The Art of Marta Sanchez
Retablo for Uvalde 
La virgin & the train yards, oil, enamel, metal, 4’x5′ Collection of the National Museum of Mexican Art 
Spirit of Los Braceros, oil on canvas 2023 
23 Trolley 
Retablo for all suffering from COVID 
Say their Name enamel on tin,9″x5″ 2020 
Detainmented1 
Detaiment2 
One Solution, Revolution, 16″x17″ oil and enamel on tin, 2020 
Retablor for my mother’s 90th’s birthday we went to the coast of Texas, where we sat by the waves, walked on the edge and fed seagulls. 
Unfolding the life of Blanca Estella installation 2015 
Marta Sanchez Artwork Documentation in Philadelphia, PA.(Gustavo Garcia via Colibri Workshop) 
Acrobat, oil and enamel on corrugated metal ,2018 
Return Love, part if the installation for “Reclaiming Gurney St.” 
Sacred Armor 
Cascarones Por La Vida
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Exciting news to share! Cheech Marin recently purchased my painting Retablo for Uvalde, a piece that took me a year to complete. It was created as a tribute to the 21 lives lost due to gun violence, and the emotions and grief that come with it. I am grateful that this painting will now be…
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Please join us at the Ruiz-Healy Art reception September 28th from 6-8 PM the exhibition. This exhibition is from the 28th to the 30th of October and is in conjunction with the New York Print Fair . https://www.fineartprintfair.org
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I had the pleasure of participating in this poignant exhibition at MexicArte Museum in Austin Texas. The exhibition covers artists that worked in the Chicano/a movement from the 60’s-80’s in Austin, Texas. I was an undergrad art student attending the University of Texas at Austin in the 80’s and participated in many group exhibitions with…
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I want to thank The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy for this wonderful support. The grant will cover expenses in art making, and studio repairs. This summer a tree limb fell and damaged my studio chimney.
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Thanks to Christina Castro-Tauser, coordinator Expansions Contemporary Dance Ensemble for inviting me to collaborate with her on this project Art Along the 23, this summer. This project was sponsored by the Knight Foundation and offered Christina the opportunity to create a multidiscipline events about one of Philadelphia’s well known bus routes. The Septa 23, which…
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So much has happened in the past year isolation. I taught online while making a public art piece for HACE’s Casa Indiana. In my studio I dove into painting using as much as my old supplies as possible to describe the world around me. I cleaned house in the event that I may move to…
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Special thanks and congratulations to Cheech Marin on the opening of the Cheech Marin Arts and Culture Center @ the Riverside Museum. The opening brought me and all who are in the collection much pride and validation. Yes we have made great strides! The Chicano/a Movement in the arts that has been ignored by major…
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When it rains it pours they say, I am not one to normally be blessed to have the opportunity to participate in many exhibition at one time. It has been great to see what others have been doing in our the two years of solitude. Thank you all who invited, and included me in the…
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I hope you can join me at one of these events this spring. February 22,2020 “Founder’s Favorites” Printed Image Gallery at Brandywine The exhibit opens Saturday, February 22nd from 6:30-9:30 PM with music refreshments and a preview of the new documentary on John E. Dowell, Jr.’s recent photography exploring cotton and its relationship to slavery and African American…
