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词条 Sandra Brewster
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  1. Early life

  2. Career and Work

  3. Awards

  4. References

  5. External links

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Sandra Brewster is a Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. Her work is multidisciplinary in nature, and deals with notions of identity, representation and memory.

Early life

Brewster was born to a Guyanese immigrant family and grew up in Pickering, Ontario.[1] She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University in 1997 and her Master of Visual Studies at University of Toronto in 2017.[1] Her thesis exhibition titled A Trace | Evidence of time past was shown at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.[2]

Career and Work

Brewster's early works focused on traditional portraiture. She later transitioned towards drawings and metallic sculptures. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the US, the Caribbean and South Africa.[3] She was an artist-in-residence in Brazil, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and South Africa, and her work has been published in numerous magazines, including Caribbean Beat and The Walrus.[4]

One of Brewster's most prominent bodies of work is Smiths – a series of drawings that question identity and representation. Smiths began in 2014 when Brewster started cutting pages with the name "Smith" from phone books, and transposed these pages over afro-headed, faceless individuals. The series combines the varied personalities, desires, and personal stories of these people by applying a unified visual treatment, which removed any sense of individuality.[5] Brewster eventually developed these drawings into a series of paintings that illustrate the impact of gun violence on young black men in Toronto.[1]

Brewster's work has been shown in several group exhibitions, including alongside artists Nadijah Robinson and Curtia Wright in "No Vacancy" – a 2017 show about displacement held at the Scarborough Arts’ Bluffs Gallery and curated by Alyssa Fearon. [6] Her work was also included in the 2017 exhibition, "Position As Desired", curated by Kenneth Montague of [https://www.wedgecuratorialprojects.org/ Wedge Curatorial Projects] and held at the Art Gallery of Windsor. Her solo exhibitions include "It’s all a blur", Georgia Scherman Projects at the 2017 [https://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/2017/featured-exhibition/georgia-scherman-projects-its-all-a-blur Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival][7], and "Mohammeds", at Alice Yard in 2013. Her work appears on the cover of publications including (Small Axe 29, 2009)[8] and [https://www.peekashpress.com/catalogue/thicker-than-water/ Thicker Than Water] (Peekash Press, 2018).

In addition to her artistic practice, Brewster has worked as a Visual Art Facilitator in Toronto and was also a Program Coordinator for Sketch, a community arts enterprise that uses art to engage street involved and homeless youths. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Gallery 44 in Toronto, and has been on the Advisory Committee for the Art Gallery of York University.[8]

Awards

Brewster was awarded the title of Artist in Education by the Ontario Arts Council in 2009.[3] She was awarded the Gattuso Prize for an outstanding featured solo exhibition It's all a blur in the CONTACT Photography Festival in 2017.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sandra-brewster/ |title=Sandra Brewster |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/here-we-are-here-black-canadian-contemporary-art |title=Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art |publisher=Royal Ontario Museum}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://sandrabrewster.com/bio-2/ |title=Sandra Brewster Bio}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://thepatchproject.com/artists/sandra-brewster/ |title=Sandra Brewster |publisher=The Patch Project}}
5. ^{{cite web |first=Nicholas |last=Laughlin |url=http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-121/shape-name-guyanese-canadian-artist-sandra-brewster#axzz4bbPsO5h8 |title=The shape of a name: Guyanese-Canadian artist Sandra Brewster |date=May–June 2013 |publisher=The Caribbean Beat Magazine}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/whatson-story/7190318-childhood-curiosity-about-kingston-road-motels-inspired-no-vacancy-/|title=Childhood curiosity about Kingston Road motels inspired 'No Vacancy'|last=InsideToronto.com|website=www.insidetoronto.com|access-date=2017-03-17}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/2017/featured-exhibition/georgia-scherman-projects-its-all-a-blur|title=Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival|website=scotiabankcontactphoto.com|access-date=2019-03-16}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://sandrabrewster.com/about/|title=SANDRA BREWSTER {{!}} About|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}

External links

  • Artist's personal website
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6 : 1973 births|Living people|21st-century Canadian women artists|Artists from Toronto|York University alumni|University of Toronto alumni

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