Biography
Chicago born artist Sandra Holubow describes herself as an "Urban Imagist," drawn to the dynamic energy of the urban landscape. As a child, in classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, she experimented with many materials, an attitude she continues to this day. Recognizing the value of an academic education, she studied science, philosophy, history, and literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and worked in many art media, including art metal, design and ceramics. She graduated with honors. While teaching in the Chicago Public Schools, she attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, studying mixed media graphics, specializing in serigraphy. At a studio in the Pilsen art district of Chicago, Holubow created prints for exhibits and commissions. But when toxins of oil base inks became apparent, she switched to watercolors and acrylics, later combining them with collage. She has been awarded three grants from the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, and was chosen to be a panelist on the committee which choses grant recipients. Her last project was for further experimentation of collage materials and processes with digital images and printouts, mesh, acrylic transfers, and acrylic paints on various surfaces, including different types of wood. It is this attitude toward research that Holubow feels continually revitalizes her interest in her subject matter, encourages her to seek diversified presentations, fresh palettes, new perspectives, and thematic changes in each piece.
Holubow has exhibited, curated, organized, juried, and participated in innumerable exhibits and won many awards. She is a board member of the Chicago Society of Artists, a longtime member of the Gallery Committee of the Leslie Wolfe Gallery of Old Town, and organized and curated the annual Caffeine Exhibit of the Chicago based Artists' Breakfast Group. Her recent two-person shows were with Judith Roth at the North Shore Country Day School and the Koehnline Museum of Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois, and the Chicago Cultural Center with Julia Oehmke, an exhibit celebrating the Illinois Bicentennial. Her recent one-person exhibits have been at the MLG Gallery in the Fulton Market District of Chicago, the Lincolnwood Village Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Illinois Academy of Math and Science in Aurora, Illinois.
"My work has been impacted by technology and new materials. I have learned through experimentation and research that growth requires change."
Holubow has exhibited, curated, organized, juried, and participated in innumerable exhibits and won many awards. She is a board member of the Chicago Society of Artists, a longtime member of the Gallery Committee of the Leslie Wolfe Gallery of Old Town, and organized and curated the annual Caffeine Exhibit of the Chicago based Artists' Breakfast Group. Her recent two-person shows were with Judith Roth at the North Shore Country Day School and the Koehnline Museum of Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois, and the Chicago Cultural Center with Julia Oehmke, an exhibit celebrating the Illinois Bicentennial. Her recent one-person exhibits have been at the MLG Gallery in the Fulton Market District of Chicago, the Lincolnwood Village Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Illinois Academy of Math and Science in Aurora, Illinois.
"My work has been impacted by technology and new materials. I have learned through experimentation and research that growth requires change."