Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based street artist. Drawing on both realistic and fantastical elements, Curry has been transforming the world with her immersive installations, wheatpaste portraits, and community-based social justice projects for the last two decades.

While Curry’s work has adorned the walls of more classical institutions—including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Tate Modern—her overarching aim is to create accessible art that transports audiences while simultaneously shedding light on pressing social and environmental issues.

Curry’s recent work has been focused specifically on the relationship of trauma and addiction, drawing from her experience growing up in an opioid addicted family. In 2015, she developed The Road Home in collaboration with Philadelphia Mural Arts and the Million Person Project to serve a community ravaged by the opioid epidemic in North Philadelphia. The project included daily drop-in art therapy workshops and an ambitious advocacy component that culminated with harm-reduction workshops with the Philadelphia Department of Health and a public symposium.

Recent projects include The House Our Families Built, a major public art commission in collaboration with PBS American Portrait, as well as an upcoming feature length stop-motion animation. The film, currently in pre-production, is supported by the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.