Frédérique Swist

Biography
Born in France (Chevreuse), I completed my education in applied arts, graphic design and visual communication, before moving to the UK, to pursue a successful career as a graphic designer in science academic publishing (2000 to 2020). It is in this environment that I developed a particular interest for specialist and technical imagery, which became the focus of my art practice. 

In 2014, I completed a Doctoral study at the Faculty of the Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol. My research explores the concept of visuality as a shared notion between artistic and scientific production, and more precisely how meaning can be transformed between one domain and another, using the visual as its mode of mediation.

In 2020, I relocated to the south of France where I now live and work.

Artist Statement
My art practice explores the relationship between form and colour, with an underlying interest in the visual language of scientific research. I often take inspiration from data, technical diagrams and notations found in specialist publications, and through an extensive process of investigation I develop a particular, highly constructed aesthetics.

My work also refers to other visual traditions, such as notio...

2014 – Doctor in Philosophy. Faculty of the Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

1995 – Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, Communication Visuelle, Ecole Française d’Enseignement Technique, Marseille, France

1993 – Baccalauréat F12, Arts Appliqués, Lycée du Génie Civil, Antibes, France

2015
Art of Independence (24 - 26 Jul, Paintworks, Bristol, UK). Group exhibition and private auction curated by Louise Copping.

Sci-Art Synergy (13 - 18 Mar, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK). Group show curated by Bob Foster, Chair of the Bristol & Bath branch of the British Science Association.

2014
Art at the Quantum Moment (4 Dec - 29 Jan 2015, The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, New York, USA). Group exhibition co-curated by Professor Lorraine Walsh (Department of Arts) and Professor Robert P. Crease (Department of Philosophy), Stony Brook University.

Between Physics and Art: Imaging the Un-image-able (25 - 28 Feb, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK). Solo exhibition presented at the Faculty of Arts, Bower Ashton Campus, in conjunction with the candidacy of my Doctoral research.

2011
Sphere of Accuracies/Zones of Truth (5 - 31 Mar, Bar Lane Studios, York, UK). Group show with Luke Jerram, Tracy Holland, Greg Bright.

2010
Picturing Science (4 Dec - 26 Feb 2011, Riverside Gallery, Richmond, London, UK). Group show curated by Mark De Novellis.

158th Autumn Exhibition (24 Oct - 12 Dec, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK). Multi-disciplinary group exhibition...