Sandra Brewster is a Canadian artist based in Toronto whose work employs a range of media to engage concepts of movement that express an internal relationship with identity. Her practice is grounded in people of the Caribbean diaspora, who maintain a relationship with “back home”. Born to Guyanese parents, she is interested in a multilayered sense of being made up of a collision between geographies and temporalities. She expresses these complexities via the unfixed nature of her work’s materiality and presentation.
Sandra’s work has been featured internationally. Recent group and solo exhibitions have been held at Remai Modern (Saskatoon), Art + Practice (Los Angeles), Kenderdine Art Galleries (Saskatoon), Art Gallery of Guelph, Leonard & Bina Art Gallery (Montreal), Les Rencontres d’Arles – Méchanique Générale, Hartnett Gallery (Rochester), The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto), OPTICA, centre d’art contemporain (Montreal), MCA Chicago, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Gallery of Ontario, Or Gallery (Vancouver), Rajko Mamuzic Gallery (Novi Sad), Lagos Photo Festival.
Sandra Brewster is a recent residency fellow of Artpace San Antonio, Loghaven Artist Residency in Knoxville and Sacatar Brazil. She has been awarded the Gattuso Prize for outstanding featured exhibition of CONTACT Photography Festival 2017, the Toronto Friends of Visual Arts Artist Prize in 2018, a finalist for the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award, and the recipient of the prestigious
Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award in 2024.
Sandra received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University and a Masters of Visual Studies from the University of Toronto. She is represented by Olga Korper Gallery.
Photo: Jalani Morgan
Exhibitions
- 2024
Art Toronto 2024
2024THE ARMORY SHOW
2024Lullaby of Birdland
2024Northern Exposure | L.A. Art Week
2022Take a Little Trip
News Stories
- Sandra Brewster in the Toronto Biennial of Art 2024
- Sandra Brewster at the Remai Modern
- In Conversation: Sandra Brewster & Betty Julian, discussion and walking tour of Lullaby of Birdland. Saturday May 25th, 2pm. RSVP now!
- Sandra Brewster in Sediment: The Archive as a Fragmentary Base at Art Museum, UofT
- Sandra Brewster “Lullaby of Birdland” opens at Artpace San Antonio, TX
- Sandra Brewster “Take a Little Trip” at the Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon
- Sandra Brewster Shortlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award
- Sandra Brewster in Artforum
- Sandra Brewster at Musee d’art Rouyn-Noranda
- Sandra Brewster and Luca Soldovieri in the “Imperfect Word”
Available Artworks
Claudia Jones, 2021
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 45.75" x 38.25"
Frantz Fanon
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 45.75" x 38.25"
Josephine Baker, 2021
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 45.75" x 38.25"
Salome Bey, 2021
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 45.75" x 38.25"
Minnie Riperton, 2021
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 38.25" x 39"
Jean Michel Basquiat, 2021
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, edition of 3 36.25" x 39.5"
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Essequibo, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on mylar, acrylic paint, set of six, various sizes
Token (Handkerchief with Man), 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper 7" x 10"
Untitled (token jewelery case), 2018
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper 7” x 10”
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In Queu / Shadow Dancing
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on wood, 9" x 12" each (13-parts). Panels are sold individually, inquire for list of available panels
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It Might As Well Be Spring, 2023
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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Working In A White Uniform In Toronto (2), 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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Working In A White Uniform In Toronto (1), 2023
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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Walking Kickapoo, 2023
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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King, Traveling By Train, 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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News, Traveling By Train, 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 84" x 48"
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Working In An Orange Uniform In London (2), 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 24" x 35.75"
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Working In An Orange Uniform In London (1), 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 24" x 35.75"
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Smoking On The Corner, 2024
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer on wood (unique), 24" x 35.75"
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Jewel, 2023-24
Sandra Brewsteracrylic, photo-based gel transfer, concrete, styrofoam, 240" x 30" x 42"
Small Blur Grid 5, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, set of 6, 10" x 7" each / 24" x 26" framed
Small Blur Grid 22, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, set of 3, 10" x 7" each / 13" x 26" framed
Small Blur Grid 11, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, set of 3, 10" x 7" each / 13" x 26" framed
Small Blur Grid 4, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, set of 3, 10" x 7" each / 13" x 26" framed
Small Blur Grid 8, 2019
Sandra Brewsterphoto-based gel transfer on archival paper, set of 3, 10" x 7" each / 13" x 26" framed