[3] She was raised in Toronto before moving to Vancouver where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at the University of British Columbia in 1999.
In 2008, Sworn was one of eight artists in the Exponential Futures show at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, alongside Tim Lee, Alex Morrison, Kevin Schmidt, Althea Thauberger, Isabelle Pauwells, Elizabeth Zvonar and Marc Soo.
[6][3] Colin Perry writes that her works "address ways in which human subjectivity is woven into overarching social trends and specific cultural forms.
[9] In 2013 Sworn was commissioned to create a poster design, Waiting for a Train, as part of London Underground's 150th anniversary celebrations.
[11] The installation space was filled with handmade props, lights, 16th-century commedia dell'arte performer costumes, still lifes, and disembodied voices telling the story of Martin Guerre.