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Statement

Sanchez’s explorations seek to decolonize aesthetics in relation to the moving image to transform and alter cultural identity depending on culture and location. His artwork, sculptures, and video installations presents the viewer with characters and mystical entities shaped and distorted by new media with pre-scripted notions that are often perpetuated by films and television. Through the clever manipulation of cultural stereotypes, these characters sometimes played by the artist himself begin to disrupt, contort, and subvert our understanding of the indigenous stock characters often found within cinema. In Sanchez's work, the viewer is forced into a precarious negotiation between perceptions shaped by mass media and the inherent authenticity of the artist.

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Bio

Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, Javier Sanchez is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Las Vegas NV. He studied Archeology at Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia before moving to the United States and graduating with degrees in AAA Commercial Photography from CSN College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV, Studio Art from UNLV University Of Nevada Las Vegas, NV (BFA, 2012), MFA Master's Fine Arts in Studio Art from SUNY University at Buffalo, NY (MFA, 2017), and Master's in Secondary Education Humanities from GCU Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ (M. Ed. 2021). Sanchez is currently teaching at Desert Pines HS Photography Program and at UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Art. His work has been featured local and nationally and its been featured in the art magazines Art Practical, from the Bay Area, and Hyperallergic, from Brooklyn NY.

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