Sandra McKenzie Schmitt has been a working artist since 1973, first showing her figurative sculpture at Gallery 10 in New York City in the same year. In 1964, she received her M.A. in intaglio printmaking from University of Iowa under the direction of Mauricio Lasansky. Receiving her M.F.A. from Bradley University in May 2000, her emphasis was ceramic sculpture with additional work in bronze, stone carving, and metal fabrication. Sandra’s sculpture is currently represented in over twenty galleries throughout the United States.

Sandra owned her own retail gallery in Frenchtown, New Jersey from 1988 – 1992, and relocated to Richmond, Virginia from 1992 – 1994. Sandra presently owns McKenzie River Pottery, a gallery in Washington, Illinois representing clay artists across the United States and from the central Illinois.

EDUCATION

• Lindenwood College for Women, St. Charles, Missouri, Bachelor of Arts, 1961
• University of Illinois, Champaign, art courses, 1959
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, art courses, 1960
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Master of Arts in Intaglio Printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky, 1964
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Thirty hours post-graduate course work, 1964
• Bradley University, Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Sculpture, 2000

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

• New York Art Review, 1991, 1992
• Who’s Who in Interior Decorating, 1991
• Design Through Discovery, Prentice Hall, 1985

SHOWS AND EXHIBITS

• Invitational Exhibition, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri, 1968
• Women’s International Arts Festival, Coordinating Committee for the Crafts, United
• Nations Year of the Woman, 1975
• Anniversary Show, Women’s Cultural Trust, Philadelphia, PA 1978
• Lincoln Center, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
• Philadelphia Crafts Show, 1982 American Craft Council, Rhinebeck, NY, 1975, 1978, 1979; 1983 – 1988; Springfield, MA, 1989
• The Museum of American Folk Art, Gallery Shop, New York, 1982 – 1985
• Albright-Knox Gallery, The Gallery Shop, Buffalo, New York, 1982 – 1985
• Cedar Rapids Art Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1986 – 1989
• Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ 1982
• Pelham Art Center, Long Island, New York, 1982
• Buyer’s Market of American Crafts, Philadelphia, San Francisco, 1989 – 2009, Tokyo, 1989
• The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, 1999 – 2000
• WTVP Ladies In Hats, One Person Show, 2005
• Fine Arts Fair, Peoria Il. 1995-2006, 2008
• Juccccnction City Fine Arts Fair, 2006-2008
• Ronald Reagan’s Birthplace Museum, Tampico, IL, 2009
• Community Connections Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL, 2009