Older man with dark hair and eyes. He wers red oval glasses and a worn yellow shirt overed in paint. He holds a paint brush and stands in front of his own mural of a mallard duck.

Kurt Swinghammer
designer and visual artist

Kurt Swinghammer is a multi-discipline artist based in Toronto. While in his teens he exhibited paintings at a gallery in Niagara Falls, won the Art Award in his final year at high school, and studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. After moving permanently to Toronto in the mid 80’s, Kurt became identified with the vibrant Queen Street West scene through his club murals, album cover and T-shirt designs, and art direction for music videos. He has released 12 albums of original songs; worked extensively as a session guitarist on albums by artists including Ani DiFranco and Great Big Sea; racked up over a hundred credits as a film and TV composer including David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things; and performed live on numerous CBC Radio broadcasts as well as international concerts.

Notable projects include set design for the award winning Joni Mitchell: Intimate and Interactive on MuchMusic; doing a custom paint job on the Zamboni at Maple Leaf Gardens; creating animated music videos for Buffy Sainte-Marie and Bruce Cockburn; appearing on the live Lillith Fair album; art directing the landmark hip-hop video Let Your Backbone Slide by Maestro Fresh Wes; and designing the store bag for the Sam The Record Man chain.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Kurt designed the set for Peggy’s solo In a Landscape.

Fo more information visit kurtswinghammer.bigcartel.com