Olivia Sanchez is a painter based in Portland, Oregon. While she is primarily self-taught, she’s received painting and drawing instruction from working artists at several private studios and community art organizations across the city.
Sanchez primarily works in acrylic and oil, and occasionally incorporates mixed-media elements in her art. Her recent work has been displayed in gallery shows at The Contrast Gallery, the Oregon Art Center (formerly the Oregon Society of Artists) and in a community show hosted by the Portland Art Guild.
She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Portland and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon, both of which inform her approach to art.
Though she has been painting and drawing consistently since she was a small child, her commitment to her art practice was renewed in 2023. She works out of a private studio in North Portland.