Are you happy now

Born 1995, Panamá. Currently based in Charlotte, NC. Katrina Sánchez’s practice explores themes of joy, connection, and healing. Through the careful knitting and stuffing of each “knitted noodle” — oversized and plush linear forms that are central to her work — the artist engages the soft materiality of textiles to explore the meaning and significance of comfort within an increasingly isolating world. By combining knit and woven patterns, she introduces vibrant color and rich textures into three dimensional space, to create environments that foster tenderness and joy, while playing with scale, to build a sensory effect of playful confrontation and power in her work. Sánchez’s current practice evolved from experiences repairing personal objects through visible mending in her studio, as well as her background as a seamstress. Her work is also heavily influenced by the matriarchs of her family and the passing down of textile traditions. She holds a BFA in Fibers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a collective member of Goodyear Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent showings at the VOLTA Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, and String Theory at Hodges Taylor x Jamila Brown, Charlotte, NC. Sánchez has been commissioned by companies such as Lowe’s, Credit Karma, Truist, and Ally Bank. She is currently preparing for a solo activation at the Mint Museum in Charlotte and a solo exhibition at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Los Angeles. SOLO /DUO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Mending Joy, Abigail Ogilvy, Boston MA (solo) 2022 Take Care, Lingua Franca, New York NY (solo) Katrina Sánchez x Lingua Franca, Online exhibition, linguafranca.nyc (solo) Woven: Art, Craft and Healing, Gallery CA, Baltimore MD (duo) Welcome Passage, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair with Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles CA (duo) 2021 The Consistency of a Sunset, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA (duo) Rooted, National Slavic Museum, Baltimore MD (duo) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2024 Into Action 2024, Resolution Studios, Chicago IL Summer Send Off, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA String Theory, Hodges Taylor x Jamila Brown, Charlotte NC The Playlist, Miller Gallery x Hed Hi Studios, Charleston SC Reshaping Abstraction, Concord Center for Visual Art, Concord MA (catalog) 2023 The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA Mini Masterpieces, Miller Gallery, Charleston SC Here to Stay, El Arte del Inmigrante, Carillon Tower, Charlotte NC And We’re Back!, Gallery 85, New York NY Statement Pieces, Miller Gallery, Charleston SC 2022 Not in Repose, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC Go Brooklyn Go Brooklyn, Brooklyn Collective Gallery, Charlotte NC NC Weavers in conjunction with Diedrick Brackens: Art of Bulrushes, Mint Museum, Charlotte NC U-Joints Knots and Knits, Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale, Helsinki, Finland FABULOUS FIBER, bG Gallery, Santa Monica CA 2021 The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston MA Nutrient Rich, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC 2x2, The Miller Gallery, Charleston SC Labyrinth, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte NC Hispanic Heritage, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte NC Out of Place, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC Reasons to Be Cheerful, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte NC It Takes A Village, Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte NC BIG BODY PLAY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Fine Arts Center in Greenville SC Good Times, Art Hole Pop-up Gallery, Charlotte NC 2020 Nutrient Rich, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC Opening Celebration, SOHA Contemporary, Haddon Township NJ Modifyed, Gallery C3, Charlotte NC Fee-Fi-Fo-Fems, Residente Culture, Charlotte NC 2019 June/July Residency Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC Emanations, Rowe Gallery at UNCC, Charlotte NC G1ANT, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC 2018 Pen and Ink, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC The Art Outside, Max I. Jackson Gallery at Queens University of Charlotte NC Soma, BLK MRKT Gallery, Charlotte NC Growth, Gallery C3 at C3 Lab, Charlotte NC Xóchitl, Southern Tiger Collective, Charlotte NC AWARDS 2022 Queen City Nerve - Best in the Nest ‘22, Awarded Best Fiber Artist, Charlotte NC Artist Residency (March-August), The Village at Commonwealth, Charlotte NC Art Pop Class of 2022, Annual Juried Public Art Program featuring artists through national and international public media and advertising spaces 2020 Artist Support Grant, NC Arts and Science Council New York Festival Bowery Awards - Bronze Award Bolt of Inspiration Award, Charlotte Is Creative, Charlotte NC 2019 Artist Residency (June/July), Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC 2019 UNCC-Penland School of Craft Scholarship Grant, Bakersville NC PUBLIC ARTS & COLLECTIONS 2024 Gallery Commission for The Contemporaries Collectors Club, Series of 25 small works (6 x 6 in each), McColl Center, Charlotte NC Corporate commission, Woven Mountains, Large Scale Weaving (10 x 23 ft) Artbox 2024, Kane Realty, Raleigh NC Public Artwork, Filling the Void, Large scale outdoor fiber art installation (10 x 8 x 6.5 ft), Artville 2024 Art Festival, Nashville TN Corporate Commission, La Montañera, Large scale weaving (4.5 x 7.5 ft), Stonewall Tower Development LLC, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte NC Corporate Commission, Pride Friendship Bracelets, Large scale knitted bracelet installation (8 x 8 ft), Soccer FC Charlotte, Charlotte NC Public Mural in collaboration with artist Hnin Nie, Soft Chaos, Mural (16 x 35 ft), Sunny Dayz Mural Festival, Ponca City OK Corporate Commission, Raíces Valoradas, Ramas Empoderadas, Large scale weaving (7 x 2.5 ft), Moore and Van Allen Law, Charlotte NC 2023 Public Mural in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Color is Life, Mural (15 x 45 ft), Charlotte International Art Festival, Ballantyne NC Corporate Commission, Friendship Bracelets, Large scale knitted bracelet installation (10 x 10 ft), MTV Entertainment Studios + Active Minds, National traveling installation debuted at the 2023 Video Music Awards - NYC Public artwork, I Dream, Knitted yarn, foam and fiberglass form (5.5 x 3 x 3 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC Corporate Commission, Seasons, Series of five large scale weavings, (5 x 1.5 ft each) Credit Karma, Charlotte NC Corporate Commission, “Cascading Softly”, Three part Large Scale Weaving installation, (9.5 x 7 ft, 11.5 x 13 ft, 10 x 8 ft) Lowe’s Tech Hub, ArtPop Street Gallery and Gokotta, Charlotte NC Corporate Commission, “Double Sided”, Large scale weaving (8 x 3.5 ft), DoubleTree, Asheville NC 2022 Commission, The Cultivist in partnership with Jimmy Choo & Harper’s BAZAAR, Woven Art installation (10 x 14 ft) & 100 star knot gifts for Miami Art Week VIP Cocktail Reception, Miami FL Corporate Commission, Woven Cyber Spaces - Two Murals (15 x 14.5 ft, 10 x 15 ft), International Social Media Tech Firm, Gallatin TN Corporate Commission, Patrimonio Generacional, Large scale Weaving (6 x 4.6 ft), Truist Bank, Charlotte NC Commission, Take Care, Interactive Magnified Weaving (4.5 x 6 ft), Lingua Franca NY, New York NY Corporate Commission, Remembering Us & Looking for the Carnaval, Large scale Weavings (3.5 x 5.5 ft, 4 x 6 ft) TIAA, Charlotte NC Public Art, Spray Jam - Untitled, Mural (5 x 6 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC Commissioned artwork, Woven Reflections, Knitted weaving, mirrors, fiberglass form (5.5 x 3 x 3 ft), Shout Arts Festival, Charlotte NC Public artwork in collaboration with Caleb Roenigk, Movimientos Illuminados, Illuminated archway installation (10 x 10 x 6 ft), Rail Trail Lights, Charlotte NC 2021 Permanent Collection, Vuelve Primavera and Discovering Light, Knitted yarn and recycled fiber fill (47 x 22 in, 40 x 19" in), Fidelity Investments, Boston MA Corporate Commission, Over then Under 1, Over then Under 2, Murals (10 x 16 ft, 20 x 6.5 ft), Ally Bank-TM Studios, Charlotte NC Corporate Commission, Interwoven Community, Large scale weaving (6.5 x 4.5 ft) Marlette Funding, Wilmington DE Public Art, Bugs Life, Gordon Street Mural Project in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Mural (10 x 14 ft) NoDa NBA, Charlotte NC 2020 Public Art, Balance, Mural in collaboration with artist CHEEKS, Mural (28 x 50 ft) Talking Walls Mural Festival, Charlotte NC