Curriculum Vitae
Sandra Hansen
Environmental Artist - Papermaking, Found Objects, Oil Pastel
Education
| MFA | 2016 |
Kendall College of Art and Design Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Painting |
| BFA | 2013 |
Kendall College of Art and Design Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Painting, Drawing Papermaking |
| 11/21 | 2019 |
1 Month course on Kozo paper making in the Japanese style with Amy Richards 5 day workshop on Flax paper making at Carriage House Paper |
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Awards
| 2025 | Top 20 in North District for ArtPrize 2025, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2013 | Kendall College of Art and Design, MFA Portfolio Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2013 | Kendall College of Art and Design Undergraduate Excellence in Painting Award |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2026 | Under the Sea Installation, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
| 2024 | Our Exquisite Pollution, Van Singel Center, Byron Center |
| 2024 | Portraits, Near and Far, Salt of the Earth, Fennville, MI |
| 2017 | Our Exquisite Pollution, Inner Mongolia Art Museum, Hohhot, China |
Group Exhibitions
| 2025 | ArtPrize 2025, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2024 | Festival of the Arts, DeVoss Hall, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2022 | No Planet B, only contemporary artist with archival art, at Hope College |
| 2021 | Regional Art Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2019 | Forest Museum, Beijing, China |
| 2019 | Open Studios exhibitions, Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives, Bilpin, Australia |
| 2018 | Her Vision, En Lei Museum, Beijing, China |
Artist Residencies
| 2026 | Surakarta, Indonesia (upcoming, July) |
| 2026 | Step by Step Artist Residency, Noida, New Delhi, India |
| 2024 | Mingfeng Art Park, International Art Village, Beijing, China, 1 Month |
| 2019 | Semi Space, Beijing, China, 1 month |
| 2019 | Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi), Bilpin, Australia, 3 months |
| 2018 | Untitled Space, Jinze near Shanghai, China, 1 month |
| 2017 | Jaipur Kala Chaupal, Jaipur, India |
| 2015 | Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni, Valderno, Italy, 1 month |
Selected Press
| 2025 |
Video interview https://youtu.be/kx9-hiKV0xk?si=e7lm907K-9h8W5Aw |
Art Prize | Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2024 | Sandra Hansen, talk on "Papermaking Around the World," China Business Daily | Sichuan Culture and Arts College | Mianyang, China |
| 2017 | Mei Xu (ed.) Sino-American Artist Series | Inner Mongolia Art Museum | Hohhot, China |