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Matthew Swarts | |
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| Born | 1970 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Princeton University (A.B., Philosophy), Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MFA, Photography and Digital Media) |
| Known for | Photography, Digital Art |
| Awards | Fulbright Scholar Grant, Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award |
| Website | https://matthewswarts.org/ |
Matthew Swarts (born 1970) is an American digital artist and photographer based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Swarts manipulates photographic information, exploring themes of intimacy, distance, and the fragmentation of personal connections in the digital era.[1]
Work
[edit]Swarts’ early work focused on traditional portraiture, including the series Children with Cancer, which documented young people in Boston during his graduate education.[1] His artistic approach changed after a long-term relationship ended, leading him to develop a process of digitally layering and distorting portraits with scanned patterns, graphics, optical illusions, and abstracted visual information. This technique is evident in his series Beth and The Alternatives, where familiar figures are obscured and fragmented beneath layers of digital information.[2]
Exhibitions and Collections
[edit]Swarts has exhibited at venues including Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles), the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Harvard University's Carpenter Center, Hampshire College, and internationally at events such as MIAMI PROJECT and PULSE ART FAIR at Art Basel Miami Beach.[1] His work has been shown at AIPAD (New York City), the George Eastman Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Princeton University, and the Seattle Art Fair.[1][2]
Swarts’ photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the George Eastman Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Princeton University, Transformer Station, Light Work, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago).[1][3]
Recognition and Publications
[edit]Swarts has received the Fulbright Scholar Grant and the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award for photographic portraiture.[1] His work has been published in a range of outlets, including:
- The New York Times Magazine[4]
- DEAR DAVE (Issue 28, 2022)[5]
- Doubletake Magazine (Spring 1998)[6]
- Contact Sheet (Light Work Annual #132, 2005)[7]
- Afterimage
- Fotophile
- In the Loupe (Photographic Resource Center, 2009)
- WIRED Magazine[8]
- SLATE[9]
- GUP Magazine[10]
- Humble Arts Foundation[11]
Academic Career
[edit]Swarts has taught photography and digital media at several institutions, including Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Connecticut, and Community College of Rhode Island.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "About Matthew Swarts". matthewswarts.org. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ a b Hostetler, Lisa (2016). A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age. George Eastman Museum. pp. 160–163. ISBN 9780935398182.
- ^ "Children with Cancer". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Saint Louis, Catherine (September 10, 2000). "What They Were Thinking: Karen Edna Wallstein, Campbell Village, USA., Copake, NY". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Frailey, Stephen (2022). "Matthew Swarts". Dear Dave (28).
- ^ Coles, Robert. "A Witness to Courage". Doubletake (Spring 1998).
- ^ Salas, Alexis (2005). "Fiction as a Higher Truth: The Photography of Matthew Swarts". Contact Sheet (132).
- ^ Schiller, Jakob (January 28, 2015). "An Artist Copes With a Breakup by Erasing His Ex in Photoshop". WIRED. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Rosenberg, David. "This Photographer's Creative Way of Processing a Relationship". Slate. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Matthews, Katherine October (2015). "Alternatives: An Interview with Matthew Swarts". GUP Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ Feinstein, Jon (November 20, 2014). "Matthew Swarts Transforms Intimate Portraits into Psychoactive Masterpieces". Humble Arts Foundation. Retrieved May 19, 2025.