Sandra Wadkin

Sandra Wadkin was born near Birmingham in the West Midlands. Her commercial art career started early started selling commissions of animals. After time spent in retail management and new homes construction, she studied Art and Design at college. Then going on to study for her degree in Fine Art.

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Awards

Sandra has exhibited successfully winning art prizes such as the Aesthetica Magazine art prize in York and has also shown at some larger venues, such as in the Coalesce exhibition at the Truman Brewery Gallery in London. She has been prevalent exhibiting and selling her work in local galleries for a number of years and recently won the Stratford upon Avon Montpellier award for her fractured series.

Exhibitions

2023 East Lodge exhibition- Leamington Spa
2020 Spotted Treahouse exhibition Stratford upon Avon
2017-19 Annual Exhibitions Artists Workhouse – Studley
2016 Aesthetica Art Prize -York
2015 -Old Truman Brewery -London
2015 Coalese Hardwick Gallery -Cheltenham

Sandra’s work is in collections worldwide
She regularly takes part in:
Art in the Park Leamington Spa
Stratford upon Avon Art society annual exhibition
Arts in Redditch Bi-annual exhibition
Warwickshire Open studios
Echobase Live Redditch

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Influences

Sandra’s work is influenced by nature and her love of people watching and psychology. She works in series producing work that is aesthetically interesting but also created in specific ways to make the viewer think about hidden meanings.