Over my 20+ year career, I have worked in numerous Ad Agencies and Post Houses in the New York, Allentown and Philadelphia metro areas.
I cut everything from commercials, social media content, feature films, concert visuals and documentaries. A career highlight was definitely working with Roger Waters on the Wall tour.
From the first time I started to edit, I loved it. It married my love of photography and my love of music. I enjoy creating meaning and inspiring emotion by manipulating images and sound to create visual poetry.
Camera Assisting on the film Immortal Beloved in Prague, Czech Republic.
Education:
Masters of Fine Arts
Major in Photography, Minor in Video
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major in Painting, Minor in Photography
Parsons Paris
Paris, France
Drawing Studies
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Paris, France
Intensive Animation and Design Training
Online
School of Motion
Skills:
Avid, Premiere, After Effects, FCP, Qlab, Photoshop, Lightroom, Studio Lighting, Large Format Cameras, Darkroom Printing in Black and White and Color, Styling, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, French, Italian, Czech, PADI Certified, SAG/AFTRA Union.
Self-Portrait, Sandra Dillon
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings:
Venice Film Week, Venice, Italy (2017)
Official Selection
Toronto Beaches Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2017) Official Selection & Best Vintage Film Award
Phillips Mill Art Exhibition, New Hope, PA (2017) Group Exhibit
Phillips Mill Photography Exhibit, New Hope, PA (2016) Group Exhibit - Received Patron's and People's Choice Award
NelliRae's Gallery, Sandra Dillon: Assemblage, Collage & Painting, Revere, PA (2015) Solo Exhibit
Stover Mill Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Erwinna, PA (2014) Group Exhibit
The New Hope Arts, Juried Members' Exhibition, New Hope, PA (2014) Group Exhibit
See.Me Gallery, #seemetakeover Times Square, New York, NY (2014) Public Art Show
Phillips Mill Photography Exhibit, New Hope, PA (2014) Group Exhibit - Received Patron's Award
Parsons School of Design, Alumni Exhibition, New York, NY (2013) Group Exhibit
See.Me Gallery, Creatives Rising, Long Island City, NY (2013) Group Exhibit
Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Summer 2013 Emerging Photographers Auction, New York, NY (2013) Group Exhibit
See.Me Gallery, The Story of the Creative, New York, NY (2013) Group Exhibit
Strawberry Street Gallery, Art for Obama, Philadelphia, PA, (2012) Group Exhibit
BWA Gallery, Artists for Animals, Philadelphia, PA, (2011) Group Exhibit (Curated and Exhibited)
FODC, Bucks County Color & Creativity, Painting, New Hope, PA, (2011) Group Exhibit
Salon Ciel, Paintings, New York, NY, (2009) Solo Painting Exhibit
ConTemp Museum, Solitarius, Brooklyn, NY, (2006) Solo Photography Exhibit
ArtDimensions Woman’s Gallery, Mirrors of Womanhood, St. Louis, MO, (2006) Group Show
ArtDimensions Centre Gallery, Solitarius, St. Louis, MO, (2006) Solo Photography Exhibit
Ramscale Gallery, Off the Beaten Path, New York, NY, (2005) Painting Exhibit
ADM Gallery, Familiar, Philadelphia, PA, (2004) Mixed Media Group Show
Here is New York: Democracy of Photographs, New York, NY, (2002) Photography Exhibit
E3 Gallery, Animal World, New York, NY, (2001) Photography Exhibit
Philipsmill Annual Photography Exhibition, New Hope, PA, (2000) Photography Exhibit
Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, (1999) Mixed Media Exhibition
Philipsmill Annual Photography Exhibition, New Hope, PA, (1997) Photography Exhibit
Tracks, Doylestown, PA, (1996) Dance Performance
Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ, (1996) Mixed Media Exhibit
Mistodritelsky Letohradek, Prague, Czech Republic (1995) Solo Photography Exhibit
Gallerie Radost, Praha: New and Old, Prague, Czech Republic (1995) Photography Exhibit
Obecni Dum, The World in Praha, Prague, Czech Republic (1994) Photography Exhibit
Gallerie Radost, The Many Faces of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (1993) Photography Exhibit.
2nd and 3rd Place Winner
Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich, Germany (1989) Sculpture Exhibit
Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France (1987) Modern Dance Performance
Best of Show & Patron's Award at the Phillips' Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA.
Originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, I moved to Paris, France as a teen to study painting and photography at Parsons, Paris and drawing at the Beaux-Arts.
I'm an avid traveler and have lived abroad and traveled through over 36 countries and counting! Some of my zany adventures include, but are not limited to, trekking on horseback through the volcanic landscape of Iceland, camping under the stars in the Sudanese desert, living in a haunted pub in London, and camera assisting on feature films in Prague. I love creating unique costumes and SFX make-up and march my creations at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and Frenchtown Merfolk March most summers.
