Curriculum Vitae Sigrid Sandker Artist and Art Therapist Brussels, Belgium Personal and Contact Details Born March 15, 1976 - Raised in Austria (Austrian Citizen) Address: Rue Général Patton 34, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium) Email: sigrid.sandker1503@gmail.com Phone: +32 2 466 06 06 95 Web: https://sigridsandker.com/paintings/ and https://www.cosi-arttherapy.com/ Academic, Artistic and Professional Formation 1994-2000: University of Vienna, Faculty of Law 2000: University of Vienna, Master of Law (Magistra iuris) 2009-2011: Burrow's School of Art (Georgetown, Guyana) - Painting and Ceramics 2013-2014: Sessions College (USA) - Graduation in visual arts (with focus on art history and art appreciation) 2016-2020: Academy of Art BKO (Overijse, Belgium) - Painting 2021: Universidad Católica de Chile - Pictorial Abstraction, Portrait Painting in Oil and Exper-imental Art 2021: Universidad Católica de Chile - Latin American Art: Politics and Visuality 2022: Universidad Católica de Chile - Pre-Columbian Art As from 2022: School of Textile Art, Santiago de Chile - Basketry As from 2023: Diploma in Art Therapy. Fluunt, Santiago de Chile - Art Therapy Center 2023-2025: Postgraduate in Art Therapy, Espaciocrea, Santiago de Chile May 2025: Graduation in Art Therapy, Espaciocrea, Santiago de Chile Professional Practice, Activity and Experience 2000-2007: Economic advisor to the Austrian Embassy in Brussels and to the Austrian Fed-eration of Industry (Brussels, Belgium) 2004-2006: Advisor EU/internal market to BUSINESS EUROPE (Brussels, Belgium) 2008-2011 and 2013-2015: Art for Children, Art and Ceramics courses for people of minor age (Georgetown, Guyana) 2015: Artistic and therapeutic advisor to a European Union and UNICEF traveling exhibition against child abuse (Georgetown, Guyana) 2016-2019: Independent ceramics and art workshop and store (Tervuren, Belgium) 2022-2024: Independent ceramics and pottery workshop SISTA (Santiago de Chile) Since August 2024: Art therapist with DELTA in Brussels (https://www.delta-forest.be/) Since January 2025: Independent Art therapist with own practice (Brussels, Belgium) Art and Ceramics Projects and Exhibitions 2014: Simplicity, Personal Ceramics Exhibition, National Gallery of Art (Georgetown, Guya-na) 2015: Kindred Spirits, Collective Exhibition under the auspices of the European Union dele-gation to Guyana 2018, 2017: Personal Ceramics Exhibitions, Artistentour (Tervuren, Belgium) 2018: Melange, Exhibition of Austrian visual artists in the LEX building of the European Council, organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum 2019: ME TOO. Exhibition in cooperation with Austrian artist Dieter Grohman, under the aus-pices of the Austrian Cultural Forum (Brussels, Belgium) 2020: Lange Schatten, (Long Shadows), Personal Exhibition at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, under the auspices of the Austrian Cultural Forum 2021: Observations, Personal Exhibition at DUC (Valparaíso, Chile) 2022: Sombras Largas (Long Shadows), Personal Exhibition in the International Holocaust Remembrance at the Jewish Museum of Santiago de Chile 2023: El Vestido: Community Project and Land Art Exhibition in Lican Ray (Region de los Rios, Southern Chile) 2024: El Vestido: Personal Exhibition and Photo Exhibition in cooperation with Photographer Katharina Jara Plaza in Monte Carmelo (Providencia, Santiago de Chile) Language Skills German (mother tongue) English (fluent) French (fluent) Dutch (fluent) Spanish (advanced)