Greg Sand

Greg Sand is an artist and photographer who explores the issues of existence, time and death. He works primary with digital photography to produce work that addresses the nature of  photography and its role in defining reality. Sand received his BFA in photography from Austin Peay State University in 2008. He has won the acclaim of both jurors and audiences, winning numerous awards and honors. In 2009, Sand was selected by critic Catherine Edelman and the Griffin Museum of Photography as "one of the most exciting new artists emerging in the world of photography".

STATEMENT

My work is about memory, the passage of time, mortality and the photograph’s role in shaping our experience of loss. Photography’s unique ability to capture a fleeting moment allows it to expose the temporality of life. “By giving me the absolute past of the pose… the photograph tells me death in the future… I shudder over a catastrophe which has already occurred.” These words from Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida describe how I feel when I view a photograph so old that the subject must be dead. My response has a number of layers: I feel an immediate connection to the living person in the photograph, followed by a dread of what inevitably is to come for them, completed by a sense of grief over what has, of course, already transpired. This reaction is why the majority of my work utilizes found photographs, which I manipulate to create an abstract narrative exploring mortality. My work aims to question the nature of photographs and challenge the traditional definition of photography.

RESUME

Education

BFA, Studio Art | Photography Concentration | Magna Cum Laude

Austin Peay State University (APSU) | Clarksville, TN | Dec 2008

Solo and small group Exhibitions

Under the Radar

Group Exhibition | Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN | Jan–Feb 2014

Subtle Manipulations

Solo Exhibition | Customs House Museum | Clarksville, TN | Sep–Oct 2012

Beyond Memory

Juried Group Exhibition | Fondazione Studio Marangoni | Florence, Italy | May–Jun 2012

APSU Department of Alumni Presents…

Group Exhibition | Austin Peay Downtown Gallery | Clarksville, TN | Mar 2010

Photography at Mir Gallery

Group Exhibition | Mir Gallery | Nashville, TN | Feb 2010

Reminiscence

Solo Exhibition | Clara M. Eagle Gallery | Murray State University | Murray, KY | Jan–Feb 2009

Group Exhibitions

Annual Holiday Exhibition

Group Exhibition | Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN | Dec 2016 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2011

Photography + Iterations

Group Exhibition | Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN | May–Jun 2016

35th Anniversary Show

Group Exhibition | Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN | Apr–May 2015

Griffin Museum of Photography Juried Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Griffin Museum of Photography | Winchester, MA | Jul–Aug 2014 |

Jul–Aug 2009 (Critic’s Pick from Catherine Edelman)

Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space

Juried Exhibition | The Mitchell Gallery | St. John’s College | Annapolis, MD | May–Jun 2014 | May–Jun 2013

5th Annual Of Memory, Bone and Myth

Juried Exhibition | Rourke Art Museum | Moorhead, MN | Apr–Jun 2014

33rd Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Mills Pond House Gallery | St. James, NY | Apr–May 2014 (First Place)

51st Annual Juried Competition

Juried Exhibition | Masur Museum of Art | Monroe, LA | Mar–Jun 2014

Light Sensitive

Juried Exhibition | Art Intersection | Gilbert, AZ | Mar–Apr 2014

Same But Different

Juried Exhibition | New York Center for Photographic Art | Online | Feb 2014 (First Place)

Annual Small Packages Exhibition

Group Exhibition | Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN | Dec 2013 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2011

The Machine

Juried Exhibition | Union Street Gallery | Chicago Heights, IL | Sep–Oct 2013

Mysterious Visions: Dreams, Fantasies and Mirages

Juried Exhibition | PhotoPlace Gallery | Online | Apr–May 2013

Annual McNeese National Works on Paper

Juried Exhibition | Abercrombie Gallery | McNeese State University | Lake Charles, LA |

Mar–May 2013 (Purchase Award) | Mar–May 2012 | Mar­­­­­­–Apr 2009 (Purchase Award)

Annual Art on Paper

Juried Exhibition | Circle Gallery | Annapolis, MD | Mar–Apr 2013 | Mar–Apr 2009

Customs House Museum National Juried Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Customs House Museum | Clarksville, TN | May–Aug 2012

Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Academy of Fine Arts | Lynchburg, VA | Apr–May 2012

Fresh 2011

Juried Exhibition | AVA Gallery | Chattanooga, TN | Sep–Oct 2011

The Poetry of Shadows

Juried Exhibition | PhotoPlace Gallery | Middlebury, VT | Aug–Sep 2011

Manifold: The Body Divided

Group Exhibition | Trahern Gallery | Clarksville, TN | Sep–Oct 2010

Alternative Selves

Juried Exhibition | Lexington Art League | Lexington, KY | Apr–Jun 2010

Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Heritage Hall | J.P. Morgan Chase Building | Houston, TX | Apr–May 2010 | May–Jun 2009

Tempo

Juried Exhibition | Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center | Cincinnati, OH | Apr–May 2010

12 12 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition 2009

Juried Exhibition | 12 12 Gallery | Richmond, VA | Oct–Nov 2009

Academy of Fine Arts Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Academy of Fine Arts | Lynchburg, VA | Sep 2009

2009 Soho Photo National Photography Competition

Juried Exhibition | Soho Photo Gallery | New York, NY | Jul–Aug 2009

30 Small Works

Juried Exhibition | Gallery Up | Rock Hill, SC | Jun–Aug 2009

Staged: The Constructed Photograph

Juried Exhibition | Gallery RFD | Swainsboro, GA | Jun–Jul 2009

18th Annual National Juried Photography Show

Juried Exhibition | Louisville Center for the Arts | Louisville, CO | Jun–Jul 2009

New Edition: College Printmakers

Juried Exhibition | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | Nashville, TN | May 2009

2nd Annual UM Art Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Martin Hall | University of Mobile | Mobile, AL | May 2009

Artwork Network Juried Show 2009

Juried Exhibition | Artwork Network | Denver, CO | Apr–Jun 2009 (First Place)

36th National Juried Photography Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Larson Gallery | Yakima, WA | Apr–May 2009

Multiplicity

Juried Exhibition | Union Street Gallery | Chicago Heights, IL | Mar–Apr 2009

Works on Paper

Juried Exhibition | Gallery RFD | Swainsboro, GA | Mar–Apr 2009

Image & Word

Juried Exhibition | The Art Center | Highland Park, IL | Mar 2009

Mythography: An Exploration of Narrative

Juried Exhibition | Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center | Cincinnati, OH | Feb–Apr 2009

Idea of Self

Juried Exhibition | The Center for Fine Art Photography | Fort Collins, CO | Feb–Mar 2009

6th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition

Juried Exhibition | Wellington B. Gray Gallery | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | Jan–Feb 2009

(Juror’s Choice from Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison)

Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations

Juried Exhibition | Claypool-Young Art Gallery | Morehead State University | Morehead, KY | Jan–Feb 2009

Scarcity & Abundance

Juried Exhibition | 2008 Pop!Tech Conference | Camden, ME | Oct 2008

Publications

International Photography Annual  | Manifest | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

Supernatural Entertainments: Victorian Spiritualism and the Rise of Modern Media Culture | Penn State University Press | 2016

International Photography Annual 2 | Manifest | 2014

River Styx | Literary Journal | Big River Association | Issue 87 | May 2012

Style Sight | Fashion and Design Journal | Fashion Freak Tokyo | Vol. 002 | Japan | Mar 2012

Santa Casa de Sao Paolo Blood Donation Campaign | Young & Rubicam | Brazil | Dec 2011

River Styx | Literary Journal | Big River Association | Issue 85 | May 2011

Cutting Edges: Contemporary Collage | Gestalten | 2011

Collections

McNeese State University | Lake Charles, LA

The Center for Fine Art Photography | Fort Collins, CO

Austin Peay State University | Clarksville, TN