Arturo Sanchez

Born in Caloocan City, Arturo T. Sanchez, Jr. is a contemporary Filipino artist currently living and practicing in Angono, Rizal. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree, he delved full time into art, having joined art competitions as a student and winning several. He was a MADE (Metrobank Art and Design Excellence) Semifinalist in the years 2000 and 2005-2008, and won the Grand Prize at the Art Petron oil/acrylic painting category in 2006. After being a Luzon Art Awards Finalist for Philippine Art Awards 2009, 2011 and 2013, he received an Award of Merit in 2012 and the Grand Prize in 2014. Due to his achievements, he was awarded the Sangguniang Bayan Award 2015 for excellence in art by the Municipality of Angono, Philippines. 

Sanchez has participated in numerous group exhibitions at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Manila and Art Fair Philippines, as well as galleries around Asia and Europe. He has mounted solo exhibitions featuring his paintings, mirror-integrated mixed media pieces, acrylic collages on resin and installations in Blanc Gallery and West Gallery in Manila, Nineveh Art Space in Laguna, Equator Art Projects and Taksu Gallery in Singapore. He is currently a member of the Angono Artists Association and Neo-Angono Artist Collective.