Sandy Stolle Expressions in Wood
Sandy Stolle
Biographical Information
Sandy Stolle has lived in Alaska since 1976. She spent 12 of those years in the Inuit village of Selawik and now resides in Seward. Her work reflects experiences in those communities and their extraordinary natural environments. Woodcarving, a skill developed during her time in Alaska, is her primary medium of work.
Now known for her relief carving, work done mainly with chisel and mallet, she explores themes varying from realistic to abstract. Using a variety of woods, her carvings accentuate rich textures, using the natural characteristics of the wood. Sandy has several large artworks in a variety of locations within the state, commissioned for the Alaska Percent for the Arts Program. Her work is included in collections at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, the Alaska State Council of the Arts- Art Bank, and several private collections.
Professional Vitae
Education
B.A. Degree in Fine Arts (with teaching certificate) Graduated Cum Laude, University of Northern Colorado, 1976.
Experience
Adjunct Instructor-Kenai Peninsula College, January 92-October 2002.
Taught with Artist in the School and Arts in Prison Program 1978-1996
Shows and Commissions
2007- Commission, wood panels “Gifts from our Land”, “Gifts from our Waters”, Alaska USA Credit Union- Financial Center, Anchorage, Alaska.
2007- “Earth, Fire and …no Fiber”, Group show, Resurrect Art Gallery, Seward, Alaska.
2006- Artist-in-Residence, Denali National Park and Reserve, Denali, Alaska.
2006- “The Kenai Experience”, Invitational Show, Kenai Convention and Visitor Center, Kenai, Alaska.
2005-’06- Alaska % for Art Commissions, cast stone medallions- “Coho Zeal” and stage door graphic design- “Silver Victory”, Seward Middle School, Seward, Alaska.
2004- Solo Show, Kenai Peninsula College, Gary Freeburg Gallery, Kenai, Alaska.
2004- “Awakening”, Joint Show with Katherine Senungetuk, Resurrection Bay Galerie Seward, Alaska.
2004- “Bounty of the Sea”, Invitational Show, Kenai Visitor Center, Kenai, Alaska.
2004- Commission awards, “Growth of Imagination”, for the Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities, Alaska State Council on the Arts- Anchorage, Alaska.
2002- Alaska % for Arts Commission, Wood Panels, “Inupiaq Day, and “Ice Fishing”, Northwest Arctic School District, Noorvik, Alaska.
2002- Alaska % for Arts Commission, designs for cast stone panels, Marine Science Center- Homer, Alaska.
2002- “Environment” Invitational Show, Alaskan Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska.
2002- “Spirit of Alaska: The Inner Landscape”, Invitational Show, Kenai Convention and Visitor Center, Kenai, Alaska.
2002- “Flowers, Flowers”, Invitational Show, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska.
2002- “Chiseling Wood’, Solo Show, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska.
2001- Purchase Award, “From the Past, Thru the Present, Into the Future”, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Art Bank, Anchorage, Alaska.
2001- “Over the Brooks Range and Down the North Slope’, Invitational Show, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska.
2001- “2001: A Fish Odyssey”, Invitational Show, Kenai Convention and Visitor Center, Kenai, Alaska.
2000- Alaska % for Arts Commission, Wood Mural, “Amongst the Birches and Berries”, Alaska Public Health Lab, Anchorage, Alaska.
2000, 1993, ’90- North of 60-Timeless Wood and Fiber”, Invitational Show, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska.
2001, 1995- Annual Invitational Show, Decker/Morris Gallery , Anchorage, Alaska.
2000- “Masks”, Invitational Show, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska.
2000, 1999, ‘98- Invitational Shows, Bardarson Studio, Seward, Alaska.
1999- “Speaking with Wood”, Solo Show, Fairbanks Arts Association, Bear Gallery, Alaskaland Civic Center, Fairbanks, Alaska.
2003, 1999, ‘97, ‘79- Earth, Fire and Fiber Juried Show, AMHA, Anchorage, Alaska.
1997, 1995- Annual Juried Art Show, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, Alaska.
1997 Sculpture Award and Honorable Mention Sculpture.
1996- Awarded two Federal % for Art Commissions, “Nunalluapiaq”, “Mending the Net” Manillaq Health Center, Kotzebue, Alaska.
1996- Show with Roy Setzoil ad Monica Stezoil-Phillips, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR.
1995- “Wooden Spring Be Nice”, Solo Show, Resurrect Art Gallery, Seward, Alaska
1991- Alaska % Art in Public Places Commission, Wood Mural, “Sea Panels”, Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward, Alaska.
1990- Alaska 1% Art in Public Places Commission, Wood Mural, “Spring Ptarmigan”, Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward, Alaska.
1989- “American Contemporary Works in Wood”, National Juried Show, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio.
1982- “Winter Break”, Solo Show of Drawings, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.
1981- “16th-All Alaska”, Juried Show, AMHA, Anchorage, Alaska.
1980- Alaska 1% Arts in Public Places Commission, Wood Mural, “Niulan”, Kotzebue, Alaska.
1980- “All Alaska”, Juried Show, AMHA, Anchorage, Alaska. Received Drawing and Purchase Award.
1979- “Indoor”, Environmental Show, Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska.
1975- Commission for outdoors, “Chair Sculpture”, Community Center or the Creative Arts, Greeley, Colorado.
Publications
Video, Feature Story for Inside Alaska, Kirk Caisson, reporter, Alaska KTVA, Anchorage, Alaska, March 2000.
Photograph, Fine Woodworking Magazine, Number 85, Taunton Press, December 90.
Photograph, Woodwork Magazine, Number 6, Ross Periodicals Inc. Summer 90.
Work accepted in Fine Woodworking Design Book Three, selected by the editors of Fine Woodworking, Taunton Press, Copyright 1983.
Featured carving “Arctic Koan”, on the cover of Graphic Arts and Reproduction Club of Denver, Volume XII, Number 5, January 1983.
Featured Crayon Drawing, “Fireweed and Monkshood” on cover of The Wag, Winnipeg, Art Gallery, February 1982. (A monthly publication of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.