EVA MARENGO SANCHEZ

Born in 1990 on the south east side of san antonio, tx where she has now returned and works as a painter. in 2006 she joined the teen program bee nation at southwest school of art where she first fell in love with classic oil painting.  after earning her ba in human development and social relations from earlham college in richmond, in 2013, sanchez traveled to mexico city where she spent eight-months studying spanish, mesoamerican art and architecture, and art conservation. it was there that she began her obsession with food and in 2015 sanchez returned to san antonio and enrolled in drawing classes at san antonio college to develop her skills as a draftswoman.  in 2017 sanchez first showed work using the idea of the still life and food as a way of talk about cultural identity and since then has continued to explore those ideas and develop her technic.she has now exhibit her work at galleries throughout san antonio including s.m.a.r.t gallery, choice goods, fl!ght gallery, presa house gallery, as well as casa de la cultural in del rio, tx. and has recently completed murals at the san antonio international airport, north st. mary’s strip (2332 n st. mary’s) and blue star arts complex.

LIFE / DEATH

 My calavera is about how close life and death are to each other. Marigolds help guide the spirits of our loved ones back to Earth on Day of the Dead, but a flower in full bloom is also a symbol of life and a reminder of how fleeting it is.  The skull is a symbol of death and in this piece, the form of the skull is “filled” with marigolds. The idea being that life is inside of death and a reminder of how close death is from vibrant life.