JESSICA GAIL SANCHEZ
Education
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, East Central University, Ada, OK
Awards/Grants/Fellowship
2016 Keep it Local, Honorable Mention, Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still, The Plow, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2014 Elizabeth Blakesley Scholarship, Best in Show Award, East Central University Student Exhibit
2012 Leon Polk Smith Freshman Scholarship
Exhibition Record
2018 Momentum: Art Doesn't Stand Still, The Gold Dome, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Fly Trap”
2017 Choices, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Katydid Confection", "Corn Dawg"
2017 Biting the Apple: Leather & Lace, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Oral Fixation", "Suck Shoppe"
2017 Momentum: Art Doesn't Stand Still, Graphite//District House//The Venue OKC with satellite location at DNA Galleries, The Plaza District, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "The Lollipop Collection"
2017 "Blue Bloods and New Bloods", In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "The Lollipop Collection", "Katydid Confection", "Pleasing Pie", "Candy Web"
2017 ArtNow, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The Lollipop Collection
2016 Biting the Apple, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Surprise Center"
2016 Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still, The Plow, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Surprise Center”
2015 Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still, Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma, “Katydid Confection”, "Pleasing Pie"
2015 Solo Exhibition, East Central University, Hallie Brown Form Fine Arts Center, Pogue Gallery, Ada, Oklahoma, “Surprise Center”, “Katydid Confection”, "Pleasing Pie", “Are You Listening?”, “Cream Cone”, "Candy Web", "Overbite", "Berry Ladylike", "Just the Tip", "DeMINTed", & The Lollipop collection.
2015 Biting the Apple, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Disgust, Desire, and Fascination”
2015 Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still, Farmers Market, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “I’M DRUGGIN’ IT”
2014 59th Annual Student Art Exhibition, East Central University, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Pogue Gallery, Ada, Oklahoma, “Strawberry SurprEYEs”
2014 Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still, Farmers Market, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Are you Listening?”, “Deminted”
2013 58th Annual Student Art Exhibition, East Central University, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Pogue Gallery, Ada, Oklahoma, “Nike”, “Worm Dirt”
2012 57th Annual Student Art Exhibition, East Central University, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Pogue Gallery, Ada, Oklahoma, “Crock”
Print Media
2017 Art Focus Oklahoma, Oklahoma Visual Arts Magazine "Lollipop Collection"
2015 Originals, Literary and Visual Arts Magazine (featured on front cover), East Central University, “Are You Listening?”, “Cone”
2013 Originals, Literary and Visual Arts Magazine, East Central University, “Strawberry SurprEYEs”
Workshops Attended
2015 Meghan O’ Connor, Lecture/Presentation, Critiques, East Central University, Ada, OK, March 9
2014 Tyler Krasowski, Lecture/Presentation, East Central University, Ada, OK
2014 Guerrilla Girls, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma
2012 Jesus Morales, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma
Collections
East Central University Collection, Ada, Oklahoma, "Surprise Center"
Whitley O’Connor, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “I’M DRUGGIN’ IT”
East Central University Collection, Ada, Oklahoma, Print Exchanges, Monstrosity (2013), ‘Merica (2014), Fantasy (2015)
Whitney Gifford, Seminole, Oklahoma, "Peacocks for Ava"
Matthew Jordan, Ada, Oklahoma, “Strawberry SurprEYEs”
Professional Service
2014 - 2015 Vice President, East Central Art Club, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma
2013 - 2014 Install and Juror, Student Show at Chickasaw Arts and Heritage Center, Ada, Oklahoma
2013 Juror, Grounded Chalk Art Festival, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma
Professional Organizations
Individual Artists of Oklahoma
Ada Artists Association
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition