Sandra Kuck

Sandra Kuck was born in 1947 in East Liverpool, Ohio. Her impressive career spans over 50 years to date. After serving in the Navy, Sandra’s fine art career began as a local artist in the 1970s & 80s on Long Island, NY. Ms. Kuck was educated in NY and California and later studied with the Representational Art masters, Nelson Shanks and Odd Nerdrum. In the mid-80’s, her works appeared on millions of collectibles. Sandra became an internationally celebrated artist for this work, gaining widespread appreciation and recognition.

At the same time, she produced her own fine art etchings and prints and original paintings for galleries such as Garden City Galleries, LI, NY; Downey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Lawrence Gallery, Detroit, MI; International Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Rossmeyer Gallery, Glendora, CA; Warner Gallery, and South Bend, IN. Recent galleries showing her work include Mall Gallery, London, UK; Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC; West End Gallery, Richmond, VA; and Castle Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN. Her work has been featured in prominent magazines and books including The Times – London (News in Pictures); and feature articles in Collector’s Edition; American Artist, Southwest Art, US Art, and Artist Magazine.

Kuck’s works are in public and private collections, including Art Renewal Center (ARC); European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain; Seminole Tribe of Florida; US National Archives, Wash DC; Harvest House, Eugene, OR; Rico International, Port Washington, NY; Bradford Exchange, Nile, IL; and Cherison Corp. ,Toronto, Canada.

Sandra Kuck’s resume boasts a large number of awards, a small portion of which include: Platinum Award – One Million Books Sold – Harvest House Publishers, 2000 Print Hall of Fame Inductee US Art Magazine’s, Most Honored Artist in 25 Years – National Association of Limited Edition Artists, 1991 International Artist of the Year – NALED, Exceptional Merit Award – Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Art Renewal Center – Best Portrait 2015, Portrait Society of America 2017 Award of Excellence, Best in Show – International Guild of Realism 2017, Annual Exhibition and Smallwood Architects Prize, London, UK 2021. 

* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 16^th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.