“Light’s fleeting reflections and projections are harnessed and contained in Sarah Sanford’s abstract screenprints, drawings and collages- the most ethereal imagery I’ve seen this year.”
Susan Watt Grade, NUVO
Sarah Sanford (b. 1974 Michigan, USA) is a California-based artist and art educator whose practice incorporates photography, printmaking, drawing and installation to create hidden worlds of biological landscapes and scientific abstractions. Drawn to its ethereal properties and transient nature, she uses the physical nature of light to explore themes of time passage, impermanence and interconnectedness. Trained as a printmaker, Sanford’s work bridges micro and macrocosmic realms, drawing inspiration from the lens – medical scans, x-rays, cellular and telescopic imaging. This shift in scale compels a re-evaluation of human and natural systems cultivating contemplation and new insights. Employing light-reflective pigments with translucent materials and dimensional formats, her work pushes beyond the optical and physical boundaries of the surface transforming perceptions of space and time.
Sanford has exhibited her work throughout the USA and UK for over 20 years. A selection of past sites include Oller gallery, Universidad de Puerto Rico; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin; London Contemporary Art Fair; Wrexham Print International, Yale College, Wales; Edinburgh Printmakers; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Newman University, Wichita, KS; Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Mixografia, Los Angeles with participation in the invitational group exhibition, Printstallations, at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Sanford has participated in artist residencies in the UK, USA and France and her work has been featured in publications that include the international print magazine, E-squared: Art + Science, Create Magazine, The Hand Magazine, Art Ascent, New Linear Perspectives and The California Printmaker.
Sanford is a faculty member in the Art department at University of California Santa Cruz. She holds a Masters in Fine Art in Printmaking from the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland and a Bachelor of Science in Arts Education from the joint program of Case Western Reserve University & The Cleveland Institute of Art. Her professional memberships are currently with People of Print, Southern Graphics Council International and Los Angeles Printmakers. She works out of her studio amongst the redwoods of Bonny Doon, CA nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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