Olivia Swinson is an Athens, Georgia-based artist who makes acrylic paintings about tensions in familiar and romantic relationships and self-awareness. The paintings depict an internal struggle within itself about these complex relationships through the consistent visual walls the audience is confronted with. Swinson’s works stylistically range from geometric abstraction to graphical figuration. She uses old family photos as references along with video game characters, in-game color pallets, and comic book panels to create the general subject and feeling for each painting. Swinson uses media outside of Art, such as indie-horror games and contemporary music, to generate ideas. Her series WOULDN’T IT BE BEAUTIFUL? was shown at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the Liminal: BFA Exit Show in April 2024.
Education
Spring 2024: BFA, Drawing and Painting, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Exhibitions
April 2024: Liminal: BFA Exit Show. Lamar Dodd School of Art. University of Georgia. Athens, GA
March-May 2024: 49th Juried Exhibition. Lyndon House Arts Center. Athens, GA
July 2023: Mostra. John D. Kehoe International Center and Severini School. University of Georgia. Cortona, Italy
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
April 2023: Dorothy Alexander Roush Student Scholarship. Office of Student Financial Aid. University Georgia
December 2022: Rick Johnson Art in Cortona Scholarship. Lamar Dodd School of Art and the UGA Cortona International Center. University of Georgia