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Biography for Sandra Golbert
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Solo Exhibits:
Monte y Mar - The Rainforest Mountain & the Oceans of
Puerto Rico - Belskie Museum - Closter, NJ (w/ Jean Matos) March 2008
Elements-Wood,
Paper, Silk (two artists) Wm. Hopper House Nyack, NY -
2007
Solo Exhibit ETS Princeton, NJ Nov. 2007
Two-Woman Exhibit Belskie Museum April 2008
Potpourri - Jennifer's - Ramsey, NJ 2003
"art from my first 1000 years" - Presb. Church
of Franklin Lakes, NJ - 1999
"Paper, Silk and Shadow" - Interchurch Center NYC - 1998
"Art for Body and Wall" - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1998/2000/2001
Retrospective - Old Church Cultural Center - Demarest, NJ - 1997
"Art for Body and Wall" - Curacao, Netherland Antilles - 1996
"Art for Body and Wall" - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands - 1994
"Fibers" - John Harms Center - Englewood, NJ - 1994
"Origenes-Origins" - Art Student League Gallery
- San Juan, PR - 1990
Fortaleza Governor's Mansion Gallery - San Juan, PR - 1984
Curacao Museum - Curacao, Netherlands Antilles - 1974
Group Exhibits: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Quilt Project
Salute to Women in the Arts
Phoenix Gallery, NYC 2006
Intimate Eye Textile Study Group of NY Phoenix Gallery, NYC 2007
Bergen Museum Group Exhibit - Paramus, NJ 2004
Beauty in Our World Fair Lawn, NJ (prize Experimental Works) 2004
Bridges Ft. Lee, NJ (prize for Three-Dimensional Work) 2004
Salute to Women in the Arts New Milford, NJ (prize Sculpture Award) 2004
Group Exhibit Blue Hill Plaza Gallery Orangeburg, NY 2004
Womens History Month Exhibit Bergen Museum, NJ 2004
Birds, Beasts and Bugs Blue Hill Plaza Gallery 2002
Various Exhibits at Studio 4 West (Gallery) - Piermont, NY 2000-2001
"9 choose 9" - Rockland Center for the Arts - Nyack, NY - 1999
"9 x 9 x 3" - American Craft Museum, NYC - 1998 (travelling through
US for 4 yrs.)
"The Multi-Dimensional Shoe" - Invit'l Wm.Hopper House, Nyack,
NY - 1998
"View of the River" - Blue Hill Center - Orangeburg, NY - 1997
Nat'l Assoc. of Women Artists - Athens, Greece - 1996
Annual NAWA Exhibit - Soho, NY (Sculpture Award) - 1995
Catherine Lorillard Art Club - New York, NY - 1993
Four Women Artists - Barbara Gibson Gallery - Nyack, NY - 1993
Fiber Show - America House - Piermont, NY - 1992
CAPITOL I - Washington, DC - (Hon. Mention Prize) - 1992
"Women's Art Works II" - Rochester, NY - 1992
Harvard Club Exhibit - San Juan, PR - 1989
"Three Women in Fiber" - Art Ventures Gallery Princeton, NJ -
1985
Awards:
Weir Farm Trust - Residency - January 2000
Gottlieb Foundation - Emergency Grant 1999
Change - Emergency Grant 1999
NY Foundation for the Arts - Grant - 1998
Empire State Craft Alliance - Grant - 1997
Millay Colony for the Arts - Residency - 1993
Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Grant - 1991
National Endowment for the Arts - Grant - 1991 (through Institute of Culture,
PR)
Publications:
Fiberarts
Surface Design Journal
Origen Magazine - San Juan, PR
Commissions:
La Concha Hotel San
Juan, PR - Lobby
Swissotel - Chicago, IL
El San Juan Hotel, San Juan, PR
Holiday Inn, San Juan, PR
Condado Plaza Hotel, San Juan, PR
Pierre Hotel, San Juan, PR
Howard Johnson Ambassador - San Juan, PR
US Consulate, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles Fedders, NV, Curacao, NA
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work is in Fiber, mostly hand-made paper, wood, and hand-dyed silk with
surface design. I began working in fibers 50 yrs. ago as a child, when I
designed and made dolls' clothes! Then I went on to design costumes and
clothing for "real people", and in 1959, my designs appeared in
Vogue magazine. When I no longer lived in the US, I could not work as a
"seamstress/designer" since I was considered an alien, I began
to put my fibers on the wall instead of the body, making intricately embroidered
wall hangings and sculptures.
Urged by my friends, I entered juried exhibits and to my surprise,
was accepted in a great many of them. Since then, I have worked steadily
on my art, "supporting my habit" by working as a free-lance costumer,
designer, office clerk, theatre producer, computer-er, puppet-dresser, photo
stylist, baby-sitter and anything else available to me.
Through the years, I have received many
grants, two residencies and much help from my children
so that I might continue my work. Two of my pieces were
chosen to be in an exhibit called "9x9x3" at
the American Craft Museum in New York City and I have
a piece in the Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University in
New Jersey which houses the permanent collection of the
National Association of Women Artists. This collection
contains eminent artists such as Mary Cassatt, Louise
Nevelson and Judy Chicago. A few years ago, I was elected
to be on the board of this entity, as well.
My work can be found in many countries, but mostly in
residences, corporate offices and hotels in the United States, the Caribbean,
South America and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where I was born.
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