María Sánchez was born in Caracas, Venezuela and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. She is currently a MFA Candidate for the Intermedia and Digital Arts program at UMBC, and has a Graphic Design BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is working as the Communication Team Researcher at the Imaging Research Center and as the IMDA Assistant for UMBC.
Her work is an investigation based on the process of transmitting both the presence and absence of her body through devices and materials such as: cameras, mirrors, metal wire, her hair, and natural stone beads. She uses digital video, sculpture, performance and installations to explore the semiotics of her body, whether on the basis of identity, gender, ethnicity or spirituality.
Sánchez has curated and exhibited her work at Current Space Gallery, Nomü Nomü Art Space, 2640 Space, MICA, and Wilgus Gallery in Baltimore, MD. Additionally, she has collaborated with art directors, musicians, educators, fashion designers, curators and magazine editors. In 2023, she was Adjunct Faculty in the Graphic Design department at MICA.
