Born 1983 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Sánchez is a visual artist, curator and serves as Assistant Professor of Art at El Paso Community College based in El Paso, Texas. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Texas El Paso with a concentration in Painting and Printmaking in 2015, subsequently he received his M.F.A. in 2020 in Printmaking from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Sánchez is Founder | Director of Taller La Espina and of El Paso Print Pachanga.

Artist Statement

Marco Sánchez is a visual artists whose practice is primarily conducted via printmaking, he’s also versed at oil painting, drawing, wood working and mixed media. His studio investigations explore the complexities of familial, cultural and sociopolitical idiosyncrasies of daily life. His imagery ranges on documenting a myriad of emotions, people and events of quotidian life. This may range from the mundane, to the political to the softer and intimate parts of life. He tends to highlight people who are often marginalized and often overlooked figures of society in a dignifying manner and depicting their importance in our culture.