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.