Lindy McSwan was born, lives, and works in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia. Her creative practice developed through the study of gold and silversmithing. After completing a BFA Hons in 2014, Lindy received an Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart Grant in 2015. Her work has been exhibited, collected, and awarded nationally and internationally.
In 2018 Lindy received the Alchimia Student Award at JOYA Barcelona Spain with vessels from her MFA project. She was a finalist in the 2022 and 2024 Robert Foster Metal Prize, at Craft and Design Canberra. In February 2023, Lindy completed an MFA by Research at RMIT University. She recently presented new work in a solo exhibition titled Re.surfacing, at Shopfront 342 gallery during the 2024 Radiant Pavilion, Jewellery and Object Biennial.
The vessel is at the centre of my practice. It is the archetypal form made by silversmiths historically and in contemporary practice. Using a broad palette of materials I make collections of vessels informed by experience of place.
/ Lindy McSwan