Mythra Schwartz is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist. She studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at RMIT in 2022 and Fine Art Honours at VCA in 2024. Mythra’s work explores the ephemeral nature of perception and experience, capturing the tension between desire and possession, dwelling in the act of reaching for what remains just out of grasp. Her paintings use motifs of shadows, reflections, and blurred forms to evoke a transient, in-between space where memory, desire, and time intertwine, inviting slow engagement and contemplation.
I have always been drawn to the fleeting:
The warmth of sunlight slipping through a half-closed curtain.
A lover’s voice trailing off mid-sentence.
The shimmer of light on wet pavement after rain.
These moments linger as glimpses of the world, untethered to absolutes or fixed truths. In my paintings, I image this transient space, where past experiences and present perceptions blur together, allowing multiple meanings to coexist without resolution.
Born in Canada, I moved between Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, and finally Bali, Indonesia, where my family still lives. This transnational experience has shaped my sense of time and memory. Fluid, always changing, like a shadow that never fully settles.
In a visually saturated world demanding immediacy and certainty, I want my work to push back— favouring the overlooked, slow engagement and the idea that something important might remain just out of reach.