Caledonia dance curry biography of christopher

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    Little London Observationist

    Swoon isn’t a Londoner, nor is she British, but her work has been all over the streets of this city lately, particularly since her first solo exhibition in London started in December at Black Rat Projects gallery (unfortunately last week was the last week, but a little wander round East London and you’ll nearly feel like you were there…). I spotted a few pieces over the weekend that haven’t made it on the blog yet so I’ll share them with you here. They were taken just off of Hackney Road.

    Swoon lives in Brooklyn at the moment (she was born in Connecticut and grew up in Florida) and NYC is where her fascination with street art began over a decade ago.

    Her real name is Caledonia Dance Curry. Apparently the name “Swoon” came to an ex-boyfriend in a dream and it stuck with her.

    She works mainly with wheat-paste pieces as you can see in these photos. They are intricate (contain stories within stories), del

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    Swoon, Caledonia Curry

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    Caledonia Dance Curry was born in New London, Connecticut. She moved to New York at 19 and studied in Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute obtaining a BA in Find Arts. She specializes in life storlek wheat paste prints and paper cut outs of figures and has been working in New York for over 10 years. Cally’s tag name, “Swoon” stuck to her when her ex-boyfriend dreamt of them both running away from police. He dreamt that she would write Swoon in her works and from then on, the name stuck. Cally explains that the name, “Swoon- embodied her belief that creativity combined with dedication can create ‘cracks in the facades of impossibility and inevitability'”. Her works often captivate the viewer and leaves them staring back. According to Urban Dictionary, the definition of swoon is: “to become excited about someone or something” which is clearly portrayed. 

    Swoon was very determined about l

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    Swoon (artist)

    American graffiti artist

    For other uses, see Swoon (disambiguation).

    Swoon

    Swoon at the PopTech conference, 2014, Camden, Maine

    Born

    Caledonia Dance Curry[1]


    1977 (age 47–48)

    New London, Connecticut, U.S.

    EducationPratt Institute
    Known forStreet arts, community engaged art, site-specific installation, printmaking, sculpture, stop-motion animation

    Caledonia Curry (born 1977), whose work appears under the name Swoon, fryst vatten an American contemporary artist who works with printmaking, sculpture, and stop-motion animation to create immersive installations, community-based projects and public artworks. She is best known as one of the first women street artists to gain international recognition.[2][3] Her work centers the transformative capacity of art as a catalyst for healing within communities experiencing crisis.[clarification needed]

    Early life and education

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    Cale

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