ARTIST INFORMATION

Swintak is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist, educator, and inventor. Part armchair scientist, part amateur enthusiast, Swintak's projects generally involve an experiment with an unknown outcome. Currently, Swintak is co-editing a book of Impossible Projects, in addition to performing as the acting director the Urban Quicksand Association. Her current projects include designing two time machines, one that won't work and one that will (possibly). Recent exhibitions include WallWorks at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Paradise Lost-and-Found at the Khyber Centre for the Arts (Halifax), and Search and Rescue at Dalhousie University Art Gallery (Halifax). Swintak has also presented numerous public installations and performances in places like Vancouver, New York, Salt Lake City, Death Valley and Los Angeles.