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Sandra Bell
 Sandra
Bell was born in 1954. She was educated in Newry, Dundalk
and at Glengara Park, Co. Dublin. She is a self-taught sculptor
using the "Lost Wax Method" for bronze casting.
Sandra finds great pleasure in the moulding and developing
of a remarkable variety of simple linear patterns and flowing
shapes. These figurative images are executed with high technical
skill and craftmanship, superbly finished with rich and varied
patinations and polished surfaces. They invite active participation.
Sinuous, sensuous, elegant, graceful, tactile, feminine - these
descriptive terms all apply to her work. There are many different
influences in Sandra's sculpture - Celtic, Classical, African
and yet all her pieces have a uniqueness that is her own style.
Her work is based on the human form, abstracting it to eliminate
detail so that only the essential essence of the figure remains.
Sandra portrays not the flesh, but the spirit and grace of humanity
in bronze.
SOLO SHOWS& 2PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1997 Hallward Gallery, Dublin. Nelson Bell Gallery, Belfast.
David Messum Gallery Cork Street- London. Art '97, International
Art Fair. Kilcock Gallery, Kenny Gallery- Marbella, Spain, Solomon
Gallery, RHA.
1998 Albermarle Gallery, London. Gluckman Ireland House. New
York University. Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta. RHA.
Kenny Gallery, EIGSE.
2000 Bruton St. Gallery, London
2002 Bruton St. Gallery, London
2005 Pingvin Gallery, Oslo. Bold Gallery, Galway. Laurin Gallery,
Santa Margherita, Italy.
2006 Gallery 27 Cork St., London
COLLECTIONS
Personal Collection William Jefferson Clinton
Avonmore PLC
CITI Bank
Department of External Affairs
IKEI Panasonic, Dundalk
International Investment & Underwriters
KPMG
Ulster Museum
Elan Corporation PLC
Wexford County Council
Douglas Newman & Good
ARUP
Dundalk UDC
Cork County Council
Cara Environmental Technology Ltd
Bowerman Trust
Unilever PLC
Setanta Communications PLC
Allied Irish Bank
Bank of Ireland
Dublin Institute of Technology
PM Management Software
Wolf Development Ltd
First National Building Society
Gluckman Ireland House
Museum of Fine Art, Malta
Sisters of Bon Secour
SIS Ltd
Paulwels Trafo
Galway Clinic
Inshydoney Lodge and Spa
Keary's Toyota Group
Russian Embassy, Ireland
Irish Embassy, Oslo, Norway
Private collections in Ireland, England, France, Germany and
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