https://www.klineswonger.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572418155512-N2CTSYKYTHO83EJ6XT1V/BaringWitness.jpg Portfolio Last Flight From Hellnar, 2017, Digital photograph of performance with rock carins, 11” x 17” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1754798781956-QFDQQIFBPG9XX3UMQ6BL/Lancea_Kline+Swonger.jpg Portfolio With this installation, the viewer is invited to spend time in the space and notice the subtle interventions with the architecture. (Photo credit: Pablo Mason) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1590039552130-BXBUTQES06BDGDBM3CB6/KlineSwonger_FiveFootEigth.jpg Portfolio Five Foot Eight, 2019, Cardboard, asphalt emulsion, and steel wire, 5’8” x 11” x 22” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1569035354425-RSOEQ94S2R80SRU90UTO/crossingtheline_kswonger.jpg Portfolio Crossing the Line, Installation with sheet steel, fabric, thread, buttons, and plaster teeth, 18' x 6’ x 9’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1755668788709-SOLEG275YIYK8JVSOVFK/IMG_7943.jpg Portfolio The Things That Held Us There, Metal, rocks, kuzo paper, thread, ink, and copper nails, 17’ x 10’ x 5’6” installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1569037683079-7HVI8VVYNJGOKAUGRUBW/freeassociation.jpg Portfolio Free Association, 2017, Plaster, string, epoxy resin, 12' x 4' x 4', 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1569035879201-JGZ7TP4VWSDJRS1KQI26/transformation_kswonger.jpg Portfolio Transformation, 2019, Porcelain cardboard burnout, paint, and rice paper, 3' x 3' x 3' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1590044513383-RKMUWEGXZNSCLXM50LM9/KlineSwonger_WashingAsAWayToRemember.jpg Portfolio Washing As A Way To Remember, 2019, Video projection on mixed media screens, 4’ x 4’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572416252471-WBT578D74E25XBLD3SDA/fingertrap-dsc-0734_1_orig.jpg Portfolio Trapped, 2018, Woven reed, 3' x 4" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572416752148-BGPH6ACG446E46YXRVY4/KlineSwonger.jpg Portfolio Eyes Wide Shut, 2019, Mixed Media, 18" x 24" x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572066045409-W61FBQ5BBF65CLF11J7S/timepiece.jpg Portfolio Time Piece, 2017, Sandblasted wood, etched glass, suede, and found objects, 13" x 13" x 6" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572417621333-AW05KGVF7I05IT68E3EB/ShadowRings1.jpg Portfolio Shadow Rings, 2008, Wood, paint, and nails, 8’ x 4’ x 3” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572417494855-UOCXCJ16HF5WU89EU987/ShadowBox1.jpg Portfolio Shadow Box, 2016, Cardboard, 24" x 26" x 3" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1590047575630-EXWHX02SJG533PT6PK0O/Bubblewrap_headbow.jpg Portfolio Handel With Care, 2018, Digital photograph series of woman in fabricated bubble wrap garment, 24” x 30” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572413660599-RUVQ0YGMR1Y0J9VMKVVZ/concreteconsole.jpg Portfolio Concrete Strata, 2017, Concrete, sand, decomposed granite, and asphalt, 38" x 16" x 8" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1754799083833-OXKSRZTIZ4ATSFV4ILK6/IMG_5213.jpeg Portfolio Created from a state of curiosity around what happens when the boundaries between things dissolve, when the conscious and subconscious collide, when internal and external landscapes converge, and when memories of past events and people are recalled into present space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1592509653198-5CPMVZ7ZXIS6D3Q6OPTT/KlineSwonger_A+Place+Called+Home_Full.jpg Portfolio A Place Called Home, Soil collected from 117 San Diego residents cast into individual concrete door knobs, 18’ x 9’ x 4” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1756173467907-MOEZYW30YLJB80K7LHCF/HoldingSpace_KlineSwonger1.jpg Portfolio Holding Space, 2022, Concrete and fabric, 5’ x 4’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572063845714-ZQBIVUIM4P2EJWPBI7NG/koi-dsc-0715_1.jpg Portfolio In the End There Was Nothing Koi About Her, 2018, Cast concrete, wood, cardboard, and veneer, 24” x 24” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1582779190258-QLR6SNSUQ9EPSO5J7U1O/APlaceWithin2.jpg Portfolio Between Here and There, 2020, Mixed media, light, and salt, 7’ x 13’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1590037601160-MOU9D8GB0MMU4KGNUCCS/KlineSwonger_DayDreamer.JPG Portfolio Day Dreamer, 2024, Mixed media, 4’ x 4’ x 4” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1769067337707-XCMVREHH6TQAV56UTXAA/image-asset.jpeg Portfolio Bottom floor installation from A Moment of Time exhibition in Japan. Elements include stick sculptures, pearl bouy cast made of Kozo paper, rope, and naturally tumbled Styrofoam by ocean waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1769482586817-0VKJA3TRCITHGPXLSOT3/image-asset.jpeg Portfolio Found objects along Japan’s coastline, paper, twine, and thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1769483929295-GRAJS1KUKQTKDVCZ3VJJ/image-asset.jpg Portfolio https://www.klineswonger.com/public-art-commissions daily 0.75 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/b0a35b8b-011a-4e4e-8677-fd2bc61285b2/Kswonger_Water%26Words1.jpg Public Art Commissions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1596174881987-UJ4YXRTEMPRS0GQ5YZAH/IMG_8156+2.JPG Public Art Commissions This design challenge was co-taught with Kasi Munoz with Studio Nectary. Over the course of 16 weeks, students were taught tools and techniques to identify site issues and develop creative design solutions to address these issues. This project resulted in two murals with mosaics - The Ocean Mural was conceptualized to increase awareness of oceanic health. The Graduation mural was painted as an interactive mural to engage students and provide a colorful backdrop to honor those students going through commencement. Collaborator: Studio Nectary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572423726298-6FIADKSE3LAUJASR4P6K/UnityMural_ArtsAlive.jpg Public Art Commissions This mural was designed and facilitated by Kline Swonger as part of an Arts Alive SDSU collaborative project with the San Diego State University identity centers. This project was envisioned by Nenechi Nenachi from the SDSU Retroact Club, as a way to create a mural that provided a sense of unity and empowerment between the SDSU identity centers . The event was sponsored by Arts Alive SDSU. Students from the identity centers as well as he larger student body, were invited to assist in painting the mural. Upon completion, the mural was divided into four sections which now live in SDSU’s Black Resource Center, Pride Center, Women’s Resource Center, and the Center for Intercultural Relations. The students of the identity centers on campus provided imagery, historical figures, and text that they felt was representative of them and empowered the communities they served. Click here for more information about this project. Collaborators: Nenechi Nenachi with SDSU Retroact Club and Arts Alive SDSU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1596160498567-00DC6HF5M0MHXTLYAY78/IMG_2508.jpg Public Art Commissions This was a collaborative placekeeping project that was a part of the healthy food and neighborhoods initiative. After a series of community input sessions and design iterations by SDSU Graphic Design Students, community members were invited to participate in a build day to repaint and construct planters for this African Caribbean Food Market. This project focus was to promote community, sense of place, and healthy food options within the City Heights neighborhood. My role was to prepare and facilitate the mural and painting portions of the interior and exterior spaces for this project. Collaborators: Kasi Munoz with Studio Nectary, UC San Diego Center for Community Health, Rooted In Place Landscape Architecture and Consulting, Brennan Hubbell, and San Diego State Graphic Design students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572422005829-LCVWMKEL33TEHXOS7T9W/ota-mural-klineswonger.jpg Public Art Commissions This mural was commissioned by the Old Town Academy in concert with it’s butterfly way station. It shows the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, as well as other butterflies. Collaborators: Rooted In Place Landscape Architecture and Consulting and Studio Nectary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1596174036156-ZW1NGW7QQRB32199DQQW/IMG_3164.JPG Public Art Commissions This mural was commissioned by The Parents Foundation of Loma Portal Elementary School in Point Loma as a way to thank all the school donors. Each of the school’s students, ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Third grade, participated by putting their hand prints as part of the colorful leaves and roots of the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572422273309-9KLJ8NA8G17OA0WHVQ07/img-2597-1.jpg Public Art Commissions This was a collaborative placekeeping project that was a part of the healthy food and neighborhoods initiative. After a series of community input sessions and design iterations by SDSU Graphic Design Students, community members were invited to participate in a build day to repaint and construct planters for this market. This project focus was to promote community, sense of place, and healthy food options within the City of El Cajon. My role was to lead the painting portion of the placemaking activity. Collaborators: Kasi Munoz with Studio Nectary, UC San Diego Center for Community Health, Rooted In Place Landscape Architecture and Consulting, and San Diego State Graphic Design students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1614203353218-4CKSXSYLUNE3T7MMCXA1/KlineSwonger_WelcomMural.jpg Public Art Commissions Welcome to Wells Park, acrylic latex paint, 35’ x 11’ This public mural was commissioned by the City of El Cajon (City) Parks and Recreation Department. The mural was designed to provide a cross-generational welcoming feeling to all Wells Park users. The mural welcomes visitors in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Stylized mountains of El Cajon are depicted, as well as the well known local parrots that nest each night in front of El Cajon’s City Hall. City residents, and well as City staff, started this mural off as part of the 92020 community day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1596179773925-440O05VPC2L3377K0VN6/IMG_9947+2.jpg Public Art Commissions The Water We Share, 6’ x 6’, Acrylic Paint Collaborators: Arts Alive SDSU and SDSU MFA Graduate Students Juan Cabrera, Meredith Habermann, Kitty Nix, Zac Keane, and Sage Serrano. This painting was commissioned by Arts Alive SDSU and San Diego State University’s (SDSU) president, Adela de La Torre, for the November 2019 Re:Border binational conference between SDSU and UABC in Tijuana, Mexico. SDSU students of the Chicano/a Studies and Engineering departments were asked to attend a community input session. During this meeting held within the Arts Alive SDSU headquarters, student shared thoughts and ideas pertaining to the Re:Border conference theme “the water we share”. Based on the input received, a design was developed to be used for the conference main art and photo backdrop. The painting portion of this project was completed with the help of a team of SDSU MFA graduate candidates. The painting currently resides in the president’s art collection at SDSU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1754798661193-9T6IO0P0WKZ5DJ0L0DTH/Screenshot+2025-08-10+at+12.03.07%E2%80%AFAM.png Public Art Commissions La Jolla Shores - Fragmented Stores, Found fragments from area around La Jolla caves, handmade mixed-media objects, and images and text from La Jolla Historical Society archives, 2024 (Photo credit: Pablo Mason) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1755807886086-H7QBFPRGCS492FA3J046/Treeline.jpg Public Art Commissions "Park Social is a citywide initiative introducing social-specific public art into San Diego's vast and varied park system. Held for six months in 2022, Park Social engages with a broad and constantly shifting audience of park goers, intervening and interacting in the social spheres of public parks and exploring topics ranging from environmental justice to belonging and social cohesion through responsive artistic projects". - City of San Diego Arts Commission COLLABORATOR: Kasi Munoz with Studio Nectary Click here for more information about the Park Social initative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1596161144302-0VUTD4TCY6GVPKL1ATT9/IMG_0917.jpg Public Art Commissions This was a collaborative project to enhance the education center for The Child Development Association Child Development Center Parks. My role in this projects was to paint 5 murals of varying sizes around the educational campus. COLLABORATORS: Kasi Munoz with Studio Nectary and Ilisa Goldman with Rooted In Place Landscape Architecture and Consulting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1754792420261-S299BZK6AJ1YDBKIRT18/Screenshot+2025-08-09+at+10.19.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Public Art Commissions Memories We Held, 2024, Community sourced rocks cast in Kozo paper and muslin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1756174713683-HAR0OEJLUCNHJQ7CB0MP/LandscapeLabrynth_Kswonger1.jpg Public Art Commissions Landscape Labyrinth, 2024, Installation with cyanotype rocks, mulch, and plants, 17’ x 17’ x 6’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572910025736-T48BRU0NWGO816SBRXIP/image-asset.jpeg Public Art Commissions Hope for the Flowers, 9’ x 17’, Acrylic Latex Paint The title of this mural Hope for the Flowers was inspired by Trina Paulus book who said "In some way we all hope that life can be transformed from whatever dreary aspect we are experiencing or sadness." The mural calls attention to the bright and beautiful flora and fauna around us as a way to transform the space and give a sense of joy to the residents, workers, and visitors of El Cajon. https://www.klineswonger.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1572401517055-ARD6OI7THPNVLN3AK3T6/Kswonger.jpg ABOUT https://www.klineswonger.com/statement daily 0.75 2020-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d858a84f1225262ec1aa887/1582785203328-AQHN6MH6G51UPFKWG9Q9/kswonger_FencedIn.jpg STATEMENT https://www.klineswonger.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-08-19