montclair, Montclair, N.J., Artist member

1994 - Present    Pro Arts, Jersey City, N.J., Artist member

Related Education

1986 - Present    Independent Study With Troy West and Willie Cole

1992 - 2002       Art Students League, New York City

1993       Studied painting at the Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ

1980-1985    Studied at the Toth Gallery of Fine Arts, Island Heights, NJ

1969-1971    Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, Newark, N.J.

1963-1965    Independent Study with Doris Grasso, Jersey City, N.J.

Related Experience

2006 - Present    Founded Constructive Youth Collaborations (CYC), a non-profit organization

2004 - Present    Board Member, ACAP Foundation, Newark, N.J.

2001-2002    Artist mentor to high school students

2001    Steering committee and Chairperson of facilities committee, Master Plan for the Arts, Montclair, N.J.

1999-2000    Steering committee, Lincoln Park Cultural District, Newark, N.J.

1999    Contributor and participant, The Lincoln Park Community design workshop, Newark, N.J.

1996    Co-founder of Art 5, Montclair High School, visual artist mentoring program

1996    Co-founder of Studio Montclair, 1996