Katrina Sánchez
B. Panamá 1995 | Lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina
Education
2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte, B.F.A. in Fibers, Minor in Art History, B.A., Spanish- Hispanic Studies
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2025
(Forthcoming), Abigail Ogilvy, Los Angeles (solo)
(Forthcoming) Interventions, Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte NC
2023
Mending Joy, Abigail Ogilvy, Boston MA (solo)
2022
Take Care, Lingua Franca, New York NY (solo)
Katrina Sánchez x Lingua Franca, Online exhibition, linguafranca.nyc (solo)
Woven: Art, Craft and Healing, Gallery CA, Baltimore MD (duo)
Welcome Passage, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair with Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles CA (duo)
2021
The Consistency of a Sunset, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA (duo)
Rooted, National Slavic Museum, Baltimore MD (duo)
Select Group Exhibitions
2025
(Forthcoming) Sovereign: Honoring Bodily Autonomy, McColl Center, Charlotte NC
(Forthcoming) Tbd, The Phoenix, Waterbury, Vermont
(2021-2025 Traveling Exhibition) A Beautiful Mess: Weavers And Knotters Of The Vanguard, Curated by Emilee Enders; Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL | University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL | Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL | Sarasota Art Museum at the Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL | Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL | Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
2024
Into Action 2024, Resolution Studios, Chicago IL
Summer Send Off, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
String Theory, Hodges Taylor x Jamila Brown, Charlotte NC
VOLTA Art Fair Basel, with Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Basel Switzerland
The Playlist, Miller Gallery x Hed Hi Studios, Charleston SC
Reshaping Abstraction, Concord Center for Visual Art, Concord MA (catalog)
Foundations Winter 24’, online fair curated by Artsy, exhibited by Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
2023
The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
Mini Masterpieces, Miller Gallery, Charleston SC
Here to Stay, El Arte del Inmigrante, Carillon Tower, Charlotte NC
And We’re Back!, Gallery 85, New York NY
Statement Pieces, Miller Gallery, Charleston SC
2022
Not in Repose, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Go Brooklyn Go Brooklyn, Brooklyn Collective Gallery, Charlotte NC
NC Weavers in conjunction with Diedrick Brackens: Art of Bulrushes, Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
U-Joints Knots and Knits, Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale, Helsinki, Finland
2022 MASS Art Auction, MassArt, Boston MA
FABULOUS FIBER, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2021
The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
Nutrient Rich, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
2x2, The Miller Gallery, Charleston SC
Labyrinth, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte NC
Hispanic Heritage, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte NC
Out of Place, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Reasons to Be Cheerful, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte NC
It Takes A Village, Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte NC
BIG BODY PLAY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Fine Arts Center in Greenville SC
Good Times, Art Hole Pop-up Gallery, Charlotte NC
2020
Nutrient Rich, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Opening Celebration, SOHA Contemporary, Haddon Township NJ
Modifyed, Gallery C3, Charlotte NC
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fems, Residente Culture, Charlotte NC
2019
June/July Residency Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Emanations, Rowe Gallery at UNCC, Charlotte NC
G1ANT, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC
2018
Pen and Ink, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC
The Art Outside, Max I. Jackson Gallery at Queens University of Charlotte NC
Soma, BLK MRKT Gallery, Charlotte NC
Growth, Gallery C3 at C3 Lab, Charlotte NC
Xóchitl, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC
Commissions, Public Art and Collections
2024
Gallery Commission for The Contemporaries Collectors Club, Series of 25 small works (6 x 6 in each), McColl Center, Charlotte NC
Corporate commission, Woven Mountains, Large Scale Weaving (10 x 23 ft) Artbox 2024, Kane Realty, Raleigh NC
Public Artwork, Filling the Void, Large scale outdoor fiber art installation (10 x 8 x 6.5 ft), Artville 2024 Art Festival, Nashville TN
Corporate Commission, La Montañera, Large scale weaving (4.5 x 7.5 ft), Stonewall Tower Development LLC, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte NC
Corporate Commission, Pride Friendship Bracelets, Large scale knitted bracelet installation (8 x 8 ft), Soccer FC Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Public Mural in collaboration with artist Hnin Nie, Soft Chaos, Mural (16 x 35 ft), Sunny Dayz Mural Festival, Ponca City OK
Corporate Commission, Raíces Valoradas, Ramas Empoderadas, Large scale weaving (7 x 2.5 ft), Moore and Van Allen Law, Charlotte NC
2023
Public Mural in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Color is Life, Mural (15 x 45 ft), Charlotte International Art Festival, Ballantyne NC
Corporate Commission, Friendship Bracelets, Large scale knitted bracelet installation (10 x 10 ft), MTV Entertainment Studios + Active Minds, National traveling installation debuted at the 2023 Video Music Awards - NYC
Public artwork, I Dream, Knitted yarn, foam and fiberglass form (5.5 x 3 x 3 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC
Corporate Commission, Seasons, Series of five large scale weavings, (5 x 1.5 ft each) Credit Karma, Charlotte NC
Corporate Commission, “Cascading Softly”, Three part Large Scale Weaving installation, (9.5 x 7 ft, 11.5 x 13 ft, 10 x 8 ft) Lowe’s Tech Hub, ArtPop Street Gallery and Gokotta, Charlotte NC
Corporate Commission, “Double Sided”, Large scale weaving (8 x 3.5 ft), DoubleTree, Asheville NC
2022
Commission, The Cultivist in partnership with Jimmy Choo & Harper’s BAZAAR, Woven Art installation (10 x 14 ft) & 100 star knot gifts for Miami Art Week VIP Cocktail Reception, Miami FL
Corporate Commission, Woven Cyber Spaces - Two Murals (15 x 14.5 ft, 10 x 15 ft), International Social Media Tech Firm, Gallatin TN
Corporate Commission, Patrimonio Generacional, Large scale Weaving (6 x 4.6 ft), Truist Bank, Charlotte NC
Commission, Take Care, Interactive Magnified Weaving (4.5 x 6 ft), Lingua Franca NY, New York NY
Corporate Commission, Remembering Us & Looking for the Carnaval, Large scale Weavings (3.5 x 5.5 ft, 4 x 6 ft) TIAA, Charlotte NC
Public Art, Spray Jam - Untitled, Mural (5 x 6 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC
Commissioned artwork, Woven Reflections, Knitted weaving, mirrors, fiberglass form (5.5 x 3 x 3 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC
Public artwork in collaboration with Caleb Roenigk, Movimientos Illuminados, Illuminated archway installation (10 x 10 x 6 ft), Rail Trail Lights, Charlotte NC
2021
Permanent Collection, Vuelve Primavera and Discovering Light, Knitted yarn and recycled fiber fill (47 x 22 in, 40 x 19" in), Fidelity Investments, Boston MA
Corporate Commission, Over then Under 1, Over then Under 2, Murals (10 x 16 ft, 20 x 6.5 ft), Ally Bank-TM Studios, Charlotte NC
Corporate Commission, Interwoven Community, Large scale weaving (6.5 x 4.5 ft) Marlette Funding, Wilmington DE
Public Art, Bugs Life, Gordon Street Mural Project in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Mural (10 x 14 ft) NoDa NBA, Charlotte NC
2020
Public Art, Balance, Mural in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Mural (28 x 50 ft) Talking Walls Mural Festival, Charlotte NC
Awards and Residencies
2022
Queen City Nerve - Best in the Nest ‘22, Awarded Best Fiber Artist, Charlotte NC
Artist Residency (March-August), The Village at Commonwealth, Charlotte NC
Art Pop Class of 2022, Annual Juried Public Art Program featuring artists through national and international public media and advertising spaces
2020
Artist Support Grant, NC Arts and Science Council
New York Festival Bowery Awards - Bronze Award
Bolt of Inspiration Award, Charlotte Is Creative, Charlotte NC
2019
Artist Residency (June/July), Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
2019 UNCC-Penland School of Craft Scholarship Grant, Bakersville NC
Press and Features
2023
“Women Artists Now”, curated list, Artsy
Casey Lesser, “Curator’s Picks: Emerging”, Artsy
Kate Abney, “State of the Art Katrina Sánchez”, Luxe Magazine
2022
Tara Gonzalez, “Art Basel Ends in 2 Days, but the Best Cocktail Party Already Happened”, Harper’s Bazaar
Emma Korynta, “Charlotte artist using woven, colorful 'noodles' to tell stories about renewal”, WCNC
Grant Alexander, “Finding Joy: For Katrina Sanchez Standfield, fiber art is family”, SouthPark Magazine
“A Graphic Designer’s Putting Her Colorful Stamp on a 100-Year-Old Cottage While Honoring Its History”, Apartment Therapy
Sarah Cascone, “In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022”, Artnet
Lorraine Heitzman, “Spring/Break 2022 Break Down”, Art and Cake LA
Rosy Acosta, “Tejiendo Colores: Kat Sánchez Standfield”, Vozes
2021
Maya Rubio, “Looking Back: Our Favorite Art Happenings of 2021”, Boston Art Review
Maya Rubio, “Bright Moments for Dull Times: Erin Loree and Katrina Sánchez, Boston Art Review
Charlotte Magazine, Holiday Gift Guide: 2021, Charlotte Magazine, December print issue
Dr. Louisa Penfold, “The Art of weaving: An interview with Katrina Sánchez Standfield” , Art Play Children Learning
Sara Barnes, “Oversized Weavings Create Playful, Large Scale Fiber Art Installations”, Brown Paper Bag
2020
Virginia Brown, “This Charlotte fiber artist’s large, colorful weavings promote joy and playfulness”, The Charlotte Observer
Jessica Swannie, “How Charlotte Artists Are Staying Creative During COVID-19”, Charlotte's Got A lot
“Noda Gets Yarn Bombed with Love” The Biscuit, Charlotte is Creative
Dalia Razo, “Bordados en La Sangre”, Hola News
2019
Grace Cote, “Artful”, The Charlotte Observer
Workshops
2024 Social Sculpture: Body knitting workshop, McColl Center, Charlotte NC
2023 Stitch and Bitch, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA
2022 Kids Art Play, Childrens workshop, The Village at Commonwealth, Charlotte NC
2022 Screen Printing Workshop, The Village at Commonwealth, Charlotte NC
2022 Punch Needle and Tufting Workshop, The Village at Commonwealth, Charlotte NC
2019 “Community Mini Piñata Celebration” Workshop at McColl Center, Charlotte NC
Publications
2021 Queen City Nerve Coloring Book
2020 Queen City Nerve Coloring Book