ARTIST STATEMENT
My role as an artist is to depict the multiple emotional dimensions of the human mind. I am interested in exploring what is often rejected, forbidden and macabre; I see beauty in ugly, broken, and imperfect brush strokes that most people often overlook. I am constantly inspired by the natural cycles of life and death, the acceptance of transience and imperfection, and the beauty of chaos, decay, and grief.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Ana Sanchez was born in Havana, Cuba, and spent her childhood living in Colombia. After moving to Los Angeles, California in 2012, Ana explored different creative outlets until deciding to get her BFA at Laguna College of Art and Design. This multidisciplinary and diverse background has helped her combine different elements of literature and philosophy into her artistic work. She has exhibited her paintings in several galleries around Southern California and the East Coast.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2015-18 Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD), Laguna Beach, CA
Major: Fine Art, Drawing and Painting Minor: Art History
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Tiny Terrors 7 - Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
2023 Tiny Terrors 6 - Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
2022 Museum of Halloween Exhibition - Midsummer Night Scream Convention, Long Beach, CA
2022 Tiny Terrors 5 - Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
2021 Drawn to Paper - Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2021 The New Pre-Raphaelites - Illumination - Era Contemporary (Virtual), Philadelphia, PA
2021 Tiny Terrors IV - Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
2020 Hessian's Hollow - The Olde World Emporium, Santa Clarita, CA
2020 The New Pre-Raphaelites - Era Contemporary (Virtual), Philadelphia, PA
2020 Made in California 2020 - Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2020 8 1/2 x 11 - GWC Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2020 Frontier Justice - Black Sheep Gallery, Burbank, CA
2019 Dark Holy Days - Black Sheep Gallery, Burbank, CA
2019 Femella - GWC Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2019 Familiars - Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
2019 LCAD Fine Art Exhibition - LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2018 The Art of the Self – GWC Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2018 Naturescape – CAP Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2018 LCAD Student Exhibition – LCAD Gallery 805 – Laguna Beach, CA
2018 About the Author – 1888 Center, Orange, CA
2017 Juried Student Exhibition – LCAD Library, Laguna Beach, CA
2016 Small Works Show – LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2016 Juried Student Exhibition – LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Juried Exhibition – Laguna Beach City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Juried Student Exhibition – Forest and Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 Grapes for Grads Scholarship
2017 Plotkin Memorial Foundation Award Scholarship