Featured Artist Martin Sanchez
Martin Sanchez re-purposes the most banal of objects, from discarded tools to abandoned toys, creating oversized whimsical sculptures and reveal Sanchez’s childlike wonder, his joyous spirit, and his belief in joy for the sake of joy. He sees beauty everywhere and in everything, combining a distinctly SoCal/Latinix mélange of 3-dimensional collages.
Martin Sanchez’s beautiful works of art have been featured at the Downey Dia de los Muertos Art Festival since the very first Festival in 2013.
About Tios Tacos
The Sanchez family proudly migrated from Sahuayo Michoacán Mexico. Although they migrated to United States from there homeland Mexico, the Sanchez family is grateful for the opportunity that America has offered them. Martin Sanchez arrived at a very young age aspiring to get out of the poverty he was surrounded by in Mexico, Just like many other immigrants who have seen in the U.S the hope of a better tomorrow. The poverty which he lived in during his childhood gave him the drive to save and reuse items, from day to day use that the majority consider useless and discard. Although for he and many others that relate to this kind of poverty. To Martin, these type of items are considered treasures. With his ingenuity, creativity, and drive he has rescued average items and has given them a new meaning to go green.
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