Susan Swihart

Escape

2023

Lace, 2022 Unique Cyanotype print Arches Aquarelle Paper Edition 2/7 23 x 18” / 58 x 46 cm + Cyanotype hand-printed on Arches BFK Rives French watercolor paper + Signed and edition...

Susan Swihart is a photographic artist, born and raised in Massachusetts, now living in Los Angeles, CA. Her photographs are enquiries into the nature of identity and the persistence...

Susan Swihart is a photographic artist, born and raised in Massachusetts, now living in Los Angeles, CA. Her photographs are enquiries into the nature of identity and the persistence...

Susan Swihart is a photographic artist, born and raised in Massachusetts, now living in Los Angeles, CA. Her photographs are enquiries into the nature of identity and the persistence of memory. She received a BS in Art with a Concentration in Visual and Media Design from Northeastern University. A two-time Critical Mass finalist, her work has been included in numerous solo and group shows and collected Internationally. Susan Swihart If Only A personal narrative of self portrait work that explores the challenges of being a wife, mother, artist, daughter and friend in the middle of a crossroads, at the middle of my life, not quite sure who I am now or what direction I am heading. It’s a period that feels out of balance, a time where I struggle with the concept of aging and lost youth and the pursuit of having it all when I’m not really sure I want it. Often feeling that the person I thought I was has disappeared, replaced by familial needs and that slow and steady march through time as I shepherd my family forward. I am a participant observer in a life where I watch my children grow and take our place, while at the same time observe parents deteriorate. I’m lost somewhere in the middle with little room or time for personal growth or a clear understanding where I fit on the spectrum of my life. Not much time to reflect, but plenty of time...

Daisy and Austen in front of Trailer II (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 80x79cm, Edition 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate ...

Daisy in front of Trailer (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005 80x79cm, Edition 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature ...

Everything put Together (Suburbia) - 2004 50x50cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label with Certificate. Artist inventory #19313. Not mounte...

Gaelle With Broken Arm - 2021 60 x 50 cm, Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed in Hahnemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr, based on the original reclaimed Fuji Instant ...