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Curriculum Vitae

SOLO MUSEUM & ACADEMIC EXHIBITIONS

2021 | Three Dimensions | Herman Noack Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2018 | Personal Path | Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

2018 | Breaking Away | Manetti Shrem Museum at UC Davis, Davis, CA

2017 | Personal Path | Ludwig Museum at Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

2016 | Personal Path | Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

2015 | Personal Path | Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany

2014 | Personal Path | Kollengienkirche, Salzburg, Austria

2012 | Susan Swartz | Harvard Divinity School, Boston, MA

2011 | Seasons of the Soul | National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2010 | Natural Revelations | Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2008 | Natural Revelations | Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

2005 | Susan Swartz | Harvard Divinity School, Boston, MA

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

2020 | Art & Social Justice | Susan Swartz Studios, Park City, UT

2019 | Melides Art Pavillion Opening | Melides, Portugal

2015 | Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair | Istanbul, Turkey

2014 | Kimball Winter Art Salon | Deer Valley, UT

2014 | American International Fine Art Fair | Palm Beach, FL

2013 | Painters of the Wasatch | Kimball Arts Center, Park City, UT

2013 | Abstract | Belgravia Gallery, London

2012 | Breath of Nature | Belgravia Gallery, London

2011 | Naples International Art & Antiques Fair | Naples, FL

2011 | Art Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL

2011 | Susan Swartz | The Carlyle, New York, NY

2011 | Art Newport, Newport, RI

2007-10 | Carol Craven Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

2003-08 | The Phoenix Gallery, Park City, UT

2009 | Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2006-07 | Elliott Yeary Gallery, Aspen, CO

2006 | Center Street Gallery, Jackson, WY

2005 | E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, CO

PUBLICATIONS

2021 | Three Dimensions at Galerie Noack

2018 | Personal Path at the Central Academy of Fine Art Catalog

2017 | Personal Path at the Ludwig Museum at the Russian State Museum Catalog

2016 | Personal Path at the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest Catalog

2015 | Personal Path at the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz Catalog

2008 | Natural Revelations

2005 | Painters of the Wasatch

Susan Swartz explores landscapes through potent colors and richly layered abstract paintings.

With her evocation of coastal splendor and mountain drama, Swartz follows in the tradition of the great German painters, 19th century Romantic sage Caspar David Friedrich, and 20th century icon Gerhard Richter. She is inspired by the intersection of art, nature and spirituality.

Susan Swartz's distinctive style has been recognized with solo exhibitions at the Herman Noack Gallery in Berlin, Germany in 2021; the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Museum in Beijing, China in 2018; the Manetti Shrem Museum in Davis, California in 2018; the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2017; the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary in 2016; the Ludwig Museum in Koblenz, Germany in 2015; the Kollegienkirche in Salzburg, Austria; the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C in 2011; the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah in 2010; and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2008. Her works are in the public and private collections including the Agnes Gund Collection, the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts; the Springville Museum of Art; the Utah Museum of Fine Arts; the International Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland; and the CAFA Museum in Beijing, China. Her work is also on display inside the United States Embassies in New Zealand, Hungary, and China via the Art in Embassies program.

In 2005, Swartz was published in the Gibbs Smith collectors book Painters of the Wasatch Mountains alongside Wasatch Mountain School artists Maynard Dixon, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran. Swartz was the Official Olympic Environmental Artist for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The underlying energy and tension to Swartz's work hints of her complex relationship with the natural world. Her decade long struggle with mercury poisoning and Lyme disease transformed her as an artist and as a citizen. She now works from a place of impassioned reverence for the earth, and of fierce determination to inform and educate.

Swartz paints from studios in Park City, Utah and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Agnes Gund Private Collection, New York, NY

Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

George Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum, Park City, UT

International Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

US National Ski Hall of Fame & Museum, Ishpeming, MI

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

Kimball Arts Center, Park City, UT

And in private and corporate collections worldwide, including Zions Bank and Zion National Park.