Background

Background

Monica I. Sandell was born in Landskrona, Sweden. She is an artist/sculptor and lives and works in Dragsnäs, Ronneby (Sweden).

Education: Cultural studies, University of Lund, Sweden, as well as modelling clay and anatomy courses.

Member of the Swedisch Skulptörförbundet artist union and Svenska konstnärer, Konstrundan i Blekinge, Helsingborgs konstförening, ArtWorks.

Collections: Municipalities of Landskrona, Hultsfred, Vimmerby, Sweden. Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Work is also in collections from foundations, companies and private collectors in the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, France, United States and Canada.

Awards:
Leonardo Award for sculpture, first price at the Biennale Chianciano Terme Art Museum, Italy, 2011;
Hultsfred Cultureprice 2016, Sweden;
Best Artist Award, 11th Geoje International Art Festival, South Korea, 2025.

Work in stock at:
Galerie Stam, internet gallery www.galeriestam.com, Netherlands;
Galerie Art Fusion, Villa Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
Skulpturverkstaden i Dragsnäs, Ronneby, Sweden;
Galleri Balterska Garden, Vimmerby, Sweden (see photos below).