2020
Born in Tehran, abstract painter Sofie Swann escaped the Iranian revolution at a young age and subsequently lived in the United States and France. Keeping her heritage close, Swann uses Persian tea in varying amounts as a subtle nod to her roots. The sepia tones are, at times, a faint addition, though this trademark signature creates a sense of place in every work she makes.
Swann spent time studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston where she explored landscapes and portraiture. Through experimentation, she developed a passion for abstract and minimalist art. While later living in Paris, she discovered key influential artists including Vincent van Gogh, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama.
As a process of self-discovery and self-expression, her paintings take the form of visual autobiographies, telling a narrative of memories, both real and imagined, and the emotion she draws from remembering them. Swann prefers not to sketch intentional designs before beginning a painting and rather lets the work evolve organically. “My thoughts and emotions. That’s where it all starts,” she said in an interview with Sorelle Gallery. “I don’t paint what I see. I paint what I feel.”
Since 2015, Swann has exhibited in solo and in groups around the United States, including at Chroma Fine Art Gallery in Katonah, New York; Silvermine Galleries and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, both in New Canaan, Connecticut; and Sorelle Gallery in Westport, Connecticut.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Sofie Swann’s prints, paintings, mixed media and more.
"Lollipops #7, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large-scale statement painting is made with acrylic paint on canvas. Bright yellow and grey rectangles are joined together to create shapes reminiscent of geometric lollipops. A...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lollipops #6, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint on canvas. A deep black background is covered with mid- and light-toned blue and white, overlapping rectangular shape...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lollipops #2, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large, abstract painting features a painterly, off-white background with green, stem-like shapes that criss-cross in some areas and are topped with swirling circles in green and...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lollipops #5, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract painting features a neutral but warm palette. Red, orange, and creme-colored rectangular shapes which are striped, with larger square-like shapes that top several...
Acrylic, Panel
"Lollipops #2, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 60"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lollipops #2" by Sofie Swann measures 60" x 48" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Lollipops #2" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 16" x 20", Framed
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition abstract print, "Lollipops #2," by Sofie Swann measures 16" x 20" and is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame w...
Digital, Giclée
"Large Gridish #14" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you can view other paintings in this series) Artist’s Statement: “As I often do, I chose a very simple form to work with ...
Charcoal, House Paint, Acrylic
Stem #229 (Abstract painting)
By Robert Baribeau
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Yupo - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, on supports that are themselves ...
Paper, Acrylic
Stem #229 (Abstract painting)
By Robert Baribeau
Located in London, GB
Stem #229 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Yupo - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, o...
Paper, Acrylic
Bulk Candy (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Bulk Candy (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Montval paper Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds of pa...
Paper, Acrylic
Obsession 6, Abstract Painting
By Natasha Tayles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Vibrant red and pink circles figurately dominate the coast on a hot summer day. An abstracted view from above of colorful bucket hats and beach umbrellas, the...
Acrylic
Untitled 24045 (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Untitled 24045 (Abstract painting) Oil on canvas — Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight th...
Canvas, Oil
