Courtlandt Swartz

Courtlandt Swartz (b. 1993) lives and works in Toronto Canada. Swartz graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design University with a BFA in 2015.
Having attended Toronto’s Academy of Realist Art from 2010 - 2012, Swartz found the inspiration to create works that involve the viewer without the use of any subject matter or objective message.
In 2013 Swartz began to suspend sculptural forms of paint within geometric prisms of hand cast acrylic glass. This solid and clear medium provided the ultimate means of abrading the distinction between two and three dimensional painting.

These multi faceted works emphasize the congruity between presence and space. There is no single or immediate way to experience each piece, every angle exposes a different refraction of the brushstrokes contained within the sculpture. This enables the appearance of movement within the work as the viewer’s vantage point moves. Selectively affecting the surface clarity creates windows and apertures, offering select insight to the internal elements as they are concealed and revealed.

Swartz continually creates large scale Oil paintings, using the phenomenon generated within the sculptural works as inspiration and reference.

Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, B.F.A. Drawing and Painting 2015

Academy of Realist Art, Toronto 2010 – 2012

Earl Haig S.S. Claude Watson Visual Arts Major, Toronto, 2011

2024 – Sept. 26 – 29, “Affordable Art Fair” New York NY, Spence Gallery
2024 – Jul. 12 – 14, “Toronto Outdoor Art Fair” Toronto ON
2024 – Jun. 1 – 2, “Riverdale Art Walk” Toronto ON
2024 – May 16 – 19, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2024 – Apr. 25 – 28, “San Francisco Art Fair” San Francisco CA, Spence Gallery
2024 – Apr. 11 – 14, “Other Art Fair” Chicago IL
2023 – Nov. 9 – 12, “Affordable Art Fair” Hamburg GER, Spence Gallery
2023 – Nov. 9 – 12, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2023 – Jul. 7 – 9, “Toronto Outdoor Art Fair” Toronto ON
2023 – Jun. 3 – 4, “Riverdale Art Walk” Toronto ON
2023 – May. 18 – 21, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2023 – Apr. 27 – 30, “Other Art Fair” Chicago IL
2023 – Apr. 5 – 27, “Pathways” Toronto ON, Cry Baby Gallery 
2022 – Nov. 3 – 6, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2022 – Jun. 2 – 5, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2022 – Apr. 21 – 24, "Toronto Artist Project" Toronto ON
2022 – Mar. 26 – Apr. 30, "Curveball" Toronto ON, Reference: Contemporary
2021 – Nov. 4 – 7, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2021 – Sept. 22 – 26, "Affordable Art Fair" New York NY, Reference: Contemporary
2021 – Jul. 22 – 25, “Other Art Fair” Brooklyn NY
2021 – May 11 – May 16, “Other Art Fair Virtual Edition” Brooklyn NY
2020 – Apr. 30 – May 2, “Ot...