Susan Swirsley is a visual artist who has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her background in business and the social sciences informs her artistic practice and curiosity about the intersection of photography, other artistic disciplines, and culture.
Currently based in Boston, she is a 2025 MFA candidate in the Print Media and Photography program at Boston University.
Artist Statement
I am a photo-based artist who uses historical and contemporary photographic processes to translate film, digital and camera-less images onto paper, fabric, acrylic, and other surfaces. Resourcefulness, experimentation, and use of out-of-date materials, such as expired paper and botanical remnants are integral to my practice. I create installations, prints and handmade books ranging from intimate to large-scale works. I examine and question how photographic images function, what they represent, and what we expect of them. Process, materiality, illusion, light, time and the juncture of chance and preservation in photographic images play an important role in my artistic practice.