MARICELA SANCHEZ

Born in Laredo, Texas, and raised in Highland Park, Illinois, Maricela Sanchez works as a fine artist and a design artist. Maricela’s professional art career has been multi-faceted and all-encompassing. She has both trained as a fine artist and worked alongside craftsmen and engineers to develop fine art and functional, art-infused products. Her creativity is not constrained to one area of her career, and she has dedicated her pursuits to its expression.

Maricela has infused her professional pursuits with her artistic talents for over 35 years. Her paintings, prints, and sculptures center on organic, ambiguous forms that evoke a uniquely human sense of nostalgia and a curious balance of sass and sophistication. Since 2009, Maricela has focused on experimental ideas for public exhibitions to include installations. In 2012, Maricela shifted gears to combine her previous artistic experiences with her love of animals and pets to launch her entrepreneurial endeavor— Bespoke Crates & Gates. Her work is owned by public, private, and museum collections. A graduate of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Maricela lives and works in Corpus Christi and San Antonio with her husband and their beloved pets.

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