EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1990 Printmaking University at Albany, State University of New York
B.F.A. 1987 Printmaking University of Oklahoma
B.S.E.D. 1974 Art Education Pittsburg University, Kansas
Areas of Specialization: Printmaking, Drawing, Design
EXHIBITIONS
VI Mini Print Internacional Cantabria, Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor, Cantabria, Spain, 2023
8X8 II, Alameda Art and Salvage, El Paso, TX, 2023
Pause, Crowell and West Galleries, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2021
Passage, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2017
Printers’ Printer, 20/20 Gallery, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY 2016
A Real Fake: Truth in the Making, Studio 227, Troy, NY 2015
Impressions: Works by Seven Printmakers, The Clement Art Gallery, Troy, New York, 2012
2012 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York
Print Show, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, New York, 2012
Art Inspires Art: Union College Visual Arts Faculty, Union College Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY, 201
Navigating the Currents: 100 Inkteraction Reactions, 2012, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX (Traveling exhibition through March, 2013 to Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX; The 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, GA; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA; Union College, Schenectady, NY)
Sint-Niklaas 18th International Bookplates and Small Printmaking Competition 2011, Stedelijke Museum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Small Print: Big Impression, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK 2011 (Traveling exhibition through 12/2011 to 78 Derngate, Northampton; Rufford Craft Centre, North Nottinghamshire; Gallery Top, NR Matlock, Derbyshire; Mac, Birmingham UK)
2010 Artist of the Mohawk Hudson Regional, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Here and There: Two Degrees of Separation, Burns Art Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, NY 2010
A Tribute to the Hudson River, Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, New York, 2009
Drawings and Prints, Le Preau, Paris, France, 2009
Print: Lindsay McCulloch, Jennifer Leigh Cain, Sandra Wimer, Katie Casey, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga, New York, 2007
Infinite Images; Technologies of Printmaking And Beyond, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2007
Women in the Arts, Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, New York, 2006
[Re]collections, Main Gallery, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York, 2005
3D: Diversity, Discourse, Dimension, Center For Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2004
Beyond Confines – Works by Serder Arat, Wendy Ide Williams and Sandra Wimer,
University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York, 2003
New Media and Photography: works by Thom O'Connor, Danny Goodwin, Sandra Wimer and Milt Connors, Perrella Gallery, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, New York, 2002
Albany to Wexford: Prints by Six Upstate New York Artists, The Print Gallery at Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Wexford, Ireland, 2001
Sandra S. Wimer - Prints, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2001
Printwork '2K, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, 2000
2000 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York, 2000.
Contemporary Printmakers, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York, 1999.
12th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, 1999.
15th Annual Maine/Maritime Flatworks Exhibition, Reed Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 1998.
Faculty Show, Picotte Art Gallery, College of St. Rose, Albany, New York, 1998.
Heaven, The Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York, 1997.
Three Views, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997.
Terra Firma, Rensselaer County Council on the Arts Center, Troy, New York, 1996.
1996 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, 1996.
18th Annual Photography Regional, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York, 1996.
Faculty Exhibition, The Atrium, Arts Building, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1996. Drawing on Common Ground, Picotte Art Gallery, College of St. Rose, Albany, New York, 1996. Artists In the Kitchen, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, 1996.
Artists In the Kitchen, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, New York, 1996.
Prints by Sandy Wimer and Patti Lipman, Dwight Marvin LRC Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York, 1997.
Tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1996.
Blue (an invitational exhibition), Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, New York, l995.
1995 Maine Maritime Flatworks Exhibition, Reed Gallery, University of Maine At Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine, 1995.
Selected Works by Alumni Artists from The University Art Collection, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, June 1994.
3rd Print Biennale Belgrade '94, Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavilion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1994.
Newform '94: Printmaking Media from Traditional to Computer Generated Images,
Dougherty Art Center, Austin, Texas, and l994.
Contemporary Prints, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island, l994.
The 169th Annual National Academy of Design Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, New York, l994.
Transfiguration, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, l994.
Sandy Wimer: Prints, The Atrium, Arts Building, Union College, Schenectady, New York, l994.
The Atmosphere: Art, Native Wisdom and Science, University Art Museum, University at Albany, l993.
Essential Art, 2nd Annual Regional Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, l993.
Lithographic Prints by Sandy Wimer, The Atrium, Arts Building, Union College, l993.
The 167th Annual National Academy of Design Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, l992.
Gardens: Real and Imagined (Albany venue), University Art Gallery, University at Albany, 1992.
Artists of Central New York 54th Annual Exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1991.
Sandra Wimer: Recent Prints, The Atrium, Arts Building, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1991.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, University Art Gallery, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 1990.
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, 1990.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Judd, Erin DeMuth, Atmospheric Art, Union College, A Magazine for Alumni and Friends, Spring 2012.30.
Desmet, Anne, Sky Writing, Printmaking Today, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer, 2011, 99-101
Kingland Road, London E2BAG, UK
David Brickman, Out of the Past, Metroland, Albany, New York 2005
Timothy Cahill, Artistic Anxiety, Times Union, Albany, New York 2003
David Brickman, Digital World, Metroland, 2002
William Jaeger, Windows on the Millennium, Times. Union, Albany, New York 2000
William Jaeger, Upstairs, Downstairs, Times Union, Albany, New York 1999
Timothy Cahill, ‘Heaven’ Exhibit Never Leaves the Ground, Times Union, Albany, New York 1997
William Jaeger, Big Pleasure Comes in Small Packages, Times Union, Albany, New York 1996
William Jaeger, Photography Refreshes With Its Sincerity, Times Union, Albany, New York 1996
William Jaeger, ‘Terra Incognita’ Attractive at RCCA, Times Union, Albany, New York 1996
Peg Churchill Wright, Two Noteworthy Landscape Exhibits To End In Coming Week, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York 1996
‘Contemporary Prints’ Now Featured at Hera, Narragansett Times, Wakefield, Rhode Island 1994
Mark Smith, Newform ’94, Juror’s Statement, Newform ninety-four, Austin, Texas 1994
Rich Kreiner, College Try, Metroland, Albany, New York 1993
Bruce Robertson, Interview, Fifty-one Percent, WAMC Radio, Albany, New York, February 1993 (in conjunction with exhibit Lithographic Prints vey Sandy Wimer at Union College)
Peg Churchill Wright, Union College Displays Lithographs by Wimer, Chinese Paper Cuts, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York 1993
Greta Petry, The Day Job, Albany Community Connection, Albany
New York 1992 Martin Moynihan, Garden Variety, Sunday Times Union, Albany, NY 1992
J.M.S., 167th Annual Exhibition, The Academy Bulletin, Volume. 10, No. 2, New York 1992
Jonas Kover, M-W-P’s Blue-Chip 54th Annual, Observer Dispatch, Utica, New York
1991
Sydney L. Waller, Looking at the 54th Annual, Observer Dispatch, Utica, New York 1991
Louise V. Krasniewicz, Exhibit Captures Our Art Scene, Sunday Times Union, Albany, New York 1990
Ken Johnson, Contemporary Art and the Dark Side: A Perspective On This Year’s Regional, Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany, New York 1990
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Center For Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers Archives of The Southern Graphics Council
The University of Mississippi, Oxford
Albany County Airport Authority, NY
Amity Foundation, MA
Albany Print Club, NY
University at Albany, State University of New York
Bullard, McLeod & Associates, Inc., NY
Union College Permanent Collection, NY
TEACHING
Senior Lecturer/Artist-In-Residence Emerita, Union College, Schenectady, New York, August 31, 2021 through the present.
Senior Lecturer/Artist-In-Residence, Union College, Schenectady, New York, November 2007 to August 31, 2021. (full time faculty)
Artist-In-Residence, Union College, Schenectady, New York, September 1997 – November 2007
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Union College, Schenectady, New York, September1990-June, 1997.
Lecturer, University at Albany, State University of New York, Summer Session, 1996, 1998, 1999 (Course in Monotype)
Lecturer, College of St. Rose, Albany, New York, Spring Semester, 1996, 1997, 1998 (Course in Beginning Lithography)
Lecturer, University at Albany, State University of New YOrk, January-June, 1995 (Courses in monoprint and advanced lithography)
Lecturer, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1992 (Courses in Beginning Lithography)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) University at Albany, 1988-1990)
Drawn to Print: Impressions of the Louvre course, through Union College Terms Abroad program. Four week course focused on drawing in the Louvre and drypoint etchings at Atelier de l’Orme, Paris, France, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2018.
Term Abroad in Florence, Italy taught through Union College Terms Abroad program, three month course focused on drawing, as part of a curriculum including Italian and art history. 2017
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Mokuhanga: Impressions Past and Present, Crowell and West Galleries, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 2017
Navigating the Currents: 100 Inkteraction Reactions, 2012, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX (Traveling exhibition through March, 2013 to Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX; The 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, GA; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA; Union College, Schenectady, NY)
Here and There: Two Degrees of Separation, Burns Arts Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, New York 2010
James McGarrell: Orbiana Oliveto: a suite of monotype drawings; plus a selection of small paintings, Arts Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, New York 2009
Stephen Pentak: Recent Paintings, Arts Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, New York 2006
Marks in Time: Prints and Bookworks by Adam Richman, Arts Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2006
Moku Hanga at Union: An Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts including Suezan Aikins, Takuji Hamanaka, Daniel Heyman, Mike Lyon, Bill Paden, Yasu Shibata, Keiji Shinohara, April Vollmer, Arts Atrium, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 2005
Humberto Valdez: Recent Woodcut Prints, Arts Atrium, Union College, 2004
Dan Mehlman: Prints and Collages, Arts Atrium, Union College, 2003
Dynamic Range: The Prints of Fred Becker, 1930's - 1990's, Arts Atrium, Union College, 2002
Digging Deeper, An Exhibition of Woodcuts and Linocuts by Rosanne Retz and Carol Sanchez, Arts Atrium, Union College, 2001.
Fields and Streams, An Exhibition of Prints and Pastels by Peter Jogo, Arts Atrium, Union College, 1999.
Under Pressure, An Exhibition of Area Printmakers, Arts Atrium, Union College, 1999
Selections from the Burns Collection, Strauss Lounge, Campus Center, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1990
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Faculty Development Grant, June, 2017, Union College Faculty Development Grant, March 2013, Union College
Honorable Mention, Sint-Niklaas 18th International Bookplates and Small Printmaking 2011, Stedelijke Museum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Prize Winner, Small Print: Big Impression, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK 2011
2011 Freeman Foundation Grant, June, 2003, Union College
Faculty Development Grant, March 2003, Union College Faculty Development Grant, October 2002, Union College Faculty Travel Grant, April 2002, Union College
Purchase Prize, 2000 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2000.
Faculty Development Grant, July 2000, Union College. Faculty Development Grant, July 1999, Union College. Faculty Development Grant, July 1997, Union College.
Special Opportunity Stipend Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rensselaer County Council For the Arts, October 1996.
Roger Samuelson Memorial Award, l67th Annual National Academy of Design Exhibition, l992
Special Opportunity Stipend Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, November, l99l.
Purchase Prize, Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, University Art Gallery, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1990.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1988-1990.
Elizabeth Burns Memorial Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987.
Scholar/Leadership Enrichment Program participant, University of Oklahoma, 1986.
Academic Scholarship, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
Visiting Lecturer, University Art Museum, University at Albany, 2003
Visiting Lecturer, Troy Art Guild, Waterford Museum, 1995.
Visiting Lecturer, Vermont Community College, November, l99l.
Alumni Artists Talk, 2003, University at Albany, Albany, New York Artists’ Panel
RESIDENCIES
Woodblock Print Workshop, Mokuhanga Center, Whitman College Walla Walla, WA, July 2017
Zea Mays Printmaking - Photopolymer Gravure Workshop, Florence, MA 2016
Kala Art Institute, month long residency, Berkeley, California, 2014
A Fleur de Pierre, Atelier de lithographie, Paris, France, November 2010.
Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop, Japanese Woodcut, 2004
Tamarind Summer Plate Workshop , Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 1997
Women's Studio Workshop Residency, Rosendale, New York, July 1999.
CONFERENCES
Southern Graphics Council Conference, Bridges, 2014, San Francisco, California, Open Portfolio Presentation
Southern Graphics Council Conference, Navigating Currents, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, Open Portfolio Presentation
Southern Graphics Council Conference, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Open Portfolio Presentation
Southern Graphics Council Conference, Making Histories: Revolution & Representation
2003, Boston, Massachusetts, Open Portfolio Presentation
Southern Graphics Council Conference, Navigating Currents, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana Portfolio Exchange and Open portfolio presentation
Southern Graphics Council Conference,1998, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio