Brooke Marks-Swanson
Indiana
Brooke Marks-Swanson speaks of her obsessions and observations through a universal language of textile and metal wearable art. She received her MFA in Metals from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and a BFA in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Her most recent exhibition “Topiary Circus” presents work in response to living during the CORONA-19 pandemic with her interest in topiary at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h opening November 2020. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, 2 children, and their beloved Labrador, Emmylou.
Brooke was featured in Pistachio's winter 2021 exhibition 'Reinventing the Pearl' alongside Kelly Jean Conroy, Katerina Pimenidu, Rho Tang, Nora Tengely, and Billie Theide