Sandra Cinto (Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, 1968) studied Fine Arts at the Faculdades Integradas Teresa D’Ávila, in Santo André. She received scholarships from the Cité internationale des arts, Paris (2000–2001) and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation (2005). She currently lives and works in São Paulo.
Since the early 1990s, Cinto has presented her work in museums and institutions around the world, including major solo exhibitions at Fondation Hermès, Tokyo (2020); Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2020); Dallas Museum of Art (2019–2020); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2017); USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida (2015); CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2014); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2010); MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, A Coruña (2007); Projeto Parede at MAM Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2003); and Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2003).
Among her projects and public commissions around the world, the most notable recent ones are Prelude to Dream & Melody for the Stars I and II, at Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo (2024); Let Freedom Ring, at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington D. C. (2023); The Wishes Boulevard, at Thailand Biennale 2021, Korat (2021); Open Seascape, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (2019); and One Day, After the Rain, at The Phillips Collection, Washington D. C. (2012–2013).
Her works are part of prominent collections, such as those of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais; and Fundación ARCO, Madrid.