Portraits and Artist Statement

Sandrine Munoz's Portrait (2015)

Technological tools and images used to create the  digital collage:  Photoshop CS6 tools, images taken on Mount Mansfield in 2014 and Sandrine's portrait

Sandrine Munoz Dance Portrait (2015)

Technological tools and images used to create the  digital collage: Photoshop CS6 tools,  images taken on Mount Mansfield in 2014, Dale Chihuly glass sculptures and Sandrine's portrait

Having explored different forms of dance and music, Sandrine Munoz is intrigued by the concepts of movement, connectivity, harmony, automatic drawing and tension. She explores these themes through imaginative landscapes and figurative works. Biological life and humans in her compositions are linked through motion. To emphasize the fluid exchanges between these entities she overlays and smudges pastels predominantly. In certain cases, such as in Dancers and Gymnasts with Imagined Landscapes Series, she produces intricate environments, reminiscent of Judy Garfin's works, in which flowers and plants describe humans' movements,  personalities and stories. Sandrine's creations are also related to her interests in Psychology and Surrealism, since she translates human mental states into organic patterns intuitively. More specifically, she creates her complex backgrounds gradually without relying on preliminary sketches. At the same time, her artworks focus on positive interactions between humans and nature in an age of environmental and political turmoil, because she believes that a more optimistic view is key to re-establish a universal choreography. However, tensions may arise from the merging of humans' and nature's steps. As can be seen in most of Sandrine's work, organic life forms can limit humans' potential to act or move and vice-versa when they encroach on each other's space.