Nigel Swann was born in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1962 , he studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.
After graduating in 1985 with a BA in Fine Art Mixed Media he worked in photography based industries in London.
Returning to Ireland in 1997 he set up a photographic production company, swannlocations, to entice and facilitate international photographic productions into the country.
From 2004 Swann has divided his time between Central Europe and Ireland developing his own photographic practice with a specific focus on Hungary.
In 2011 for family reasons he had to relocate to France dividing his time again between Ireland until the end of 2018, he now he lives full time on the Cooley peninsula in County Louth.
He completed his Photographic Masters in Fine Art at the University of Ulster with a 'distinction' in May 2019.
Nigel was a Photographer in Resident at The Gallery of Photography Ireland in 2019-2020 during which his practice research was supported by An Roinn Cultúìr, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, Ireland's Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
EXHIBITIONS & TALKS
2015 - 'The Yellow Star Houses of Budapest’ - Curated by Zelda Cheatle - The Architectural Association Galleries, 36 Bedford Sq, London WC1
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/04/yellow-star-houses-budapest...
https://memberevents.aaschool.ac.uk/events/saturday-gallery-talk-the-yel...
www.ribaj.com/culture/yellow-star-houses
2016 - 186th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition.
2017 - 'The Yellow Star Houses of Budapest’ - The Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Sq Dublin 2 - Opened by Ruairí Quinn
https://iarc.ie/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/yellow-star-houses-of-b...
2017 - 'The Yellow Star Houses of Budapest’ - Urban Photo Fest, London
www.urbanphotofest.org/yellow-star-houses-budapest
2017 - ‘Borderlands’ Group exhibition ‘In Flux’, curated by Shoair Mavlian, Getxophoto festival, Spain
www.getxophoto.com/en/2017-edition/authors/in-flux/
2018 - ‘Borderlands’ - Parobrod Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
2018 - ‘Land Locked and Sea Surrounded’ - 'Showcase', Brighton Photographic Biennale, Brighton, England
https://photoworks.org.uk/brighton-photo-biennial-2018-showcase-nigel-sw...
2018 - ‘Borderlands’ - ‘Reframing the Border’, Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
http://regionalculturalcentre.com/event/remote-photo-festival/
2018 - ‘Borderlands’ - ‘Reframing the Border’ group exhibition Gallery of Photography Ireland, Meeting House Square, Dublin
www.galleryofphotography.ie/reframing-the-border/
2018 - 'The Lost Moment' – Civil Rights, Street Protest and Resistance in Northern Ireland, Panellist, Gallery of Photography Ireland Symposium chaired by Kitty Holland
www.galleryofphotography.ie/lost-moment-civil-rights-street-protest-resi...
2019 - Collaboration with Amsterdam Community Theatre Group, 'Theater na de Dam'
http://www.theaternadedam.nl/voorstelling/hide-and-seek/
2019 - 'The Yellow Star Houses of Budapest’ - The Fine Art Association, Belgrade, Serbia
www.jevrejskikulturnicentar.org/en/
2019 - 'Post Truth - MFA Group Exhibition' Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast
www.belfastexposed.org/exhibitions/post-truth/
2020 - Opening March 16th 'The Nono Zone' Ustanova Kulture Stari Grad, Belgrade, Serbia - Delayed due to Covid 19
2020 - Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet VAN - May / June issue, article on my photographic practice for the Regional Focus section on County Louth
2021 - 'Reframing 100' One of nine artists participating in a collaboration between the 'Nerve Centre' in Derry's 'Making Future HQ Project' and the Gallery of Photography Ireland.
2021 - Frieze Magazine August - Review of Dara McGrath's 'For Those That Tell No Tales' at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
https://www.frieze.com/article-dara-mcgrath-for-those-that-tell-no-tales...
2022 - National Photography Collection Inaugural Exhibition at Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin. 20 January - 26 March
https://www.galleryofphotography.ie/national-photography-collection-1/
2022 - 'Mass Isolation Collection' book publication by The Gallery of Photography Ireland
2023 - 'The Yellow Star Houses of Budapest' in conjunction with the John Hewitt International Summer School, 24th July - 2nd Sept.