Maria Sandström

After graduating with a first class degree from UCA University for the Creative Arts, Maria spent the early years of her career working as a designer and art director in the UK’s television industry. A keen observer of people, the bustling metropolis of London inspired much of Maria’s earlier work featuring humorous observations about life, illustrated on whatever paper was at hand when inspiration struck - such as an old envelope, napkin or beer mat. During the pandemic, Maria began creating a colourful series of Primate Portraits rendered in rich oil pastel which immediately sold out online. Her work explores identity through the neuroscientific concept of ‘The Monkey Mind’ - which lives at the epicentre of human emotion and is fuelled by basic responses such as fear and desire. Class of 2021, Only Human was Maria Sandstrom’s first solo show and brought her colourful tribe of monkeys together for the very first time. Drawing on influences spanning caricature, Illustration, photography, and old masters’ paintings, her art holds a mirror up to society and reveals what it means to be human. Maria is also an award winning designer, art director and commercials director who’s work has been recognised by The Royal Society of Arts, Notting Hill Arts Club and Promax.

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