RESIDENT ARTIST :: S. Hill-Sanchez
ARTIST STATEMENT
S. Hill-Sanchez
S. Hill-Sanchez’s current body of work confronts the numbing effects of image fetish and repetition. At times her work is comprised of images of historical events woven together to create patterns that rest on the edge of visibility, while in other works a single image is employed for use in serial form taking on the concept of patterning and repetition in a different sense. As the true images are camouflaged in plain sight, the viewer is invited to engage the work for its aesthetic value while being invited to ignore the content of the image. Hill-Sanchez’s works attempt to use perception to create tension between substance and superficiality.
BIOGRAPHY:
S. Hill-Sanchez graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. Hill-Sanchez then relocated to Chicago, Illinois to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2007, Hill-Sanchez received her Master of Fine Art degree with a major in Painting and Drawing. Throughout her academic career, Hill-Sanchez has had a variety of artistic experiences, which include teaching, internships, commissions and exhibitions.
Exhibitions include solo show Reflections, at Oxygen Bar (2005, San Francisco CA) and private showings for Board Members of the South side community Arts Center. Group exhibitions include Graduate Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007, Chicago IL), Personal Journeys at the Noyes Cultural Center (2007, Evanston, IL), New American Talent at the Art House, Jones Center (2006, Austin, TX), Women of the African Diaspora at Woman Made Gallery (2005, Chicago, IL) and Spring Show at the San Francisco Art Institute (2003, San Francisco, CA).
Hill-Sanchez has done curatorial projects such as Infinite Boundaries Limited Space at the Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco Art Institute, 2004, San Francisco CA), and has received awards including the Archibald Motley Scholarship (2006), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship (2006, 2004), and the San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship (2001, 2004).
Hill-Sanchez has been an artist in residence at the River East Art Center since fall 2007 where she is represented exclusively by REpose Gallery.
For information about Hill-Sanchez’s work, please call REpose Gallery:
312-321-1001, or e-mail reposegallery@rivereastartcenter.com