
Gabriel Sanchez recent paintings focus on Cuban current events, politics, and daily life as seen through the lens of portraiture. His work explores how proximity and union, ever-present aspects of Cuban society, inform notions of solitude and intimacy. Each painting captures a small scene of mundane events that occur daily on the island. In these snapshots the distractions of urban life are minimized and attention is brought to bear on a particular and present moment. Sanchez’s oil paintings are carefully rendered with classical technique. His use of realism produces “an authentic and inescapable illusion of existence” that brings the viewer into a closer relationship with his subject. The figures portrayed—his fiancée, family, friends, and acquaintances—serve as depictions of the warm yet stoic nature of Cuban culture that has changed little over time—a reminder to the world of what has been lost. Sanchez excels at creating scenes of togetherness and social unity.
Gabriel Sanchez is a Cuban-American artist. Born in 1993 in Miami, Florida, he received his Bachelors of Fine Arts at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Solo exhibitions include Mirando al mundo (2021) and Silencio (2022), both at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, and Remote Generation (2019) at Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Group exhibitions include Exit 26 (2022) at Monti 8, Latina, IT; Shattered Glass (2021) presented by Jeffrey Deitch during Art Basel Miami Beach; Stay with me (2020) at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Figures (2019), Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; as well as Tiny Visions, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles; Synchronicity, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Take Me Back to November, 1015 Pearl St, Boulder, CO; Where We Stand, Visual Arts Complex, Boulder, CO; Artmix, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO; Something that Means Something, Madelife, Boulder, CO; and Kings Exhibition, Visual Arts Complex, Boulder, CO. Sanchez splits his time between Colorado and Cuba. His work is in the collection of the Xioa Museum, Rizhao, China; Kaiser School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA; the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH, Beth Rudin Dewoody Collection, Palm Beach, FL; Bill and Cindy Gautreaux Collection, Kansas City, among other private collections.
Gabriel Sanchez
No one is perfect, 2023
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 in
Gabriel Sanchez
Together we are stronger, 2023
Oil on canvas
50 x 46 in
Gabriel Sanchez
Ivory tower, 2023
Oil on canvas
26 x 32 in
Gabriel Sanchez
Feliz Los Cuatro, 2021
Oil on canvas
46 x 60 in.
Gabriel Sanchez
Brayan y Ricky, 2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Mirando al Mundo (Looking at the World), 2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Statua de Libertad, 2021
Oil on canvas
50 x 32 in.
Gabriel Sanchez
Mambi, 2021
Oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Jaime, el Barbero, 2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Babalao Pastor, Yoruba Priest, 2020
Oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Domino, 2020
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 in.
Gabriel Sanchez
Felix, 2020
Oil on canvas
36 x 30 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Laura, 2020
Oil on canvas
18 x 21 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Abuelita Fifa, 2020
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Gabriel Sanchez
Laura y Suset, 2020
Oil on panel
18 x 24 inches