FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ

Fernándo Sanchez is an artist who studied at the Rufino
Tamayo Workshop; the Printmaking Workshop of Oaxaca; the National School of Plastic Arts campus UNAM Taxco ; and earned a BFA in Visual Arts from theUniversity of Guadalajara.

Sanchez has twice (2003 and 2010) been awarded The National Young Creators Grant from FONCA, as well as a State Council for Culture and the Arts Fellowship in 2007. He has also won a scholarship for production from the Pilar and Joan Miró
Foundation, Mallorca, Spain. Individually and collectively,
Sanchez has participated in 20 exhibitions outside of Mexico.

He is the founder of the Graphic Arts workshop La Raya and
member of the collective La Malagua . Sanchez recently
participated in the Biennial of the Americas in Denver, CO. He is currently living in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where he works on his most recent project Taller Pulpo Rojo.