Sandra Wright

UserName: SandraWright City: Charleston State: WV Followers: (0)

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Colombia born artist, studied Physics teaching at the Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas and Electric Engineering at Universidad Nacional the Colombia but my first love was art since I was 8 years old and even earlier when my mother full of awe and reverence turned the pages of her old encyclopedia where the beautiful work of Da Vinci, Michelangelo and the naked sculptures of Greek and Roman times where displayed through its pages. I wanted to the same thing then and that was before I entered kindergarten . EDUCATION 1984 - 1989 Universidad "Francisco Jose de Caldas" Bogota, Colombia Licensed on Physics Teaching (Bachelor’s degree) 1990-1991 3 semesters of Electric Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1992-1994 8 trimesters of French, Instituto Electronico de Idiomas (Certification) 2000 Oil Painting Fall Class, Chesapeake College, James Plumb, instructor 2005 Plain Air Painting Workshop, Dorchester Center for the Arts 2006-2007 Oil Painting Class, Oxford Community Center 2006 Pastel Painting Class, Dorchester Center for the Arts, Katie Cassidy, instructor 2009-2011 Oil Painting Class, Mary Ekroos, instructor 2009-2010 Oil Painting Class, Dorchester Center for the Arts 2012. Advance Portrait Class, Grantsville, MD, Edna Bender, instructor AWARDS, HONORS AND SHOWS Chesapeake College Art Show 2006-2007 Blue Ribbon Pastel Painting Chesapeake College Art Show 2008-2009-2010-2011 First Place, Honorable mention, Third place, respectively Dorchester County for The Arts, Member's Show 2008 Second Place Best of the Show at The Tri-County Fair Art Show 2011-2013 Best of West Virginia Art Show Award of Merit 2014 Garrett's Arts Council 2014 Member's Art Show, First Place Randolph County 2014 Art show, Honorable Mention Art Space Herndon, Virginia 20014 Expressions Portrait Contest “Expressions” Honorable Mention Winner of the Best of West Virginia Art Show 2015 at The Tamarack First Solo Art Show, Gallery Shop, Oakland, MD May 2015 American Portrait Society scholarship 2015 Conference in Atlanta, GA Solo Art Show, Buxton Gallery, Thomas, WV August 2015 Portraits of Historical West Virginia Figures At the Culture Center, Charleston WV 2012 Front cover of Blue Door Journal in NY : http://bluedoorartcenter.org/journal/quarterly-journal-vol12 NYC's Tart talks online exhibit “Mug Shots'”: http://www.tarttalks.com/#!mug-shots/c1uwq Linus Gallery, Pasadena, California, Online Exhibit, “ Physique”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCxbsp4Q844 Guest Artist August 2016, Gallery Eleven, Charleston, WV Solo Art Show, Schwab Gallery, Cumberland, MD March 2017, Robert. E. Singleton, guest artist http://www.alleganyartscouncil.org/event.php?id=418#.WQBxYdQrLs1 Exhibits and Live Painting Demonstrations: Mountain Made Gallery – Thomas, WV The Gallery Shop -Oakland, MD Chesapeake College- Wye Mills, MD Dorchester Center for the Arts - Cambridge, MD Tamarack the Best of West Virginia – Beckley, WV Eye for The Art Gallery, Oakland, MD Buxton Gallery, Thomas, WV Art Space, Herndon, VA Bibliography: Grant County Press, “Tri-County Art Show Winners Announced “August 23, 2011 Grant County Press, August 28, 2012, Front page interview “Putting Paint on Canvas” Grant County Press, May 27, 2014 Front page “Painters At Work” Grant County Press, July 20, 2014, “One of the Best” 2014 Best of West Virginia Art Competition. Grant County Press, June 16, 2015 “Local Artist's Works getting some NY Attention” Xanadu Art Catalogue, 2014, Page 19 Front Lake Magazine, January 2015, Sandra Wright: A Portrait of the Artist. Pages” 38-41 Cumberland Times News, July 3rd, 2015 “Mount Storm Woman's Oil Painting Wins Best Of WV Show. Journal of The Portrait Society of America, Issue No. 67, “Members News”. Page 15 American Art Collector , August 2015, issue 118 “Portrait Artist Directory”, page 94 Online: The David L. Dickirson gallery congratulates Sandra Wright http://tamarackgallerywv.tumblr.com/post/89986938992/congratulations-to-merit-award-winner-sandra-wright Congratulations to David L. Dickirson Best in Show Sandra Wright http://tamarackgallerywv.tumblr.com/post/125435970497/congratulations-to-david-l-dickirson-best-in-show Blog: http://www.sandrawrightart.com/#!my-blog/caxss Charleston Gazette Online http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20150628/GZ05/150629464 The Inter Mountain Online http://theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/587839/Wright-claims-honor-for-portrait.html?nav=5008 Published Articles: The Art of the Nude and Dario Morales, June 2017 issue of the Undressed Press magazine Online : http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101515245231&ca=432f89a7-0192-42f4-8519-3ee9f938a549