Born 1975 in Lima. Lives and works in London.
Lizi Sánchez is interested in the communicative power of language; fracture of various communication systems and codes is a preoccupation in her work. Sánchez investigates how different processes, contexts and intentions transform the use and meaning of language. She frequently uses material supports from the everyday environment that attract her both for their connotations and their qualities, thus brightness, malleability, translucency or lightness become an integral part of her work. Sánchez has exhibited in various public and private institutions such as Whitechapel Gallery, Studio Voltaire, Drawing Room, London, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, ICPNA, Lima among others. Her work appears Remains-Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction, edited by Cecilia Fajardo Hill (Hatje Cantz, Dec 2022). She is co-founder of Museo en Residencia, an itinerant, cooperative, small-format museum (2020-present).
Nació en 1975 en Lima. Vive y trabaja en Londres.
Lizi Sánchez está interesada en el poder comunicativo del lenguaje; la distorsión de diversos sistemas y códigos de comunicación a menudo está presente en su obra. Sánchez, indaga en los distintos procesos, contextos e intenciones que transforman el uso y el sentido del lenguaje; para ello, con frecuencia se vale de soportes materiales del entorno cotidiano que la atraen tanto por sus connotaciones como por sus cualidades, ya sea el brillo, maleabilidad, translucidez o liviandad de estos se convierten en parte integrales de la obra. Tiene una maestría del Goldsmiths College de Londres, ha exhibido su trabajo tanto en instituciones privadas como públicas, entre ellas el Fashion and Textile Museum, Drawing Room, ICPNA, Oriel Davies Gallery, Walker Art Gallery y Whitechapel Gallery, así como en el libro Remains-Tomorrow : Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction, editado por Cecilia Fajardo Hill (Hatje Cantz, Dec 2022) Es cofundadora del Museo en Residencia (2020).
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Constelaciones Carbónicas, Cecilia Brunson’s Projects, London, UK
2022 Estadios, Estancias, Estaciones, in dialogue with Martin Cordiano, Arróniz Arte Contemporaneo, CDMX, Mexico
2019 Two Shores, in dialogue with Martin Cordiano, Coleman Project Space, London, UK
2017 Maria, Rosa, Mick & John, Domobaal, London, UK
2017 Park, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2016 Grotesque Bold Condensed, Garua, Lima, Peru
2015 In a World that Laughs, Domobaal, London, UK
2014 Oh Locura de Diamante, Galeria Vertice, Lima, Peru
2012 Beyond the Pearl, with works by Louise Lawler, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2020 Contagio, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK
2019 A Thread: Contemporary Art from Peru, Textile Museum, London, UK
Glass, Periferia Projects, Paris, Fr.
2018 Lima In-Quieta, curated by Lassla Esquivel, IESA International, Paris, France
Oriel Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, selected by Saccha Craddock, Matthew Collings and Jane Simpson, Wales, UK
2017 Legado y divergencia: 78 años de Artes de la PUCP, curated by Max Hernandez, ICPNA , Lima, Peru
2016 Sculpture in the City 2016, Public Sculpture Programme in the City of London, London, UK
John Moores Painting Prize 2016, Walker Art Gallery, part of Liverpool Biennial 2016, Liverpool, UK
2015 London Open 2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Drawing Room Biennial, London, UK
2014 Full Circle, Drawing Room, London UK
2013 Creekside Open, selected by Paul Noble, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
2012 Material Matters, curated by Jaquie McIntosh, Drawing Room in collaboration with UBM plc, London, UK
2011 The Knight Turns its Head and Laughs, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, UK
Utopia Ltd, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Creekside Open, selected by Phyllida Barlow, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
Proteo, Nettie Horn, London, UK> Utopia Ltd, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland
2010 Sophisticated Boom Boom (In B&W), Domo Baal, London, UK
SV10 Members Show, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2008 Once Removed, Unit 2 Gallery, London, UK
Awards and Residencies
2016 Red Mansion Art Prize residency in Beijing
2014 Arts Council England, Artist's Development Fund, for Oh Locura de Diamante
2012 Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, for Beyond the Pearl
Education
2005-2007 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1994 - 1999 BA in Fine Art, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru