SOLO EXHIBITIONS  

2024 upcoming, Colis Suspect, centre AdMare, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC

2024 upcoming, Wrought, Artsplace Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS

2018  Stellar Baby, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON      
2018  String Therory, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Dawson College, Montréal, QC
2014  String Theory, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON 
2012  Turvy, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON 
2011  Like/Unlike, and other circular decisions, Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2010  Spot On, Women’s Art Resource Centre, WARC Gallery, Toronto, ON 
2009  Been & Gone, Board of Directors, Toronto, ON 
2007  way to go, Fly Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2006  any place is better than here. Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2005  Gradually off in all directions. Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON        
2001/02  Re-­Collection. In association with Phantom Limb, a Theatre Gargantua touring production. London, Liverpool,  Manchester,  Wolferhampton, Swansea, Leicester, U.K., and  Toronto.      
2000  After Before.  Site‐specific installation. Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, ON  
 
SELECTED  COLLABORATIVE  AND  GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2023 Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte ON

2020 (as IFPP Collective), La Centrale galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC
2019  Winter Island, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON 
2018  The Dollhouse at the End of the World (IFPP Collective), Ymuno Gallery, Montréal, QC  
2017  Soft Launch (Incubator of Phantom Pregnancies Collective), Montréal, QC 
2016  Transmission Art Festival; Athens – Karlsrhue, Athens  Biennale, Athens  Greece.  
2016  Vous êtes ici, Maison des arts et de la culture de Bromont, QC 
2013  Ignition 9, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, QC 
2013  Labarithe, Art Souterrain, Montreal,  QC 
2012  Spectrum/Spectro,   Museo  Textil  de Oaxaca, Mexico
2012  14, La Galerie d'art Stewart Hall, Point Claire, QC 
2012  Sortie, Former École des beaux-­‐arts, Montreal, QC 
2011  Plotting A  City, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON 
2010  Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto,ON 
2009  Here or There?, List Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009  Cluster, Launch Projects, Toronto, ON
2008  UpArt, Annual Contemporary Art Fair, Gladstone Hotel,  Toronto,   ON  
2008  Queen West Art Crawl, Trinity Bellwoods Park, ON 
2008  Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, ON 
2008  Latcham Gallery Annual Ontario Juried Exhibition, Stouffville, ON 
2007  Art in the Halls, 401 Richmond Street, Toronto, ON 
2007  Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, ON 
2007  You Are Here, the emotional geography of place. Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON 
2006  Art to Ease Crappy Conversation. Loop Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2006  Textile/Art  – And  Now for Something Completely Different, Toronto, ON 
2006  Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2006  Works Around Paper, (co-­‐-­‐-­‐curator) Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON  
2006  The McCleave Gallery Suitcase Tour, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia.    University of Bishop's Art Gallery, Lennoxville, 'This Neck of the Woods', Rotterdam, Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland.  
2006  The Sound of Art, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto,ON 
2005  Sublimation, Hangman Gallery, Toronto,   ON  
2003  Paysages Urbains, Ici ou Ailleurs, Francoise Gasser et Sandra Smirle. Galerie de la Tour, Paris, France.
2002  Les  Peintres  de  Montorgueil, Les Cerises, Paris, France.  
2001  Les Artistes de Montorgueil, Les Cerises, Paris, France.  
1999  The Hourglass Project, Site-­specific Installation. Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
1998/99 Women Beyond Borders, A cross-­‐cultural project connecting women at the onset of the 21st century. Toronto; Havana, Cuba; Oaxaca, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia; Saigon, Vietnam.

ACADEMIC HISTORY
2015 MFA Studio Arts, Concordia University, Canada
1990 BFA Design Art, Concordia University, Canada
1987 Humber College of Arts and Technology, Diploma in Graphic Design, Canada

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Deviant Devices, a series by The Site Magazine, Collect 40.2 / Small Adjustments, 2019.

The Toronto Star, Murray Whyte: View from above: Sandra Smirle's Like/Unlike at Loop, March 24, 2011

The Globe and Mail, RM Vaughan: St. Jamestown without stereotypes. What a relief, Nov 27, 2010

The Toronto Star, Murray Whyte: Machines to turn your crank, Dec 17, 2009

The Map as Art, Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009

Matriart Contemporary Visual Arts, Volume 7:4 / 8:1, Volume 5 Number 4


SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND OTHER ACADEMIC HONOURS

Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation, 2021-22.

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Winter Island Artist in Residence, 2019.

Vermont Studio Center Program Grant, 2016
Ontario Arts Council National and International Residency Grant, 2014.
Canada Council Travel Grant, 2014.
Hexagram|Ciam, Research‐Creation Grant 2014.
Concordia University Conference and Exhibition Award, Montreal, 2012.
Ontario  Arts Council, Grant to  Visual Artist, 2011.
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2010.
Ontario  Arts Council, Grant to  Visual Artist, 2009.
Toronto Arts Council, Project Grant to Visual Artist, 2008.
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2006.

ARTIST TALKS AND RESIDENCIES

upcoming: Ad Mare, Colis Suspect, Residency, 2024

Centre Sagamie, Research and Creation Residency, November 2023

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Winter Island Artist in Residence, 2019

Dawson College, Warren G Flowers Gallery, Artist Talk, April 2018

Concordia University, Montreal QC, April 2018

The Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency 2016

The Arctic Circle Program June 2014 International Residency.

Concordia University, Montreal QC, 2013 and 2012, Artist Talks.

Museo de Textil, Oaxaca, Mexico, May 2012, Artist Talk.

Toronto School of Art, Toronto, ON, January 2007, ArtistTalk.

Toronto School of Art, Toronto, September – July 2007, Independent Studio Residency Program.


PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Canada (BMO and TD Bank), France, Australia


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