Education:
1996-99 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
1989-93 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
1992 University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy.
Selected Exhibitions:
2011 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  University Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
2010

Mourning Portrait, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Solo Exhibition,
Inter-institutional Center of the University of North Carolina, UNCA Kellog Center, Hendersonville, NC.
  Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Solo Exhibition, Richmond, VA.
  Postcards to the CAC, Invitational Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA.

  Acadian Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA.
2009 Brenau University, Art gallery, Gainesville, NC.
  Ammo: Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.
  Trace, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Solo Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI.
  Mourning Portrait, EJ Bellocqu Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.
 

The Culture of Rights/The Rights of Culture: Loren Schwerd, Solo Exhibition,
Dana Women Artist Series, Douglas Library, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
  Hair on Fire, Halsey Institute fro Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, SC.
2008 Southern Heat, Wilson Center for the Arts, Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL.
  Material, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
  Mend: Life, Love and Loss, Halsey Institute, University of Charleston, SC.
  Either Side of the Skin, Penland Gallery School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
  Mourning Portrait, Sumter County Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Sumpter SC.
2007 Simple Truths, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AS.
2006 Dada Domestique, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY.
  60 Seconds of Play, Traveling Exhibition, Sarai Media Lab, India, Tilt Gallery and Project Space Portland Oregon, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
  Here Comes the Bride, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
 

Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spirituality, traveling exhibition curated by Eleanor Heartney, Ewing Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Lee Art Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. [catalog]
2005 Multiplicity, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
  Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
 

Homegrown: Southeast, Southeastern Contemporary Art Center, Winston- Salem, NC. [catalog]
  Another Keen Idea, The Car Art Museum, Houston, TX.
  Maquette, McMaster Art Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
  Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spirituality, traveling exhibition curated by Eleanor Heartney, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Artists and Guildford College Gallery, Greensboro, NC. [catalog]
2004 Fleece, Solo Exhibition, SC State University, Orangeburg, SC.
  The Matzo Files, exhibition sponsored by Artists Alliance, Inc. at the Streit's Matzo Factory, NYC.
  Triennial 2004, The State Museum, Columbia, SC. [catalog]
 

Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spirituality, traveling exhibition curated by Eleanor Heartney, State Museum, Columbia SC, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY. [catalog]
2003

Flock, Solo Exhibition, Redux Studios, Charleston, SC.
  Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spirituality, curated by Eleanor Heartney. The City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston, SC, [catalog]
  Southern Bent, Traveling Exhibition, The Medical School campus of Washington University, St. Louis and the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, MO.
  Contemporary Charleston, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, The City Gallery at the Waterfront Charleston, SC. [catalog]
  After a Decade, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA.
2002 L'Accordeoniste and Walrus Wrestling. Stage Performances, The Sensitive Medium,
Columbia Museum of Art. Collaboration with performer and choreographer Martha Brim, Director of The Power Company, Contemporary Dance Company.
Original Music for L'Accordeoniste by Trevor Weston.

  Breath of Fire, Performed as part of the program, Out of the Closet, Patriot Hall, Sumter, SC. Collaboration with performer/choreographer Martha Brim.
  Confections, Solo Fellowship Exhibition, Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Southern Alabama, Mobile.
  Yield, Solo Exhibition, EyeSpy Gallery, Charleston, SC.
  Summer Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. [catalog]
  What's New 2, McColl Center for Visual Art's Spirit Square Galleries, Charlotte, NC,
2001 Cover, Performed at the Dance at Noon series, 2001 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC. Sculpture and costume by Loren Schwerd, Choreographed and Performed by Eliza Ingle.
  Suits and Skins, Two Person Exhibition, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.
 

Salmagundi V, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC.
2000

Trappings, Solo Exhibtion, City Gallery, Charleston, SC.
 

7th International Shoebox Sculpture Show, Traveling Exhibition, 13 Venues in the U.S. and Taiwan. University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI. [catalog].
1999

Emerge, Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Commissions:
2004

Autumn, Commissioned Site Work, for Accessibility 2004, Sumter, SC. [catalog]
2002

Epitaph, Commissioned for In Response: Temporary 9/11 Memorial Project, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
2001 Cloaks, Commissioned site work for the 2001 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Exhibition,
Charleston, SC.
Selected Bibliography
2009 Love Design, edited by Paula Bjaringer, Daab Publishing, Cologne, Germany.
  Design 360 Magazine, published by Sandu Cultural Media, Guangzhou /Shanghai/Hong Kong
  The Times-Picayune, Artist Loren Schwerd's sculpture explores post-K loss at Ammo Gallery, by Doug McCash, August 21, 2009
  New Orleans Contemporary Art Examiner, Review: Loren Schwerd at Ammo, by Chris Herbeck, August, 28, 2009.
 

The Gambit, Split Ends, by D. Eric Bookhardt, Sept 8, 2009.
2008

FiberArts Magazine, Artist Profile: Loren Schwerd, by Sally Hansell, November- December. (cover image)
  DailyServing, Loren Schwerd Mourning Portraits, December 20, 2008.
2005 Charleston Magazine, Artist Profile, April 2005.
2004 FiberArts Design Book 7, Published by Lark Books, Ashville, NC.
  Artpapers, Review of Thresholds of Art and Spiritual Life, by Teresa Tynes, March-April.
Permanent Collections:
2001 Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Awards, Grants, Fellowships:
2008 The Enclave at I Park Artist's Residency.
2007

Art Omi International Artists' Residency.
  Blue Mountain Center Artist's residency Program.
2006 Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts.
2001 Southeastern College Art Conference Artist Fellowship
1997 Artist Angel Grant, Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
Teaching:
2005-Present Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2008 Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC.
2007 Visiting Instructor, Orebro College of Art, Orebro, Sweden.
2004-2005 Artist-Teacher , Vermont College MFA in Visual Art Program, Montpelier, VT.
2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, College of Charleston, SC.
1999-2003 Instructor of Sculpture, Full Time, School of the Arts, College of Charleston, SC.