Through a lifetime of travel, exploration, and living in both urban and rural environments, I have drawn visual inspiration from diverse landscapes and cultures, each shaping and informing my artistic practice. In my work, I seek to offer a personal perspective on place by translating the sensations and experiences of a particular environment into visual form. As an interdisciplinary visual artist, I combine printmaking with a range of media to create layered compositions that explore my relationship to place. Within any environment, multiple and often complex elements coexist simultaneously—from the micro to the macro, and from the visible to the unseen. My creative process begins by identifying the distinctive qualities of a place that resonate with me. I translate these qualities into layers of form, color, texture, and pattern that interweave to create a new, hybrid representation. Layering functions as both the subject and methodology of my work, reflecting the richness, complexity, and intensity of lived experience within our multifaceted world. During the printing process, decisions evolve intuitively as each layer is added, allowing experimentation and discovery to guide the development of each work. This flexible approach creates space for unexpected connections and visual outcomes to emerge. Through my practice, I seek to expand the possibilities of printmaking by exploring innovative ways of integrating it with other media, processes, and forms of visual expression.
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Sandra Kelch is an artist and academic based in both Tasmania and California. Born in New York, she received her BFA from The Cooper Union, her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Ph.D. in practice-led research in the Arts from the Australian National University. She currently teaches at the University of San Francisco’s Art + Architecture department, and has taught at the California College of the Arts, the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University and the Kala Art Institute. Her artwork has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums including the International Print Center New York, the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, the Turner Print Museum, California Modern Gallery, Intersection for the Arts, the Berkeley Art Center, Jen Tough Gallery and Kala Art Institute Gallery. Sandra‘s awards include the Artspan Selections Award, and a Juror’s Award from Gearbox Gallery. She has been an artist in residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley.
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