Sandra Brewster is a Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. Her work explores identity, representation and memory, centering Black presence. The daughter of Guyanese-born parents, she is especially attuned to the experiences of people of Caribbean heritage and their ongoing relationships with back home. Brewster's work has been featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2019-2020), she is the 2018 recipient of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize and her exhibition It's all a blur... received the Gattuso Prize for outstanding featured exhibition of CONTACT Photography Festival 2017. Currently on view through September 6, 2021 is Sandra Brewster: Blur, special installation project at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Brewster holds a Masters of Visual Studies from University of Toronto. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Part of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series, co-presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery & Studio Art program, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, University of Toronto Scarborough.

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