Sandy Plotnikoff

Selected Projects and Exhibitions
2005
  • Basel Art Fair, Miami... Snaps project with Art Metropole
  • Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles... screening Hoodies video
  • Immaculate Heart Gallery, Berlin, Germany... .. "Something like a phenomenon" group show
  • Plus Gallery Nagoya, Japan....screening White Pumpkin video, Hoodies video
  • Atelier Frankfurt, Germany... "Stay Warm" group show
  • First Canadian Place, Toronto... "TOAE Best Of" group show
2004
  • YYZ Gallery. Toronto... "Beans, Bananas, and Yams" group show curated by Dave Dyment
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition... "Snaps Kitchen"
  • Headspace @Holt Renfrew. Toronto... "Sandyplot" solo project curated by Eileen Sommerman
  • Weewerk Project Space. Toronto... "Weewerk 16 / Play" three person show curated by Heather Corcoran
  • Parlour Projects. Williamsburg, NY... "Toronto Exchange Club" group project
  • Splice-This Super 8 Festival. Toronto... "Trouble" invitational film program
  • Oberhausen Film Festival. Oberhausen, Germany... "Lets Get Tested" video program curated by Astria Suparak (also screening at Independent Film Show, 4th edition. Napoli Italy... Columbus College of Art and Design. Columbus Ohio... College of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico... St. Charles Church Roller Rink / Swarthmore College. Philadelphia, PA...Video Pool, Winnipeg... Fitzcarraldo ship (organized by FACT) Liverpool, England)
2003
  • Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco... "17 Reasons" group show curated by Kate Fowle
  • Skol. Montreal... "2003" collaborative works with Maura Doyle
  • Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax NS... "We Were Thinking" group show curated by Jon Knowles
  • Art Gallery of Calgary. Calgary, AB... "Put-on" three person video program curated by Mark Clintberg
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition... "Snaps" booth (also set up at Pride Marketplace, The Clothing Show, One of a Kind Show (Montreal), Main and Broadway Summer Bazaar (Vancouver))
2002
  • Goodwater Gallery. Toronto... "Flip-Bush" solo show and published multiple
  • Special Projects. Los Angeles... "Headquarters" residency and retail exhibition
  • Bizart. Shanghai, China... "Selling out and Buying in" group show curated by Natalie Devito
  • Saw Gallery. Ottawa... "Urban Interventions" video program
  • Blackwood Gallery. Mississauga... "My Rolodex" three person show curated by Luis Jacob
  • Art System. Toronto... "Destroyers" group show
  • Reclaim the Streets. Toronto... "Free Snap" service
2001
  • Solo Exhibition. Toronto... "Hat Scene" solo show and published multiple
  • Art Metropole. Toronto... "The Face" solo show and published multiple
  • 1A Space. Hong Kong... "Suitcase Studies" organized by Mercer Union
  • Helen Pitt. Vancouver... collaborative works with Lucy Pullen
  • La Panaderia. Mexico City... Instant Coffee video program
2000
  • YYZ. Toronto... "Hoodies" two person show with Joe McKay
  • Katherine Mulherin Gallery. Toronto... two person show with Alex Morrison
  • Anti-loft Symposium. Toronto
  • Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art. Baltimore, Maryland... "Snapshots" group show
  • Money House and Instant Coffee Workplace. Toronto... various group shows / events
1999
  • Cold City. Toronto... "Socks" video installation curated by Pamela Merideth
  • Bus Gallery. Toronto... "Mixed Bag" group show
1996
  • Texpark building. Halifax, NS ... "2500 Superballs" public intervention with Lucy Pullen
1994
  • Kelowna City Park. Kelowna, BC ... "Buns" public intervention
Fundraising shows
2002, 2004
  • Mercer Union, Toronto
2004
  • YYZ, Toronto
2003
  • Canadian Art Magazine
2003
  • C magazine, Toronto
2003
  • FADO, Toronto
2001-2004
  • Art Metropole, Toronto
2004
  • Power Plant. Toronto
2002
  • Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Professional Experience, Grants and Awards
2005
  • Visiting Artist: York University, Brock University, Toronto School of Art, University of Guelph
2004
  • Award of Excellence, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Sculpture Applications Jury, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2003
  • Best in Sculpture Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
  • Emerging Artist Scholarship, One of a Kind Show
2002
  • Joseph S. Stauffer Award, Canada Council
  • C grant, Canada Council
  • Visiting Artist, Foundation Sculpture, OCAD
  • Residency at Hollywood Hills House, Los Angeles
  • Co-organised Laundry-Line exhibition space (with Jim Munro). Sept 2001 - April 2002
2001
  • Travel Grant, Canada Council
  • Awards jury, Ontario Arts Council exhibition assistance
  • Exhibition Assistance grant, Ontario Arts Council
  • Visiting Artist, Penny Arcadia series, Oakville Galleries
  • Visiting Artist, Urban Interventions class, U of T Architecture School
2000
  • Catalyst Instructor, Sculpture, Installation and Multiples class, SEED Alternative High School, 1999 - 2000
1996
  • Gallery Assistant, Khyber Art Centre 1995 - 1996
Reviews, Publications
2005
  • Hortense Pisano - "Stay Warm". Journal Frankfurt. March
  • Kevin Temple - "Winning Works". NOW weekly. Vol 24 NO. 23. February 3
2004
  • "Flip Bush" and "Sockrocker" images published in Vice Magazine Photo Issue, Summer 2004
  • Silas Kaufman - "Sandy Plotnikoff" feature in Colour magazine. Issue 2, Volume 2, Summer 2004
  • Catherine Osborne - "Sandyplot" feature in National Post July 10, 2004
2003
  • Luis Jacob - "Anarchism and Relational Aesthetics". Tart Magazine. Issue 12, 2003
  • Editors Pick- Snap Bracelets.Style Talk, Flare Magazine. July 2003
  • Product Wish List - Snap Bracelets. Shift Magazine. Spring 2003
  • Mark Clintberg - "Put-on" Exhibition Catalogue. Art Gallery of Calgary. January 2003
2002
  • Art Attack section - "Face Drawing" V magazine. December 2002
  • Natalie Devito - "Selling out + Buying in" Exhibition Catalogue. Bizart. Fall 2002
  • Carolyne Hew - "Sandy Plotnikoff" artist profile for Zed TV, CBC. Summer 2002
  • Daphne Gordon - "Creations a Snap for Inventive Artist" Toronto Star. August 28 2002
  • Eileen Sommerman - "10 to watch for" C magazine. Spring 2002
  • Jen Rashleigh - "Headquarters" West End Revue. February 2002
  • Cover image and artist project, Lola issue 12. Summer 2002
2001
  • Artists project, Les Commensaux. Skol. 2001
  • "Clothing Reports" ongoing series of texts self-published by email listserve. 2001-2003
  • "The Face" drawing edition published by Art Metropole 2001
  • "The Face" artists project, Art Metropole Catalogue (distributed in C magazine. June 2001)
  • "The Face" artists Project, C magazine. Fall 2001
  • "Bun/Words" self-published (with Lucy Pullen) newspaper. 2001
  • Buffy Childerhose – "Socks" This Magazine. September 2001
  • Rosemary Heather - "Sandy Plotnikoff" Tema Celeste. Summer 2001
  • Jon Sasaki - "The Face Drawings" Broken Pencil. July 2001
2000
  • Jenifer Papararo - "Supercollaborators" Mix. Winter 2000
  • Si Si Penaloza - "Boys and the Hoodie" Eye Weekly. December 14 2000
  • Reid Diamond - "Sandy Plotnikoff and Robin Styba" Lola. Fall 2000
1999
  • Gillian Mackay - "Mixed Bag" Globe and Mail. December 4 1999
  • " Sock Swap". self-published booklet. 1999
1998
  • Little Cockroach Press #12 (with Lucy Pullen), artist project published by Art Metropole. 1998