Colorful bird - Mike Swaney

Unique piece
Material: Ceramics
Measures: 13×9cm*
Approx. weight: 36gr.

Piece created in 2026.

Mike Swaney. Born in Kimberley, Canada (1978). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

Swaney’s work is based on imagination, as an opposition to photography. He intentionally turns to references such as Jean Dubuffet, Art Brut or Outsider Art, and to infinite search channels such as the Internet.

His pieces are full of characters with a naive and symbolic appearance.

Known for his expressive painting and sculptures, Swaney invites the viewer to inquire about customs, rituals and objects from the perspective of the absurd. Their eagerness to reproduce situations of our daily life causes that, once introduced in the work, they adhere to a surrealist logic that leaves no one indifferent.

Acrylic, gesso and pen on canvas are enough for him to play with contemporary folklore in texts, newspaper clippings and artifacts. The result is multicolored jugs, symmetrical castellets and emoticons full of humor.

Swaney has exhibited his work in galleries and art fairs around the world; from Barcelona to New York, passing through Miami, Toronto, Copenhagen and Brussels.

*These Mike Swaney’s pieces are all handmade in ceramics. They are very special and unique pieces.