Selected Press & Blog Features:
Wired Magazine (December 2024)
Hi-Fructose Magazine (Volume 68 - Fall, 2023)
Wall Street Journal (August, 2023)
Forbes (August 2025)
Daily News (August 2023)
New York Post (August 2023)
Reuters (August 2023)
Newsweek (August 2023)
Ama Nutri Cresci — “Wanna Play Tougher? Andy Sahlstrom and the Dark Side of Play” (Feature + interview)
Additional coverage includes:
Yahoo Style Canada, Sportskeeda, HITC, Dexerto, Business News, GWARA Media, FOX5, and various international press outlets
Viral Media: "My First Ankle Monitor"
Coverage focused on the deliberate hoax nature of the product and its social commentary:
New York Post - "Kiddie ankle monitor mocks house arrest… ‘Little Yikes’” (Aug 2023)
Reuters Fact Check - “A video promoting a children’s ankle monitor was meant to be humorous… created by the Instagram account ‘shampooty.’” (Aug 2023)
Forbes - “The ankle monitor is fake… a hoax from start to finish.” (Jul 2023)
Mom.com - “One person replied: ‘This would be insanely popular if it were legit.’” (Sep 2024)
Quotes from Press & Social:
“Andy Sahlstrom’s works are far from playful provocations. They are gut punches disguised as plastic smiles... Caustic, sharp, and unsettling — may be the last effective weapon: capable of piercing collective numbness and breaking through indifference.”
-Sabino Frassa, Ama Nutri Cresci
"Like many people born on April Fools Day, Andrew Sahlstrom, aka Shampoooty’s sense of humor, contains a rich appreciation for the juxtaposition of dark and light-hearted comedy.” - Matt Jackson, Skunk Magazine
"'The prison visitation booth in the exact style of the old Little Tykes kitchen killed me....They're going down very well on social media, but we wouldn't recommend these to put under the Christmas tree.'" - Joseph Foley, Creative Bloq
“His work lets us use our elementary childhood senses to process the abstract concepts of adulthood. …It has allowed me to more deeply reflect on the world around me” - Taylor M Mitchum
“You’d be surprised how fun it is to spread harmless misinformation. The world could use a little more crazy, a little more weird, a little more humor… I’m helping fill that void.” - Creator Interview
“Shampoooty… remixes iconic toy forms with anxieties and obsessions from adult life.” - Exhibition Review (translated)
Selected Exhibitions:
Open Air Gallery, London, England (August 2nd–September 2nd, 2024)
AnneeZero Gallery, Paris, France (July 10th–August 10th, 2024)
Another Gallery, Denver, CO (July 12th–August 30th, 2024)
BCC Dog House, New York City (March 15th–April 15th, 2024)
Apexart - Death Rights, San Antonio, TX (February 24th–March 23rd, 2024)
Ideal Glass Studios, New York City (January 10th–11th, 2024)
New Gallery, New York City (December 1st–31st, 2023)
Bushwick Open Studios, New York City (September 22nd–24th, 2023)
Press & Media Coverage Highlights