Vandra Pentecost received her BFA from the Herron School of Art. She is a conceptual figurative painter inspired by comparative religion, world culture and the subtleties and sensuality of the human spirit. She creates images using a variety of traditional media  and computer techniques.

Vandra’s award winning work has been shown in state and regional exhibits and galleries. In the 2007-08 Lilly Oncology on Canvas exhibition, her digital piece was chosen to hang in the international opening exhibit at the Royal College of Art in London, England, the US opening in NY, and traveled in the 2008 national tour.

Vandra is a member of The Indiana Artists Club, the Portfolio Club, the Hoosier Salon, and the Indianapolis Art Center. She is an instructor of figure drawing classes and conducts an open studio life drawing class twice a week at the Indianapolis Art Center. She also attends the Thursday Herron Alumni drawing group. In 2006 she explored 3D in Jacob Dobson’s Figure Clay sculpture workshop.

Vandra is co-owner of Linder Design, a husband and wife team, specializing in large-scale public and private murals, illustration, graphic design and non-electric signage. In 2008 she was the creative director and technical consultant for the Lilly Day of Service Mural Project, working with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and Eli Lilly in partnership with Manual High School students to create five murals on the Monon Trail and three murals along Madison Avenue, for which the 1,230’ wall has received the Guinness World Record for the longest mural.

Vandra was creative director the 2009 Lilly Mural Project in partnership with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful which included mural sites on the D Loop by the Zoo working with the Key School students, two sites along Westfield Boulevard in Broad Ripple working with Broad Ripple HS, and the Morris Street west tunnels with Manual students. Also included were 20 interior and exterior murals for eight neighborhood community centers designed by Vandra; Brightwood, Concord, Southeast, Goodwin, Mary Rigg and Wm. Penn, LaShonna Bates Pool at School 46, Martin Luther King and the Indianapolis Zoo.

 

Additional websites: Arts Council of Indianapolis Database:

                                    1.   (L)  Linder Design

                                     2.  (P)  Vandra Pentecost