My Statement:

"My work reflects our society's obsession with beauty through advertising - and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of incongruent pieces - images and text - from advertising that arrives through my mailbox. Assembled like a mosaic; thesel paper tiles create an entirely new image - an eclectic and tactile portrait reworked in my imagination, utilizing materials that would otherwise go to waste."

My Vision:

To perfectly join the disciplines of painting & mosaic to create a connected collection

of representational images in segments of color - utilizing resources that would otherwise go to waste.

Resume C.V.:

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology &  Bachelor of Fine Art – Painting

SUNY

Arizona State University

Graduate Studies:

ASU – textile & surface design

UCLA – fine art

Independent Studies:

New School – NYC

Mosaic studies & workshops: Italy, Turkey & Cyprus

2006 - Present

Museum Shows:

Solo Exhibitions:

• "Manipulated Mail - Messages in the Mosaic" - Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA - 2011

• "Recycled Art" - Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ - Summer 2010

• “Sandhi Schimmel Gold – Mosaic Portraits” Springs Preserve Museum - Las Vegas, NV – 2009

• “Literal Green” - The Gallery @ The Library, Scottsdale, AZ - 2009

Group Shows:

Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ

Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

Shemer Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Corporate / Museum Acquisitions:

Ripley’s Museums

Molson/Coors

Sun Cornerstone

Denver Children's Hospital

Scottsdale Center for the Arts

Academy of Fine Art

Gallery Shows:

Solo Shows:

Convivo – Phoenix, AZ

ecOcentricity - Phoenix, AZ

G3reen Outlet – Las Vegas, NV

Historic First Studio – Phoenix, AZ

iiMAGE Gallery – Phoenix, AZ

McDowell Studios – Phoenix, AZ

MyxMedia Gallery - Phoenix, AZ

The Loft at Liz's - Los Angeles, CA

Translations Gallery – Denver, CO

Tryst Gallery – Chandler, AZ

Vivavi – New York, NY

Gallery Group Shows:

American Art Gallery – Carmel, CA

Art & Design Matters - Houston, TX

Arts Alive – Scottsdale, AZ

Art Works - Richmond, VA

ArtSpace – Scottsdale, AZ

Bella Studios – Valparaiso, IN

Dick Kleinman Fine Art - Cleveland, OH

DKC Fine Art – Palm Springs, CA

EcoCentricity – Phoenix, AZ - current

Expressions Gallery “Dramatic Characters”– Berkeley, CA

Matthew Campbell Gallery - Greenville, SC

Raw Style – Santa Monica, CA

The Loft at Liz’s “Diverted Destruction” – Los Angeles, CA

Translations Gallery – Denver, CO

ZinGaro – Glendale, AZ

Other

Phoenix Magazine's Emerging Artist of the Year

 

1. "Are YOU the artist?" - When people meet me, they seemed surprised - were you expecting someone taller?
2. "How long have you been an artist?" - I've never not been an artist.
3. "How long have you been doing this kind of work?" - I've always painted in this style and had my hands in mosaic of one kind or another. It's a natural progression.
4. "How did you come up with this idea?" - I'm an artist. Necessity is the mother of invention. I wanted to create mosaic portraits without cutting glass!

HISTORY

I learned to mix paint before I could write my name and play piano before I could read music.

I spent my youth sitting quietly in my bedroom drawing. I cut school to spend days at art museums and galleries in New York City.

I changed disciplines in grad school so many times, I decided to take my life-long love of learning out of academia. In most ways, I am self-taught.

I studied mosaics overseas and applied this knowledge into my current work. I am very much influenced by what I have seen during my extensive travels and inspired by fashion, music & emotions.

ART CAREER

I began my professional career painting murals.

I moved on to design numerous consumer goods: needlework, leather goods, fashion and accessories.

I was the creative force behind On Display Inc., a groundbreaking retail display design & production company. I gained national attention and recognition designing stores, fixtures, props and stage sets. Designs for Levi Strauss & Co. appeared on the cover of Visual Merchandising and Store Design Magazine. ...and I was always painting custom portraits “on the side.” I became a special event designer - florals, sets, props for corporate and private events.This somehow took me into corporate nonprofit work...naturally! By the way, that's my bathroom floor.. and yes, I did it!

QUIRKS

I am a Synesthete – this has affected my entire existence. Drawing, designing, painting - always in color, always in “tune.” I also have perfect pitch, which allowed me to begin piano lessons at four. And, I have eidetic imagery - something like a photographic memory.

In my world, words, numbers, and sound are infused with color. I do see thing differently. My brain is the projector – placing images on blank canvas. This is typical of those with eidetic imagery, and how the early masters "saw" and reproduced their subjects without them being present. My work is an algebraic equation. It is a mathematical progression.

 

 

By the way...

My wonderful husband, Norm Gold - gave me the ability to be a full-time artist; he's my partner, best friend and my constant cheerleader. While I paint, Norm is saving the world.

My daughter, Alexsandra, is the light of my life. She's quite a wonderful artist herself, a fantastic writer, a great "consultant," and the sweetest girl on earth.