Strandell’s works are a movable terrain between image, media and their myriad histories. She is represented in the collections of Hallmark Corporation, Sprint and H & R Block in Kansas City as well as at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, not to mention several museum collections. She has exhibited in national and international venues including the inaugural Art Paris Abu Dhabi Art Fair and has been reviewed in both the New Yorker and the Village Voice. The artist has taught at colleges throughout the Midwest and West. Strandell received her MA and MFA at the University of New Mexico.