Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez (born 1961)[1] is a Colombian-American contemporary artist. She creates works that primarily focus on the nature of human identity and cultural memory, more specifically through the lens of feminism.[2] She is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3][4]

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez
Born1961 (age 58–59)
Bogotá, Colombia
Other namesNancy Friedemann
Alma materUniversidad de los Andes,
Otis College of Art and Design,
New York University

Biography

Friedemann-Sánchez was born to an American father and a Colombian mother in Bogotá, Colombia. Growing up, she recognized the struggles of being bicultural from an early age: "When you’re a child you relate in a feeling kind of way, not so much knowing exactly what is going on. I felt that I belonged and that I didn’t."[5] She learned to apply these feelings into her work later in life.

Friedemann-Sánchez attended La Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia from 1982 to 1985.[6] After increasing tensions due to an unnamed civil war,[5] Friedemann-Sánchez left Colombia and moved to the United States. She went on to received a B.F.A. degree from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California (1986–94), and an M.F.A. degree from New York University (1997).[7]

She lived in New York City, New York for 21 years, and in 2011 she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where she is currently based.[4]

References
  1. "Nancy Friedemann". Mutual Art. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. "Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez: Casta Paintings". Schneider Museum of Art. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  3. Brocious, Ariana. "A First-Of-Its-Kind Exhibition Showcases Nebraska's Latina Artists". www.kcur.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019. Visual artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is originally from Colombia and moved to Lincoln (Nebraska) five years ago
  4. Brocious, Ariana (2016). "MONA Showcases Latina Artists of Nebraska". netnebraska.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019. Visual artist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is originally from Colombia and spent 21 years living in New York. Five years ago she and her husband moved to Lincoln, where she’s been working on a large body of work she likens to a visual novel.
  5. Stathacos, Chrysanne; Silas, Susan. "A conversation with Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez". MOMMY. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  6. "Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez". nancyfriedemann.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  7. "Doctorow Prize Winner: Nancy Friedmann-Sanchez". Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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