Author: martasanchezdallam

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Chicana painter Marta Sanchez is deeply inspired by traditional Mexican folk art expressions. Her works on paper are mostly linocuts and monotypes, which follow the social and cultural traditions of Mexican and Chicano/a Art. Her paintings are mainly on tin or industrial corrugated metal. The materials, scale, and issues connect to present day concerns.

Exhibitions, 2019

Summer 2019

-The Woodmere Annual: 78th Juried Exhibition Eileen Neff Juror, Philadelphia, PA,

https://issuu.com/woodmereartmuseum/docs/annual2019_catalogue_final/44      

                        Hopes and Memory, 

Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA 6/13/2019 to 8/15/2019, 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612

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Fall 2019

Train of Thoughts, Texas A&M University -Kingsville, Kingsville, TX (Solo) August 1-September 27, 2019, 916 W. Santa Gertrudis & Armstrong, Kingsville TX, 78363

Texas A&M University -Kingsville
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Tightwire, oil, enamel on corrugated metal, 2010

Art Auction for make A Wish, Cherry St. Pier, Philadelphia, 9/19/19
https://e.givesmart.com/events/d3Q/i/_All/85DM/?search=   artwork #172

Still life on Gowen Ave., acrylic on paper 2009

Unfolding the life of Blanca Estela, 10/15/19 -11/9/19 The Mercersburg Academy Burgin Center for the Arts, Mercersburg, PA (Solo)

10951 Buchanan Trail West Mercersburg, PA 17236 

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Voyages by Road and Sea: Philadelphia Perspectives on Walt Whitman and Herman Melville. The Free Library of Philadelphia, Fall 2019

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    Horizon*, serigraph, 11 1/2″x14 1/2″ Coronado Studio,

Reclaiming Gurney St.

HACE ‘s “Reclaiming Gurney Street “Project

I  created imagery as the outline of the trains drawn from memory. Using the suggestion of the trains as a linear sculpture to  reveal the background that shows the transformation of the urban area with plants and foliage in the future, but always the big sky around it.

The artwork is a metal sculptures in steel with a finish that reflects light when hit by sun. I have invited David Acosta to create poems with the community as a collaboration. The art pieces was installed along the fence installed by the Conrail line.  I made the work to honor those that live in the area by the trains and those that have passed away while living in the opioid encampment under the bridges and around the tracks of this area on Gurney St..  With the collaboration of David Acosta’s poetry workshops with the seniors and area youths we made art that memorializes those who passed away and offer strength to reclaim Gurney for a brighter  trail to the future.

Marta Sanchez

http://aldianews.com/articles/culture/social/new-vision-former-el-campamento-site/53859https://inliquid.org/member-news/marta-sanchez-beautifies-the-conrail-yard-gurney-st-philadelphia/
Return Love, part if the installation for “Reclaiming Gurney St.”

Casca-tren3

Cascarones, trains, philanthropy. Proceeds go to Cascarones Fund.
Cascatren 3 is a hybrid of my work for over 20 years. I wanted to combine the egg shape that I work on with art & philanthropy, and narrative of the trains in my life.

Summer/Fall 2017 events

Deep in the Vault of Texas: A Campus Collaboration, LBJ Presidential Library, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

https://www.texasmonthly.com/promotion/vaults-of-texas-exhibit/

https://news.utexas.edu/2017/04/04/ten-campus-museums-partner-for-display-at-lbj-library”

Fall 2017  

We the Immigrants, Washington Printmakers Gallery,  Washington D.C.  opening October 14th http://www.washingtonprintmakers.com/2017-10-exhibit-we-the-immigrants/

Diversity-Driven:1975-2017″, The Printed Image Galleries. Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, PA opening October 11th

Open Studio, October 8, 12-5 p.m. Northeast section

https://www.philaopenstudios.org/artist-profile/marta-sanchez

2015 -20      Pennsylvania Icons, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA http://statemuseumpa.org/exhibits/permanent-exhibits/