Sandra C. Fernández MIXED MEDIA ARTIST






 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
 
Senior Lecturer, Art and Art History Department; Coordinator of the Guest Artists in Printmaking Program (GAPP), University of Texas at Austin.
Adjunct Faculty, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. 2002-03.          

Teacher, Abby Kelly Charter Foster School, Worcester, MA. 2001-02.  

Adjunct Faculty, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. 1999-01.          

Visiting Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL.

1998-99.          

Gallery Director, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL.

Lecturer, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. 1995-98.          

Arts Administrator Assistant, UW-Madison Extension, Madison, WI.

1995.  

Instructor, The Wisconsin Union Mini Courses, Madison, WI. 1994.    

Publications Specialist, Chicano Studies Program, University of WI-Madison.

 

EDUCATION:

New York State Art Education Certification, Buffalo, NY. 2003.

Master of Fine Arts. University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. 1995. 

Master of Arts. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 1992. 

Bachelor of Science in Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. 1991.  

Associate Degree in Applied Arts, Visual Communications. MATC, WI.

1990.  

  

Workshops:

Solar Plate etching workshop, Flatbed Press Austin, TX. 2005. 

Contemporary Serigraphy, Coronado Studio, Austin, TX.

Computer Graphics using Adobe & Frontpage web design,

HLPA Education, Hacienda Heights, CA. 2004.

Taller de Grabado "Tres en Raya". (Intaglio). Madrid, Spain. 1993.

 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES:

 

SERIE Project Artist Residency,Coronado Studio, Austin, Texas. 2005. 

S.O.S. (Special Opportunity Stipend), The New York Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County. 2004.  

S.O.S. (Special Opportunity Stipend), The New York Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County. 2001.  

Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1994-95. 

Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1993-94.

Grant, Graduate School Research Support, University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI. 1994. 

Scholarship. Madison Area Technical College Foundation, Madison, WI. 1990.

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS:

 

Pan-Am Public Art Project: Art without Borders, Womens Pavilion. Buffalo, New York. 2001.

Women's Caucus for Art Women of Color Slide Portfolio: Hispanic National Project. 1996.  

Honorable Mention. 8th Annual Artful Women Exhibit. Madison, WI, 1994.  

Jurors Merit Award.63rd Annual Undergraduate Student Art Show. Madison, WI, 1991          

Gold Award. AMI Fest Accompli '90. Chicago, IL. 1990.  

Bronze Award. Munich Multimedia'90. Munich, Germany. 1990.

Bronze Award. AMI International Festival 1990. Orlando, Florida.1990. 

                               

SINGLE EXHIBITIONS (national and international):

 

Under-garments, an installation by Sandra C. Fernandez. Open Studio Gallery. Toronto, Canada. 2004.  

What Lies Beneath,Top Spin: Artists of Western New York and Beyond. Castellani Art Museum. Niagara University, New York. 2004. 

The Paper Dolls/Cucas series. Hiestand Galleries, Miami University. Oxford, OH. 2004. 

Containers: Revisiting the past. EL Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera Buffalo, NY. 2004. 

Pan-American celebration, works by Sandra Fernandez. Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, NY. 2001.  

Cucas/Paper Doll Series. Wakeley Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL. 2000.                           

Works by Sandra Fernandez. Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. 1998.   

Retazos de la Memoria. Sala de Exposiciones de la Foundacion Octaedro. Quito, Ecuador. 1996-97.            

Fragments of memory an Artist's Book Exhibit. Merwin and Wakeley Galleries, Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, Illinois. 1995.    

Containers: An Artist's Book Exhibit by Sandra Fernandez, A Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibit. Class of 1925 Gallery, Memorial Union. Madison, WI.

Self/Containers, an Artist's Book Exhibit by Sandra Fernandez. La Mujer Latina 2nd Annual Conference. Grainger Hall Atrium, UW School of Business. Madison, Wisconsin. 1994.  

Creando Identidad fuera de casa/ Building Identity away  from home. Theater Gallery-Memorial Union. Madison, WI. 1993. 

Works by Sandra Fernandez, A Master of Arts thesis exhibit. Red Oak Gallery/Madison, Wisconsin.1992.    

                             

TWO person EXHIBITIONS

 

Migration Uno: Sandra Fernandez, Ana Fuentes.  A collaboration exhibition between Vin Gallery and Shoal Creek. Austin, TX. 2005.

Behind what is seen, works by Rachel Durfee and Sandra C. Fernandez. University of Wisconsin Hospitals. Madison,

Wisconsin. 1998. 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (national and international):

 

Women at Work II, a collection of drawings, prints and works on paper. Westnorth Studio. Baltimore, Maryland. 2005.   

70 Austin Visual Artists: First Annual Exhibition. Austin City Hall. Austin, TX. 2005.  

Just a taste. Vin Gallery. Austin, Texas. 2005.  

Annual Invitational: On Wheels. El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera. Buffalo,NY. 2003

11th Annual Members Exhibition. Big Orbit Gallery. Buffalo, NY. 2002

Expose yourself. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo New York. 2001.  

Eyes Wide Open, Artists Perception of Conflict. Art Department Gallery, University at Buffalo, SUNY. Buffalo, NY. 2000. 

Fiber Focus 99. Art St. Louis. St. Louis Missouri. 1999.

49th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition. Quincy Art Center. Quincy, Illinois. 1999.

Collage. Mc Lean County Arts Center. Bloomington Illinois.1998.  

Muse of the Millennium: emerging trends in fiber art. Nordic Heritage Museum and Seattle Weavers Guild. Seattle, Washington. 1998.  

Luminous Code: Photo-Based Artworks. Texas Association, College of the Mainland. Austin, Texas. 1997.   

Reflections on Culture. Trustman Art Gallery in conjunction with the Fifth National Woman in Photography Conference. Boston, Massachusetts.

Shape-shifting: Transformations in the Art of the Book, National Touring Exhibit 1996-1999. Margaret Sunday, Curator, University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado 1996: Mariani Gallery and Mari Michener Gallery. University of Northern Colorado. 1997:Vernon R. Alden Library, University of Ohio, Athens.

Golda Meir Library, University of WisconsinMadison.1998:Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago.  Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of  Pensylvania, PA. Downtown Art Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield.

Preuss Library, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. 1999:University of Wyoming, Laramie.

Faculty Biennial. Illinois State University Galleries. Normal, Illinois.1995. 

Latin American Book Arts. Center for Book Arts Gallery. New York, New York. 1996.

Traveling exhibition:Wessel Lieberman Booksellers Seattle,  Washington; Papertrail/ Ottawa Canada; Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Minneapolis. : Mexic-Arte Museum/ Austin, Texas.

Above the Surface, a Relief Print Portfolio. Traveling Exhibition organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in cooperation with Hartford Art School; North Texas State University; Ohio State University. Oklahoma State University. 1994.

Wisconsin Women Book Artists/International artist book exhibit Exchange. Balinese  women's  book artists joining for an Exhibit. Wisconsin Center Gallery. Madison, Wisconsin. 1994.

Bali/Wisconsin Women's Artist Book Exhibit.Suriwati Sanggar Gallery. Bali, Indonesia. 1994.

Out of Bounds Books as Art/ Art as Books. Creative Arts WorkshopGallery. New Haven, Connecticut.

Artful Women/ 8th Annual Exhibition. Madison, WI. 1994.     

CAJE'94: America's Cultural Diversity. The Center of Contemporary Arts at Saint Louis, Missouri. 1994.

Her Art Works. South Bend Art Center. South Bend, Indiana. 1992.

Artful Women. Sixth Annual Exhibition of work by WI Women Artists. Madison, WI. 1992.

Art Against War. An open exhibition of works that oppose War and support Peace, University of WI-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin. 1991.

           

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND PRINTED IMAGES:

(*reviews)

*Jacqueline May: "Just a taste". The Austin Chronicle, February 25th, 2005. P 93. 2005.

 

UniDiversity, a Publication for the Center for American and World Cultures. Oxford, Ohio. Fall semester 2004. Page 8.

 

Castellani Art Museum, Exhibition Catalog for "What Lies Beneath: An Installation by Sandra C. Fernandez. Niagara, NY. 2004.

 

Mix Magazine, Artist-run-culture "Sandra C. Fernandez, under-garments". Spring 2004. Pages 26-27. Published in Toronto, Canada.

                 

Open Studio Exhibition Catalog for "Under-garments". Toronto, Canada. 2004.

 

New York State Governors Arts Awards, 2002. Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, Unveiling of Public artwork at the Art Across Borders project in downtown Buffalo. Photograph of the sculpture and the artist. Pg. 7.

 

* Holly Auer: "Sculpture sharpens historical edge". The Buffalo News. Tuesday, July 3, 2001. Inside section B.

                             

Info/ At Spree:"Art Across Borders". Buffalo Spree, Spt/Oct 2001. Pages 18-19.

 

*Jennifer Lewandoski: "Pan-Am venue for public art display". The Reporter, September 6, 2001. Vol 33, Np 2.

 

*Natalie Green Tessier: "Womens work". Buffalo News, June 29th- July 5th. 2001.

 

*Elizabeth Licata: " El Museo celebrates Diversity". Blue Dog Press, June 28- July 4, 2001. Page 26.

                                  

*Elizabeth Licata: "Strings Attached". Blue Dog Press, June 14-June 20, 2001. Page 28.

                                  

*Matt Chambers: "Artists and Memory". Blue Dog Press, May 17-May 23rd, 2001. P 28.

 

Exhibition Catalog: "Eyes wide open, Artists Perception of Conflict". Art Department, University at Buffalo, SUNY. Buffalo, NY.  2000. 

 

 Karen Kunc, "Artists Books and the Burning Question". Grapheion, 10th issue, 2/99. Pages. 13-19. Color plate illustration. 1999. 

                       

Exhibition Catalog: "49th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition". Quincy Art Center.

Quincy, Illinois. 1999.

                       

Exhibition Catalog: "Fiber Focus 99". Art St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri. 1999.

 

Lloyd Herman, Catalog for the exhibition "The Muse of the Millennium," Nordic Heritage Museum and Seattle Weavers Guild. Seattle, Washington. 1998.  

 

Jennifer Blessing, Catalog for The Exhibition: "Luminous Code: Photo Based

Artworks," Texas Fine Arts Association. Austin, Texas. 1997.

 

*Joanne Silver, "Photos put the focus on 'Culture'", Boston Herald. Friday, May 9th, 1997, pg. S 13.

 

*Fernando Arenas, "Historias en su propia caja", El Comercio Seccion Cultural. Quito Ecuador, Wednesday, December 8th, 1996, pg. C6.

 

Marjorie Crawford, Amanda Schurr, Sandy Voigt, "Women of color in Art, slide resource series Unit III: Latina American,"Women Caucus for Art/ Universal

Color Slide Company, Sarasota, Florida. 1996.

    

Margaret Sunday, Exhibition Catalog:" Shape-shifting: Transformations in the

Art of the Book," University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. 1996.

 

* Kevin Lynch, "University of Wisconsin Graduate M.F.A. show," The Capital Times Thursday, May 18, 1995, page 6F.

 

*Dory Lightfoot, "M.F.A. Exhibit by Sandra Fernndez," Alambraso, The Chicano

Studies Program Newsletter from the University of Wisconsin-Madison,Volume 10 #1, Spring 1995.

 

*John Petrick, "Judging by the Cover...," Tempo, The Jersey Journal's Weekly Entertainment Guide, February 3-10, 1995.

 

Brian Hannon, Latin American Book Arts Catalog, Center for the Book Arts, New York City, 1995.

                                         

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Albright-Knox Art Museum

Austin Museum of Art

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Mexic Arte Museum

Vin Gallery (Gallery representation)

Women and Their Work

Women Printmakers of  Austin

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Public collections:      

Book Arts Slide/CD ROM Archive, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.   

Buffalo Place (Downtown, theater district), Buffalo, NY.

Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France

Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI.

Mexic Arte Museum, Austin, TX.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison. WI


 Private collections:

United States, Canada, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, France.   

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