The Giants: ha!, 2011,
edition of 3,
archival ink jet print,
117 x 84 cm
The Giants: nap, 2011,
edition of 3,
archival ink jet print,
99 x 76 cm
Three Places: The Reading Gaol, 2011,
video, wood, fabric, montior
Babe (Fold Heads outcast), 2009, acrylic on panel and silk, wire, 166 x 61.5 x 24 cm
installation view of The Fold Heads, 2009,
Go Down In, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 305 x 277 cm
The Distance of the Minute Hand, 2009,
acrylic on linen
122 x 152.5 cm
Scenes for My Affection, 2007 (detail), 6 paintings, oil on panel with glass, plastic, felt, lighting gel, mylar, 61 x 61 cm each
belong together, 2006, oil and gesso on canvas, 61 x 61 cm
Ride. Boy with a Rabbit on His Head. Orange., 2004
oil and gesso on canvas on board,
112 x 91.5 cm
Ride. Girl Kissing Ducks. Blue., 2004, oil and gesso on canvas on board, 94 x 94 cm
Bump. Red, 2003, oil and gesso on canvas, 102 x 122 cm
Meigs’ highly enigmatic, compelling paintings combine narrative density with a signature comic gestalt. The root of her unique formal approach is an exploration of certain psychological spaces and how the act of viewing is in itself an ontological state.
“ I anticipate … an explosion of colour, at first the colours will look ungainly, like blobby forms coughed onto the wall: minty green, cerulean blue, milk chocolate brown … within the ground there are hidden figures and things: a toe, a dog head, a breast, etc. The viewer’s exploration of these comes to fruition when close to the canvas. When stepping away to a distance, they are lost. ”
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Touching Animals
by Helena Reckitt (article)
C Magazine 107, Autumn 2010
Eminent Victorian: Sandra Meigs and the sculpture of painting
by Sarah Milroy (article)
Canadian Art, Summer 2010
A puppet show that veers into tragedy
by Gary Michael Dault (review)
The Globe and Mail, 20 February 2010
Sandra Meigs at Carleton University Art Gallery
by Josée Drouin-Brisebois (review)
Border Crossings, December 2009
Sandra Meigs: Strange Loop
by Diana Nemiroff (exhibition catalogue)
Ottawa: Carleton University Art Gallery, 2009
Lethbridge they have seen the wind
by Julia Dault (review)
National Post, 21 July 2005
Boom! Splash! Liking that colour
by Sarah Milroy (review)
The Globe and Mail, 25 June 2005
In The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art 1950-2005
by Ben Portis (exhibition catalogue)
Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2005
Sandra Meigs: The Bump and Ride Paintings
by Chen Tamir (review)
C Magazine, Spring 2005
Simply deceptive
by Peter Goddard (review)
The Toronto Star, 4 November 2004
Officina America
by Renato Barilli (exhibition catalogue)
Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2002
Sandra Meigs
by Rosemary Heather (review)
tema celeste, November-December 2001
A nice afternoon’s journey into light
by Gary Michael Dault (review)
The Globe and Mail, 8 September 2001
The thinking person’s artist.
John Bentley Mays (article)
The National Post, 1 September 2001
The Newborn
by Nancy Tousley (exhibition catalogue)
Toronto: Susan Hobbs Gallery, 2001
JOYJOYSORROW
by Corinna Ghaznavi (review)
dArt International, Winter 2000
Putting a new face on painting
by Blake Gopnik (review)
The Globe and Mail, 18 September 1999
Sandra Meigs catches a wave
by Gary Michael Dault (review)
The Globe and Mail, 4 September 1999
Coming face to face with our paranoia
by Blake Gopnik (review)
The Globe and Mail, 12 September 1998
Picturing the real, and then some
by Christopher Hume (review)
The Toronto Star, 27 June 1998
Les lieux communs: culture populaire et art contemporain
by Gaston St. Pierre (exhibition catalogue)
Saint Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec: Centre de sculpture Est-Nord-Est, 1998
Chasing truth through the looking glass
by Gary Michael Dault (review)
The Globe and Mail, 6 June 1998
Sandra Meigs: Strange Enchantment
by Nancy Tousley (article)
Canadian Art, Winter 1997
Sandra Meigs: Dummies
by Barbara Fischer (exhibition catalogue)
Vancouver: Contemporary Art Gallery, 1997
Making Strange makes sense
by Betty Ann Jordan (review)
The Globe and Mail, 5 October 1996
Making Strange
by Jessica Bradley (exhibition brochure)
Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1996
Mary
by Nancy Tousley (review)
The Calgary Herald, June 1994
Orifaces
by Colleen O’Neill (exhibition catalogue)
St. John’s: Memorial University, 1991
Sandra Meigs: Le Saisissement du reel
by Claire Gravel (article)
Vie des Arts, September 1990
Sandra Meigs
by John K. Grande (review)
Artforum, April 1990
Sandra Meigs: Pas de deux
by Louise Dompierre (exhibition catalogue)
Toronto: The Power Plant, 1990
It’s a Strange World
by Elke Town (review)
Vanguard, April-May 1987
Sea to Shining Sea
ed. AA Bronson (exhibition catalogue)
Toronto: The Power Plant, 1987
Sandra Meigs
by William Wood (review)
C Magazine, Winter 1986/87
Theatre of the Imagination
by Jean Tourangeau (review)
Vanguard, April 1985
Subjects in Pictures
by Philip Monk (article)
Parachute, December/January/February 1984-85
Theatre of the Imagination
by Pierre Landry (exhibition catalogue)
Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1984
80/1/2/3/4
by Tim Guest (review)
Vanguard, May 1984
Subjects in Pictures
by Philip Monk (exhibition catalogue)
New York and Toronto: 49th Parallel and YYZ, 1984
Toronto Painting ‘84
by David Burnett (exhibition catalogue)
Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1984
The Snakes in the Garden: The Self and the City in Contemporary Canadian Art
by John Bentley Mays (book)
in Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada; Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1983
Sandra Meigs
by Richard Rhoades (review)
Parachute, December-January-February 1982-83
A harrowing ride through
Sandra Meigs’ Maelstrom
by John Bentley Mays (review)
The Globe and Mail, 12 April 1980