“A World Wonderland”
About Sandra Belitza-Vazquez: Sandra is an internationally exhibited, award-winning and versatile artist whose awe-inspiring photographs raise our awareness about the natural beauty in the world. She also reminds us about our responsibility to honor and preserve it. She captures magnificent views from world travels as well as local nature scenes.
Sandra explains, “I want others to experience the same beauty and wonder I see in the world and share in the power of art to bring us joy and soothe and renew our spirit.”
Portfolio Series: “A World Wonderland”
Price range: $350 -$750
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Sandra has participated in over 100 solo and juried group exhibitions in the U.S. and Mexico. They include: the Howland Art Center in Beacon, NY; Garrison Art Center; Federal Hall in New York City; the Arts Society of Kingston; Decode Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; Photo Place Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont; Praxis Photographic Arts Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon; Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, NY; J. Mane Gallery; the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City.
She had a solo exhibition at The Casa de la Cultura in Puebla, Mexico in 2024 with 50 prints from her book “Huey Atlixcayotl – The Art in the Gaze”, which will be available in English through Amazon.
Sandra’s first life-size photo/sculpture of an indigenous woman grinding corn was part of the exhibit “Of Needle and Nerve” at a pop-up gallery in Kingston in August 2025, which was widely covered by local media.
Her many online exhibitions include Manhattan Arts International’s “Love, Peace, Unity & Hope” 2025 Invitational Exhibition, The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature; “HerStory 2025,” “The Spirit of Resilience,” and “The Healing Power of Color 2026”.
Sandra won a Special Recognition Art Award which included a one-year membership in The Healing Power of ART and ARTISTS online art gallery. She has also received several Awards of Excellence from us.
Sandra was awarded an Honorable Mention for Praxis Photographic Arts Center’s Member Showcase in February, 2025 and her “Spring Growth” photograph won the Juror’s Award in the Garrison Art Center’s International Biennial exhibition ‘smallWorks: 60 Years & 60 Artists in November 2024.
The Office of the Secretary of Culture for the State of Puebla published her book on the indigenous dance festival titled “Huey Atlixcayotl, The Art in the Gaze.” It exhibited 50 of her prints in two galleries in the Casa de la Cultura in 2024.
Sandra is currently busy putting the finishing touches on a new book titled “Museum Frissell, Heritage, Legacy, Oblivion,” to be published by the Secretary of Culture of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, in August 2026, with her photographs of archaeological treasures of the Zapotec culture.
Fifty of the photographs will also be on permanent display at the museum when it celebrates its third anniversary since reopening in August 2023.
Two of Sandra’s photographs were published as greeting cards by the National Wildlife Federation. Sandra was the featured artist in the April 2023 edition of the Living Rhinebeck Magazine, and an article about her and her work appeared in Bard College’s Spanish language magazine, La Voz in August.
Sandra Belitza-Vazquez’s Artist’s Statement: “I share my excitement, joy, and awe of my worldwide journeys of discovery through my photographs. Highlighting the beauty of the natural world and the lives that share this planet with us brings me joy. My travels and adventures deepen my understanding of my place in the world. I want others to experience the same beauty and wonder I see in the world and share in the power of art to heal us with joy.”
Interesting Facts Shared by Sandra Belitza-Vazquez:
“I am still in touch with many of my ex-students from the Department of Graphic Arts and Design of the University of the Americas after forty-four years! We have a yearly reunion in Puebla, Mexico, where we share news of our families and refresh our memories of our wonderful times at the University.”
She adds, “I seem to attract the attention of animals in a good way. While visiting gorillas in Uganda, a rambunctious 3-year-old gorilla pushed me down a slope, and I wound up sitting next to his silverback daddy. During the COVID pandemic, I photographed a pair of wrens that prepared a nest next to the table on my deck. While photographing the 4 nestlings, momma wren jumped onto my back, then jumped onto the flowerpot holding her babies, and began feeding them while looking around at me. While in Madagascar, a lemur jumped on my head, another came to my hand, and a third, a blue-eyed black lemur, came down a tree limb to take a look at me from 24” away. I love encounters like this!”
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Sandra embodies unique skills and creative genius. We are fortunate to have her as a dedicated and prolific adventurer. She journeys to exotic places, returning with treasures of beauty. In her own backyard, she tunes into the minute marvels, reminding us to appreciate the extraordinary in the everyday.
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Sandra’s work is truly healing! It’s like she has the camera there when the right moment arrives—helping us to understand the world around us! My favorites are her pictures of creatures great and small; but then I love the flowers so much! Whether she’s photographing the wide open prairie or a beautiful sunset beyond a mountain, she sees like no one else!