BIOGRAPHY

Caitlyn Swift (b. 1999) is a multimedia artist currently based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her evocative figurative paintings, drawings, and sculptures serve as physical manifestations of personal, psychological, and historical feminine archetypes. Through exaggeration, elongation, and nuanced historical poses, Caitlyn's figures are in dialogue with traditional portrayals of the female body throughout the history of art. She earned her BFA from the University of Arizona in 2020 and is currently a third-year MFA student and instructor of record at Arizona State University, expected to graduate in Spring of 2025.

Caitlyn was awarded the Martin Wong Scholarship in support of her upcoming thesis exhibition, set to show at the Harry Wood Gallery in April of 2025. She was one of forty figurative artists in the United States selected to showcase her work in the AXA Art Prize at the New York Academy of Art, NY (2024). In celebration of women’s history month, Caitlyn was a panelist and solo exhibitor at Bay College (2024). Her recent solo exhibitions include Restless at Bay College, MI (2024) and ORCHID HOUSE at Subspace Gallery in Tucson, AZ (2021). Caitlyn was an artist in residence at Chateau d’Orquevaux in France (2022), supported by the Denis Diderot Grant, and has a piece in their permanent private collection. Her work has been published in Sandscript Magazine (2019), Polaris Magazine (2020), and Persona Magazine (2021), where she earned first-place honors in the visual arts category for two of these publications.