About Sanya (the alias of Sandrine Colson-Inam)

From a family of artists, born in Provence, France, now living in New England, Sanya specializes in clay sculptures, watercolors, oil and acrylics with occasional mixed media and ceramic work. Sanya spends a large part of her summers with her family in France, browsing art markets and enjoying the unique light and colors of Provence. She also visits regularly Paris, France and the South-western part of France: “Midi-Pyrenees”.

"When I look around me and see more than people, the world, beauty, colors, light and emotions, then, I know it is time to express what I see and feel through art." Sanya

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Artist’s Résumé

Solo Exhibitions

January 2006: Belmont center Starbuck coffee shop, Belmont, MA.
February 2005: Belmont center Starbuck coffee shop, Belmont, MA.
April 2003: Belmont center Starbuck coffee shop, Belmont, MA.

Gallery/Web Representation

Membership

Concord Art Association
Who's Who in International Art

Group Exhibitions

November 13-20, 2006: "Waterfall", Who's Who in International Art, international fair devoted to small format in contemporary art, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Atelier-Z, Paris, France.
July 2006: “Metamorphosis too”, on-line exhibit by iprint.com
June 6-13 2006: “Metamorphosis too”, International Art show: “La peinture d'aujourd'hui dans ses different metiers”, Who's Who in International Art, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France
Jan. - Mar. 2006: “Normandy beach”, Online Art Exhibition organized by www.art-exchange.com
July 12-30, 2005: “Lily Brass Wind”, Gallery Gora, Montreal QC, Canada.
Jan. 2005 to Mar. 2005: “La Montagne Sainte Victoire”, Annual Online Art Exhibition organized by www.art-exchange.com
Jan. 8- Jan. 30 2005: “First snow on the Cape”, Members Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
Nov. 24-29, 2004: “A lemon, a pear, and a cabbage – Oh my!”, International Art show: “Eloge du petit format dans l’art d’aujourd’hui”, Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France
Oct. 2004: Belmont High School Art Auction
Nov. 21—April 2004 : Herb Country, Belmont MA: various paintings & sculptures.
Oct. 15—Nov. 20, 2003: Monroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA: painting.
Art, Flowers and all that Jazz Festival, Newburyport, Maine, May 25-26, 2003: paintings & sculptures.
March 9 to April 8 2003: Selection of national Competitive Landscape painting exhibition at Boston Photo Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
Feb.—July 2002 : Sculptures exhibited at the gallery New Art on Newbury Street, Boston, MA, USA.

Private Studies

Judith Austen & Peg Weiss, Oil painting, June 2005
Judith Austen, artist in New England: Oil painting Nov.—Dec. 2003 & June 8-12, 2004
Dominique Boutaud, Internationally renown painter: abstract oil painting, Mar. – Jun. 2004

Art Education and Art Supporting Activities

Special Needs Ceramics teacher at the Beacon High School (Sept. 2005 - July 2006)
Training on various art techniques used in the classroom, Shady Hill School, Sept. – Dec. 2004
Founder of Art of Heart, an on-line gallery, www.artofheart.com, Jan. 2001 - present
Marketing Director, Vive les Arts—Boston, a French-American Art Foundation promoting French art in all its forms in the New England area, Jan. – Jun. 2002
Various art class activities with children in the classroom
Drawing classes, Ile de Bendor, France, 1980

Education

Massachusetts Certified Teacher (September 2005)
Ph.D. in Ceramics Science and Engineering, 1992, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Executive Business Certificate, 1992, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Additional Professional Experience

Battery & Fuel Cell technical, business, and marketing;

Founder and General Manager of Cell Expert North America, battery & fuel cell consulting, Sept. 2002 – May 2004
Founder and General Manager of SCI Consulting, a project management consulting firm, Oct. 1999 – Aug. 2002
OEM Business Manager—Northern Europe, Duracell, The Gillette Group, 1997-1999.
R&D Project Manager, Duracell, The Gillette Group, 1995-1997.
Technical Project Leader, Duracell Worldwide Technology Center, 1993-1995.

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