Hagar Sand

In my paintings and photographs alike, processes and materials are my means of visually contemplating various aspects of my lived experience. The transparency of plexiglass, my chosen surface for painting, is symbolic of an attempt to let the viewer see through the 'body' or figure, and all layers of the artistic process. The materials of acrylic and marker on plexiglas also serve in the depiction of a personal iconography. Tensions between organic and inorganic matter arise as I blur and juxtapose materials and colors, and drawn and painted areas. My palette is often saturated, almost cheerful in its lighter blues and pinks, but is then darkened when I bring in lines and other marks in black marker. Images are suggestive of landscapes or figures, but abstract and legible in various ways. Light acts as a visual element, interacting with the opacity and transparency of the painted surface and the reflectiveness of paint, changing the appearance of colors and surface luminosity as the light changes.

I hold a BA in visual art from Rutgers University (2004) and ABD in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (2015). I was an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs and at the School of Visual Art, NYC. I now live and work in NYC.

2018 Basementown Summer Art Show, June 27, 2018, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Artists Corner Gallery, Visions of Himeros, April 28- May 12, Los Angeles, CA
Basementtown Spring Art Show, April 7, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Anthony Philip Fine Art, Life Sized II: A Small Works Invitational, August 4 - August 26, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Nasty Women Exhibition, ​Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2016 Holiday Salon Show, Lorimoto, Ridgwood, NY
Color, curated by Lilian Tone, a curator of painting and sculpture at MOMA, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
2013 Myers Art Prize Competition exhibition, Teachers College, Columbia University
2012 Frequencies, A Genealogy of Spirituality, Curated by Kathryn Lofton and John Lardas Modern, Social Science
Research Council
2011 Painting with Pictures 2, curated by David Gibson, ARTJAIL, New York, NYC
2010 Abstract Intentions, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NYC
2009 Art Under The Bridge Festival, DUMBO, Brook...