Meet the Artists

Caledonia Curry, known as Swoon, is a contemporary artist and filmmaker recognized around the world for her pioneering vision of public artwork. Through intimate portraits, immersive installations and multi-year community based projects, she has spent over 20 years exploring the depths of human complexity by mobilizing her artwork to fundamentally re-envision the communities we live in toward a more just and equitable world. She is best known as one of the first women street artists to gain international recognition, pushing the conceptual limits of the genre and paving the way for a generation of women street artists. Most recently, she has deviated from traditional studio practices to explore multi-platform storytelling to reach different kinds of audiences. She hopes to elicit transformative experiences through fairytales and fables, experienced in modern ways: digital hybrid storybooks and live story readings paired with academic lectures and public sculpture.

Swoon is the 2025-26 Distinguished Artist in Residence at Silver Art.