Sandra Boreham

sayodenk@yahoo.com

PRE-ART LIFE: lecturer in Further Education

ARTISTS STATEMENT

The inspiration for my work comes from nature. The work is celebratory and deals with the reintegration of nature into life and art, and the place of ritual in everyday life. It is underpinned by an exploration of spiritual growth and the journey of the soul. I study Tai Chi and for me my work is Tai Chi. I try to be with and to capture energy - the dance of yin/yang, feminine/masculine, receptive/emissive, and vulnerability/strength etc. The work is concerned with these issues and influenced by alchemy and the concept of transformation and individuation. It celebrates the vibrancy of life and the natural order of decay and death. It combines natural and manmade materials – wood, bronze, perspex and wire etc – and deals with inside/out, potential/actual and manifested/unmanifested. I hope that my sculptures are like poetry and touch, unfold and inspire each person differently.

CURRICULUM VITAE

ART EDUCATION:
1990-1991-Foundation, Falmouth School of Arts and Design
1991-1994-BA Fine Art (sculpture), Falmouth School of Arts and Design

EXPERIENCE:
1995-1996 Residency in Rain Forest Project –Puerto Rico
!995-1996 Learning bronze casting with American sculptor TomElicker, Puerto Rico
1996 Lost wax casting – Central St Martin’s College, London
1997 Visiting Lecturer –Universidad de Puerto Rico- Departmento de Bellas Artes
1994-present Member of Newlyn Society of Artists
2008- Workshop Cornwall College, HND Textiles
Visitng Lecturer, Cornwall College, Cornwall

EXHIBITIONS:
Group:
1994 Falmouth School of Arts and
1994 Newlyn Gallery - NSA
1995 Newlyn Gallery – NSA
1996 Centro Cultural Cayrabon de San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Mount Chapel Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
1997 Falmouth Arts Centre, Cornwall
1999 La Galeria, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
Arte Vivo, Casa de Arte, Santiago, Republica Dominicana
2do Festival de Arte, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana
Galeria Isla, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana
Feria del Libro, Gaspar Hernandez, Republica Dominicana
Newlyn Art Gallery NSA
2000 Las Muheres por las Muheres, Casa de Arte, Santiago, Republica Dominicana
La Galeria, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
Galeria Larrama, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
3rd Festival de Arte, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana
2003 Castillas de Arena, Cabarete, Republica Dominican
2006 Newlyn Gallery NSA
2008 Cornwall Open Studios
SOLO:
1996 Beau Monde Gallery, London
Mount Chapel Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall- sculptural installation with
peformance
1997 Mount Chapel Gallery, Penzance, ( with Vincent Rhymer), Site Specific
installation with performance
1998 La Danza, Fundacion de Arte Contemporaneo Nouveau, Santo Domingo,
Republica Dominicana
1999 La Danza, Casa de Arte, Santiago, Republica Dominicana
2000 Beau Monde Gallery, London
2002 La Corte de Los Milagros, Casa de La Cultura, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana
2003 Alternative Sand Castle, An Interactive Intervention, Cabarete, Republica
Dominicana

COMMISSIONS:
2001 Edith Myerstein
2001 Andre and Carole …….
2002 Bill and Julie ………..
2003 Ellen van de Beld
2004 Sony Blue Skies
2005 Brian and Linda Wales