MSP Terminal 1, G Colonnade Gallery
June 25, 2025 - June 24, 2026

Thinking about the precarious balance of an ecosystem, the artist uses light and shadow as a metaphor for our existence, questioning what will change and what will remain the same over time. This new body of work is a series of stencil monoprints investigating both native and invasive plants of Minnesota. The images are printed in white ink on translucent Kozo papers that are layered and have slow subtle movement, hinged only at the top. Differences between plant species are camouflaged as they mix, leaving one to admire the beauty and simplicity of the shadows and find commonalities and differences between shapes.

About Amy Sands

Amy Sands (MFA, Pratt Institute) is a Minneapolis-based artist who creates one-of-a-kind works on paper at the intersection of traditional and digital methods of printmaking.

She has exhibited in solo and group shows across the world including Prints Tokyo 2012, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; the International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal; and the International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2020 R.O.C. at The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Her work has been internationally recognized with numerous awards including First Prize ~ Mini Print III International Cantabria/Impact 10 in Santander, Spain; and a Juror’s Choice Award ~ Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Tokushima, Japan.

Sands was a 2022 McKnight Printmaking Fellow at Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, and a McKnight Artist in Residence at Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. She is also a recipient of a 2022 Creative Support for Individuals MN State Arts Board grant, a 2020 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, a 2019 Springboard for the Arts Art in the Public Realm grant, and a 2018 Springboard for the Arts Bottineau Boulevard grant. Her work is represented at Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York City, and Base Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. She maintains a studio in the Twin Cities area and is an Associate Professor of Studio Arts and Department Chair, Fine Arts at Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.

website: www.amysands.com
email: [email protected]
instagram: @printmaker