Eve Sandler
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Eve Sandler is an American painter, filmmaker and multi-media artist in the style of Abstract Expressionism. Sandler, born in Harlem, is the daughter of Harlem-based painter Alvin Sandler and sister of filmmaker Kathe Sandler.
Sandler's multimedia installation "Mami Wata Crossing" was part of the 2008 exhibition, "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas" at the Fowler Museum. The work examined connections between the pan-African water goddess Mami Wata, genealogy and the middle passage.
Sandler was a part of the Black Women Artists group, along with Carole Byard, Nanette Carter and Howardena Pindell. Sandler was a 1990-1991 resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as The Bronx Museum of the Arts.