Sandra Gruescu
Sandra is a German-British handweaver and painter.
Her painted works can be realistic or abstract, but often include words to express a feeling, a thought or a political viewpoint.
Words and language, and the culture that comes with them, are an important part of her work, also inspired by her sudden move to Denmark caused by the pandemic.
Sandra is also passionate about weaving and makes both practical things and woven artwork.
Selected exhibitions
latest
2024 – Group exhibition “Crossing the warp – Thread by Thread” by the Seven Sisters Handweavers, Whitchurch Silk Milk, UK (January to March)
2023 – Exhibition „Structure and Tumult“ with Mai-Britt Sevel, Art Escape Studios, Copenhagen (May to June)
Solo exhibition “Threads of life” at Bistro Coccorico, Copenhagen (January to April)
2022 – Group exhibition „Introspective“ at Art Escape Studios, Copenhagen (May)
Christmas exhibition, Art Escape Studios, Copenhagen (November to January)
2021 and earlier
Group exhibition „Completely unknown“, Art Escape Studios, Copenhagen (November 2021)
Travelling group exhibition “Das Blaue Wunder” (The Blue Wonder) to showcase the art and craft of handweaving (Organisation: Weben +). The exhibition has been shown at eight different locations between
2018-2020 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg
Group exhibition “Weaving to Wear, An exhibition of Garments and Accessories by the 2017 Handweavers, Diploma Group” at Handweavers Studio and Gallery, North London (November to December 2019)
Woven artwork (Flags – European Edition), commissioned by Dutch artist Sanne Vaassen for her solo show “Surplus to Purpose”, shown at Unit 1 Gallery, West London (August 2019)
Group exhibition by the 2017 Handweavers Diploma group, “One Year On” at Handweavers Studio and Gallery, North London (June 2018)
London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, group exhibition of guild members at Southwark Cathedral, “The Thames and Southwark – Threads of London Life” (November 2017)
Professional associations/ memberships
IMMART, International immigration meets the art, www.immart.dk Denmark
London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, www.londonguildofweavers.org.uk Great Britain
Weben +, www.webenplus.de, Germany