Swoon (artist)

Swoon
Swoon at the PopTech conference, 2014, Camden, Maine
Born	Caledonia Dance Curry[1] 1977 (age 46–47) New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Pratt Institute
Known for	Street art, community engaged art, site-specific installation, printmaking, sculpture, stop-motion animation

Caledonia Curry (born 1977), whose work appears under the name Swoon, is 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]}