Sarah Sampedro

Art-A-Whirl offerings

In addition to artworks available in my studio, this year I’m pleased to offer two types of custom portraits:

• The silhouette is a portrait technique  widely used from the 16th-19th Centuries, long before an image could be permanently recorded onto paper.
• The photo collage is inspired by paper and quilt collages. I use patterns (color of your choice) to digitally create a collage built from your portrait.

Bio

Sarah Sampedro (she/her) is a photographer whose work explores the relationship between interpersonal space and social contracts. With a focus on social documentary photography, her creative practice studies the histories (both personal and collective) that shape our perceptions of Self/Other and the way these perceptions manifest in the social landscape. Sampedro has received grants and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the Puffin Foundation, Art of the Rural, and the University of Minnesota, and is in the collection of the Minnesota Museum of American Art and numerous private collections. Sampedro teaches photography at the University of Minnesota. Visit sarahsampedro.com to learn more.