KCJ Szwedzinski
Seattle, WA

KCJ Szwedzinski is a Seattle based interdisciplinary artist, educator, and arts administrator working primarily in glass, neon, and site responsive installation. Their work investigates how belief systems are constructed, inherited, and materially reinforced, with a particular focus on religious, economic, and political frameworks. KCJ is interested in how objects and environments carry symbolic as well as functional weight, and how material culture shapes behavior, memory, and perception.

KCJ holds an MFA in Glass, Sculpture, and Judaic Studies from the University of Louisville and a BA in Art History and Printmaking from the University of North Florida. They have been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Pilchuck Glass School, Rero Glass in Antwerp, the Pierini International Glass Art Center in Biot, France, and the Taoxichuan Art Center in Jingdezhen, China. Alongside their studio practice, they serve as Operations and Programs Assistant at the Glass Art Society and co facilitate the Pilchuck Neon Residency, a peer driven program dedicated to expanding access to neon education, now in its third year.

Recent and upcoming projects, including False Profit / Prophet and a neon based rose window series, examine how light, distortion, and spectacle operate as tools of persuasion, memory, and collective identity.