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    • Part 1: You Are On Cloud 9 >
      • Part 2: Murmurations >
        • Murmurations: Cyrilla Mozenter Solo Exhibition
      • Cumulonimbus Cloud Room 1
      • Altocumulus Cloud Room 2
      • Altostratus Cloud Room 3
      • Cirrostratus Cloud Room 4
      • Stratocumulus Cloud Room 5
      • Cirrus Cloud Room 6
      • Cirrocumulus Cloud Room 7
      • Digital DJ
      • Haiku Hand
    • Anne Murray
    • Cyrilla Mozenter
    • Greg Baines
    • Joshua Dylan Rubin
    • András Wolsky
    • Mison Kim
    • John Ebbert
    • Kinga Bartniak
    • Sun Sun Yip
    • Walid Siti
    • Jeanette Doyle
    • Tommie Soro
    • Zsolt Asztalos
    • Kyoko Kasuya
    • Vasiliki Antonopoulou
    • Amy Sands
    • Jatun Risba
    • Valeria Divinorum
    • Michael Brennan
    • Andrei Farcasanu
    • ​Francesca Piñol
    • Chaco Kato
    • Amado Alfadni
    • Estelle Vetois
    • Rebecca Siemering
    • Myriam Ait El Hara
    • Les Sapharides
    • Krolikowski Art
    • Seren Morey
    • Partha Banik
    • Julie Botet = YoNsK
    • Mel Favre

Amy Sands

​Amy Sands (MFA, Pratt Institute) is a Minneapolis based artist focusing on one-of-a-kind works on paper that integrate traditional and digital methods of printmaking. She has exhibited in solo and group shows across the world including: Prints Tokyo 2012, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; the International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal; and the 2016 Delta National Small Prints exhibition at the Bradbury Museum in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Her work has been internationally recognized with numerous awards including First Prize ~ Mini Print III International Cantabria/Impact 10 in Santander, Spain; Juror’s Choice Award ~ Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Tokushima, Japan; First Place ~ Home exhibition at the Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN. Sands maintains a studio in the Twin Cities area where she is Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.  
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Constellation LIV
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Constellation L
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Constellation LI
​These miniatures are an exploration of merging the old with the new.  Through the layering of intricate digital laser cuts and monoprints on translucent papers, images sourced from lace and craft doilies emerge from my paper abstractions, giving homage to the history of women’s work and raising the question of what is valued in our culture. The digital technologies have allowed me to expand how I think about the print and to create works that break two-dimensional space. The interaction of light and shadow becomes infused in these works and brings complexities to the physical patterns. 
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Revolution XLI
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Revolution XLIV
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Revolution XXIX
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Revolution XXXVI
I have been exploring the concept of women’s work in my art. Imagery sourced from lace and craft doilies emerge from my paper abstractions, giving homage to the history of women’s work and raising the question of what is valued in our culture. Patriarchal systems have inhibited female artists from being recognized for their work throughout history. “Craft” is often illegitimately considered low-brow when compared to “fine art,” and I aim to conflate these notions by bringing the patterns of craft into prints. 
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In addition to merging the ideas of “craft” and “fine art,” my work pushes the boundaries of what has been historically defined as a print. Post-digital printmaking processes such as laser cutters and CNC routers have entered my practice and have allowed me to expand on ways of thinking about the print. The balance of the delicate and the mechanical adds an additional element to the concept of gender roles referenced in the handwork. Exploring extreme scale (both life size and miniature) has become an important way for me to broaden the range of possibilities with printmaking.
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  • Home
  • About/Contact
  • Ekphrastic Fantastic
  • Bangkok Biennial 2020-21
    • Part 1: You Are On Cloud 9 >
      • Part 2: Murmurations >
        • Murmurations: Cyrilla Mozenter Solo Exhibition
      • Cumulonimbus Cloud Room 1
      • Altocumulus Cloud Room 2
      • Altostratus Cloud Room 3
      • Cirrostratus Cloud Room 4
      • Stratocumulus Cloud Room 5
      • Cirrus Cloud Room 6
      • Cirrocumulus Cloud Room 7
      • Digital DJ
      • Haiku Hand
    • Anne Murray
    • Cyrilla Mozenter
    • Greg Baines
    • Joshua Dylan Rubin
    • András Wolsky
    • Mison Kim
    • John Ebbert
    • Kinga Bartniak
    • Sun Sun Yip
    • Walid Siti
    • Jeanette Doyle
    • Tommie Soro
    • Zsolt Asztalos
    • Kyoko Kasuya
    • Vasiliki Antonopoulou
    • Amy Sands
    • Jatun Risba
    • Valeria Divinorum
    • Michael Brennan
    • Andrei Farcasanu
    • ​Francesca Piñol
    • Chaco Kato
    • Amado Alfadni
    • Estelle Vetois
    • Rebecca Siemering
    • Myriam Ait El Hara
    • Les Sapharides
    • Krolikowski Art
    • Seren Morey
    • Partha Banik
    • Julie Botet = YoNsK
    • Mel Favre