Sandolore Sykes
Born in Milwaukee, United States, Sandolore is a visual artist living in Charente, France. Fascinated by aesthetics and scientific research, her work explores the mystification of the ordinary and the exploration of techniques that man uses to decode the world in which he lives. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and has been awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
She is the artistic director of Anim'bulles and has exhibited in France, the United States, Australia and Korea.
EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
2017 “Sillage and Texts” Solo Exhibition and Collaboration with Brigitta Horváth. Drawings, Sculptures,
Video, Performances, Books, Installations. Soyaux, France
2016 “Trajectoire” - Permutation 3» Performance-Video, Drawing
(Collaboration with Brigitta Horváth). Soyaux, France
2015 “Trajectoire” - Permutation 2” Performance Video, Dance (Collaboration with Brigitta Horváth
And Christine Quoiraud). Limoges, Cultural Center Jean-Gagnon, France
2015 “Trajectoire - Permutation 1” Performance, Dance, Installation Video, Exhibition Drawing.
Sers, France
2014 “1 to the Seventh Power” Installation, Video and Photo. Sers, France
2014 " Transferts et Autres Capillarités” Group Exhibition
“NeuroTopography” Installation
"Cosmonaut" Video, Photo Collaboration with Solange Roberdeau, La Couronne, France
2013 “Matter” Etching Exhibition. Angoulême, France
2012 “Orreries” Painting Exhibition. Dallas, USA
2008 “Lapsus Revelateur” Screen printing on Textiles, Magnetic Island, Australia
2006-2007 Exhibitions. Magnetic Island, Australia
2005 “Anaphase” Video, Etchings Installation, Sculptures. Providence, USA
2005 “Rhizomes” Three Dresses in the Haute Couture Fashion Show. Daegu Fashion Show, Korea
2004 “The 4th Book of Halving” Sculptures, Installation, Engravings. New York, USA
RESIDENCES / FELLOWSHIPS / WORKSHOPS / CULTURAL MEDIATION
2017 Artistic Residence in Soëlys, Soyaux
2016-present Workshops at the Museum of Angoulême
2016 Artistic Residence at Anim'Bulles
2015-present Artistic Director of Anim'Bulles (Adapted Leisure Association)
2005-2010 Artistic Director and Workshop Manager of Lapsus Révélateur (Silkscreen Workshop)
2005-2006 Watson Scholarship (Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia)
