Sandy Skoglund is an American artist born in 1946 in Massachusetts. She received degrees in painting and studio art from Smith College and the University of Iowa. Skoglund is known for her surreal photographic works featuring meticulously crafted miniature sets that incorporate everyday objects and live models. Her photos take months to prepare and set the standard for studio photography, showing her devotion to her craft.

1. Sandy Skogland

2. Born September 11, 1946 Weymouth,MA
Middle Class
Father owned gas station, hurt
back
Shell Oil corporation
Cape Elizabeth, Los Angels, Deer
Born, Houston
Constant rejuvenation
Smith College 1964-68; University of
Iowa 1969-72
Degrees in Painting & Studio Art
Moved to Soho, NY

3. Hangers, 1979
Medium: plastic hangers, painted room,
props, live model
Cookies on a Plate, 1978
Medium: Store-bought cookies, paper
plate, and decorative kitchen shelf paper.

4. Art is not about making sense. When it sounds like I
am making sense, and talking about my work, it is all
hindsight; and it’s all kind of another person from a
person who was there making the work at the time.

5. Radioactive Cats, 1980
Medium: sculpted plaster cats, furniture, painted room, live models

6. Maybe Babies, 1983
Medium: Black Aquarium sand sculpted babies painted antennae

7. Revenge of the Goldfish, 1981
Medium: ceramic goldfish, painted set,
live model
Germs Are Everywhere, 1984
Medium: plastic plants, chewed gum
wads, painted room, live model

8. Fox Games, 1989
Medium: Sculpted epoxy resin foxes
and live models

9. Picnic on Wine, 2003
Medium: 4k wine glasses filled with red
liquid, artificial grass-covered sculptures,
live models
Walking on Eggshells 1997
Medium: eggshells on floor; wall tiles of
handcast paper; sink, tub, and toilet of cast paper
with sculpted epoxy resin snakes and rabbits,
and live models

10. Sandy Skoglund introduced new ideas in creative
photography. She used unusual contrasting colors
that complimented one another. She set up sets that
would take a long time to build and she would then
take the photo. The amount of time she put into
each photo was remarkable, and set a standard for
studio artists that remains today. She would spend
months on each set, which shows her devotion to
her work.
http://sandyskoglundphotography.weebly.com/biography.html

11. The Cocktail Party, 1992
Live models with furniture and sculpted figures coated with cheese doodles.
Floor and wall panels coated with cheese doodles

12. Breathing Glass, 2000
Medium: Sculpted figures covered in glass mosaic, mechanical floor panels of glass mosaic
and moving miniature figures, mechanical wall panels of handcrafted lamp-worked
dragonflies, and live models

13. Raining Popcorn, 2001
Medium: sculpted figures coated with popcorn, mechanical wall panels
of popcorn and tree branches, live models

14. Atomic Love, 1992
Medium: sculpted figures, furniture, walls, and floor covered in raisins
from Chile

15. Spirituality in the Flesh,
1992
Medium: raw hamburger meat, blue dress,
blonde wig
Body Limits, 1992
Medium: walls, floor, sculpted figures, and
furniture coated with bacon