Sandi Daniel
Artist’s Biography & Statement
Studio: Freeport, NY
Birthplace: Worcester, MA | 1956
Artist’s Statement – Ocean Works
I have always found the ocean and it’s surrounding landscape a source of peace and solitude. Perhaps it is the constantly changing seascape or maybe it is the sound of the crashing surf that transports me to a place where I can daydream. These photographs explore my relationship with the ocean. I used long exposures to capture the fluid movement of water and the powerful contrast between it’s intense raw energy and the overwhelming sense of tranquility that I feel when I am there.
Artist’s Statement – Cyanotype Works/Books
I am a photographer, I like to go places and photograph. But during the start of the pandemic I found myself like so many others quarantined and unable to go places other than my backyard. The pandemic, complicated by my printer breaking down forced me to explore other ways to express myself. Inspired by the work of Anna Atkins and the need to find solace I turned toward nature and I started working in the historical process of cyanotypes. I specifically started doing “wet” cyanotypes that use water, vinegar, spices from my kitchen cabinet and soap bubbles to make one of a kind celebrations of the botanical life in my yard. The serendipity of this process is joyful and addictive. Eventually after having my printer fixed I was able to make digital negatives and my world of cyanotypes expanded. One day after studying the work I found relationships between the photographs and so naturally the next step would be books. After making a few books with cyanotypes I started to incorporate image transfers on various japanese papers into the design of the books.The images in the books speak to each other, telling my story even farther. I hope to inspire the viewer to see the beauty that surrounds us and find peace from the stressful world we live in.
Artist’s Biography
Sandi Daniel is a local as well as national award winning artist. She has lived and worked all over the United States. Ms. Daniel has exhibited extensively throughout the US as well as Japan. With over 75 successful exhibitions she is a seasoned professional artist. Her work has been shown in museums, galleries as well as academic universities, including the Hecksher Museum Bienniel and the Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood.
Sandi Daniel is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she received a bachelor of science in Zoology and Hallmark Institute of Photography where she studied commercial photography. She is highly experienced in photo retouching both analog as well as digital. In addition to making artwork Sandi has also run children’s art programs and has curated art shows for Vision Gallery in Arizona.
Although her work is constantly changing in theme and technique there is a distinctive sensibility that runs throughout her imagery.
She recently retired from the New York Times and splits her time between making art and freelancing.
Sandi Daniel CV
Selected Shows
Gallery Sitka Earth Day Show 2023
RI Center for Photography April 2023
Soho Photo Gallery NYC March 15 – April 2, 2023
Allegany Arts Council Photography Show 1st place March 2023
Carter Burden Gallery A Book by its Cover February 16 – March 16, 2023
St. Joseph University Visiting Artist (group and solo shows) October – December 2022
Fort Wayne Museum of Art “Best of Contemporary Photography” September 2022 – January 2023
Gallery Sitka Earth Day Show curated by Beth Barry April 2021
Analog Forever Zine Online Group Exhibit March 2021
Aeonian Magazine #3 March 2021
Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center curated by Jean Boudreau February 19 – September 26, 2021
Soho Photo Gallery “Flora” February 26 – March 21, 2021
Carter Burden Gallery NYC “Seeing Through” March 19 – April 15, 2020
Soho Photo Gallery NYC “Enchanted Garden” January 27 – February 15, 2020
Coastal Contemporary Gallery Newport, RI December 2019
Coastal Contemporary Gallery Newport, RI September 2019
Beta Magazine April 2019 Issue 31
Islip Art Museum. The Art of Meditation August 15 – October 3, 2018
Long Island Children’s Museum Pinhole Show Summer 2018
Davis Orton Gallery Fourth Annual Group Show July 24 – August 12
Coastal Contemporary Gallery Newport, RI May – August 2018
CSU Rankin Arts Photography Center “Flora 2018” March 2018 juried by Paula Tognarelli
Barrett Art Center “Photoworks 2018” February/March 2018 curated by E Jason Wambsgans
A Smith Gallery “Unique Alternative Processes” curated by Christina Anderson October 2017
Alfred Van Loen Gallery Huntington NY October/November 2017 curated by Deborah Katz
Providence Center for the Photographic Arts “Behind the Lens – Women in Photography” March16 – April 15, 2017 curated by Rosemary Marchetta and Shari Weschler Rubeck
Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood June/July 2016 curated by Marcia Widenor
Vermont Center for Photography March 2016 Juried by Paula Tognarelli
Gallery 66 Coldsprings, NY February 2016
Omni Gallery Uniondale NY February 7 – June 5, 2016
Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery October – November 2015 Juried by Paula Tognarelli
2015 Art at the Center Overland Park KS September 11 – November 14 Choice Award
Beard Gallery SUNY Cortland NY August – September 2015 1st place
Barrett Art Center Poughkeepsie, NY June 2015 Juried by Katherine Ware
Hidden Galleries Pallenville, NY June 2015
What’s Old Is New Again: Alternative Photographic Processes June 2015 Juried by Jill Enfield Gallery 136 1⁄2 136 1⁄2 Pine Street Manchester, CT June 2015
Long Island Arts Council Freeport Juried Photography Show June 2015
Vision Gallery “Garden Dreams” August – September 2014 Chandler, AZ
Hecksher Museum Biennial 2014 August 16 – November 30
Gallery 136 1/2 Manchester, CT May 2014
“Meditations” Knox School Solarium Art Gallery December 2013 – January 2014
Alex Ferrone Gallery “Alterations” November – December 2013
Genkan Gallery “International Small Works Photo Exhibition” Japan March 4 – April 12, 2013
Soho Photo Gallery “New Works” December 2012
Heckscher Museum Biennial Huntington, NY April – August 2012
Foto Foto Gallery Huntington, NY Solo Show “Back to Nature” gold on vellum April 2012
Soho Photo Gallery NYC, NY “Fauxtography” January 2012
Photomedia Center Juried Small Works Show Glass Growers Gallery Erie, PA Juried by Louviere and Vanessa September – October 2011
Soho Photo Gallery NYC, NY Spotlight Show September 2011
Soho Photo Gallery NYC, NY 40th Anniversary Show April 2011
Fotofoto Gallery Huntington Solo Show “Flora” March 2011
Soho Photo Gallery NYC, NY Solo Show “Still Life” January 2011
Fotofoto Gallery Huntington, NY Solo Show “Seascapes” February 26 – April 4, 2010
Fotofoto Gallery Huntington, NY National Competition 2nd place November 27, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Art-Trium Gallery Melville, NY December 2009 – March 2010
Climate Gallery Long Island City, NY “Never Think Small “October 3-25, 2009
Petite Gallery Huntington Arts Council Huntington, NY “Masters Show” June – July 2009
Petite Gallery Huntington Arts Council Huntington, NY “Illusion” Juror Susan Dooley Honorable Mention April – May 2009
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ December 2008 – January 2009
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ January 2008
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ November 2007
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ March 2007
Artique Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ December 2006
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ December 2006
Artique Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ November 2006
Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ December 2005
Leawood Fine Art, Leawood, KS April 2004
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, KS October 2004
Arts St. Louis, St. Louis, MO September 2004
Image Point Gallery, Kansas City, MO July 2004
Van Duesen Gallery, Prairie Village, KS March 2004
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO July 2004
Hays Arts Center, Hays, KS January 2003
Grand Gallery, Kansas City, MO April 2003
Riversbend Gallery, Parkville, MO February 2003
Hays Art Center, Hays, KS January 2002 1st Place Award
Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, MO May 2002
Cortland Art Center, Cortland, KS June 2002
Grand Gallery, Kansas City, MO March 2002
Image Point Gallery, Kansas City, MO February 2002
Van Duesen Gallery, Prairie Village, KS February 2002
Publications
The Hand Magazine
Bracken Magazine
Analogforeverzine
Beta Magazine
American Illustration A.I.29, A.I.30
New York Times Op-Ed September 4, 2011
New York Times Op-Ed November 30, 2010
Heeb Magazine Spring Issue 2007
Collections Sprint Corporation Fort Wayne Museum of Art
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