2024
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.
"Tears of Joy" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm, bright orange palette with varying sizes of circular shapes layered over a imperfect white and gold vertical lines. This painti...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Across the Universe" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a white, warm grey, and metallic silver palette with imperfect circular shapes in varying sizes arranged in a balanced ...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
"Let It Snow" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a light neutral palette, with white circular shapes layered over a hazy grey and cream-colored, subtly metallic background. This ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Magical Place" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a light blue and white palette, with organic circular and rectangular shapes layered throughout the canvas. This painti...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Coup de Foudre, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large-scale original painting by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint on canvas. A square format, it features dark shapes, each composed of two parts, that emerge from either side of the canvas and nearly meet in the middle, leaving a somewhat jagged space white space between them. Small and mid-sized, colorful outlines of perfect circles fill the dark shapes. The piece is titled, "Coup de Foudre...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Eternity, " Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large-scale original painting by Sofie Swann is predominantly a deep, near-black color with long, thin triangles that emerge into the composition from every side. The dark shape...
Canvas, Acrylic
Fanny (Abstract painting)
By Anya Spielman
Located in London, GB
Fanny (Abstract painting) Oil on paper - Framed The work is framed, dimensions incl. frame: 50 x 45 cm / 19.6 x 17.7 inch Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in vario...
Paper, Oil
Is That All
By Hannah Reeves
Located in Columbia, MO
Hannah Reeves Is That All 2023 Acrylic and charcoal on raw silk and organdy 8 x 8 inches
Cotton, Dye, Acrylic
Quantum Physical
By Jennifer Wolf
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf, Quantum Physical, 2015, natural dyes, mordants, acrylic medium on canvas over panel, 60" x 120", $26,500
Canvas, Dye
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
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
endure, Original Abstract Painting
Located in Boston, MA
endure 24.0 x 24.0 x 1.5, 1.0 lbs Acrylic Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "'endure' is a painting created as part of an experimental series in 2023. The lowercase titl...
Acrylic
