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 (IMDA) program at UMBC, and has a Graphic Design BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is working as the IMDA Assistant for UMBC and is the Gallery Assistant intern for BmoreArt and Connect+Collect Gallery in Baltimore.
María uses video projection, sculpture, and performance to explore narratives about her ancestors, embodiment, and spirituality. She uses her body to document the presence and absence of those narratives through devices and materials such as: cameras, mirrors, metal-wire, hair, and natural stone beads. Her work is an accumulation of reflections and conversations with her ancestors and roots, in which she is continually unearthing memories with the uncertainty of an answer.
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.
