Sandra Gea
Embodied Collage Practices
Body memory, resilience and feminine identity are the pillars of my artistic inquiry. My analogue collages metabolize the tension between human socio-cultural conditioning and the innocence and wildness of Nature by invoking the power of language, myth and symbol to create sharp narratives nurtured in profound earth wisdom.
My process originates in the body, in the physical, sensory and emotional reality of the here and now. This somatic approach is a journey within that continuously challenges the limits of my awareness and sensitivity.
The body becomes the crucible where the substance is extracted and transmuted into pictures: the birthing of a piece can be soft and flowing or visceral and violent, but always through and out of my body.
"Sandra is committed to the quality of her soul, a free, restless and sensitive spirit that knows to withdraw and nurture herself in the stillness of her inner world. From this place, pictures of a thousand worlds inhabited by the artist will emerge." C.M.
 Hearth_Gaia Analogue collage on paper A5 Platform Projects Net, Athens, Greece 2021 Featured by Lavart.gr |  (Sch)Merz und Geburt der neuen Armee Analogue collage on paper A5 Schwitters’ Army Collection, MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland 2020 |  You bought your own extinction Analogue collage on paper A4 Published in “Maintenant 14”, Three Press Rooms, New York 2020 Featured by Kolaj Magazine |
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 Molting down Analogue collage on paper A4 3rd International Art Collage exhibition, Retroavangarda Gallery, Warsaw 2020 |  H2O Analogue collage & oil pastel on paper A5 Platform Projects, Athens, Greece 2019 |  Die before you die Analogue collage on paper A5 A book about death 10th anniversary Islip Art Museum, New York |