Sandra Marianne Preston
Education
Present Maine College of Art. MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Arts. Portland, ME.
2004 Oregon College of Art & Craft. BFA. Portland, OR. Reed College. Undergraduate work toward art degree. Portland, OR.

Installations
2009 The Cassandra Project. Gallery Homeland. Portland, OR
2008 Whispered. MECA MFA Thesis Show. ICA. Portland, ME
2007 Pandora’s Bed. Friedman Gallery. Portland, ME
2006 Experiences in my Futility. MECA Gallery. Portland, ME
2004 Chance Symmetries. OCAC BFA Thesis Show. Museum of Contemporary Craft. Portland, OR

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Structures of, of Love. Sofada. Portland, OR.
2009 Bird Sketches. Moxie. Portland, OR.
2008 MUTE. Sugar Gallery. Portland, OR
2004 Sewn. Chesshir Architecture. Portland, OR
1999 Prints & Drawings. Syzygy. Silver City, NM

Collaborations and Commissions
2008 The Bunny Sandwich Collective. National Artist Collective.
2008 San Francisco MOMA. Invited Artist for CCA Graduate class Performance in The Art of Participation Show. San Francisco, CA.
2008 SERA Architects. Paintings for Courtyard PDX Hotel. Portland, OR.
2008 Michelle Ross’s project ‘Small Wild Things.’ Nine Gallery. Portland, OR.
2007 National Conference of SLSA ’07. Video with Alina Gallo. Portland, ME.
2007 “Somebody’s Story." Portland, ME. Video.
2007 "Pandora’s Dream." Portland, ME. Video.
2006 Come Together: Social Action. Time-Based Art Festival. Portland, OR. As part of Harrell Fletcher’s ‘The American War.’

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Kunsthalle: Deutschland nach Portland. Gallery Homeland. Portland, OR.
2008 Bark-Out Art Show. Portland, OR.
2007 OCAC Alumni Exhibition. Hoffman Gallery. Portland, OR.
2006 A Call To Conscience: Genocide Awareness. Portland, OR.
2006 Spring Exhibition. Galleri Urbane. Marfa, TX.
2006 Square One. The Art Mine. Port Townsend, WA.
2005 Wild and Furry Sale. Portland, OR.
2004 Winter Sale. Portland, OR.
2004 Women’s Exhibition. Galleri Urbane. Silver City, NM.
2004 Recent Graduates Exhibition ‘04. Blackfish Gallery. Portland, OR. 2004 The Family Exhibition. Complete Photographer. Astoria, OR.

Curatorial and Professional Experience
2009 Drawing Instructor. Oregon Scholastic Workshop. OCAC.
2009 MECA MFA Guest Artist Respondent. Maine College of Art.
2009 Curator. Bark Annual Art Show. Exhibition featuring artworks by Harrell Fletcher, Miranda July, and Storm Tharp among others. Portland, OR.
2009 Co-Coordinator of Northwest Portfolio Event. Boise Art Museum. Boise, ID. Substitute Art Teacher for AAVC Drawing 160. Linfield College. Portland, OR
2008 Co-Coordinator of Northwest Portfolio Events. Northwest Museum of the Arts and Culture. Spokane, WA.
2007-09 Coordinator of North Coast Portfolio Review. Astoria Visual Art Center. Astoria, OR.
2007 Lecture at Oregon Art Educator Association Conference. Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR.
2006 Children’s Art Activities Director. Alberta Street Art Fair. Portland, OR.
2003-06 Art Program Director. Childpeace Montessori School. Developed new art program and curriculum. Portland, OR.
Invited Artist. YMCA Southeast Center Summer Art program. Portland, OR.
2005 Curator. OCAC ‘BEN’efit Auction. Portland, OR
2004-05 Curator. First & Second ‘Wild and Furry Sales’ with Lindsay Pantano. Portland, OR
2003-04 Studio Assistant for artist Bill Will. Portland, OR.
2002-04 Oregon Jewish Museum. Gallery installation, archive, & administrative work. Portland, OR
2000 Curator. First Annual Bad Art Show with Matt McCalmont. Marley’s Gallery. Silver City, NM