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{{Short description|British-Canadian artist (born 1976)}}
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'''Corin Sworn''' (born 1976) is an artist who lives and works in [[Glasgow]].<ref name="arttribune">{{cite news |last=Viola |first=Eugenio |date=28 January 2014 |title=Perché Corin Sworn ha vinto il Max Mara Art Prize. Lo spiega Eugenio Viola |url= http://www.artribune.com/2014/01/perche-corin-sworn-ha-vinto-il-max-mara-art-prize-lo-spiega-eugenio-viola/|newspaper=Artribune |location=Italy |access-date= 7 December 2016}}</ref> Her 2012 installation and film ''The Foxes'' was shown at the  Scottish Pavilion of the 2013 [[Venice Biennale]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Compton|first1=Nick|title=Corin Sworn wins the Max Mara Art Prize for Women |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/corin-sworn-wins-the-max-mara-art-prize-for-women#33665|work=Wallpaper*|date=28 January 2014}}</ref>
Sworn was the recipient of the fifth edition of the [[MaxMara Art Prize for Women|Max Mara Art Prize]].<ref name="arttribune"/>
== Education and early career ==
Born in [[London]], England, Sworn grew up in Canada.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/feb/02/on-my-radar-corin-sworn-cultural-highlights|title=On my radar: Corin Sworn's cultural highlights|last=Harper|first=Leah|date=1 February 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She was raised in [[Toronto]] before moving to [[Vancouver]] where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in [[psychology]] at the [[University of British Columbia]] in 1999. She then began her BFA at the [[Emily Carr University of Art and Design|Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design]] in Vancouver, while simultaneously earning a degree from the [[Central Saint Martins]] College of Art & Design in 2002.  In 2008, Sworn was one of eight artists in the ''Exponential Futures'' show at the [[Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery]], alongside Tim Lee, Alex Morrison, Kevin Schmidt, [[Althea Thauberger]], [[Isabelle Pauwels|Isabelle Pauwells]], Elizabeth Zvonar and Marc Soo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.belkin.ubc.ca/past/exponential-future|title=Exponential Future}}</ref>  In 2007 she began her Master of Fine Arts degree at the [[Glasgow School of Art]], graduating in 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nataliahug.com/artist/corin-sworn/cv/|title=Corin Sworn cv {{!}} Natalia Hug Gallery|last=Hug|first=Natalia|website=www.nataliahug.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref>  Since graduating, Sworn has continued to live and work in [[Glasgow]].<ref name=":0" />
== Work ==
Sworn's work ranges across a variety of media, including drawings, installations, photos and films.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://canadianart.ca/artists/corin-sworn/|title=Corin Sworn - Canadian Art|work=Canadian Art|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Colin Perry writes that her works "address ways in which human subjectivity is woven into overarching social trends and specific cultural forms."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Perry|first=Colin|year=2012|title=Focus: Corin Sworn|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/print_article/focus-corin-sworn|journal=Frieze Magazine}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  She has been featured in galleries including the [[National Gallery of Canada]],<ref name=":2" /> [[Whitechapel Gallery]] in London, and the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Australia|Museum of Contemporary Art]] Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nataliahug.com/artist/corin-sworn/works/|title=Corin Sworn works {{!}} Natalia Hug Gallery|last=Hug|first=Natalia|website=www.nataliahug.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> She is commercially represented in the United Kingdom by the Koppe Astner art gallery, in Germany by the Natalia Hug Galler and in the United States by [[ZieherSmith]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/corin-sworn-117347/profile.html|title=Corin Sworn|website=ArtFacts.net|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> In 2013 Sworn was commissioned to create a poster design, ''Waiting for a Train'', as part of [[London Underground]]'s 150th anniversary celebrations.<ref name="DBownes">{{cite book|author=David Bownes|publisher=london transport museum|year=2018|title=Poster Girls |isbn=978-1-871829-28-0}}</ref>
==Awards==
Sworn won the fifth edition of the [[MaxMara Art Prize for Women|Max Mara Art Prize]], organised by [[Collezione Maramotti]] ([[Reggio Emilia]]), [[Max Mara]] and in collaboration with the [[Whitechapel Gallery]] of London.<ref name="arttribune"/> The prize was a six-month residency in Italy where Sworn developed her 2015 installation ''Silent Sticks''. The installation included film shot by [[Margaret Salmon]] displayed on two narrow screens.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sherwin|first1=Skye|title=Corin Sworn's Costume Drama|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/corin-sworn-artist-london|work=W Magazine|date=20 May 2015|language=en}}</ref> The installation space was filled with handmade props, lights, 16th-century ''[[commedia dell'arte]]'' performer costumes, still lifes, and disembodied voices telling the story of [[Martin Guerre]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cumming|first1=Laura|title=Corin Sworn: Silent Sticks review – dramatic return for Martin Guerre|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/24/corin-sworn-silent-sticks-max-mara-prize-martin-guerre-whitechapel-london|work=The Observer|date=24 May 2015}}</ref>
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[[Category:21st-century British artists]]
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[[Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins]]
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[[Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni]]
[[Category:University of British Columbia alumni]]
[[Category:Women installation artists]]