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Summer Reading List | Polly Shindler

Summer Reading List | Polly Shindler

Summer Reading List | Polly Shindler

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Polly Shindler, Bedroom with Paint Samples, 2020; 14 x 11 inches, Acrylic on canvas.

Polly Shindler

Polly Shindler received a B.A. in History from the University of Massachusetts and an M.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute in 2011. Polly’s paintings have been shown throughout the U.S. as well as internationally at Cristea Roberts Gallery in London and Échale Guindas in Madrid. Upcoming shows include a two-person show at Deanna Evans Gallery (NYC), a group show at Hashimoto Gallery (NYC), and a solo exhibit at Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando in 2023 (Madrid). In 2022, Polly had solo shows at Troutbeck (Amenia, NY) and Jennifer Terzian Gallery (Litchfield, CT). Recent group shows include Hashimoto Gallery (NYC), Tourist Gallery (White River Junction, VT), and Artport (Kingston, NY). Previous solo shows include Time Management at Freight + Volume, Retreat at Ortega Y Gasset in Brooklyn, NY, and at the project space, Tennis Elbow, at The Journal Gallery Brooklyn. Her painting Green Rocking Chair from Still Lives, a group show at Underdonk Gallery in Brooklyn was mentioned in “Goings on About Town” in New Yorker Magazine in September 2018. She was granted a yearlong curatorial residency at Trestle Projects Brooklyn in 2015 and she has attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center in 2013, The Wassaic Project in 2020 and 2022, and DNA Residency in Provincetown, MA in 2021. Her artwork was recently chosen as the cover of the novel Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny. She works from her home studio in Millerton, NY with her dog, Owen. Shindler is the Creative Director of the podcast, The Art Career.

Follow her on Instagram @pollyshindler


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