About
Margaret Swan’s sculpture investigates the relationship of nature to architecture and the built world around us, particularly the varied ways these structures shape amorphous elements like air and water. Working with basic building materials, such as painted aluminum sheet metal, tubes, and bars, she creates pieces that celebrate a dynamic and symbiotic relationship of opposites.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Margaret Swan earned her MA in Painting and Sculpture at Bennington College on a full fellowship, and her BFA at Syracuse University. Her awards include a New England Foundation for the Arts Regional Fellowship in Sculpture and a Massachusetts Artist Fellowship in Sculpture. Swan’s sculpture has been featured in New England museums, such as the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston commissioned Swan to create a piece in the lobby and she also has work included in permanent collections, such as the Rose Art Museum, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Nokia Corporation, Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Meditech, and New England Biolabs. Margaret Swan lives and works in Melrose, Massachusetts.