Sandy Luehrsen
Sandra Luehrsen was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned
BA and MA degrees from Northern Illinois University and an MFA from Arizona
State University (ASU). She left a position as assistant dean of the ASU
Graduate College to start her own business. Luehrsen taught Three-Dimensional
Design as an adjunct faculty member at Mesa Community College for 18 years. She
exhibits her art locally, nationally, and internationally. The Auckland
Institute and Museum in New Zealand, the ASU Art Museum’s Ceramics Research
Center, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, the West Valley Art Museum, the Cities
of Phoenix, Tempe, Peoria, Chandler and Prescott Valley, the Kamm Teapot
Foundation, and many notable private and corporate collections hold Luehrsen’s
work.
I left the green Midwest to live in the wild khaki colored desert. I wanted a new beginning. The exotic desert flora fascinated me from the start. Inspired by desert plants, the colors of the land and sky, and a greener past, I use clay sculpture and mixed media prints to create my art. I build trees of life, gardens and skies with suns, planets, and stars with clay. I translate those into two dimensional shapes using my computer and a printing press.
