Polly Shindler
Education:
2011 MFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001 BA History, University of Massachusetts
2015 Brooklyn College (Art Education K-12, Special Education)
1999 Southern CT State University (Advanced Drawing/Mixed Media)
Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions:
2024
Windows, Deanna Evans Projects, NYC
2023
Platform in partnership with David Zwirner with Gisela Projects
Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery, La Cripta, Madrid, SP
2022
Shifting Perspective, Deanna Evans, NYC with Tyler LaFreniere
Home Bird, Troutbeck, Amenia, NY
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
Mactivity, New Haven, CT
2017
Tennis Elbow, Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Painting Everyday I Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers, Brooklyn, NY with Bella Foster
Retreat, Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions:
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
Rainbow High, mepaintsme.com
Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
2023
Holiday, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Haunted Mill, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Dog Day Afternoons, Readymade Gallery, Orleans, MA
SP-Arte Fair, Gisela Projects, São Paulo, BRA
Chaos of Spring, Gold/Scopophilia, Montclair, NJ
2022
Art Estampa Fair, Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery, Madrid, SP
Summer in the City, Hashimoto Gallery, NYC
Properties of Illusion in the Candy Store, ArtPort Kingston, NY
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, Byrdcliff 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
Make it Make Sense, James Wright Gallery, curated by Lina Kalaida, Los Angeles, CA, online exhibition
At Home, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
These Strange Times, Caitlin Berry Fine Art and Cross Fine Art, online exhibition
The Essential Artist, Karin Bravin, online exhibition
The Yard (Williamsburg), Brooklyn, NYC
2019
Ortega Y Gasset Annual Benefit and Gala, Brooklyn, NY
The Missing Half-Second, curated by John Fireman, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Seat, Échale Guindas, Madrid, Spain
With Feeling, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
SPF32, curated by Madeleine Mermall, Brooklyn, NY
Art for Reproductive Rights Auction (online)
Fourth Street Show, NY, NY, curated by Lexi Bishop
Be Mine, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
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
Between the Walls, Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
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 , curated by Anna Valdez
BEER, SODA, CIGARETTES, LAMPSHADES, Far x Wide.com
Make A Wish Foundation Gala, Boston, MA
fresh stART, McCall Art Advisory Benefit, Los Angeles, CA
For Lack of Better Words, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
Art in Boxes, AGG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Trestle Fundraiser, Brooklyn, NY
Primary Gesture, Pratt Alumni Show, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Night Vision, Overhang Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Drawer organized by Flat File, Deli Gallery, Queens, NY
Artist as Curator: Talk to Me, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
Home Economics, Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA
The Electronic Art Gallery, Artspace, New Haven, CT
New Imagism, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Taconic North, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Nasty Women Art Show, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
Abstract Narratives, Whitney Center, Hamden, CT
2016
NurtureArt Annual Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Trestle Annual Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Plus One, Trestle Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Company, NY, NY
Speaking (as), Sideshow Gallery, Oxford, MI
Rebus, Spring Break Art Fair, NY, NY
2015
Lost Cat, Cape Cod Museum of Art, MA
Jardin, Studio No. 4, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt Alumni Show, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Jam, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Family Ties: Brooklyn/ Dallas, 500X, Dallas, TX
Momenta Art Spring Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Achter de Boom, NY, NY
Painting, The Low Museum of Contemporary Culture, Atlanta, GA
New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Trestle Gallery Holiday Show, Brooklyn, NY
Pop-Up Gallery Show, Christopher Robert Gallery, Stamford, CT
Second Family, 2 Rivington, NY, NY
Do It Yourself, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
ArtBridge Annual Benefit Auction, NY, NY
Image Search, City Art Center, Delaware, OH
2013
The Art Mint, Resident Artist
ArtBridge Annual Benefit Auction, NY, NY
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra Auction, NY, NY
2012
Black Foliage, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
Romper Room, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY
Aggro Crag, BOSI Contemporary, NYC
Kindred Spirits, Jordana Zeldin, Brooklyn, NY
MsBehavior, ArtBridge Drawing Room, NYC
Paper/Work, Ground Art Chelsea, NYC
Chromophilia, Brooklyn Artists Gym, NY
Affordable Art Fair, Recent Grad Booth, Jordana Zeldin, NYC
2011
12 Painters 12 Hours, Rogue Gallery, NYC
Yeah Rite, Graduate Thesis Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Artists Invite Artists, Artplace, Fairfield, CT
MFA Group Show, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NYC
Scope, Artists Wanted Competition Booth, NYC
Residencies
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2024
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2013
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY 2020, 2022
DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA 2021, 2023
Grants, Collections, Interviews, Panels, Recognition & Bibliography:
2023
11 Contemporary Artists Channeling Pierre Bonnard’s Post-Impressionist Vision, Artsy by Cath Pound
The Martha Boschen Porter Fund Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Prattfolio Interview, Pratt Institute
Shout Out LA Interview
Artists on Couches
Platform, David Zwirner Interview Q&A
2022
Juxtapoz Magazine, Summer in the City Comes to NYC
2021
Uppercase Magazine feature
Book Cover Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
Art Spiel Interview
2020
Interview with Marguerite Imbert, IGTV, @margueritevimbert
Interview with Alessandra Olanow, @thespacebetweenus
2019
Higgins Gifted Artist Spotlight
For use as personal mantras, motivators, reminders and conjurings:
Nut Second Yearly Publication, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Forbes, Art Made Accessible By Online Art Gallery
Art New England review of All Together at Flinn Gallery, by Jacqueline Gleisner
Goings on Around Town, Still Lives, The New Yorker Magazine, Andrea K. Scott
Visiting Artist Presentation and Undergraduate Critique, Central CT State University
Fidelity Investments Art Collection
First Stop Podcast with David Livingston
LVL3 Artist of the Week Interview
2017
ArtFCity, “Must-See Summer Shows”
Catalog accompanying Retreat at Ortega y Gasset with essay by Adam Zucker
Woskob Family Gallery Q & A
http://woskobfamilygallery.psu.edu/2017/07/13/artist-q-a-polly-shindler/
Free Spirits Interview with Rosie Osborne
rosieosborne.com/single-post/2017/05/15/Polly-Shindler—Artist
2014
Curator in Residence, Trestle Gallery, NY
Keith Hoffman, Coastalpost.tumblr.com
Maake Magazine feature and interview http://www.maakemagazine.com/polly-shindler/
2012 Nespresso Recent Graduate Award
Hurst, Howard, “Hanging in a Broom Closet”, Hyperallergic.com (June)
Butler, Sharon, “MsBehavior in Chelsea”, Two Coats of Paint (May)
Pratt Institute Circle Award
McClemont, Doug, “Doug McClemont’s Top 10 New York Shows”, Saatchi Magazine (May)
Paper/Work Catalog, Ground Arts (May)
MsBehavior Catalog, ArtBridge (May)
NY Arts Magazine, “30 Artists to Watch in 2012” (March)
Shulman, Joshua H, Yeah, Rite Exhibition Review, Hadas Gallery
Curatorial Projects:
2015 Decisions, Curating Contemporary
Instant Vacation, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Oracle, Trestle Projects
Star Gazer/Ancient Light, Trestle Projects
Game Genie, Trestle Projects
2014 Grab Bag, Trestle Projects
The Wanderers
treasure trove
2013 One and Done, Launchpad, Brooklyn, NY
Future Folk, Brooklyn Fireproof East, Brooklyn, NY
Future Folk II, Launchpad, Brooklyn, NY
Fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn, NY
