Elohim Sanchez

Artist Statement:

I began painting in 2004, just before I embarked in the Film Studies program at the University of Montreal. Although guided by plain curiosity in the beginning, painting quickly became an intriguing new field of artistic possibilities. I usually have more ideas than I can realistically bring to execution, but I try to be disciplined and paint on a daily basis.

My work as a painter is rooted in sculpture and design. Painting is for me no different from modeling and building objects in the physical world. I make extensive use of different colors, textures and geometry to give shapes a certain intention, direction, energy or personality, and I delight in the conflicts, contrasts and surprises that arise from the many parts of the painting, as if each shape strove to define itself and to find the perfect way to exist in relationship with the the other shapes and with the rest of the painting.

Education:

Bachelors of Art in Cinema, University of Montreal, 2004-2007.?

Exhibitions:

Jeffrey Meier Gallery, Spring group exhibition, New Jersey, 2015.
Arts Cafe Gallery, group exhibition, Montreal, 2014.
Massiv Art, Chromatic group exhibition, SAT, Montreal, 2011.
Massiv Art, “En couleurs” group exhibition, Montreal, 2010.
Group exhibition at the Sustainable Business Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, 2009.
Group exhibition: Massiv Art, Eastern Block, Montreal, 2009.
Silent auction: Image of the invisible, on behalf of Montrea’s Children’s Hospital, Montreal, 2009.
Le Chat des Artistes, Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Montreal, 2008.
Galerie Zone Orange, Oil Paintings, Montreal, 2008-2009.
Solo exhibition: Photographs of Montreal and Mexico. Café Rico, Oct/2008.
In-Extenso, oil paintings, solo exhibition, Montreal. March 2008.
Solo exhibition: Oil paintings. Aux Vivres, Montreal, September 2007.

Tags:

color, geometric, abstract, painting, contemporary