The Broken Mirror art exhibition features 10 oil paintings by artist Niki Sands that depict sadness. The curators chose the title Broken Mirror to represent how the images show emotions that have been "shattered" like a broken mirror. The focal painting is "Expression" which depicts a deeper emotion than just sadness. Through the exhibition, the curators hope to show viewers the many faces of sadness and have them understand that sadness is a normal human emotion, not something to fear or be ashamed of.

1. Broken Mirror

2. Art Exhibition Statement
The title of our exhibition is Broken Mirror. We chose to entitle the exhibition Broken Mirror because the
images we chose display the emotion of sadness. The images we chose are mostly faces that give off the
impression that they have had dreams, hopes and love “shattered” like a broken mirror. The chosen theme for
the exhibition is sadness.
We chose one artist, Niki Sands, and only used her paintings. Her paintings are all oil paintings. We chose the
emotion of sadness because it is an emotion that is experienced by many and depicted differently by different
artists.
As our focal image, we chose the painting entitled expression. We chose this painting because it is shown as a
very dark piece. The emotion that can be obtained through the painting digs deeper than the emotion of
sadness such as distraught. The other paintings displayed depict tears, people with their backs to the world,
being lost and hopelessness.

3. Art Exhibition Statement
(continued)
Throughout this exhibition, we hope that the audience will understand the many faces of sadness. We want
viewers to leave feeling sadness the way that the artist may have been feeling when creating the ten images
being displayed. We want viewers to be able to reflect on the sadness of the images and relate them to a
scenario that jumps out to them or that they can personally relate to. We want the viewers to understand that
sadness is not something to be afraid or ashamed of because it happens to everyone. Rather we want them to
walk away having a new mindset on the meaning of sadness and hopefully apply it to their lives and the people
they interact with.

4. Expressions
Painting by: Niki Sands

5. Untitled
Painting by: Niki Sands

6. Hypnotic
Painting by: Niki Sands

7. Sui Generis
Painting by: Niki Sands

8. I Can Only Be
Painting by: Niki Sands

9. Split Sadness
Painting by: Niki Sands

10. Distorted Society
Painting by: Niki Sands

11. Andante
Painting by: Niki Sands

12. Skeleton Butterfly
Painting by: Niki Sands

13. Lonely Figure
Painting by: Niki Sands

14. Poetry In Color
Painting by: Niki Sands

15. References
All images are from:
Sands, N. (n.d.). Niki j. sands contemporary fine art.
Retrieved from http://www.nikijsands.com