Im redoing the art in the lobby of A Condo in downtown Jersey City for the month of June.
The opening reception will be Friday, June 8th, 7:00pm-9:00pm. Please come see…
LOCATION: 389 Washington St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
The show, Infinite Possibilities is the personification of my artist statement, for real for real.
WE all wear masks. Masks to pretend, to hide, to celebrate or just to put our best face forward in a selfie.
I construct masks for protection. What may start off as an ugly statement, in the end, becomes something beautiful.
I transform drawings, photographs, along with found and meticulously collected materials into self-portraits.
I photograph my process and then digitally manipulate these images to extend the narrative as part of my personal mythology.
Fragmented identity juxtaposed with the existence of infinite possibilities is a recurring theme in my work.
The show consists of four early mixed media works 24″x12″ , two large aluminum prints 40″x30″, Headache and ZYX, one 30″x30″ mixed media portrait, three underworld goddesses 20″x20″ and three Gossip girl masks 20″x20″. Im also draping two 20’x10′ fabric panels of my print “Tag 8” from the ceiling to floor in the seating area.
“Tag 1” Digital photo collage. Street Art Mash Up 2015 #ThedaSandiford #Graffiti
ZYX
30″x40″ aluminum print
1/5 Limited edition
AVAILABLE
Dyslexia Series
Digital collage of mixed media collage #Selfie
Insider Outsider, Gossips don’t really know who I am. My identity is hidden, making me an Outsider. Talk to me, not about me if you want to know me
Masking Fear, This is the mask I wear when dealing with nasty gossip. Notice the repeating eyes seeing in front and the back of my head, so haters beware, I can see you even when you whisper behind my back
Gossips, Nasty gossip rocks my boat, it’s impact reverts me to being an Outsider rather than both Insider and Outsider which is a place of power for me.
Persephone’s Diamond Life
Size: 20 x 16 in
Framed Size: 20 x 16 x 1 in
Medium: Fine Art Print
Subject Matter: Selfie
Creation Date: August 2017
Minerva
Size: 20 x 20 in
Medium: Fine Art Print
Subject Matter: Selfie
Creation Date: August 2017
Psykhe
Size: 20 x 20 in
Medium: Fine Art Print
Psyche was the goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros god of love.
She was once a mortal princess whose beauty earned the ire of Aphrodite when men began turning their worship away from the goddess towards the girl. Aphrodite commanded Eros make Psykhe fall in love with the most hideous of men but the god instead fell in love and carried her off to a hidden palace. Eros hid his true identity and told Psykhe she must never gaze upon his face. Her jealous sisters, however, tricked her into disobeying and the angry god forsook her. Psykhe searched the world for her lost love and eventually came into the service of Aphrodite. The goddess commanded her perform a series of seemingly impossible tasks which culminated in a journey to the Underworld. Psykhe was afterwards reunited with Eros and the couple were married in a ceremony attended by all the gods.
I am pretty excited to be one of thirty nine New Jersey women artists selected from over 1,000 submissions for approaching VIBRANCY. The show is focused on presenting the diversity of women artists working in this region of Jerz.
The exhibit runs March 15, 2018 through August 24, 2018.
The opening reception March 15, 2018 from 6-8pm.
LOCATION: Gallery at 14 Maple, 14 Maple Avenue in Morristown, NJ. 3rd Floor
I am making a limited run of 18″x24″ Wonder Woman Selfie prints for my store. If you want one, click here.
The original is 48″x36″x2″ on cradled Birch board.
She is made with recycled materials including bottle caps, punched paper, magazine tears, tissue paper, recycled utility bill envelops, beads, glitter, Pink Army men, rhinestones, metallic stars, shoe polish, acrylic medium.
See the Making of Video. DM if you want to make an appointment to see Wonder Woman Selfie in person.
48″x36″x2″ Mixed Media 2017 I LOVE Wonder Woman. I grew up watching the Linda Carter’s Wonder Woman and wanted to be a bad ass too. After seeing Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman in Theaters, I knew I had to pattern my next Super Selfie after Wonder Woman
I LOVE Wonder Woman. I grew up watching the Linda Carter’s Wonder Woman and wanted to be a bad ass too. After seeing Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman in Theaters, I knew I had to pattern my next Super Selfie after Wonder Woman
Made with mostly recycled materials including bottle caps, punched paper, magazine tears, tissue paper, recycled utility bill envelops, beads, glitter, Army men, rhinestones, metallic stars, shoe polish, acrylic mediums on cradled Birch board.
Welcome to Fight Club Size: 20 x 20 in Framed Size: 22 x 22 x 1 in Medium: Digital Print On Metallic Photo Paper Subject Matter: Corporate America Creation Date: August 2017
Being a black woman in corporate America is like Fight Club. You must mold your personality to be palatable as a peach and keep your opinions to yourself.
The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, your career is over.
This vibrant orange afro art as seen on BET’s Being Mary Jane is called Selfie Joy. A 24″x36″ fine art print on cold press rag paper is available on my Shopify
I define my own identity and relish the opportunity to occupy the position of both insider and outsider rather than insider or outsider. This is one of the many masks I wear.
Wine -o -Clock Theda Sandiford 20″x20″x1 Mixed Media Canvas 2017
Made with Handmade paper, recycled paper, tissue paper, newspaper, magazine cut out, acrylic skins, acrylic paint, glitter and recycled memory jewel.
I found a 48″x48″ red and blue drip paint canvas in the garbage over the holidays and painted over it with layers of gesso, acrylic paint, paper, tissue, glitter, rhinestones, plastic bottle caps and silk petals over the course of two months.
She is black, blue and purple with a powerful smart mouth. She resists by persistently defying expectations.
Powerful
48″x48″
Mixed Media on canvas
$3000
Powerful Making Of…
48″x48″ mixed media canvas $300048″x48″ mixed media canvas $3000
They say the eyes are the windows to your soul.
Many ancient esoteric as well as modern day philosophies consider the eye as a channel or passageway into another dimension.
The eye of Ra is the symbol of protection and life. The Third Eye is referred to as the spiritual eye or the eye of the soul.
Ultimately, the symbolic meaning of the eye is what you make it.
What do you see through your eyes?
I have for different interpretations of this theme including in this show opening April 22. Three of the four below. You need to come to the show to see the forth…
Opening Party
Saturday April 22, 5:00pm- 9:0pm
Raven Gallery & Boutique: 304 Newark Avenue Jersey City NJ
Please RSVP on the Facebook invite so I know you are coming.
