Linda Swinfield is a hybrid printmaker who “tells stories’ within her artmaking process through research that incorporates history, place, and memory. Her pathway through artmaking dictates the materials and surface chosen to make the work. Swinfield’s art practice is manifold and is currently shifting to re-incorporate analog photography, drawing and painting into the layers of her print process. She will often use industrial processes to cut up and complete the work. Linda Swinfields art practice began in 1979 when she majored in black and white photography and experimental painting at Meadowbank TAFE in Sydney. Recent career highlights include being awarded a Highly Commended for the Blue Mountains Print Prize and the Print Day in May Neil Wallace Award in 2021 and a recipient of the 2022 Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust Grant. Swinfield has been selected for numerous as Artist Residences including Woodford Academy in 2023, Captivate in Western Sydney from 2019- 20, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery in April 2017, Thirning Villa, Ashfield in 2015, Laughing Waters Road AIR (Eltham Victoria) in 2013 and the Gunyah AIR in Port Stephens, in 2012 and 2016. She has been selected recently for the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards, Burnie Print Prize in 2021, Hidden Sculpture Walk 2018 and 2015, Sculpture in the Vineyards, Nillumbik Prize in 2014 and 2017, and The Women’s Art Prize in 2016. Linda Swinfield has worked extensively as an artist and arts educator, working across art history, professional arts practices in printmaking, photography, drawing and mixed media within her studio process.