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Sandi Daniel

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Sandi Daniel

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.

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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