Olivia Deborah Swider and Michael Patrick Fleming were married May 18 in an outdoor ceremony at Beach 86th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens. Eileen Fleming, a sister of the groom who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.
The bride, 31, is the operations manager for Friedman Benda gallery, an art gallery in Manhattan. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She is a daughter of Kim L. Swider and Tom J. Swider of Palatine, Ill. The bride’s father is an account manager at RJW Logistics in Palatine. Her mother was a stay-at-home parent.
The groom, 33, is a director of online support at Columbia University School of Professional Studies in Manhattan. He graduated from the University of Illinois, and also received a master of fine arts degree in studio art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The groom also holds a business certificate from Columbia.
He is a son of Mary A. Fleming and Tom G. Fleming of La Grange Park, Ill. The groom’s mother is an independent cranial sacral therapist in La Grange Park. His father retired as a commercial real estate portfolio manager with Barings, a commercial real estate firm in Chicago.
The couple, who also own Selenas Mountain, a contemporary art gallery in Ridgewood, Queens, met on Mother’s Day 2016 at a mutual friend’s art gallery in Brooklyn.
