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Keep up-to-date on the latest from Susan Swartz Studios and the goings-on of the eponymous artist.
A NATURAL BALANCE
Increasingly, I find myself at a nexus point between the practice of art and the pursuit of optimal health. My latest work is an expression of that exploration.
UTAH WOMEN’S MURAL
In celebration of Women’s Equality Day August 26,2020, Zions Bank sponsored artist Jann Haworth to create a 5000 square foot mural featuring 250 prominent Utah women. Susan is honored to be featured alongside such trailblazing women leaders in our community.
WHY I PAINT: EARTH DAY REFLECTIONS
Today's forced seclusion and wake up call to stay healthy has once again granted me the luxury of time to ponder what really matters. The clarity that our seclusion affords is a gift and it motivates me to renew my pledge to truly appreciate, exalt, protect and preserve the beauty of nature through my art in every way I can.
This is why I paint.
INSPIRING HOPE: SUNDANCE 2020 RECAP
Susan Swartz Studios does not take the current crisis at hand lightly. Artist Susan Swartz’s endurance and recovery of the harsh effects of Lyme disease and Mercury poisoning is an example of the havoc an illness can wreck on an individual’s body and spirit. Knowing that COVID-19 is affecting individuals directly through disease as well as local and global populations with the repercussions of its spread, is disheartening to say the least.
THE ART OF GIFTING
This holiday season, find a unique and thoughtful gift for the art lover or “someone who has everything”. Susan Swartz Studios has curated a selection of limited edition and one-of-a-kind items to ease your holiday shopping.
Find the perfect gift below with our selection of scarves, stationery, prints, publications and hand-painted vases.
CELEBRATE THE SEASONS WITH SUSAN SWARTZ
Susan Swartz Studios extends a warm invitation to celebrate freshly curated works in the Gallery for the fall and winter seasons.
A LOOK BACK AT SUSAN’S SOLO EXHIBITION AT CAFA, BEIJING - OCT 2018
In a cultural twist to Throw Back Thursdays, a year ago today on October 10, 2018 we were celebrating a pre-opening reception at PACE Gallery Beijing for Susan’s show at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in China (CAFA) that ran from October 11-November 4, 2018.
SUSAN’S LATEST COMMISSION DEDICATED TO ZION NATIONAL PARK
Last Saturday August 31st, Susan was honored to unveil one of her latest paintings, Zion’s Glow (72x72” acrylic on linen) at the Zion National Park Centennial Celebration. Commissioned by Zions Bank, the painting was dedicated at the VIP Dinner for the Utah Symphony concert featuring Sting.
ZION PARK CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SHOWCASES COMMISSION BY SUSAN SWARTZ
Susan Swartz Studios is pleased to announce the upcoming dedication of Swartz’s latest commission, Zion’s Glow, a 72x72” acrylic on linen painting. Commissioned by Zions Bank, this large-scale painting is a gift to Zion National Park in honor of its Centennial year.
SUSAN SWARTZ FEATURED AT MELIDES ART, PORTUGAL
Artist Susan Swartz was honored to be invited as one of five exhibiting visual artists to participate in the groundbreaking kick off of the new Melides Art Pavilion designed by James Waterworth, SOHO House's former European Design Director. The exclusive invite only launch took place on May 18 to coincide with Lisbon's prestigious annual contemporary Art Fair, ARCO 2019 which took place May 15 - 19. ARCO boasts an interesting mix of Portuguese and international artists drawing leaders in the European art world, writers, photographers and critics there to take part.
OPENING OF “PERSONAL PATH” PROVIDES A FORUM FOR CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Cultural exchange is the balm for today’s tense political climate, and art is the universal language that can initiate the dialogue. In today’s tense political climate, the most important thing to support is cultural exchange. Art, as US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman affirms, “transcends us all. It transcends borders, boundaries.” Susan Swartz’s exhibition “Personal Path,” which opened Tuesday, November 28th at the State Russian Museum, transcends boundaries, creating a dialogue between the United States and Russia. For the first time in five years an American artist is exhibiting work at a Russian museum.
VISUAL MAPPING OF THE SOUL
After Salzburg, Koblenz and Budapest, St. Petersburg is now the fourth European location in which the American artist is staging her solo exhibition "Personal Path". On view until January 29, 2018 in the State Russian Museum are 113 of her paintings.
SUSAN SWARTZ FEATURED IN A SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE LUDWIG MUSEUM AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM IN ST PETERSBURG
“Personal Path” at the Ludwig Museum in St Petersburg is the first show in Russia for Park City, Utah and Martha’s Vineyard artist Susan Swartz. More than 100 paintings from the early 2000s through the present will be on view from Tuesday, November 27, 2017 to January 28, 2018.
FEATURED ON ARTNET’S MUST SEE UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: “PERSONAL PATH” AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM
Park City, Utah and Martha’s Vineyard artist Susan Swartz’s “Personal Path” at the State Russian Museum featured as one of ArtNet’s must-see upcoming exhibitions.
OPENING INVITATION: “PERSONAL PATH” AT THE LUDWIG MUSEUM AT THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM IN ST PETERSBURG
Park City, Utah and Martha’s Vineyard artist Susan Swartz’s exhibition, “Personal Path,” opens November 28, 2017.
SUSAN SWARTZ RUSSIA EXHIBITION TO OPEN NOVEMBER 28, 2017
Susan Swartz announces a solo exhibition at The Ludwig Museum at The State Russian Museum (Marble Palace) in St. Petersburg, Russia.
THE OPENING OF THE MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM OF ART AT UC DAVIS
Susan Swartz Studios is proud to support the opening of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis.
“PERSONAL PATH” AT THE LUDWIG MUSEUM, BUDAPEST
Susan Swartz’s highly anticipated solo exhibition Personal Path opened at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Hungary on Friday, December 9th, 2016; a large crowd of collectors, politicians, museum directors, and art enthusiasts were in attendance. More than 100 paintings across nine rooms are on display. The show was met with much acclaim. Walter Smerling, the Director of the Foundation of Art and Culture in Bonn, Germany declared, “There’s never been a show like this.” Personal Path is on display at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest through January 29th, 2017.
“PERSONAL PATH” LISTED AS A FEATURED EXHIBITION ON ARTNET
Park City, Utah and Martha’s Vineyard artist Susan Swartz’s solo exhibition “Personal Path” listed as a featured exhibition on ArtNet.
SUSAN SWARTZ BUDAPEST SOLO EXHIBITION TO OPEN DECEMBER 9, 2019
Susan Swartz Studios is thrilled to announce the upcoming solo exhibition of Personal Path at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Hungary. The exhibition will open Friday, December 9th. Works from previous Personal Path exhibitions as well as some of Swartz’s newest paintings will be featured.