Benny Sandra

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Nature has always been the greatest inspiration for my drawings. The majestic color combinations and designs found in feathers, flowers, sunsets, clouds, and other phenomena of the natural world create a treasure trove of possible compositions. Individual feathers are very intriguing to me. The colors and patterns on each feather are unique. Flaws, acquired in daily life, add character.  Centers of flowers are often composed of complex patterns that become focal points of my work. I like to emphasize the unobtrusive parts in nature. I believe that we are stewards of this earth and only temporary visitors and my work is the diary of my life.

 BIOGRAPHY

1944 Born in Cleveland, Ohio

1966 Graduated with BFA from Ohio University

1966 Creative Designer at Cleveland Plain Dealer

1969 Relocated to Long Island, New York

1970 Graduated with MA from Northern Illinois University

1977-2007 Adjunct Professor of Art

LIU, C. W. Post College

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Hudson Fine Art > Hudson, Ohio

2016 Moos Gallery Western Reserve Academy > Hudson, Ohio

2015 Southport Galleries – Southport, Connecticut

2012 9 East Contemporary Art Gallery – Huntington, New York

2005 Manhattan Center A. U. > Soho, New York (’99, ’93)

2003 Jain Marunouchi Gallery > New York (’99, ’98, ’93)

2002 Adobe Artes Gallery > Huntington, New York

2001 Swirbul Library Gallery > Garden City, New York

1987 The Gallery > Roslyn, New York

1985 Locust Valley Gallery > Locust Valley, New York

1973 Gallery North > Setauket, New York

1970 Northern Illinois University > DeKalb, Illinois

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 Ashok Jain Gallery > New York City, New York

2014 Ashok Jain Gallery > New York City, New York

2013 Spectrum Miami > Miami, Florida

          Art Expo at Pier 94 > New York City, New York

2011 Asian Art Center > Vienna, Austria

2010 TR Gallery > Oyster Bay, New York

2009 Donerovin Gallery > Reading, Vermont

2006 CPSA International Exhibition > Albuquerque, New Mexico

2001 Big Arts / Phillips Gallery > Sanibel, Florida

Jain Marunouchi Gallery > New York

Europ’ Art > Geneva, Switzerland

2000 Lineart > Gent, Belgium

1999 Nippon International > Tokyo

1998 CPSA 6^thInternational Exhibit / Ellipse Arts Center > Arlington, Virginia

1997 National Drawing Association / Harley Center Gallery > Garden City, New York

Nippon International > Tokyo

1996 Muscarelle Museum of Art / American Drawing Biennial V > Williamsburg, Virginia

1995 Nippon International > Yokohama

Jain Marunouchi Gallery > New York

1994 LA Art 94 > Los Angeles, California

ACAF/ Australian International > Melbourne, Australia

1993 Jain Marunouchi Gallery > New York

1992 Maryland Institute, College of Art > Baltimore, Maryland

1991 Elaine Benson Gallery > Bridgehampton, New York

1990 Manhattan Center A.U. > Soho, New York

Dubins Gallery > Los Angeles, California

1989 Temperance Hall Gallery > Bellport, New York

Roslyn Gallery > Roslyn, New York

1987 Waxlander Gallery > Santa Fe, New Mexico

1986 The Washington County Museum of Art > Hagerstown, Maryland

1985 The Cleveland Museum of Art > Cleveland, Ohio

Faber Birren Color Show > Stamford, Connecticut

Plandome Gallery > Plandome, New York

Louisville Art Gallery > Louisville, Kentucky

1984 Elaine Benson Gallery > Bridgehampton, New York

1983 Heckscher Museum Invitational > Huntington, New York

1982 Impressionist Show, LIU, C.W. Post Campus > Brookville, New York

Silvermine Art Competition > Silvermine, Connecticut

1981 The Loft Gallery > Southampton, New York

1979 Long Beach Museum > Long Beach, New York

Bond Street Gallery > Great Neck, New York

1978 Parrish Art Museum > Southampton, New York

1977 Hudson River Museum > Yonkers, New York

1969 Rosner Gallery > Chicago, Illinois

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Aramco Corporation > Houston, Texas

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts > Hagerstown, Maryland

Arthur Anderson and Company > Huntington, New York

The Heckscher Museum of Art > Huntington, New York

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

The United States

Europe

The Far East

The Middle East

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2012 Pulse Magazine

Lloyd Harbor Life > June 2012 

2011 Best of Worldwide Art (Abstraction and Still Life Artists) 2011

1999 The Best of Colored Pencil > Vol. V

The Designer’s Source Book 14

1995 Asian Art News > January

Asian Art News > March

Art and Asia Pacific > January

Art News > January

1994 Art News > January

Asian Art News > January

Art and Asia Pacific > October

Art and Australia > October

World Art > October

State of the Art > September

1993 Art News > November

1989 – 2016 WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART NEW YORK

WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART

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