SHAYLYN PLETT

Shaylyn Plett

shplett@gmail.com | www.shaylynplett.com | @shaylynplett

Installations and collaborative exhibitions

Installation for the basement of the Centre for Cultural and Artistic Practices, collaboration with Janelle Tougas.

Commissioned for group exhibition THE LANGUAGE IS IN THE DRIFTS. Centre for Cultural and Artistic Practices 2024

Parc Whittier public sculpture garden in Whittier Park permanent installation, initiated 2018

open air, langueur with Janelle Tougas. Flux Gallery 2017

saw you as a soft touch with Cameron Cummings. Le Studio, Maison

Des Artistes Visuels Francophones 2016

Group exhibitions

8x10 annual fundraiser, Platform Gallery 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

members show La Maison des Artistes Visuels Francophones 2019

open house Plug In ICA Summer Institute, DIS: Institute 2018

rain Starving Artist Gallery 2014

backyard CSPACE Gallery 2014

Film

Valley of Light directed by Heidi Phillips, art direction. 2021

Levers directed by Rhayne Vermette, props buyer/building.

this field of grass / cette espace vert 2016

with Janelle Tougas at Winnipeg Film Group One Take Super 8

Que Toi art direction with Janelle Tougas for musician Dana Waldie 2021

Screened and published online by Théatre Cercle Moliere

Work History

Furniture and object design/build freelance, client based 2021-present

Woodworker Robert Taite Custom Wood Framing and Art Services 2020-present

Assistant Managing Editor Public Parking Publication 2023-2024

Education and training

Design history: individual classes funded by MAC. With Shelley McCafferty 2024

Furniture design mentorship with Keith Oliver and Shelley McCafferty 2022-2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Manitoba 2015

Residencies and Mentorships

DIS: Institute, summer residency with Marco Rosso Plug in ICA 2018

Youth Mentorship Program with Ufuk Gueray Creative Manitoba 2015-2016

Community involvement

Board member Manitoba Craft Council 2023-present

Board member La Maison des Artistes Visuels Francophone 2019-2021

MB Artist delegate L’AGAVF, Ottawa 2020

Awards, grants & adjudication

CREATE grant Manitoba Arts Council 2023/24

ADAPT grant Manitoba Arts Council 2022

Individual Artist Grant Winnipeg Arts Council 2018

Award for Painting Takao Tanabe Foundation 2013

Student Bursaries Manitoba Arts Council 2013 & 2014