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Sammy Plenskie
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I'm utter rubbish at describing myself, so I sincerely apologize if this ends up being a rambling mess.
To make a very long life story short? I'm a 31-year-old artist from Minneapolis who also works as a mentor to K-4th grade youth in the ISD #271. When I'm not doing either of those things, I am a disability rights advocate who blogs and kvetches about whatever catches my interests.
I was born with a rare genetic disease called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, of the Hypermobility type, otherwise known as hEDS. I also have an ASD diagnosis. If neither of those were challenging enough on their own, I was also the survivor of a 2015 break-in at my home that left me nearly murdered and definitely traumatized with overt PTSD. Which is what took my passive love the the arts back into the spotlight.
I work predominately in the visual field, in 2D pen and ink portraiture, but I'm not limited to that. I'd like to do some comic work some day. Maybe. We'll see. I also create digitally with a Wacom tablet and Photoshop, or other digital programs.
I work out of the Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts three days a week, but also create on my own time. Sammy Plenskie is a pseudonym; most of my work that comes out of Interact is signed with my brith name, which I'm less likely to use for work created on my own time.
If you would like to contact me about commissions or any other work, please do! I'm always open!
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United States
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Hennepin
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"Tony Helms, Kate Whitnah, Felicia Atkinson, Zahra Mohamed, four individuals in the Partners in Policymaking training program will discuss their four months of experience in learning advocacy skills."
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- Sammy Plenskie posted a new Artwork Tommy Shelby
TOMMY FUCKING SHELBY But seriously, when the new Peaky Blinders hit Netflix in December of this year, I was all about it? I decided to doodle this and give it to a friend. The lips were driving me crazy though, if we're honest. - Sammy Plenskie updated the Artwork Photography Project #2: Photograph an Emotion
This project and my final project, which is of my own idea and is homage to Francesca Woodman. She has been an amazing friend for well over a decade and she’s the most unique person I know. Best of all, she lends herself well to emotion and, as Ani Difranco suggests at one point in her lyrical career, Cryz has the “sort of beauty that moves,” which makes it hard to capture under most conditions. In this case, I wanted her as a model because of her ability to emote so well and because she i… - Sammy Plenskie updated the Artwork Gift Art
2017 has not been a good creative year. With a mom in the ICU for half of it and me being dreadfully ill due to my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and impacted wisdom teeth one could swear were breaking my jaw, I just haven't had a lot of time to work on anything. This was a gift for a friend and was, literally, one of the only pieces I have worked on steadily to the point of completion. It took something like twelve hours. Straight. What are taking breaks for anything?! - Sammy Plenskie updated the Artwork Jared Padalecki
The most "shared" of my work, most likely. The first piece I did after the break-in that nearly took my life in August of 2015 and broke my dominant hand in two places. It was hard to get back 'in the game' after relearning things, if you get what I mean. If you have heard the story of how I was wearing Jared Padalecki's "Always Keep Fighting" campaign shirt when my assault happened, you know why I drew this first thing when I recovered. I was hung up after a serious ankle injury and it seemed o…