Juan Sánchez
New York, USA, 1955
Biography Details
Graphic artist, painter, assemblage artist. Sánchez earned a BFA at the Cooper Union in New York and a master’s degree at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, in New Jersey. He joined a group of Puerto Rican artists at the Boricua Workshop in New York and the photography workshop En Foco. In New York, where he lives and works, he has became a prominent community leader as well as a member of Puerto Rican nationalist movements such as the Comité Pro Libertad de los Nacionalistas, with which he worked as a poster designer and lecturer. His paintings are statements on the social, political, and cultural issues of his Puerto Rican heritage. Sánchez deals with the condition and identity of Puerto Ricans, religious syncretism, racial and gender discrimination, and particularly the struggle for Puerto Rico’s independence. Sanchez’ constructions combine photography, collage, drawing, and writing.
Artist Statement
"To search for racial, cultural, social, and political definitions rooted in and arising from a hostile environment is a necessity in my creative process. To dig deep into the history of the Colonized and the Colonizers, and to take back what is rightfully ours, is part of the process..."
Juan Sánchez
Formation
Education
1980
- Master of Fine Arts. The Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
1977
- Bachelor of Fine Arts. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, United States
Professional Experience
1998
- Curator. Puerto Rican Equation: Puerto Rican Artists Ponder 100 Years since the 1898 Invasion, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
1992
- Curator. Remerica! Amerika: 1492-1992, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2009
- Juan Sánchez: New Media Projections, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
2006
- The Masters Invitational: Juan Sánchez, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, United States
2005
- Juan Sánchez: Mixed Medium Prints, Inkblotz Studio and Gallery, Geneva, New York, United States
2003
- Rican/Structions: A Selection of Works by Juan Sánchez, Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey, United States
2001
- Convicciones grabadas, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Cries and Whispers: New Works by Juan Sánchez, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Paintings, Prints, Poetry, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
- Publication of a New Print Edition: Juan Sánchez, Dieu Donne Papermill and the Lower East Side Printshop, New York, United States
1999
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: Paintings of the 90’s, Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, New York, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: a Selection of Work from the 1990’s, The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: The Flag Series, Intar 53 Latin American Gallery, New York, United States
1998
- 1898: Rican/Struction, Multilayered Impressions, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Printed Convictions/Convicciones Grabadas, Jersey City Museum, Nueva Jersey; El Museo del Barrio, New York, Des Lee Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California; Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, New Jersey; University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
1997
- Juan Sánchez: The Disenchanted Island, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1996
- Rican/Structions: Images, Words, Symbols, Hearts, Blood Stains, the Holy Spirit and other details, Teatro Galería Manny Maldonado, Música Against Drugs, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, United States
1995
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: New Paintings, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: Paintings and Prints, Wall Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Works on Paper, Brandywine Workshop Printed Image Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Rican/Structions: Puerto Rican Prisoners of War, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas; Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Museum of Puerto Rican History and Culture, Chicago, Illinois, United States
1994
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structions: Paintings, Nuyorican Poets Café, New York, United States
1993
- Year of the Print: The Juan Sánchez Portfolio, Loyola Hall Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
- New Paintings by Juan Sánchez, Carla Stellweg Latin American and Contemporary Art, New York, United States
- Rican/Structions: Hidden Fragments, Gallery 1199, Bread and Roses Cultural Project, New York, United States
- Rican/Structions: Mixed Statements, The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
1992
- Juan Sánchez: Encuentro y Resistencia, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan; Casa de la Masacre, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1991
- Rican/Structed Realities: Confronted Evidence: New Paintings and Prints by Juan Sánchez, University Art Museum, Binghamton, New York, United States
1990
- Juan Sánchez: 30 Monotype Prints, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, United States
- Un Sueño Libre: An Aesthetic of Liberation and Struggle, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1989
- Juan Sánchez: Paintings and Prints, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, United States
- Juan Sánchez: Rican/Structed Convictions, Exit Art, Nueva York; CU Art Museum,
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1987
- Guariquen: Images and Words Rican/Structed, Exit Art, New York, United States
1985
- ANKI: An Indigenous Word of the Taino Indian of Puerto Rico Meaning Enemy, John Jay College, New York; Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1980
- Lucha, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
1979
- Mi Gente, The Fourth Street Photo Gallery, New York, United States
- Mi Mundo, East Harlem Cultural Center, New York; Amherst College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Solo Shows
2007
- Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
- Bronx Bound, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, United States
- Dieu Donne Papermill: The First 30 Years, C.G. Boerner, New York, United States
- Envisioning the World: Works from En Foco’s Print Collection Program, John Jay Art Gallery, John Jay College, New York, United States
- Island of the Burén: The Taino and their Predecessors in Puerto Rico, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Making an Impression: Tamarind Institute Celebrates its 45th Year, Addison Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- No Country is an Island: Figures of Freedom in Recent Caribbean (American) Art, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States
2005
- Artists Interrogate: Race and Identity, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Entre Amigos: Un Dialogo Visual, Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, United States
- My Island, My Home: Five Long Island Artists from the Hispanic Caribbean, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, New York, United States
- Trans/Migraciones: La Gráfica como Práctica Artística Contemporánea, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
- The Collection of Prints from El Taller Puertorriqueño, Taller Boricua, New York, United States
- Collective Memories: Personal Cartographies, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, United States
- Collective Memories: Printmakers from the Caribbean, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, United States
- Cut, Bite, Stroke: Techniques in Printmaking, Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, United States
- Evolving Identities: Figurative Work from the 19th Century to Now, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, United States
- Glasgow School of Art/Hunter College Art Department: Works on Paper by Painting
- Faculty, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery of Hunter College, New York, United States
- Hunter Faculty Photography Exhibition, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery of Hunter College, New York, United States
- Impresionante! Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists, International Print Center of New York, New York, United States
- Momentum: The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, The Elisabeth Foundation for
- the Arts Studio Center, New York, United States
- MoMA at el Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- New Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- A Premier in the Bronx Art Exhibit: Juan Sánchez and Julio Váldez, Premier Plus, Bronx, New York, United States
- Seda Aguatinta: Gráfica Pictórica, Galería de Arte, Edificio Chardón, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez; Galería Edificio de Arte, San Germán, Puerto Rico; Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, United States
- Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
2003
- Alma Portfolio: A Celebration of Taller Boricua, Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, United States
- Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- On Being Human, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donne Papermill, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Take Out: Dieu Donne Papermill’s Benefit, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, United States
2002
- II Bienal Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
- Contemporary American Paper Artist: An Invitational Exhibition, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, International Print Center, New York, United States
2001
- New Prints 2001, International Print Center, New York, United States
- Paintings, Prints and Poetry, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
- Personal Histories: Radcliffe Bailey, Juan Sánchez, Renee Stout, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Print National 2001, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Taller Boricua 30th Anniversary, Alma Portfolio Exhibition, Taller Boricua Gallery, Puerto Rican Workshop, Inc., Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, New York, United States
- Voices from Our Communities: Perspectives on a Decade of Collecting at El Museo del Barrio, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
2000
- AméricaFOTOLatina: La Fotografía en el Arte Contemporáneo, Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
- The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture, 1982-2000, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Hunter College Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, United States
- Images of Pedro Albizu Campos, Galería Taller Boricua, New York, United States
- Island Press: Innovation at Washington University, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Paper Trail, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
1999
- The 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia
- Artists for Mumia 911, Martinez Gallery, New York, United States
- The Arts for Transit Poster Program, Bank Street College Space, New York, United States
- Contemporary Collaborations: The Artist and Master Printer, Whitman College, Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
- Contemporary Narratives in American Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- Familiarity, The Bronx River Center and Gallery, Bronx, New York, United States
- Fusion: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Galería del Centro Colomo Americano, Medellín, Colombia
- Puerto Rico Se Une: Libertad para los Nuestros, Museo de Las Américas, San Juan,
- Puerto Rico
- A Tribute to En Foco: 25 Years of Making History, El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Bronx Museum, New York, United States
1998
- XII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y el Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 100 en la sien: 10 artistas ante el 98, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Album: 30 Years at the Lower East Side Printshop, West Chelsea Arts Building, New York, United States
- Amer-Rican Borders, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Boricua: El Barrio Meets Brooklyn, Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn Center for Urban Environment, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Contemporary Latino Voices, McDonough Museum of Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, United States
- Histories (Re)membered: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York, United States
- Latin American Artists at the End of the Century, Queens Theater in the Park Gallery, Flushing, New York, United States
- New Works/New Visions, Julia de Burgos Latin American Cultural Center, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, United States
- El Papel del Papel/The Role of Paper, Programa de Artes Plásticas, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas; El Taller Boricua, New York, United States
- Pintores en Grabado, Museos del Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
- Three Caribbean Artists, James Howe Fine Arts Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, United States
- Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
1997
- American Visions: Latino Photographers in the United States, The Smithsonian Institute, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington DC, United States
- Crossing Over/Changing Places, Gallery 16/The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States
- Exposición Gráfica, Taller de Artes Plásticas Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico
- The Museum’s Collections: Past Directions/New Visions, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
- The Other New York: Bridges from Brooklyn, The Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center, Washington DC, United States
- Shaded Voices, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, United States
- Talk Back: The Community Responds to the Permanent Collection, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
1996
- 15 Degrees from Rutgers: Charting New Directions in Contemporary Art, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Bronx Spaces, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- Design on the Street: Mixed Messages in Public Space, AIGA Gallery, New York, United States
- The Finalists: Proposals for Myrtle Avenue, Beyer Blinder Belle, Arts for Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, United States
- Legacy/Legado: A Latino Bicentenial Reflection, The Old State House, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Mixed Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture, The Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, United States
- El Olimpo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- The Power of Prints: New Formats by Bronx Print Makers, Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture, Bronx, New York, United States
- The Printmaking Workshop Archives, CRT’s Craftery Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Think Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-95, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
1995
- Albizu Vive/Albizu Lives, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, Nueva Jersey, United States
- Art of Eviction, ABC No Rio, New York, United States
- La Caja de Pandora, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Dada at Bullet, Bullet Space, New York, United States
- In Transit, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
- Island Journey : An Exhibition of Puerto Rican Photography : September 18 through December 15, 1995, Hostos Art Gallery, New York, United States
- Jazz y Son, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, United States
- Justice/In Justice: Art Against Death, The Puffin Foundation, New York, United States
- Master Printer Robert Blackburn Exhibition, CRT’s Craftery Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Premio Marco II, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Printed at the Lower East Side Printshop, La Mama Gallery, New York, United States
- Reaffirming Spirituality, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Six Latin American Artists, Westminster Gallery, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
- Strategies of Narration, 5th International Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
- Trapped Sprits, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
1994
- 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Reclaiming History, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Angel Art, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Areyto for Life, Whitehall, New York, United States
- Disappearances, Time and Space, Sardinia, Italy
- Engaged Vision, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, United States
- Inquisitive Art: Three Contemporary American Artists of Latino Heritage, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, United States
- Labor System, Printed Matter, New York, United States
- Narratives: Language, Text, Imagery, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- New Acquisitions for the Permanent Museum Collection, The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, New York, United States
- New Works, Carla Stellweg, New York, United States
- Ponder These Things: Ten Latino Artists, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, United States
- El Puerto Rican Embassy, Kenkelaba Gallery, New York, United States
- Recent Acquisitions: 1990-1993, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, United States
- Recent Print Acquisitions, The Museum of Modern, New York, United States
- Ten, Printmaking Workshop Gallery, New York, United States
1993
- Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- Angry Graphic, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, United States
- Aquí Afuera: Latin American Works on Paper, Cavin-Morris, Inc., New York, United States
- Artists at Hunter : Photographers : Joseph J. Lawton, Ozier Muhammad, Juan Sánchez, Hope Herman Wurmfeld, Hunter College, New York, United States
- Caminos Revelatorios: Corridors of Understanding, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Carnaval, La Galería Normandie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Fiesta for Life (Latin American Artists Fight AIDS Auction), Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, United States
- First World Fever, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Hunter College MFA Faculty Artists, 1981-1993, The Hunter College Galleries, New York, United States
- In Transit, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
- The Kindred Spirit, 843 Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
- The Printmaking Workshop: Bob Blackburn’s Collection, Cleveland Institute of the Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Quincentenary: Recollections/Resistance/Reconstructions, Hillwood Art Musuem, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, United States
- Recent Acquisitions in the Siskind Center, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Reconquista: Reclaiming the Tainos, Longwood Arts Project at PS 39, Bronx New York, United States
- A Social History Show, Bronx-River Art Center and Gallery, Bronx, New York, United States
- The Street, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Traces of Memory, Carla Stellweg, New York, United States
- Wake Up, Radix Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Word!, Jamaica Arts Center, New York, United States
1992
- 3 Hispanic-American Masters: Dario Suro, Roberto Estopiñan, Juan Sánchez, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey; Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey, United States
- Artists of Conscience: 16 Years of Social and Political Commentary, The Alternative Museum, New York, United States
- Bounty, Identity, Love and Death, Latino Cultural Center, Rugters, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- El Caribe: The First Invasion, Contemporary Artists of Cuba and Puerto Rico, Galería de la Raza/Studio 24, San Francisco, California, United States
- Dos Mundos/The Impact of Two Worlds, Art Space, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Dream Spaces: Artists and Architects, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Five Centuries After the Collision: Five Contemporary Artists, Brooklyn College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- The Fourth R: Art and the Needs of Children and Youth, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, United States
- The Gathering Storm, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Good Work: Fine Art by Recent Alumni, The Cooper Union, New York, United States
- Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States; Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville, Spain; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
- Lower East Side Printshop Retrospective, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, Maryland, United States
- Malcolm X: The Portrait of a Legacy, Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, New York, United States
- Revealing the Self: Portraits by Twelve Artists, Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York, United States
- Remnant Memory: Fragments, Fossils, Trophies, Plaques, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Slow Art: Painting in New York Now, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island, New York, United States
- Uncommon Ground: Twenty-three Latin American Artists, College of New Paltz Art Gallery, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York, United States
1991
- III Bienal en pintura de Cuenca, Casa de Cultura Ecuatoriana, Cuenca, Ecuador
- Artists on the Homefront, Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York, United States
- Children in Crisis, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, United States
- Crossing Over/Changing Places, The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Five Artists from the Decades Show, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Freedom Views 1991, Euphart Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, United States
- Gender and Representation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- Housing and the New World Order, 25 St. Marks Place, New York, United States
- The Hybrid State Exhibition, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Images of Labor: the 90’s, Gallery 1199, , New York, United States
- In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting, The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Inner City – Outer Limits, Kenkeleba House, New York, United States
- Lower East Side Print Shop, Gallery 1199, New York, United States
- Mito y magia en América: Los Ochenta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Political and Social Issues in Developing Countries, Hartwick College, Foreman Gallery, Oneonta, New York, United States
- Printed in America, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Prints by Artists of Diverse Cultural and Ethnic Backgrounds, Gallery 1199, New York, United States
- Recent Acquisitions for its Permanent Collections, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Selections: Lower East Side Printshop, Center for Book Arts, New York, United States
- We the People: Book and Street Project, Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- World Disorder, The Cultural Space, New York, United States
1990
- A.B.C. No Rio Show: 10 Years/7 Days, Kunstler Haus, Hamburg, Germany
- Affirmative Actions : Recognizing a Cross-Cultural Practice in Contemporary Art : Luis Cruz Azaceta, Alfredo Jaar, Lucy Lippard, Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Juan Sánchez, Pat Ward Williams, The Betty Rymer Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Art for Puerto Rican Equality, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, United States
- Artist as a Political Sensor, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island, New York, United States
- Broken Rifles, The Cooper Union, New York, United States
- Caribbena 1990, Fundación del Sol, Washington DC, United States
- The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art,; New Museum of Contemporary Art; Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, United States
- The Dream Continues, The Arthur A. Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, United States
- Imágenes y Palabras: Art About AIDS, San Juan Bautista Mission; Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, Henry Street Settlement,New York, United States
- Impressions: Our World, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Inter-Grafik 90, Germany
- International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
- Legacies, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, United States
- Mayday M’aidez, The Tallahassee Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Prints from the Printmaking Workshop, Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
- Re-Writing History, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge, England
- Selections: Lower East Side Printshop, Center for Book Arts, New York, United States
- Your House is Mine, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Alemania; Bullet Space; Lower East Side People’s Credit Union, New York, United States
1989
- Art Against Apartheid, Westbeth Gallery, New York, United States
- Contemporaries: Juxtaposing Perceptions, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, United States
- Día de los Muertos II: Los Angelitos, Alternative Museum, New York, United States
- A Different War: Vietnam in Art, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, United States
- Golden Opportunity: Auction for El Salvador Health Clinic, Leo Castelli, New York, United States
- Group Show, Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, United States
- If You Lived Here…, Dia Art Foundation, New York, United States
- Impressions: Our World, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Flushing, New York, United States
- Loaded, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Myths Plus Glyphs, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York, United States
- Urban Images, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Visions of Revolutions, Castillo Cultural Center, New York, United States
- Whose War?: Vietnam and Central America, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York, United States
1988
- Acts of Faith: Politics and the Spirit, Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Atrium Gallery, Storrs, Connecticut; Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Affinities: Idioms/Aesthetic/Intents, Jamaica Queens Arts Center, Queens, New York, United States
- All the News That’s Fit for Prints, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio; The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, United States
- Art from the African: Survival, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Artists from the Printmaking Workshop, John Jay University, New York, United States
- Committed to Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Peace Museum, Chicago, Illinois; New York State Museum, Albany, New York, United States; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Cultural Currents, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States
- Huellas: Avanzada Estética por la Liberacíon Nacional, La Galería en Bohio, New York, United States
- The Social Club, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Three New York Artists, State University of New York, Old Westbury, New York, United States
- Unity: A Collaborative Process, Goddard Riverside Community Center, New York, United States
- Unknown Secrets: Art and the Rosenberg Era, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, New York; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts; Olin Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Installation Gallery, San Diego, California; Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, Illinois; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado; East Carolina State University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States
1987
- The 13th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa ’87, Kanagawa, Japan
- American JuJu, The Works Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Concrete Crisis: Urban Images of the 80’s, Exit Art, New York, United States
- Contemporáneos, La Galería en el Bohio, New York, United States
- Ethnocentric Histories of Art: The Present and the Future, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York, United States
- Home, Goddard Riverside Community Center, New York, United States
- Images of Latin American Culture, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina State University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States
- Neo Figuration: Trends, Park Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Painting: Between Past and Present, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States, Washington DC, United States
1986
- A Decade of En Foco, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, Nueva York; El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Artists Support Black Liberation, La Galería en el Bohio, New York, United States
- En Camino a Cuba, El Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Caribbean Art/African Currents, The Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, United States
- The Fairy Tale: Politics, Desire and Everyday Life, Artist Space, New York, United States
- La Gran Pasíon, organized by En Foco, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, United States
- History: High Story, Minor Injury, New York, United States
- Image Wars: An Exhibition of Oppositional Art, The Center for Idea Art, Denver, Colorado, United States
- The Law and Order Show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, United States
- Liberty: A Different Perspective (An Irreverent View), Gallery 69, New York, United States
- The Logical Liberation, Fashion Moda, New York, United States
- New Art, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, United States
- Obsessions: A Multi-Media Group Show, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island, United States
- La Segunda Bienal de la Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
- War/Peace on Earth, PACA Gallery, New York, United States
1985
- Dimensions in Dissent, Kankeleba House Gallery, New York, United States
- Freedom Within, Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States
- The Friendship of Young Generations Can Bring Peace Among Nations, United States Preparatory Committee for the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow, Russia
- Mira!: The Second Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour, El Museo del Barrio, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California, United States
- Not Just Another Pretty Picture, P.S. 122, New York, United States
- La tradición continua, The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour 1985, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Whitney Biennial: Group Material/Americana, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- Surplus: Today’s Art in an Overpopulated City, Exit Art, New York, United States
1984
- American Artists in Solidarity, Managua, Nicaragua
- Art Against Apartheid, The Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center of the Henry Street Settlement, New York; Pennsylvania State University, Fogelsville, Pennsylvania; District Council 37,New York, United States
- Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America, Judson Church, New York, United States
- Call and Response: Art on Central America, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, United States
- The Caribbean Influence, The Rotunda Gallery, New York, United States
- Disarming Images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament, The Contemporary Arts Center,Cincinnati, Ohio; University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; New York State Museum, Albany, New York; University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, California; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York; Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada; Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California; Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
1983
- Contemporary Latin American Art, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, The Henry Street Settlement, New York; The Pyramid Gallery, Rochester, New York; Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery at SUNY, Fredonia, New York, United States
- Events: La Gran Pasión, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
- Evidence: Twelve Photographers, Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, The Henry Street Settlement, New York, United States
- Images and Identities: Art and Artists of Puerto Rican Heritage, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Latino New York: Five Painters, Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center, New York; Gallery 1199, Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Octopus, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Otra Exhibición de Pan y Rosas, Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Center, New York, United States
- Peace on Earth: Pastorals and Politics, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
- People of Color, William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, United States
- Photography: New Approaches, Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York, United States
- Portraits: On a Human Scale, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- Puerto Rico: Latino América, Rincón Taino Nueva York; Monogram Gallery,New York, United States
- Roots, Galería Ollantay, New York, United States
- Subculture, Group Material (installation/exhibition in city subways, cars and buses), Nueva York; Boston, United States
- Traditions and Modern Configurations, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Transfers: Uptown/Downtown, Moriviví Gallery, New York, United States
- Textos Infernos, Galería Venezuela, New York, United States
1982
- Art from Henry Street, City Gallery, New York, United States
- Beyond Aesthetics: Art of Necessity by Artists of Conscience, Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York; Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- The Four Directions, American Indian Community House, New York, United States
- The Island: Paintings by Juan Sánchez and Manuel Macarualla, Intar Latin American Gallery, New York, United States
- Luchar: An Exhibition for the People of Central America, Taller Latino Americano, New York, United States
- Photo Starts, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, United States
- Primera Muestra de Fotografía Puertorriqueña Contemporánea, Consejo Puertorriqueño de Fotografía, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce; Casa Aboy, San Juan; Plaza las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Rituals and Rhythms: Visual Voices for Survival, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York, United States
- Rutgers University MFA Show, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Talk to Me: Words in Art, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
- Todos Uno, Equitable Gallery, New York, United States
- Vices and Virtues, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York, United States
- Visual Politics, The Alternative Museum, New York, United States
1981
- Enthusiasm, Group Material, New York, United States
- Events: Artists Invite Artists, The New Museum of American Art, New York, United States
- Hispanic Artists of New York, City Gallery, New York; The Equitable Gallery, New York; Walters Hall of Douglas College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- The M5 Show, Art exhibited in New York City public buses, New York, United States
- Photography: Products of the Seventies, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, United States
- The Prison Show: Realities and Representations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
1980
- The Aesthetics of Consumption, Group Material, New York, United States
- Trends III, The Cayman Gallery, New York, United States
- Voices Expressing What Is, Westbeth Gallery, New York, United States
- Young Painters: 1980, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2007
- Grant. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, United States
2003
- Grant. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, United States
2002
- Award. Research Award, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
2001
- Grant. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, United States
2000
- Award. Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
1998
- Award. XII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
- Research Award. Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
1995
- Award. CLAC Latino Alumni Award, Center for Latino Art and Culture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Grant. Joan Mitchell Foundation, Art Matters Artist Fellowship, New York, United States
- Award. Lifetime Achievement in Art Award, National Hispanic Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, New York, United States
1994
- Award. Youth and Friends Awards, The School Art League of New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
1993
- Research Award. Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, United States
1992
- Award. Alumni Recognition Award, Distinguished Accomplishment in the Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Grant. New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, United States
- Award for the best solo exhibition. International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1991
- Grant. George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1988
- Grant. Gregory Millard Fellowship, New York, United States
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York, United States
- Grant. New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, United States
1985
- Award. New York State Council on the Arts Artists Project Grant, New York, United States
- Award. Canadian Club Hispanic Arts Award, New York, United States
1984
- Grant. Third World Artists Printmaking Fellowship, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, United States
1983
- Award. Creative Artists Program Service Fellowship, New York, United States
- Award. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, New York, United States
1981
- Award. Artist Space Artist Fund, New York, United States
Collections
- Brandywine Printmaking Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
- Consejo Puertorriqueño de Fotografía, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Cumberland Neighborhood Community Care Facility, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Departamento de Turismo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Guariquen, Inc., Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, New York, United States
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Library of Congress, Washington DC, United States
- Mason Gross School of the Arts, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
- Miami-Dade Community College Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- National Association of Counties, Washington DC, United States
- Phyllis Kind, New York, United States
- Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, United States
- Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, United States
- The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
- The Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, United States
- The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
- The New York Public Library, New York, United States
- The Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- The Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
- University Art Musuem, University of New Mexico,Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- University of Colorado, The Colorado Collection, Boulder, Colorado, United States
- UNM Hospital, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Washington University,St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Bibliography
Books
Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. “Puerto Rico-Arte e identidad”, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1998.
Harper, Glenn. “INTERVENTIONS AND PROVOCATIONS: Conversations on Art, Culture and Resistance”, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Poupeye, Veerle. “Caribbean Art”, London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1998.
Betti, Claudia & Sale, Teel. “DRAWING: A Contemporary Approach”, Fortworth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997.
Sullivan, Edward J. “Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century”. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1996.
Wye, Deborah. “THINKING PRINT: Books to Billboards, 1980-95”, New York, NY: The Department of Publications, The Museum of Modern Art, 1996.
Silberstein-Storfer, Muriel & Jones, Mablen. “Doing ART Together: Discovering the Joys of Appreciating and Creating Art as Taught at The Metropolitan Museum of Artís Famous Parent-Child Workshop”, New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers,1996.
Fusco, Coco. “English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas”, New York: The New Press, 1995.
Cahan, Susan & Kocur, Zoya. “Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education”, New York, NY & London: The New Museum of Contemporary Art & Routledge, 1995.
Hobbs, Jack A. & Duncan, Robert L., “Arts, Ideas and Civilization, Icon Editions”, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 1994.
Goldman, Shifra N. “Dimensions of the Americas: Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United States”, London: The University of Chicago Press, LTD, 1994.
Berger, Maurice. “Modern Art and Society: An Anthology of Social and Multicultural Readings”, New York: IconEditions/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1994.
Rasmussen Waldo, Bercht, Fatima & Ferrer, Elizabeth. “Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century”, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., The Museum of Modern Art, 1994.
Lomeli, Francisco. “Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art”, Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, University of Houston, 1993.
Lippard, Lucy R. “Mixed Blessings: New- Art in Multicultural America”, New York: Pantheon Books, 1990.
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Catalogues
Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2007.
“Juan Sánchez.” Intergrafik, Berlin, Alemania, 1990, p. 226.
“Juan Sánchez: New Media Projections.” Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2009.
“Juan Sánchez: Convicciones Grabadas”, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001.
Newspapers
Morales Blanes, Sandra. “Convicciones neoyoricans”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 6 de mayo de 2001, pp. 76-77.
Paniagua, Tere. “Circuito neoyorquino”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 30 de mayo de 1999.
Magazines
AMERICA REVISTA, JUAN SANCHEZ: Ik ben in de eerste plaats kunstenaar by Luc Verheyen, Jaarrgang 22, nr 235, 1995/3.
Conde, Ivonne M. “Juan Sánchez Protesta desde el Lienzo”. Caras de Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR), Año 4, N.2, Febrero 1994.
Barradas, Efraín. “Mira, mira mira: Juan Sánchez, pintor neorican”. PLÁSTICA Revista de la Liga de Arte de San Juan, Año 15, Vol 1, Septiembre 1993.
Herzberg, Julia P. “Juan Sánchez”. Latin American Art, Vol. 3, No. 4, Diciembre 1991.
Canning, Susan. “Interview: Juan Sánchez”. ART PAPERS, Contemporary art in the Southeast, Vol. 14, No. 4 July/August 1990.
Fusco, Coco. “Rican/Structions”. Art in America, Vol. 78, No. 2 Febrero 1990.
Cañas, Dionisio. “Salsa, Celebración y Compromiso Social: La Pintura de Juan Sánchez”. La Fabrica del Sur, Revista Ilustrada, Núm. 3 Octubre 1990.