Sandra Brewster: Dense
The Power Plant, Toronto
29 January - 1 May 2022
Roots 1 (detail), 2021
Photo-based transfer on pressure treated wood, 36x48 in.
Roots 2 (detail), 2021
Photo-based transfer on pressure treated wood, 36x48 in.
Roots 2 (detail), 2021
Photo-based transfer on pressure treated wood, 36x48 in.
Toronto-based Canadian artist Sandra Brewster has been invited to create a new site-specific installation at The Power Plant. Brewster will transform the light-flooded Clerestory into an arboreal landscape soaring across both sides of the space. Sandra Brewster’s photo-based gel transfers, installed directly onto the gallery’s walls, will envelop visitors in a lush atmosphere. The scratches and ridges in her weathered images reference profound identity shifts that Caribbean immigrants experience when arriving in Canada, the complex and layered experiences of whom Brewster has been consistently exploring throughout her practice. Outside the gallery, Sandra Brewster presents a new interactive sculpture commissioned by ArtworxTO A Place To Put Your Things, a swing set with a seat in the form of a couple’s kiss.
Sandra Brewster is a Canadian artist, born in Toronto where she is presently based. Sandra Brewster has shown her work in solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2019); Or Gallery, Vancouver (2019); and Never Apart Gallery, Montreal (2017). She has participated in group exhibitions at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2019); Mercer Union, Toronto (2018); Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, (2016); and Allegheny Art Galleries, Meadville (2015). Her exhibition It’s all a blur… received the Gattuso Prize for outstanding featured exhibition of CONTACT Photography Festival 2017. In 2018, Sandra Brewster was the recipient of the Artist Prize from Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, and she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Sandra Brewster holds a Masters of Visual Studies from the University of Toronto, and a BFA from York University, Toronto.
Curated by Joséphine Denis, TD Curator of Education and Outreach Fellow, 2021-2023
THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
231 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2G8
