JANINE SINDREY ART/DESIGN

Where Creativity Fuels Transformation

Embracing societal challenges, encouraging emotional engagement, and reimagining norms through art.
 

Installation Art

Sheltered: 123 Liberty Street

Wall of Tears

Traces We Leave

Sound Pillows: Lay Your Head

Sheltered: 123 Liberty Street

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Sheltered: 123 Liberty Street explores the dynamics of visibility, empathy, and autonomy in society’s response to homelessness while advocating for more dignity-preserving solutions such as sanctioned encampments. The installation centers around a floating canvas tent—a nostalgic symbol of refuge that, from a distance, appears warmly inviting. Up close, projections of silent onlookers appear on the tent’s surface, reflecting society’s tendency to view homelessness with detached empathy. Within the intimate space, participants can experience the vulnerability of being the observed, as they sit or lie in the tent.

WALL OF TEARS

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Wall of Tears explores grief and collective trauma, rooted in personal loss and a broader reflection on the state of the world. Originally intended for a solo exhibition in 2020, the work remained unresolved after the show was cancelled due to the pandemic. After my father passed from Alzheimer’s last year, I reconnected with the images in a new way—his lifelong support of my artistic practice and love of colour made their transformation into an installation deeply personal. 

THE TRACES WE LEAVE

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Sound Pillows: Lay Your Head

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Run the Animals

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Run the Animals is a work in progress – a 360-degree immersive installation exploring habitat loss and environmental urgency. Long panels of cheesecloth hang in layers from the ceiling, serving as translucent screens for multiple video projections. The landscape is created with charcoal drawings and animated by fire and smoke projections. A black-and-white video of a deer running toward the viewer is projected onto a centre panel. Ghostly projections move through the layers, creating a haunting sense of disappearance—inviting reflection on vanishing ecosystems.

Time-Based Media

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    Love, Me

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    DoN't You STeal My DADA BAby

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    The Fool

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    FAT DANCING

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    NIGHT CRAWLER

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    IZZY AND DINGO GO TO THE PARK

Photography

  • Abstract

  • Landscapes

  • Urban

  • Water

Painting

Oil Painting
Oil Painting

Artist Statement

My work probes deeply into contemporary issues, inviting viewers to reconsider their relationship to privilege and the societal structures that shape our lives. My education in architecture, photography, and fine arts equips me to craft immersive environments that provoke thought and encourage self-reflection.

 This process begins with a vision—vivid and compelling as if lifted from a favourite dream. I then might draft, sketch, or manipulate this vision in Photoshop, translating abstract thoughts into tangible forms. I further refine these ideas through conversations with AI and fellow creatives, who introduce new perspectives and challenges that significantly enhance my initial concepts. From the dreaming phase to meticulous planning and hands-on building, each stage transforms my abstract visions into tangible realities. 

My interdisciplinary approach seamlessly incorporates architecture, sculpture, time-based media, and photography. This enables me to fluidly navigate across various mediums. My educational background aids me in structuring complex spatial arrangements, manipulating light and perspective, and informing material selection. This dynamic and iterative process fuels my ambition to ignite public discourse, constantly pushing the boundaries of how art influences and reshapes societal norms and structures. 

My art not only challenges societal assumptions but also provokes deep reflection. Each piece serves as a powerful testament to the transformative potential of art, opening eyes and hearts to the complexities of our existence and fostering a deeper connection with our world.