Linda Swinfield in the garden at Woodford Academy. Photograph by Dee Wilson 2021

Linda Swinfield’s art practice began in 1979 when she majored in black and white photography and experimental painting at Meadowbank TAFE in Sydney.

Recent career highlights include being awarded a Highly Commended for the Blue Mountains Print Prize and the Australian winner of Print Day in May (Neil Wallace Award) in 2021 and being a recipient of the 2022 Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust Grant.

Swinfield has been selected for numerous Artist Residencies including Woodford Academy in 2023, Captivate in Western Sydney from 2019-20, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery in April 2017, Thirning Villa, Ashfield, in 2015, Laughing Waters Road AIR (Eltham, Victoria) in 2013 and the Gunyah AIR in Port Stephens, in 2012 and 2016. She has been selected recently for the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards, Burnie Print Prize in 2021, Hidden Sculpture Walk 2018 and 2015, Sculpture in the Vineyards, Nillumbik Prize in 2014 and 2017, and The Women’s Art Prize in 2016.

Linda lives on Darug and Gundungurra country (Blue Mountains, NSW) and can be found at https://lindaswinfield.wordpress.com/

Featured Artist Linda Swinfield – Artistic Statement

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