Work
Swansea’s most recent exhibition, Psycho, at the Deichtorhallen / Sammlung Falckenberg, was held in Winter – Spring 2012. The exhibition was a selection of over 40 of Swansea’s paintings from 2002-2012, chosen from various European collections. The exhibition was hung concurrently with paintings by Finnish artist Robert Lucander.
In 2009, the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxembourg held a survey of 5 years of Swansea’s paintings (October 11, 2008 – February 2, 2009). Arndt & Partner Gallery Zurich showed "recent paintings,” October 23 – November 22, 2008.
In addition to numerous solo shows, Swansea’s paintings have appeared in important group exhibitions, such as Greater New York, MoMAPS1, New York, Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (both 2005), The Triumph of Painting part 3, Saatchi Gallery in London (2006), “Central Station” at La Maison Rouge in Paris, Back to the Figure - Contemporary Painting, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (2006), Symbolism, Von der Heyt Museum, Wuppertal (catalog ) True Romance - Allegories of Love from the Renaissance to the Present, Kunsthalle Wien (2007/2008) as well as in “Story-Tellers” at Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Her work is included in many prominent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Sammlung Falckenberg Hamburg and the Olbricht Collection, Berlin.
Critical writing on Swansea’s work has been published internationally, including Art in America, monopol, Parkett, The Art Newspaper, The Brooklyn Rail, Flash Art, Fantom, The New York Sun, ArtNet, ARTinvestor, and art, das kunstmagazin.
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