Miguel Ángel Martín Sánchez

Contemporary Spanish sculptor, born on the Canarian Island La Palma (1959).

As a sculptor he focuses on a critical review of Spanish sacred art. After exhibiting in Canarian institutions such as Círculo de Bellas Artes ("O vos omnes qvi transitis per viam", 1989), CajaCanarias ("Divino Maniquí", 1991), Municipal Museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ("Kyrie Eleison") and CICCA de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ("El fracaso de Adán” [The Failure of Adam], 2002), his interest in locating his sculptures in places that might suggest an enriching dialogue from the iconographic point of view leads him to exhibit them in places as diverse as the Collection Museum of reproductions of ancient art at the Free University of Berlin, where his exhibition "Timete Deum" confronts the Greek models of Christian iconography; at the Siegburg Municipal Museum, specializing in medieval sacred art, his exhibition "Kyrie Eleison" (2003) is exhibited at the foot of Mount St. Michael, and at the Lübeck Cathedral, a former Catholic cathedral, now Protestant, the exhibition "Skulpturen im Dom”, composed of sculptures of counter-reformist roots, acquires special significance. Finally there is “EENS” (2005) in the Casa de las Conchas in Salamanca (in front of the Cl...

He studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and finished his studies at the Escuela San Fernando, Madrid. He graduated from the Complutense University and received his doctorate from the University of La Laguna. He taught sculpture classes since 1983 and was Professor of the Área de Conocimiento de Escultura [Sculpture Knowledge Area] from 1989 to 2020.

II. COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS WITH CATALOGUE:

(1994):
«41 Professors of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of La Laguna», La Recova Art Center. Organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts with the sponsorship of the Tenerife Island Council and the collaboration of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, May 20 - June 24, 1994. Catalogue edited by the Tenerife Island Council. Participates with the work “Mujer sin historia” [Woman without history], terracotta, wood and fabrics (1989) [Legal deposit: TF. 1.183-1994].

(1995):
«Angels and Archangels. Five centuries of Art on La Palma», Massieu Van Dalle House, Los Llanos de Aridane, March 10 - April 8, 1995. Catalogue edited by the Cabildo Insular de La Palma. Projects, texts and selection of work: Jesús Pérez Morera. Production and organization Mª. Victoria Hernández Pérez and Mariano Cáceres Pérez. Mounting: Fátima Sicilia Bethencourt. Participates with the work “Arcángel San Miguel”, polychrome terracotta (1989) [Legal deposit: 7897-95].

(2001):
«Transits. CajaCanarias Works of Art 1990-2000», Exhibition Hall - CajaCanarias Cultural Center, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, April, 2001. Photo of the selected work: “Magdalena” (1991), short bibliographic review s/...