Rosario Sanchez

I draw my inspiration from ancient world motifs, tribal dance and music of Mindanao, images of 1800's Filipinas,images of actors & actresses in 1940's, TV ads in 1950's, music of Satie, Chopin, Mozart & Rachmaninoff especially the Prelude in C# Minor, the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Shakespeare's Sonnets.I love the spiral sign as it signifies for me that one never stops to learn.I also appreciate the contrast of things as in life one cannot appreciate the sweet if one doesn"t taste the bitter as I can see it in Brancusis's works ( the contrasts of textures). I love the works of Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Matisse, Motherwell, & Brancusi. I was born in Oct.1964. My mother taught me to read the Solfeggio at an early age of 5. Then taught me to play the piano.

Finished Zoology at The Royal & Pontifical University of Santo Tomas. Studied Arts at the same university. Saw an Ad at school looking for a Costume Jewelry Designer by a Radcliffe College Graduate owner based in Hongkong. Got the job & was commissioned to design for notable brands like Marshall Fields, Pier Imports & Esprit. Worked for 3 years then I apprenticed in Pottery for 16 months. Made Egyptian paste jewelries for shops in the islands of Boracay & El Nido. I searched for different libraries available in our country to hasten my learning. I found Goethe Institute where I met the works of Paul Klee and Max Ernst. I found Thomas Jefferson Library and saw works of O’Keefe and Wyeth. All my salaries went to artbooks.

1992 - 1st Solo Show Madrigal Art Center
1997 - Ceramic Show " Fire in Soul " - Galeria de las Islas
1998 - Group Show " KSK " GSIS
2000 - Group Show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
2003 - 2nd Solo Show at Avellana Art Gallery
2005 - 3rd Solo Show at Avellana Art Gallery
2007 - Two Man Show
2008 - Group Show at Art Verite Gallery
- Group Show at Avellana Art Gallery
2010 - Group Show at Tin Aw Gallery
2013 - 4th Solo Show Drawing Room Gallery
2016 - 5th Solo Show at Avellana Art Gallery
2019 - Commissioned works at Twin Lakes Hotel