Sandra Priest

Sandra Priest is a muralist and sculptor from Florida. She is internationally known for her wall and ceiling murals, most notably her concrete sculptures commemorating the September 11 attacks.
Early life and career
Priest grew up in Gary, Indiana with her grandfather and father both concrete finishers and brick layers. At a young age, she would paint murals on her bedroom wall. At the age of twenty, she opened a wedding design store where she sewed wedding gowns based on photos provided to her from her customers. She later became a real estate broker in Indiana before moving to Florida at the age of forty to study art under Dr. Lilliana Dordevich.
Priest began her art career by painting portraits and holding an art show for breast cancer awareness. The show raised funds for the American Cancer Society in Naples, Florida. She continued her artistic career painting murals on ceilings and interior walls in various businesses and residences throughout the United States and Canada.
Victorii Rebuild, one of her most notable sculptures, is a four-ton sculpture carved from concrete belonging to the slurry wall (also known as The Bathtub) at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center. The wall sustained minor damage during the attacks on 9/11 and the piece used for the sculpture was removed from the slurry wall in order to make room for a new rail system for the area. Another Project 11up sculpture entitled Socratic Way was placed at the Memorial Union Hall at Oregon State University in 2012.
One of Priest's most notable murals was painted on a 1,600 square foot ceiling in the New Hindu Temple of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers. The project took her approximately one year to complete.

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