Sandra Golbert Art

Jewelry, fiber, paper, artist books, scarves

Biography

Solo: (latest partial)

  • "From Here to There to Everywhere" – with Judith Beals - 2018
  • "Threads by Three” - with Kendra Dowd, Beverly Hinckley 2016- 2018 -2019
  • "Thinking Inside and Outside the Box"" - Marblehead Art Assoc. 2012
  • "Monte y Mar; a fanciful look at the mountains and seas of Puerto Rico " with Jean Matos - Belskie Museum, NJ - 2008
  • "Paper, Silk and Shadow” - Interchurch Center NYC - 1998
  • "Retrospective - Old Church Cultural Center - Demarest, NJ 1997
  • "Origenes-Origins” - Art Students League Gallery - San Juan, PR 1990
  • Fortaleza Governor’s Mansion Gallery - San Juan, PR - 1984
  • Curacao Museum - Curacao, - 1974

Juried Group Exhibits (partial):

  • Textile Study Group of NY – American Craft Museum, NYC (travel for 3 yrs.) 2012, 2015
  • Nat’l Assoc. of Women Artists (NAWA) - Athens, Greece - 1996
  • Annual NAWA Exhibit - Soho, NY (Sculpture Award) - 1995
  • Catherine Lorillard Art Club - New York, NY - 1993

Awards (partial):

  • Turkeyland Cove Foundation - Residency – 2018
  • Millay Colony for the Arts - Residency - 1993 & 2009
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Grant - 1991
  • National Endowment for the Arts - Grant - 1991

Publications:

  • Fiber Art Now
  • Architectural Digest
  • Surface Design Journal
  • Vogue
  • Origen - Puerto Rico
  • Who’s Who of American Women
  • Who’s Who of American Artists

Education:

  • Self-taught
  • Workshop - Ania Gilmore
  • Workshops/classes: Sheila Hicks (4) Workshops) - Walter Nottingham (2)
  • Warren Seelig
  • Vera Lightstone (4)

Artist Statement

I began working in fibers more than 50 years 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. Many of my debutants' and brides' dresses had intricate and personally designed beadwork. When I no longer lived in the US, I could not work as a "seamstress/designer" since I was considered an alien, so I began to put my fibers on the wall instead of the body, making embroidered and mixed-media wall hangings and sculptures. I returned to beading again in 2000 when I was accepted in CowParade New York, and my life-sized cow, "La Mooochachka", was entirely covered in beads. La Moo sold at auction for $17,000 for children’s charities. From there, I was once again into beading and began creating one-of-a-kind bracelets and necklaces! My beaded jewelry is constructed, bead by bead, in unique patterns and these may be found in several galleries and boutiques in the US and Caribbean, as well as on my website.

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