education
2021 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2017 Bachelor of Arts, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
SOLO exhibitions & installations
2026 (upcoming) Substitute, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2025 Muscle Memory, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Convergence, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (curated by: Brooke Day)
2022 Fragments of the Self, ĀtoSocial Club at MODAL Hostel, Greenville, SC
Fragments of the Self, The In Art Gallery
Fragments of the Self, Crutchfield Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
two & three person EXHIBITIONS
2025 Pink Noise, (with Maggie Genoble), Thornback Gallery, Greenville, SC
Performative Practices, (with Kate Burke), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
2024 Pink Noise, (with Maggie Genoble), Harley Gallery, USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2021 DIRT: Deepening Intentional Rest Tactics, (with Molly Morningglory and Olaf Tollefsen), Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
group Exhibitions [selected]
2027 (upcoming) Shrouded Fissures, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN (curator: Lauren Bradshaw)
2026 (upcoming) Domestication Syndrome, ShowUp, Boston, MA (curator: Amalya Megerman)
(upcoming) Air Pocket, Online Exhibition (curators: Anna Huff & Joseph Smolin)
27th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (juror: Nirmal Raja)
New Visions, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker University, Hartsville, SC (curator: Ashley Rabanal)
Fractures and Repair, Thornback Gallery, Greenville, SC (juror: Kreneshia Whiteside) (Second Place)
Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs, The Bunzl Gallery, The Bascom, Highlands, NC
2025 Interstitial Agency, ATHICA, Athens, GA (curator: Lauren Bradshaw)
13th Annual Collegiate Invitational, Spartanburg Country Library, Spartanburg, SC (juror: Kelly King) (Faculty Award)
Structure Nexus, Goodall Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, SC (curator: Ashley Rabanal)
Curated Alumni Invitational, Sheffield Wood Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Subtle Force, Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (curator: Heather Baumbach)
2024 GUI/GOOEY, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Online & Physical Exhibition (curator: Laura Splan)
PLY, Lowe Mill Gallery, Huntsville, AL (curator: Heather Baumbach)
Art of the South 2024, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN (juried by Lauren Nye)
SYNAPTIC, Good Art Co., Greenville, SC (curator: Nicole Shannon)
Positive/Negative 39 National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (juror: Michelle Fisher)
Made/Making, Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC), Kansas City, Kansas (curator: Brooke Day)
The New South 5, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA (jurors: William Downs and Wesley Terpstra)
2023 Voices 2023, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gimpo, South Korea
Visceral Bonds, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC (curator: Ashley Rabanal)
Artifacts of Experience, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Greenville, SC
HERE ON OUT, with Rattlesnake Magazine, The Artistry, Greenville, SC
Transient Bodies, Revolve Gallery, Asheville, NC
super:cell, withRattlesnake Magazine, Radio Room, Greenville, SC
2022 Progress. On Contemporary and Future Society, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, IT
YARDWORK 2022, Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL, Greenville, SC (curators: Kevin Kao and matthew anthony batty)
America Unraveling, Tipton Street Gallery, Johnson City, TN (curator: Brooke Day)
ArtFields 2022, Lake City, SC
2021 Homecoming 2021, MFA Photography Reviews, JKC Gallery, Trenton, NJ
RE-FORM, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN (curator: Rebecca Drolen)
On Media. Signals and Connections, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, IT
The New Now: 2021, SPE NW, Forsberg Art Gallery, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA (juror: Zemie Barr)
Boundaries, Belonging, & Becoming, Life at Six Feet, RAMP Gallery at Revolve Studios, Asheville, NC
2020 Six Feet Photography Project, Click! Photo Festival, Online Exhibition
Creative Quarantine, ArtDoc Photography Magazine, Online Exhibition
COVID-19 Pictures Collection, Online Collection (juror: Jennifer Timmer Trail)
CURATORIAL | jury | review experience
2026 Panelist, 2026-27 Emerging Artist Alumni Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
Juror, SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show, The Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC
2025 Juror, Fine Arts Center Student Exhibition, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
2024 Panelist, 2024-25 Emerging Artist Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
2023 Mentor, Brandon Fellowship, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
Portfolio Reviewer, Student Portfolio Reviews, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Co-Curator, Artifacts of Experience, with TSA Greenville, TSA Gallery, Greenville SC
Curator, Transient Bodies, with Zero Space Collective, Revolve Gallery, Asheville, NC
awards | fellowships | grants [selected]
2026 Artist Project Grant, Metropolitan Arts Council
2025 Artist Project Grant, Metropolitan Arts Council
2024 Emerging Artist Alumni Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission
2023 Emerging Artist Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission
2022 John Acorn Award in Graduate Fine Arts Studio, Clemson University
Cecelia Voelker Award in Graduate Art History, Clemson University
2021 Graduate Travel Grant, Clemson University
Arrowmont Windgate Fellowship & Clemson University Fellows Scholarship
residencies
2026 Plexus Projects Remote Artist Residency, with Laura Splan, Brooklyn, NY
Publications [selected]
2026 “Substrate,” Volume 8, Online & Print Zine (editor: Cort Hartle)
2023 "Rattlesnake,” Volume 6, Print Publication (editors: Leah Smolin & Joseph Smolin)
2022 “Carolina Muse,” Volume II, Number IV, October 22 Issue, Page 29
“14th Anniversary Issue,” Issue 157, Fraction Magazine, Online Publication
2021 “APERO,” Fine Arts Catalogue: Open Theme, July 2021 Final Issue
“Hazey,”Fifth Wheel Press, Inaugural Annual Issue, Page 12 (juror: Nat Raum)
2020 “Volume 2: Connection”, Soft Lightning, Volume 2, Page 69 (juror: Rashod Taylor)
“A New Normal”, Darkside Collective (jurors: Nat Raum, Larissa Ramey, Nik Noel)
press | interviews [selected]
2025 “Meet the Artist: Jessica Swank and Maggie Genoble,” South Carolina Arts Commission, Interview
2023 Spitler, Hayley. “Emerging Artist Grantees,” Fox Carolina, Interview
2022 “Jessica Swank,” Float Magazine, 2022
2021 Chen, Nemo. “Woman Crush Wednesday: Jessica Swank,”Musée Magazine, Interview
“PHOTOGRAPHY: Jessica Swank,” Porridge Magazine, 2021
“Local Artist Jessica Swank to Donate Proceeds to NAMI Greenville,” NAMI Greenville, 2021
2020 “Feature: Jessica Swank,” Fifth Wheel Press, 2020
“Jessica Swank,” Glean Magazine, 2020
LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | ENGAGEMENT
2026 Community & Art, Panel Discussion, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
AI & Art, Panel Discussion, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2025 The Next Normal, Presenter, FATE Conference 2025, Washington DC
Artist Talk, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Artist Talk, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
Artist Talk, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Convergence, Artist Talk, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
2022 Inhabiting Space, with Zero Space Collective, Panel Discussion, 2022 Tri State Sculptors Conference, Spartanburg, SC
America Unraveling, Artist Talk, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2021 DIRT: Deepening Intentional Rest Tactics, Artist Talk, Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC
Southern Conversations in a Time of Pandemic, with Jo Fields, Invited Speaker, Slow Exposures Photography Festival, Zebulon, GA
Foundations of Digital Photography, 2 Day Workshop (Fall and Winter Sessions), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
academic appointments
2024 - Present Assistant Professor of Art, South Carolina School of the Arts, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2023 - 2024 Adjunct Instructor, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC
2022 - 2024 Adjunct Professor, South Carolina School of the Arts, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2020-2021 Graduate Teacher of Record, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2019-2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Anderson Wrangle, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
professional experience
2024 - Present Gallery Coordinator, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2021 - Present Freelance Exhibition Photographer
Freelance Architectural Photographer
2024 Visual Art Instructor, Summer Program, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC
Professional Organizations | Affiliations
2020 - Present Zero Space Collective: Founding Member
2020 - Present Society for Photographic Education (SPE): Member
2022 - 2023 Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville: Memb