Jessica Sandy | SUNY Oswego

Jessica Sandy
Fine Artist with MAT prep.
Long Island, New York
[email protected]

Biography

Jessica Sandy is from Plainview, New York, and will be graduating May 2020 with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art alongside a MAT prep. She holds experience in all mediums, but her favorites are photography and sculpture. Participating in several exhibitions both at school and back home, Sandy has experience in participating in such events. After she graduates, Sandy will be attending graduate school in the fall and hopes to be a special education teacher. She loves working with children and would like to be able to bring her skills into the classroom.

Artist Statement

Throughout my artistic career, I have been lucky enough to work with multiple mediums. I have always felt drawn to photography, and the wonders you could capture, but it was not until my time at Oswego that I found out my love of sculpture. I've found that sculpture allows me to express myself in ways I had only seen in photography. The artworks on display derive from photography series focusing on the human body with the absence of sexuality. The series' purpose focuses on the beauty of the body, without a stigma that surrounds female nudity.

A portrait of a woman covered -from mid-back area down in a shawl looking back towards the viewer with a smirk.

Enchanting
Photography
W: 24.277” H: 36.945”
December 2018
A portrait of a woman covered -from mid-back area down in a shawl looking back towards the viewer with a smirk.

A woman with a flower in her mouth looking over to the left hand side of the portrait. She is hunched over with the shawl covering her lower body.

Envious
Photography
W: 24.249“ H: 36.511”
December 2018
A woman with a flower in her mouth looking over to the left hand side of the portrait. She is hunched over with the shawl covering her lower body

A Horizontally framed photo of a woman with her head tilted back as far as it can go, showing off the bottom of her chin, she is tilted slightly to the left.

Exhausted
Photography
W: 36.928” H: 24.264”
December 2018
A Horizontally framed photo of a woman with her head tilted back as far as it can go, showing off the bottom of her chin, she is tilted slightly to the left.

A woman posed on her back with her legs straight up and toes pointed in the air, her arms are perpendicular to her legs to form a cross.

Faithful
Photography
W: 24.264” H: 36.928”
December 2018
A woman posed on her back with her legs straight up and toes pointed in the air, her arms are perpendicular to her legs to form a cross.

A low lit, horizontally framed photograph with the woman holding the shawl as a grandmother would wear it, with her arms open in an embrace to an unknown other subject.

Gentle
Photography
W: 36.946” H: 24.278”
December 2018
A low lit, horizontally framed photograph with the woman holding the shawl as a grandmother would wear it, with her arms open in an embrace to an unknown other subject.

A Horizontal framed photo with the woman's face looking torn a something out of frame on the right hand size. She is holding her right shoulder with her left arm as if she is trying to massage the tenseness out of her body.

Hurt
Photography
W: 36.946” H: 24.278”
December 2018
A Horizontal framed photo with the woman's face looking torn a something out of frame on the right hand size. She is holding her right shoulder with her left arm as if she is trying to massage the tenseness out of her body.

A portrait framed photo of the back of a woman, with the tom of her head and the base of her back cropped. Sprawled across her back is that same black shawl which goes from the length of her head to the bottom of her back, covering both arms as well.

Impure
Photography
W: 24.264” H: 36.928”
December 2018
A portrait framed photo of the back of a woman, with the tom of her head and the base of her back cropped. Sprawled across her back is that same black shawl which goes from the length of her head to the bottom of her back, covering both arms as well.

Troubled is shot similarly to Impure as it is a back portrait of a woman except she is sitting in this photograph. She has her arms wrapped almost like giving herself a hug, except that her hands are gripping her back with such force.

Troubled
Photography
W: 24.264” H: 36.928”
December 2018
Troubled is shot similarly to Impure as it is a back portrait of a woman except she is sitting in this photograph. She has her arms wrapped almost like giving herself a hug, except that her hands are gripping her back with such force.

Weary is a horizontal photo that shows the woman curled up into what can be best described as an egg, You can see the spine being stretched and the head faded into nothingness.

Weary
Photography
W: 36.946” H: 24.278”
December 2018
Weary is a horizontal photo that shows the woman curled up into what can be best described as an egg, You can see the spine being stretched and the head faded into nothingness.

WhatAWhale is a sculpture that was created as a commission piece for my lovely grandmother, it is a small, dark stained whale that has a tail that is in motion.

WhatAWhale
Wooden Sculpture
15.5 x 7.5 x 7”
September 2018
WhatAWhale is a sculpture that was created as a commission piece for my lovely grandmother, it is a small, dark stained whale that has a tail that is in motion.

Two ‘balls and chains’ that were part of a performance art. The balls are made out of iron and sanded down to create a battered feel to them.

Shackled
Iron Sculpture
2 balls 4” in diameter
October 2018
Two ‘balls and chains’ that were part of a performance art. The balls are made out of iron and sanded down to create a battered feel to them.

A grouping of five different, blank books that were handmade and bound. A Coptic book with red string and a black and white covering, an accordian book with a fun coloring page as it’s covering, a perfect bound book with a hard spine covered in a floral fabric, and two soft perfect bound books. One covered in leather and the other covered in a red and white fabric.

Book Arts
Books
Size — N/A
January-March 2020
A grouping of five different, blank books that were handmade and bound. A Coptic book with red string and a black and white covering, an accordian book with a fun coloring page as it’s covering, a perfect bound book with a hard spine covered in a floral fabric, and two soft perfect bound books. One covered in leather and the other covered in a red and white fabric.