Polly Shindler
pshindler@gmail.com / @pollyshindler / (203) 843-4639
Education:
2011 MFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001 BA History, University of Massachusetts
Residencies
2024 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2023 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2022 Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
2026 Valley Music, Deanna Evans Projects, NY
2025 Bedroom Community, Standard Space, Sharon, CT
2024 Windows, Deanna Evans Projects, NY
2023 Platform in partnership with David Zwirner with Gisela Projects
Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery, La Cripta, Madrid, SP
2022 Shifting Perspective, Deanna Evans Projects, NY with Tyler LaFreniere
Home Bird, Troutbeck, Amenia, NY curated by Will Hutnick
As Safe As Houses, Jennifer Terzian Gallery, Litchfield, CT
2020 Time Management, Freight + Volume, NYC
Wheels, Preview, curated by Gisela Gueiros, online exhibition
2018 Kaller Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. with Donald Vaccino
2017 Tennis Elbow, Journal Gallery, NYC
Painting Everyday I Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers, Brooklyn, NY with Bella Foster
Retreat, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026
On Paper, Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC
To Build a Home, Headwaters Roxbury Arts Group, Stamford, NY
2025
Second Nature, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Off-Kilter, presented by Deanna Evans Projects, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Man’s Best Friend, Craven Contemporary, Kent, CT
Family/Tree, Chozick Family Art Gallery, NYC
2024
Weighted Blanket, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
SP-Arte Fair, Gisela Projects, São Paulo, BRA
Feels Like Home, JDJ, NYC
May You Live the Rest of Your Lives, BravinLee Programs, NYC
2023
Holiday, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Chaos of Spring, Gold/Scopophilia, Montclair, NJ
2022
Art Estampa Fair, Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery, Madrid, SP
Summer in the City, Hashimoto Gallery, NYC
Artists Draw Their Studios, Marymount Manhattan College, NY
Flower Shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
Lush II, Hashimoto Gallery, NYC
2021
Artists Draw Their Studios, Byrdcliffe Woodstock-Kleinert James Gallery, NY
Warm Feelings, Tourist Gallery, White River Junction, VT
Emotional Support Art, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Treiber Farm Springtime Art Show, curated by Jonathan Weiskopf, Peconic, NY
Ten Paintings Upstairs, VSOP Gallery, Greenport, NY
Just what is it…?, Cristea Roberts, London, UK
2020
Art on Paper Fair representing 3 Walls, NYC
At Home, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2019
The Missing Half-Second, Able Baker Contemporary,
Portland, ME curated by John Fireman
Seat, Échale Guindas, Madrid, Spain
With Feeling, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
Fourth Street Show, NY, NY, curated by Lexi Bishop
Home Sweet Home, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Dream House, Gloria’s, Queens, NY, curated by Kate Gavriel
2018
Untitled Art Fair, Pratt Alumni Booth, Miami, FL
Isolate, Hygienic Art, New London, CT, curated by Liz Antle
All Together, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, curated by Tracy McKenna
Still Lives, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Alex Allenchey
Interior Fiction, Vastlab, Los Angeles, CA
True North, Labspace, Hillsdale, NY
Reading Between the Lines, Hashimoto Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2017
Night Vision, Overhang Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Drawer organized by Flat File, Deli Gallery, Queens, NY
Home Economics, Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA
The Electronic Art Gallery, Artspace, New Haven, CT
New Imagism, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Company, NY, NY
Speaking (as), Sideshow Gallery, Oxford, MI
Rebus, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY, NY
2015
Lost Cat, Cape Cod Museum of Art, MA
Paper Jam, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Painting, The Low Museum of Contemporary Culture, Atlanta, GA
Grants and Collections
The Martha Boschen Porter Fund Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Fidelity Investments
Beth de Woody
Bibliography and Interviews
2026
Two Coats of Paint, Polly Shindler’s natural reverie, Lawre Stone
2024
Yale University Radio interview with Brainard Carey
2023
Artsy, 11 Contemporary Artists Channeling Pierre Bonnard’s Post-Impressionist Vision, Cath Pound
Painting Visions of Home, Prattfolio Interview, Pratt Institute
2022
Summer in the City Comes to NYC, Juxtapoz Magazine
2021
Art Spiel Interview, Etty Yaniv
2019
Nut Second Yearly Publication, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
All Together, Art New England Review by Jacqueline Gleisner
Still Lives, Goings on Around Town, The New Yorker Magazine, Andrea K. Scott
