Axis Gallery 
Sacramento, California
1517 19th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
info@axisgallery.org 916.443.9900
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 12pm to 5pm or by appointment
About artist Sandra Beard:
Sandra Beard received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Ottawa, Canada and an MFA from San Jose State University, CA. She has been the recipient of several grants including residencies at the Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony and the Vermont Studio Center. Her prints and paintings have been on exhibit locally and internationally in Spain, France, England, Korea, New Zealand and Denmark. Related experience includes teaching, curating exhibitions, and producing art programs for the community. She lives in Sacramento, CA.
Sandra Beard states about her work:
I work in printmaking and painting with various materials. The images are abstract, a combination of lyrical with structural elements. The process is one of discovery, there is usually an undercurrent or concern that directs the image. Ephemerality, instability and impermanence often recur as in the series of monotype prints, entitled, "Sleeper Wave".
Artist Preview Reception:
Thursday May 9, 2013 6:00-8:00pm
Second Saturday Reception:
Saturday May 11, 2013 6:00-9:00pm
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Axis Gallery
8th National Juried Exhibition
Aug 3 - 25, 2013
Juror: Glen Helfand
Independent writer, critic, curator and educator
Entry Deadline: May 30, 2013
Sandra Beard: New Work
May 4 – 26, 2013
Sandra Beard, Untitled, (detail), 90"x90", nine sections, each 28"x28", oil on metal, 2013
History
Axis Gallery is an artist-run space. This cooperative has been together for over 15 years building a reputation for exhibiting challenging contemporary artwork. The artist members are equal partners and support the gallery through sales of artwork, contribution of labor and monthly dues, thus avoiding the usual constraints of a commercial gallery.
We are dedicated to the highest standards of excellence in our selection and presentation of works of art.
Past Exhibitions
Members
01. 2011
“Wrinkle”
Cherie Hacker, Cherilyn Naughton, Joy Bertinuson, Karen Bearson, Phil Amrhein, Ron Peetz, Janice Nakashima, Richard Gilles, Sandra Beard, Dixie Laws, Jiayi Young, Birgitta Franzen McCarthy and new member Shirley Hazlett.
02. 2011
“Lamp & Endtable Project”
Cherie Hacker
03. 2011
“Had Enough? (and other questions of pride)
Photographs from the 90s”
Richard Gilles
04. 2011
“Cybernetic”
GENE OLDFIELD AND FRIENDS
05. 2011
“Shape Shifting and Forms in Motion”
Birgitta Franzen McCarthy
06. 2011
“At the Edge of the World”
a multi-channel video installation by Ruth Eckland
music by Matt DiFonzo
09. 2011
"Reflection Spot"
Photographs by Karen Bearson
10. 2011
"Ron Peetz and Ron Paulat"
11. 2011
"REM Blue
unique prints from the flat files and other works on paper"
by Sandra Beard
12. 2011 - 01. 2012
"The Big Show"
Annual Members Show
"The Bearded Baby"
Guest Curator Ichiro Irie
Featuring works by Rochelle Botello, Aska Irie, Jay Stuckey & Megan Whitmarsh
03. 2012
"Stretch"
New Work by Joni Tanis and Karen Bearson
04. 2012
"Inside/Outside"
by Dixie Laws
05. 2012
“Towers”
by Richard Gilles
06. 2012
“verses & variations”
by Janice Nakashima
“ALMOST TOAST
Disasters and Possibilities”
visual/audio installation by
Cherilyn Naughton
sonic Sculptures/Tom Reddock
08. 2012
“7th National Juried Exhibition”
Juror: Apsara DiQuinzio
09. 2012
“Chance Encounters”
Shirley Hazlett
10. 2012
“Nursery Crimes”
Joy Bertinuson and Julia Stagg
11. 2012
“The Lamp & Endtable Project 2012”
Cherie Hacker
12. 2012 - 1. 2013
“Side by Side”
Axis Gallery Annual Members Exhibition
Panel Discussion: Where do ideas Come from
2. 2013
“Countless Tongues and Ears
Justin Marsh
3. 2013
“Seeing Black”
Phil Amrhein
4. 2013
Kimberly Rowe: "Not Just a Pretty Face" & Sung Won Yun: "Invisibility"