Born in Tehran, abstract painter Sofie Swann escaped the Iranian revolution at a young age and subsequently lived in the United States and France. Keeping her heritage close, Swann uses Persian tea in varying amounts as a subtle nod to her roots. The sepia tones are, at times, a faint addition, though this trademark signature creates a sense of place in every work she makes.
Swann spent time studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston where she explored landscapes and portraiture. Through experimentation, she developed a passion for abstract and minimalist art. While later living in Paris, she discovered key influential artists including Vincent van Gogh, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama.
As a process of self-discovery and self-expression, her paintings take the form of visual autobiographies, telling a narrative of memories, both real and imagined, and the emotion she draws from remembering them. Swann prefers not to sketch intentional designs before beginning a painting and rather lets the work evolve organically. “My thoughts and emotions. That’s where it all starts,” she said in an interview with Sorelle Gallery. “I don’t paint what I see. I paint what I feel.”
Since 2015, Swann has exhibited in solo and in groups around the United States, including at Chroma Fine Art Gallery in Katonah, New York; Silvermine Galleries and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, both in New Canaan, Connecticut; and Sorelle Gallery in Westport, Connecticut.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Sofie Swann’s prints, paintings, mixed media and more.
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 60" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 60" x 45" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural c...
Digital, Giclée
"Piano, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 20" x 16"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition abstract giclee print by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. It features thin, imperfect vertical rectangular shapes which are half white and half deep red, and are...
Digital, Giclée
"Blueberry Hill, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 45", Framed
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on 30 x 45 canvas, this giclee ships framed in a whit...
Digital, Giclée
"Happy Birthday, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large, colorful abstract painting by Sofie Swann measures 48" x 48" and is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It features a bright blue background with ribbons a...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Message in a Bottle, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 60" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a light, coastal palette, with blue organic shapes patterned and stacked next to one another on the white bac...
Digital, Giclée
"Lollipops #2" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 45", rolled
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lollipops #2," by Sofie Swann measures 36" x 45" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural canvas edges a...
Digital, Giclée
"Blueberry Hill, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 36" rolled canvas
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural canva...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Blueberry Hill, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 36", Framed
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 54"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Canvas Rolled Print, 45" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 45" x 36" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas,...
Digital, Giclée
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Giclee Framed Print, 45" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and r...
Digital, Giclée
"Pieds Dans L'eau, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Piano, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 60" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition abstract giclee print by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. It features thin, imperfect vertical rectangular shapes which are half white and half deep red, and are...
Digital, Giclée
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Framed Giclee Print, 30" x 24"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and r...
Digital, Giclée
"Barcode, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract contemporary painting is made with acrylic pain, cardboard, and Persian tea on canvas. It features a neutral palette, with a warm, light beige background, and brown, bl...
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"A Summer Day in Nantucket, " Limited Edition Framed Giclee Print, 20" x 16"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and r...
Digital, Giclée
"Neighbors, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Neighbors," by Sofie Swann measures 48" x 60" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wire...
Digital, Giclée
"Piano, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition abstract giclee print by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. It features thin, imperfect vertical rectangular shapes which are half white and half deep red, and are...
Digital, Giclée
"Lemon Lime Goodness, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 50" x 40"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lemon Lime Goodness," by Sofie Swann measures 50" x 40" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this gicl...
Digital, Giclée
"Lollipops #6, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint on canvas. A deep black background is covered with mid- and light-toned blue and white, overlapping rectangular shape...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bedtime Story, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 53" x 53"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette and is composed of small, organic shapes patterned together in horizontal and vertical lines. The s...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 72"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Neighbors, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 45"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Neighbors," by Sofie Swann measures 36" x 45" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wire...
Digital, Giclée
"Sunshine On My Shoulders, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting is predominantly a bright shade of yellow. Vertical rectangular shapes which are shades of brown, striped, encapsulated in larger white rectangles, pattern and...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,125
"Standing Tall, Standing Proud, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract minimalistic Limited Edition print by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette. In it, organic, imperfect light beige rectangles extend up from smaller, deep red squ...
Digital, Giclée
"Red Roses for Warhol, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a square pattern composition in a deep red color, with abstracted, thin black line drawings of roses within each square. T...
Digital, Giclée
"Neighbors" Limited Edition Giclee , 48" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Neighbors" by Sofie Swann measures 60" x 48" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired...
Digital, Giclée
"Message in a Bottle, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 50" x 40"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a light, coastal palette, with blue organic shapes patterned and stacked next to one another on the white bac...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 72"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Sand and Sea, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 45"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Sand and Sea," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural canvas edges and can be stretched upo...
Digital, Giclée
"Lollipops #2" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 45", Framed
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lollipops #2," by Sofie Swann measures 36" x 45" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame w...
Digital, Giclée
"My Foolish Heart" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm palette, layering circular shapes in red and orange tones over top of one another to create an abstract composition with depth. ...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Giclee Rolled Print, 30" x 24"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 30" x 24" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas,...
Digital, Giclée
"Enchanted Forest" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features imperfect circular light teal shapes juxtaposed by warm-toned vertical lines beneath them. The background of the piece is patterned wit...
Canvas, Acrylic, Gesso
"Flight to Nowhere, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large statement painting by Sofie Swann features a cool, neutral palette. Made with acrylic paint and Persian tea on canvas, it features blue, creme, and deep brown rectangular ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Summer Day in Nantucket, " Limited Edition Framed Giclee Print, 20" x 16"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships fr...
Digital, Giclée
"Pieds Dans L'eau, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural canvas edges and can be stretched upon arrival - pleas...
Digital, Giclée
"Rebondissements de la Vie" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a light blue, sandy beige, and deep teal blue palette, with varying organic circular shapes layered and arranged in a l...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Piano, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 50" x 40"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition abstract giclee print by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. It features thin, imperfect vertical rectangular shapes which are half white and half deep red, and are...
Digital, Giclée
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Rolled Canvas Print, 60" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 60" x 48" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this print ships rolled with natural c...
Digital, Giclée
"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Rolled Canvas Print, 45" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann measures 45" x 36" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas,...
Digital, Giclée
"Happy Birthday My Love, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large painting is made with acrylic paint and Persian tea on canvas. A highly abstract piece, half red and half yellow circle-like shapes closely pattern the entire surface of the 48" x 72" canvas. Horizontal and vertical lines appear to scratch through the circles, with several of them in the shapes of small American flags...
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Eggs" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette, with cream-colored circular shapes layered beneath orange circular outlines over a black backgroun...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Message in a Bottle, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 24"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a light, coastal palette, with blue organic shapes patterned and stacked next to one another on the white bac...
Digital, Giclée
"Hello Peaches, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract painting by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and Persian tea on canvas. Circle-like shapes which are half sand-colored and half o...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Home" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a bold, contrasting palette with a simple light blue house and chimney shape on a solid, peach-toned background. This mini...
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Mighty Cupcakes, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Mighty Cupcakes," by Sofie Swann measures 30" x 30" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater fram...
Digital, Giclée
"Across the Universe" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a white, warm grey, and metallic silver palette with imperfect circular shapes in varying sizes arranged in a balanced ...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
"Lollipops #2, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large, abstract painting features a painterly, off-white background with green, stem-like shapes that criss-cross in some areas and are topped with swirling circles in green and...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Flight to Nowhere" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 48"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Forgotten Snowfall" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a white, warm grey, and metallic silver palette with imperfect circular shapes in varying sizes arranged in a balanced, patterned compo...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
"Confetti" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract horizontal statement painting by Sofie Swann features a light palette, with large white and small yellow circular shapes layered over a hazy grey and subtle silve...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Eternity, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 53" x 53"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Lost at Sea" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a light blue, sandy beige, and white palette, with varying organic circular shapes and curving lines layered throughout...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bedtime Story, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette and is composed of small, organic shapes patterned together in horizontal and vertical lines. The s...
Digital, Giclée
"Blueberry Hill, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 60", Framed
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floate...
Digital, Giclée
"Flight to Nowhere" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 45" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Beauty of Silence, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 53" x 53"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features an off-white background, with textured geometric dark blue rectangles arranged around a white square, pointing out vertica...
Digital, Giclée