About the Artist
Sandra Bell
Exhibitions
SOLO & 2 PERSON
Visual Artists Ireland :
Professional Member
Drawing distinct references from the Celtic and the Classical, Sandra explores the themes of harmony and balance.
Biography
Since she began exhibiting in the late 1980s Sandra Bell has been developing and expanding her practice in cast bronze and fabricated metal sculptures. Often drawing distinct reference from the Celtic and the Classical, the themes of harmony and balance are reoccurring in her work. The simple but challenging lines give way to large spaces that allow a play of light to permeate the work. The smooth surfaces and soft curves draw the viewer in to interact with these living and uncomplicated shapes that can be seen as meditations on the human form and curvaceous abstractions of reality.
Bell has completed over twenty site specific commission to date. Recent commissions include Unity for Cherrywood Business Park Dublin and Teachers Inspire for Dublin City University, both unveiled last year.
The pleasure and enjoyment in connecting with people through the creation of my sculpture delights me. I lose myself in my work and explore my inner feelings in a quiet and meditative place. I love that others viewing my sculpture may share part of my experience and find meaning and relevance in the work that I do.
Commissions
Collections
Personal Collection of William Jefferson Clinton
Setanta Communications Limited
Avonmore P.L.C.
Allied Irish Banks
CITI Bank
Bank of Ireland
Department of External Affairs
Dublin Institute of Technology
I.K.E.I. Panasonic, Dundalk
P.M. Management Software
International Investment and Underwriters (I.I.U)
Wolf Development Ltd.
First National Building Society
Ulster Museum
Gluckman Ireland House
Elan Corporation P.L.C.
Musuem of Fine Art, Malta
Wexford County Museum
Bowerman Trust
Douglas Newman and Good
Dublin College University
Sisters of Bon Secour
A.R.U.P.
S.I.S. Ltd
Dundalk U.D.C.
Irish Embassy Oslo
Cork County Council
Rose Project
Russian Embassy Dublin
Dun Laoghaire Co. Co.
Kearys of Cork
Chamber of Commerce, Dublin
Inshydonney Lodge and Spar
Galway Clinic
Cork County Council
Anglo-Irish Bank, London
Cara Environmental Technology Ltd.
Sir Martyn Arbib – Cultham Court
Unileaver P.L.C.
Alexandra College Dublin
K.P.M.G.
Private collections worldwide