Paula Mandel: Awakening, 2010, giclee, 20.5" x 16.5" x 1"

About:

The human experience is explored using non-human references.

Bio:

Paula Mandel, a native of Philadelphia, received degrees in Fine Arts and Psychology from Temple University. She worked in oils/mixed media for 30 years, creating psychological portraits. For more than a decade she has studied all methods of manipulating glass with internationally reknowned artists and has morphed into a glass/mixed media sculptor.

Mandel's interactive sculptures based on toys are included in volume 1 of Best in America: Glass Artists and Artisans. Along with multiple solo exhibitions, she has been invited to exhibit her work in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions including the "Best of Philadelphia Glass Artists" exhibition at the National Liberty Museum, Snyderman/Works Gallery, "Women in Glass" at the Wayne Art Center, Rosemont College, Drexel University and Philadelphia's City Hall. Mandel, along with fellow artist Joan Myerson Shrager, has curated multiple exhibits in the area. In addition, the two artists co-founded and co-direct the nationally award-winning Philadelphia After-School: The Stained Glass Project: Windows That Open Doors, now in its 15th year.

www.paula-mandel.com