Sandra klein
Sandra Klein is an artist whose images, whether captured with a camera or composited, portray a layered world which, though filled with anxiety and trauma, still is rich with joy. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and received a BFA from Tyler School of Fine Art in Philadelphia, PA and an MA in Printmaking from San Diego State University. Her images have been shown throughout the United States and abroad and she has had one person shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, both the Lishiu and Yixian Festivals in China and the A Smith Gallery in Texas. She was the recipient of the Lorser Feitelson Grant jointly with artist Betye Saar. Her work has been featured on Lenscratch, The Boston Globe, A Photo Editor, What Will You Remember, Musee Magazine, Beta Magazine and Diffusion Magazines, and is held in public and private collections.
Artist Statement:
My degrees are both in printmaking, but I have slowly moved from that medium, first to collage and mixed media and finally to photography. My photographs are visual poems, small stories that evoke universal emotions. My focus has been on self-portraits and layered images created digitally in Adobe Photoshop. These are often combined with embroidered text and collage, adding a three-dimensional element to the page. The subjects I focus on include gender, aging, memory and loss. Using the processes and concepts I learned in printmaking and collage, my photographs are composed of multiple layers. I have always found the printmaking process to be mysterious and magical. The excitement I felt when printing etchings and lithographs is similar to waiting for my photographic image to print.
