There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in

Sandra Osip was born in Detroit, Michigan and earned Bachelor of Science from Wayne State University, and Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has received two Michigan Council of Arts awards and a public art commission titled “Progression” for the Detroit People Mover “Art in the Stations”project, in the Fort/Cass Station.

Osip’s artwork has been included in exhibitions at the Hill Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan, Wasserman Project, Detroit, Michigan and Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; and it can be found in many permanent art collections including the Detroit Institute of Art, Robert and Karen Duncan, Ray-O-Vac, Cranbrook Art Museum, and 1st National Bank of Chicago.

Sandra moved to New York 1990. She received a McDonald residency in Peterboro, New Hampshire in 1992, and was the recipient of the prestigious New York Foundation of Arts award. Her work has been featured in Tiffany Windows, on 5th. Avenue and 57th. Street. In 2019, she relocated back to Detroit and currently holds a studio at Russell Industrial Center.