Katrina Sanchez
Born 1995, Panamá. Currently based in Charlotte, NC.
Katrina Sánchez’s practice explores themes of joy, connection, and healing. Through the careful knitting and stuffing of each “knitted noodle” — oversized and plush linear forms that are central to her work — the artist engages the soft materiality of textiles to explore the meaning and significance of comfort within an increasingly isolating world. By combining knit and woven patterns, she introduces vibrant color and rich textures into three dimensional space, to create environments that foster tenderness and joy, while playing with scale, to build a sensory effect of playful confrontation and power in her work.
Sánchez’s current practice evolved from experiences repairing personal objects through visible mending in her studio, as well as her background as a seamstress. Her work is also heavily influenced by the matriarchs of her family and the passing down of textile traditions. She holds a BFA in Fibers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a collective member of Goodyear Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent showings at the VOLTA Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, and String Theory at Hodges Taylor x Jamila Brown, Charlotte, NC. Sánchez has been commissioned by companies such as Lowe’s, Credit Karma, Truist, and Ally Bank. She is currently preparing for a solo activation at the Mint Museum in Charlotte and a solo exhibition at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Los Angeles.
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
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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) -
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
The Playlist, Miller Gallery x Hed Hi Studios, Charleston SC
Reshaping Abstraction, Concord Center for Visual Art, Concord MA (catalog)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 SC2022
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
FABULOUS FIBER, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA2021
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 NC2020
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 NC2019
June/July Residency Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
Emanations, Rowe Gallery at UNCC, Charlotte NC
G1ANT, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC2018
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 -
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
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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