Sandy Whitby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studied fine art and graphic design at the Ivy School of Professional Art and Laroche College before working for several television stations, including WQED, where she was an art assistant on the “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” show. After moving to San Antonio, Sandy worked at several advertising agencies before rekindling her love for fine art. While studying with the accomplished artist Alberto Mijangos, Sandy discovered her interest in abstract painting, using texture and a sophisticated color palette as part of her signature style.
Her paintings bring the viewer into a world of textural abstraction and rich colors. They evoke a dream-like etherealism, blending abstract representations with a raw textural quality. Her late mentor and painter, Alberto Mijangos said, “Her experience as a graphic artist, her selection of color as spiritual reference, and her use of materials request my participation in her dreams of mystical geometry.”
2001 – 2016 Exhibits
Group Exhibit: Meet the Future
The McNay, San Antonio, Texas
Two Person Exhibit
Sandra Whitby & Lauren Browning
Musical Bridges Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Group Exhibit
Sandra Whitby, Elizabeth Williams & John Webb
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas
Group Exhibit: Curated By Barbara McAdams
San Antonio Painters
Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
Solo Exhibit
Revisit
Radius Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Two-Person Exhibit
Actually Abstract
Art SA, San Antonio, Texas
Solo Exhibit
Below/Above
Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Two-Person Exhibit
Alchemy
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas
Two-Person Exhibit
Sandra Whitby & Linda Lang
Radius Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Solo Exhibit
Shadow
Instituto de Mexico, San Antonio, Texas
Group Show
Salute to Alberto Mijangos
Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY
Solo Exhibit
Accidents/Apropos
Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Group Show
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas
Group Show
1550 Gallery, Kerrville, TX 78028
Group Show
9 Each: 15 Artists
Salon Mijangos, San Antonio Texas
Solo Exhibit
GeoTerra: Nature Throwing a Curve
Salon Mijangos, San Antonio Texas
Group Show
Female Power… Female Creation
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
Credentials
BS-Graphic Design, 1979
LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA
Summa Cum Laude
BA-Illustration, 1973
Ivy School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA