About
Biography
Selina Sand, born in 1980 and based in Helsinki, graduated as a visual artist in 2025. Sand has been exhibiting actively in recent times, and since 2025 also internationally, her works have been shown in Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Venice. Inspired by various art forms and styles, Sand’s practice consists of painting and drawing with mixed media, especially with the mediums of oil and acrylic paint, and charcoal.
Artist's statement
In my work I seek to embrace the beauty of the moment and the fleeting nature of life. By exploring color, light and shape, my aim is to reflect the emotional undercurrents of human life and to evoke feelings and moods in the viewer.
My paintings are figurative, discovering landscapes of the human mind with symbolism and imagination. I especially love to draw and paint faces and portraits. I’m inspired by many different art forms and styles, including classical art and contemporary abstract art.
I draw and paint mainly with charcoal, acrylics and oils, in pursuit of fusing the representational and the abstract. I enjoy exploring the subtle dynamics between chaos and order, which is why I like to begin a painting with a spontaneous and intuitive use of acrylics. After that I let my imagination find patterns, symbols or even a story in the underpainting, and finally begin to construct the final image with oil paint.
My work is always evolving and changing, and I enjoy the adventure of not always knowing where I’ll end up next in art and life.