Vanessa Ann Sanchez
Interests: Painting. Printmaking. Drawing. Digital Imagery. Creative Youth Development. Collaborations.
Education
BFA in Painting, University of Illinois at Chicago 2005
Yale Norfolk Summer Arts Program, Norfolk, CT 2005
Exhibitions
• Mujer Luchador/Warrior Woman, Las Artelitas, Chicago, IL 2016
• Hot Seven: The Chicago Brown, Leroy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL 2016
• Latino Art of the Midwest, U of Dayton, Ohio 2016
• Voces Mujeres, Dominguez Gallery, Chicago, IL 2015
• Pilsen Open Studios, Chicago, IL 2014
• Collage Show, Cobalt Studio, Chicago, IL 2012
• Laugh Now Cry Later, Cobalt Studio, Chicago IL 2011
• Pilsen Open Studios, Chicago, IL 2011
• Latin Electronic Music Festival Showcase, Chicago, IL 2008
• Emission Studios Group Show, Chicago, IL 2006
• Scapes (BFA Thesis Show,) Gallery 400, Chicago, IL 2005
• Yale Student Gallery, Norfolk, CT 2005 • Latino Fest, UIC, Chicago, IL 2005
Professional Experience
Director of Yollocalli Arts Reach, National Museum of Mexican Art 2005-Present
Board Member, Villapalooza Inc. 2014-Present
Mural Instructor, Castellanos Elementary 2015
Awards/Honors
“Art with an Impact,: Redeye Chicago 2014
“Super Chicas – Women across Chicago show their strength”,Extra Newspaper 2012
50 People Who Make Chicago Better”, Chicago Sun Times, 2008
Full Scholarship for Yale Norfolk Summer 2005
Professor John E. Walley Memorial Scholarship 2005
John Richardson Sr. Award for Painting 2004
Collaborative Projects
The Chicago ACT (Artists Creating Transformation) Collective
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Villapalooza, Little Village Music Festival
Affiliations
Chicago Youth Voices Network Co-Chair 2016-Present
Chicago Park District Burnham Arts Corridor Advisory Committee 2015
Ambassador for the Creative Youth Development Summit in Boston 2014
Chicago Hive Advisory Committee Member 2013
Professional Development
National Science Foundation Art of Science Learning Fellow, Chicago Division 2014
