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BIOGRAPHY
Sandra C. Davis was born in 1960 and grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA. In the early 1980s, she discovered gathering images through the camera lens. After a twenty-year career as a graphic designer, she decided to reenergize her fine art passion, and began studying non-silver printmaking processes with her now mentor, Sarah Van Keuren. This step led to a major career change, leading to teaching.
Sandra’s haunting imagery is about capturing remembered moments from the past. Working in several bodies of work, she explores history by photographing what remains from previous eras. Through the unique way she captures these places and by printing the images in various alternative processes, she makes them her own vision while creating an illusory veil of dreaminess.
EDUCATION
2006-2008 The University of the Arts MFA
1978-1982 Moore College of Art BFA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-Present: Master Lecturer,
Non-Silver Printmaking Process, Digital Photo Workshop
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Photography II
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
2007-2009: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Non-Silver Imagery, General Photography
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2003-Present: Assistant Professor,
Non-Silver Photography, Introduction to Photography, Digital Photography Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ
2002-Present: Continuing Education Instructor,
Gum Bichromate Printing, Creating Ethereal Photographs, Alternative Process Printing from Film and Digital
The University of the Arts, Phila., PA
2003-Present: Workshop Instructor,
Gum Bichromate Printing, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ
2008: Visiting Artist - Workshop Instructor,
Cyanotype and Gum Bichromate Printing, Grossmont College, Grossmont CA
1998-Present: Tutor, Private clients,
Subjects: Gum Bichromate Printing, Photoshop and Polaroid Transfers
FEATURED SHOWS
2009
Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange College, Middletown, NY - Mythical Gardens - Solo Show
Dalet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Once Upon a Time -Four -person show
2008
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Mining Memories -
MFA Thesis
2007
Hamilton Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Works in Progress -
MFA Group Show
Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Contents Under Pressure -
MFA Group Show
2006
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT - Mythical Gardens - Solo Show
Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA, - Valentines Day Show - Three-person Show
2005
Gallery Saint Martin, Philadelphia, PA - Illumine, Photographs of Historic France - Solo Show
Walton Gallery, The George School, Newtown, PA - Mythical Gardens - Solo Show
2004
Gallery @ Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia,
PA - Mythical Gardens - Solo Show
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE - Embracing the Arts - Group Show
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Garden Perspectives - Two-person Show
2003
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Mythical
Gardens - Solo Show
Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Enduring Stones:
Structures in Time - Solo Show
2002
ALMA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Réflexions de France - Four-person
Show
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Vanishing Points - Two-person Show
2001
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - New
Works - Two-person Show
Cafe Alamode, Bordentown, NJ - Explorations
II - Solo Show
Skylight Gallery, ATD American Building, Wyncote, PA Explorations -
Solo Show
2000
Matrix Arts, Sacramento, CA - Smaller
than Life - Three-person Show
ALMA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Images
of Ireland - Four-person Show
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Recent Work - Architecture in England,
France & Ireland -
Two-person Show
University of the Arts, Philadelphia,
PA - Non-Silver Works - Solo Show
1999
Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - Remains of the Old Ways - Landscapes
of Rural Europe& America - Two-person Show
1998
ALMA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Abandoned
Places - Two-person Show
LECTURES AND JUROR EXPERIENCES
2009
Lecture - SUNY Orange College, Middletown, NY - Visiting Artist / Master Class Series
2008
Lecture -
Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA), San Diego, CA - Visiting Artist Series
Lecture -
Art Way Gallery, Plainsboro, NJ - The Gum Bichromate Proccess
2006
Lecture -
Grounds for Sculpture, NJ - Focus on Sculpture 2006 Photographic Exhibition
Juror -
Grounds for Sculpture, NJ - Focus on Sculpture 2006 Photographic Exhibition
2005
Lecture - The Churchville Photography Club, Newtown, PA - Alternative Processes
Juror - Phillips Mill - 13th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition, High School Competition
Juror - Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ - Annual Art Exhibit
2002
Juror - Phillips
Mill - 9th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
Juror - Philadelphia Sketch
Club - Photography 2002 Show
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007
Best in Show - Phillips Mill - 15th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
2004
Second Place Award - Phillips Mill - 12th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
2003
Venture Grant Recipient - University of
the Arts
2002
Best of Show Award - Burlington County Cultural
and Heritage Dept. - 2002 Photography Show
2001
Patrons' Award - Phillips Mill - 8th Annual
Juried Photographic Exhibition
2000
Best of Show Award - Phillips Mill - 7th
Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
Merit Award - Burlington County Cultural
and Heritage Dept. - 2000 Juried Photography Show
PSC Award - Philadelphia Sketch Club - Photography 2000 Juried Show
1999
Patrons' Award - Phillips Mill - 6th Annual
Juried Photographic Exhibition
Gene Hovey Memorial Award - Hill Country Arts Foundation - Counterpoint
1998 Juried Exhibit Merit Award - Burlington County Cultural and Heritage
Dept. - 1998 Juried Photography Show
1998
Patrons' Award - Phillips Mill - 5th Annual
Juried Photographic Exhibition Honorable Mention - Philadelphia Sketch
Club - 1998 Juried Photography Show
1997
Honorable Mention - The Ink People Center
for the Arts - West Coast Works On/Of Paper
SELECTED INVITATIONAL
SHOWS
2010
Watchung Arts Center, Watchung - NJ Contemporary Alternative Process Photography
2009
The Gersman Y Galleries, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Selections - Images from The Book of Alternative Processes by Christopher James
The Athenæum of Philadelphia, “Books from the Collection” in conjunction with
“Jacob Stelman: Architectural Photography, 1936-1970” Exhibit
2008
High Street Gallery, Glassboro, NJ - “Hello”- Rowan University Art Department Faculty Exhibit
Art Way Gallery, Plainsboro, NJ - “Alternative Photography Exhibit” Invitational
2007
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, NY - Sun Pictures to Megapixels - Group Show
Gallery Saint Martin, Philadelphia, PA - Artology - Group Show
2006
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA - Light - Alumnae Exhibition
University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA - Transforming the Book - Group Show
Columbia College, Chicago, IL - East - Midwest - Group Show
2005
Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC - The Handmade Print PWP Group Exhibit
2004
Mercer County College, West Windsor, NJ - “All Together Now” Faculty Exhibition
2003
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA - Spring Photography
Exhibit
Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA - Winter Exhibition
2002
Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA - Fall Photography Exhibit
Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA - Focus 2002: New Work in Photography
2001
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia - Art
Matters 2001 Group Exhibit
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, PA - Creative Artists Network Recent
Work in Photography
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Mixed Media - UArts Faculty
Work: 2001
2000
Atelier Alternative Gallery, Hoboken, NJ - Invitational Alternative Processes
Exhibition
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA - Six + Six- Invitational Show
SELECTED GROUP
SHOWS
2009
Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ - “Photography Re-Imagined: 3rd Annual Juried Alternativeand Historical Process Show”
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA - “The University @ 50” - UArts Faculty Exhibition
2008
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ - Photography 27
2007
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 15th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
2006
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ - Photography 25
2005
Panopticon Gallery, Waltham, MA, - Tree in Landscape Juried Group Exhibit
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ - Photography 24
2004
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 11th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
2003
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 10th Annual
Juried Photographic Exhibition
2002
Burlington County Cultural and Heritage
Department, Easthampton, NJ
2001
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown,
NJ - Photography 20
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 8th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
2000
Burlington County Cultural and Heritage
Department, Easthampton, NJ
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 7th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA - 74th Annual International Competition
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Mimesis - Juried Photographic Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ - Photography 19
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA - Photography 2000
1999
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - 6th Annual
Juried Photographic Exhibition
Barrett Art Center, Duchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY -
Photowork '99
New Image Gallery, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA - 9th Annual
New Images Exhibit Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV - Annual Photography
Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ - Photography 18
1998
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
- Counterpoint 1998 Juried Exhibit
Burlington County Cultural and Heritage Department, Easthampton, NJ
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY - 16th Annual Juried Exhibition Group Show
Ceres, New York, NY - Third National Juried Exhibition Group Show
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA 5th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition
1997
Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey,
Marlton, NJ - Annual Juried Photography Exhibit
The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA - West Coast Works On/Of
Paper
1996
Gallery 84, New York, NY - National Juried
Exhibition
ALMA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Member Group Show Juried Exhibit
COLLECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt-Deitrich Library, Philadelphia, PA
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
The Athenæum of Philadelphia, PA
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Numerous corporate and private collections.
PUBLICATIONS
AND CATALOGS
The Book of Alternative Processes, 2nd Ed., Christopher James, Delmar Cengage Learning, Clifton Park, NY, 2008
Art To Be Read, University of the Arts MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Alumni Exhibition, June 2009, Phila., PA
A Non-Silver Manual, Third Edition, Sarah Van Keuren, Munro Printing, Trainer, PA, 2008, Contributor
Festival of the Arts, Southern Vermont Arts Center, May 2005 - April 2006,
Manchester, VT
Professional Women Photographers “The Fine Art of Gum Bichromate Printing,” Dec. 2005,
New York, NY
Photo Review, “The 2004 International Photography Competition Winners,” Vol. 27. #2, Langhorne, PA
Black and White Magazine, “Regional Focus Series: Philadelphia,” October 2004,
Arroyo Grande, CA
Art Matters 2001 - Woodmere Art Museum,
December 2001, Philadelphia, PA
74th Annual International Competition
- Photography, The Print Center, September 2000, Philadelphia,PA
Mimesis - "Unveiled," Pentimenti Gallery, February 2000, Philadelphia,
PA
New Mexico Photographer "14", Summer 1998, Portales, NM
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artists) - Alumna, Philadelphia, PA
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Society for Photographic Education, Oxford, OH
Professional Women Photographers, NYC, NY
AlternativePhotography.com
FEATURED PRESS
"New reflections on nature, architecture"
by Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer "Weekend" section,
Museums and Galleries, February 27, 2004
"Photography Seen - France in Mt.
Airy" by Helene Ryesky, Art Matters, October 2002,
Philadelphia,PA
"Art," The Philadelphia Inquirer,
September 13, 2002, Philadelphia, PA
"Arts & Culture" by Gail Boatman, Burlington County Times, August 2, 2002,
Willingboro, NJ "Photography - Drive-In Dreams" by Matt Smith, Time Off,
Princeton Packet, April 5, 2002, Princeton, NJ
"Sketches - CAN-it," Philadelphia Weekly, January 9, 2002, Philadelphia,
PA
"Artist in Focus" by Doris Brandis, New Hope Gazette, January 11, 2001,
New Hope, PA
"Smaller Than Life," Uptown Arts & Community News, November 2000, Sacramento,
CA
"A Celebration of Ireland" By Julie Stoiber, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
September 20, 2000, Philadelphia, PA
"Images of Ireland" by Daniel Sean Kaye, Ticket, Montgomery County Newspapers,
Sept. 13, 2000, Glenside, PA
"Cover Story - The Texture of Time" by Susan Van Dongan, Time Off, Princeton
Packet, July 7, 2000, Princeton, NJ
"Art Scene" by Gail Boatman, Burlington County Times, June 30, 2000, Willingboro,
NJ
"New Photography at Pentimenti" by Andrew Mangavite, Art Matters, February
2000, Philadelphia, PA
"Art Scene" by Gail Boatman, Burlington County Times, January 30, 2000,
Willingboro, NJ
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