Eliza Swann

Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, intuitive, writer, and educator based in New York City. Eliza received a BA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MFA from Central St. Martins in London. Eliza has contributed writing to BOMB, Arthur, Contemporary Art Review LA, Momus, and Perfect Wave. Their book The Anatomy of the Aura was released by St. Martin’s Press in April 2020. Eliza is the founder of The Golden Dome School and currently teaches alchemy at Pratt Institute.

Features• March 4, 2026

Moving Through the Rupture: Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano Revisit Rope Piece

By Eliza Swann

This is the first of two reflections Momus published on the occasion of Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999, on view at Dia Beacon through 2027. Find…

Reviews• December 12, 2023

They Made Him Gray: The Whitney Museum Dims Artist and Mystic Harry Smith

By Eliza Swann

When you first walk into Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith at the Whitney Museum, you’re greeted by Andy Warhol’s…

Features• February 16, 2023

Failure in Infinitives: A Remembrance of Bernadette Mayer

By Eliza Swann

A raccoon was screaming in agony with a gash in their side in Mollie’s backyard when I called to check in. “Animal control refused…