Sandy Middleton
St. Catharines, Ontario
Booth 812
Main
Sandy Middleton is a mixed media artist from Niagara. Middleton’s photo-encaustic paper sculpture work is about layers, both in meaning and material. A painting evolves through the accumulation of countless layers of the hot, melted, encaustic medium. I think of how this cumulative process of layering and fusing layers resembles the collection of life experiences. Each layer presents options, possibilities and choices. The image, while important, is deconstructed to allow for a subliminal connection with the viewer. Middleton has exhibited extensively throughout Ontario including shows such as the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, The Artist Project, as well as gallery exhibitions, including The Grimsby Public Art Gallery. In 2021. She was nominated as one of 52 finalists for the Salt Spring National Arts Award in 2022. In 2023 won best in paper at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair and in 2024 she won the Petroff Award at TOAF for the best use of texture. She is the recipient of several Ontario Arts Council Grants and won the Established Artist Award at the St. Catharines Arts Awards in 2024.
