Sandra Brugger

« Art helps me to express myself when words are missing. It is my retreat and helps me to be with myself, to lose myself in my own world. »

Sandra Brugger (*1986) is a freelance self-employed sculptress, which lives and works in Pettneu am Arlberg and Nesselgarten near Fließ in Tyrol (Austria). In 2013, she graduated as a sculptress at the Technical School for Arts and Design in Elbigenalp (Tyrol). In the same year she became self-employed as a freelance artist. Brugger has taken part in 15 (inter)national sculpture symposia and her works have been exhibited nationally, as well as in the USA, Germany and Italy. Through her works she processes experiences, emotions and situations that have touched her. The subjects and themes presented in Brugger's pieces are expansive and range from abstract shapes and nature, to humans. The trained sculptress Sandra Brugger models her objects layer by layer from a self-developed woodpulp, which she elaborately produces from wood shavings and sawdust, alternating with artist's acrylic paints. Her distinctive pieces are most often created using woodpulp, wood, concrete and stone.

Prizes 2019 1st prize with the sculpture "recycled rainbow lifecasting no. 1", ART-Award „Ephemera“ - Professional Association of Fine Artists of Austria – Regional Association Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland - Category Sculpture, Ceramics, Art Installations