Shary Boyle

Shary Boyle

Biography

Shary Boyle works across diverse media, including sculpture, drawing, installation and performance. Her work considers the social history of ceramic figurines, animist mythologies and folk art forms to create a symbolic, feminist and politically charged language uniquely her own. Highly crafted and deeply imaginative, Boyle’s practice is activated through collaboration and mentorship.

Boyle is exhibited and collected internationally. In 2017 her sculptures were featured in South Korea’s Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, and the Phaidon, UK publication Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art. Shary Boyle is the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation Award and the Gershon Iskowitz Prize. She represented Canada with her project Music for Silence at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Shary Boyle’s 2018 public sculpture commission Cracked Wheat sits on the front grounds of the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. Her work will be featured at the museum in a major solo exhibition opening in 2021.

Born in Toronto, ON, in 1972

Lives and works in Toronto