15 Facts About Julianne Swartz

Julianne Swartz was born on 1967 and is a New York-based artist.

Julianne Swartz is known for immersive installations, architectural interventions and sculptures that bring sound, optics and kinetics into play to create alternative, multisensory experiences.

Julianne Swartz has been recognized by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Joan Mitchell Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and Anonymous Was a Woman.

Julianne Swartz studied poetry, receiving a BA in creative writing and photography from the University of Arizona in 1989, before attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Bard College, where she earned an MFA in sculpture in 2003.

Julianne Swartz's mother, Beth Ames Swartz, is an established artist known for paintings and mixed-media works that explore light, spirituality, healing and feminist themes.

Julianne Swartz received early attention for artworks exploring visual perception and the act of looking, exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Islip Art Museum, SculptureCenter and Artists Space between 1997 and 2003.

In 2003, Julianne Swartz broadened her perceptual interests to sound and emotional memory, seeking to extend audience engagement with her work.

Julianne Swartz gained wide recognition for sonic installations at the Whitney Biennial, New Museum and the Liverpool Biennial.

Julianne Swartz's work has centered on site-specific sonic and optical installations, sculpture and photographs.

In several acoustic installations, Julianne Swartz presented intimate spoken messages that "seeped" out of hidden speakers or surrounded visitors in tapestries of sound, blurring notions of public and private.

Julianne Swartz's sculpture has more often emphasized optical effects involving perceptual displacement, physical sensation, motion, time and balance.

In subsequent series, Julianne Swartz used delicate forms and movements and precariousness to convey pathos and human emotion.

Julianne Swartz has been recognized with fellowships and awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman, UrbanGlass, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Public Art Fund and Bronx Museum of the Arts, among others.

Julianne Swartz has received artist residencies from Cite internationale des arts, Art Omi and Skowhegan.

Julianne Swartz's work belongs to the public collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Colby College Museum of Art, deCordova Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, Phoenix Art Museum, and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.