Sandra Chevrier is a contemporary artist residing in Montreal, Canada. She is especially popular around the world with comic book fans for her 'Cages' series where hyper realistic female portraits are masked with comic book scenes to create emotionally charged images that are sometimes mysterious, other times fearful. Always conveying strong emotions through the eyes that can raise the hairs on your arm.
The mixed media pieces use comic cuttings that are painstakingly applied by hand and blended into the portrait, others have the scenes finished in acrylic.They portray adrenaline filled snippets of time often depicting mortal danger, triumph, or scenes of torn emotions. It's a deep dive into the mind of the subject and completes the overall story Sandra wants to deliver.
A lot of attention in her work past and present is focused on exploring moods through gazes and facial expressions. The eyes are almost always hypnotic and help form an emotional attachment with the portrait. It's through this visual communication and the comic scenes you begin to understand that behind the perfections, lie imperfections. That regardless of your strengths and how your abilities are perceived, there are weaknesses, vulnerabilities, heartache and ethical dilemmas even the most gifted individual will have to face.
The female characters in this series are meant to be beautiful, they are meant to appear seductive at times, slightly promiscuous, even sinister. They are a contradiction to the perceptions of society today and how a woman is perceived. Each portrait is a superwoman behind a mask, fighting silently against the ingrained beliefs that they cannot be a savior to themselves in a male dominated world. That they have to be perfect and live up to expectations and false aesthetics pushed onto them by society.
The blends of street and contemporary art, comic book cuttings, acrylic and watercolour all interlock for a unique look that Sandra has become known for and pioneered. The number of pieces she has produced since 2013 is staggering, you cannot doubt her passion for the art she creates and the messages they deliver. You cannot question her almost meteoric rise in the art world with sell out releases and exhibitions most recently in London and New York.
Find out more information about Sandra via her website and social media links below.
