WORLD PREMIERE: In the Realm of Sibylants by Swoon

Santa Fe Art Institute is proud to host the world premiere of In the Realm of Sibylants, a short film by Swoon, presented in partnership with Turner Carroll Gallery on May 14, 2026, the evening before the opening of Swoon: Into the Forest at Turner Carroll Gallery.

For the last several years, Swoon has been working on Sibylant Sisters, her most intimate and personal body of work to date. Autobiographical and deeply immersive, it traces her parents’ opioid addictions through magical realism, weaving that experience into drawing, painting, an oracle deck, and stop-motion film. The work is offered as both personal testimony and open invitation: a mythology rooted in childhood, shared so that others might find their own healing within it.

The May 14th screening will also include Cicada, Swoon’s earlier film that has been shown as part of her internationally touring museum exhibition, with stops at the Albright Knox, CONTAINER, the Taubman Museum, the Amarillo Museum of Art, and SAC Art Center in Bangkok.

The following evening, Swoon: Into the Forest opens at Turner Carroll Gallery, with artworks from Sibylant Sisters as its focus. Swoon will be present at the opening celebration and will debut her oracle deck, offering readings to visitors. We encourage you to experience both evenings as a single, unfolding encounter with this extraordinary body of work.

Film Screening of In the Realm of Sibylants (world premiere) and Cicada
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Santa Fe Art Institute Gallery @ 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, Building #31
5:00 pm Reception | 5:30 pm Screening

Opening Celebration at Turner Carroll Gallery
Friday, May 15, 4–6 pm
Exhibition on view: May 15 – July 10, 2026

About Swoon
Caledonia Curry (b. 1977, New London, Connecticut), known as Swoon, is a pioneering figure in the field of street art. She is recognized as the first woman to achieve widespread acclaim in this traditionally male-dominated arena. Her artistic journey began in the vibrant streets of New York in 1999, coinciding with her studies at the Pratt Institute of Art. It was there that Curry developed her unique style using temporary paper portraits to adorn building facades with the aim of democratizing art and reclaiming public spaces within the urban landscape. Her art has the power to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, inspiring all who encounter it, and can be found throughout the world.

Curry is now included in numerous top museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the Mima Museum in Brussels and the Tate in London.
Curry’s intricate wheat paste portraits serve not only as art but also as a reflection of her personal connections with people who have deeply touched her life. She creates these pieces by carving wood or linoleum blocks, which are printed by hand, or by cutting through multiple layers of paper at once. Curry appeared in the Banksy film Exit Through the Gift Shop, and is currently working on her own film. Her work is the subject of an internationally touring museum exhibition, and a monograph about her work was recently published by the Italian publisher Drago.
Read more about Swoon here

This program is made possible by the generous support of Kennedy Law Firm.