 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Swanson akaberekerwa muChristchurch muna 1981. Akapedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yeCanterbury Chikoro cheVakanaka Arts neBFA Sculpture muna 2003. Pashure pokurasikirwa nestudio yake uye zvizhinji zvemifananidzo yake yapakuvamba mukudengenyeka kwapasi kweChristchurchAkagara muAuckland kwenguva pfupi asati asvika muDunedin muna 2013 kuzotora chinzvimbo chake seUniversity of Otagos Frances Hodgkins Fellow. Pakazosvika 2020 aive akavakirwa muChristchurch zvakare, achigara nemumwe wake muimbi James Oram uye achishanda chikamu-nguva kuYunivhesiti yeCanterbury. 