Eva Marengo Sanchez

Eva Marengo Sanchez’s still-life paintings highlight the relationships among food, identity, geography, and culture. She elevates the commonplace and creates new iconic symbols of her bi-cultural, Tex-Mex experience. “Each of my paintings represent snapshots into moments and recurring themes in my life that tell a larger story about geography and culture.” According to art writer Brian P. Kelly, “Sanchez’s still-life work is charged with narrative and personality yet devoid of people.”

At an early age, Sanchez took classes at the Southwest School of Art, where she first developed a passion for classical oil painting. In 2013, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Social Relations from Earlham College in Indiana. Immediately afterward, Sanchez traveled to Mexico City, where she spent eight months studying Spanish, Mesoamerican Art, and Art Conservation. In 2015, Sanchez returned to San Antonio where she honed her skills as an oil painter. In 2017 Sanchez began exhibiting her work with shows proceeding across Texas, Mexico, California and New York City. 

Recent exhibitions include the McNay Art Museum, where her work was acquired for the permanent collection, Centro de Artes, the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art in Riverside, California, and the Museo de Arte in Querétaro, Mexico. Sanchez has completed multiple public art murals in her hometown, including installations at the San Antonio International Airport, Market Square, and the Blue Star Arts Complex. She is represented by Ruiz Healy Art.