Lizi Sánchez was born in Lima, Peru, and has lived and worked in London since 2005. Her interests revolve around how processes, contexts, and intentions shape memory and transform the meaning of language. Embracing uncertainty and materiality, her practice invites open-ended readings of various communication systems and codes. Sánchez has exhibited internationally in galleries and institutions such as Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Peru; Whitechapel Gallery, UK; Studio Voltaire, UK; Drawing Room, UK; Walker Art Gallery, UK; Oriel Davies Gallery, UK, among others. Her work is featured in Remains-Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction, edited by Cecilia Fajardo Hill (Hatje Cantz, Dec 2022). She holds an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London, UK (2007). She is co-founder of Museo en Residencia, an itinerant, cooperative, small-format museum (2020-present).
Lizi Sánchez nació en Lima, Perú, y vive y trabaja en Londres desde 2005. Sus intereses giran en torno a cómo los procesos, contextos e intenciones configuran la memoria y transforman el sentido del lenguaje. Abrazando la incertidumbre y la materialidad, su práctica invita a lecturas abiertas de diversos sistemas y códigos de comunicación. Sánchez ha expuesto internacionalmente en galerías e instituciones como el Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Perú; Whitechapel Gallery, Reino Unido; Studio Voltaire, Reino Unido; Drawing Room, Reino Unido; Walker Art Gallery, Reino Unido; Oriel Davies Gallery, Reino Unido, entre otros. Su obra figura en Remains-Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction, editado por Cecilia Fajardo-Hill (Hatje Cantz, diciembre 2022). Posee un MFA en Bellas Artes por Goldsmiths College, Londres, Reino Unido (2007). Es cofundadora de Museo en Residencia, un museo itinerante, cooperativo y de pequeño formato (2020-presente).
Solo Exhibitions
2024 A través. Todo pasa. Todo sigue, ICPNA Cultural, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
2023 Constelaciones Carbónicas, Cecilia Brunson’s Projects, London, UK
2022 Estadios, Estancias, Estaciones, in dialogue with Martin Cordiano, Arróniz Arte Contemporaneo, CDMX, Mexico
2019 Two Shores, in dialogue with Martin Cordiano, Coleman Project Space, London, UK
2017 Maria, Rosa, Mick & John, Domobaal, London, UK
2017 Park, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2016 Grotesque Bold Condensed, Garua, Lima, Peru
2015 In a World that Laughs, Domobaal, London, UK
2014 Oh Locura de Diamante, Galeria Vertice, Lima, Peru
2012 Beyond the Pearl, with works by Louise Lawler, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2025 Carbon Carbon Everywhere, Hypha HQ. curated by Maria Hynel and Indira Dyussebayeva -Ziyabek
2025 Polyphonies, Ames Yavuz, London, UK
2024 The Fine Line, Amalgama, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2020 Contagio, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK
2019 A Thread: Contemporary Art from Peru, Textile Museum, London, UK
Glass, Periferia Projects, Paris, Fr.
2018 Lima In-Quieta, curated by Lassla Esquivel, IESA International, Paris, France
Oriel Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, selected by Saccha Craddock, Matthew Collings and Jane Simpson, Wales, UK
2017 Legado y divergencia: 78 años de Artes de la PUCP, curated by Max Hernandez, ICPNA , Lima, Peru
2016 Sculpture in the City 2016, Public Sculpture Programme in the City of London, London, UK
John Moores Painting Prize 2016, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2015 London Open 2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Drawing Room Biennial, London, UK
2014 Full Circle, Drawing Room, London UK
2013 Creekside Open, selected by Paul Noble, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
2012 Material Matters, curated by Jaquie McIntosh, Drawing Room in collaboration with UBM plc, London, UK
2011 The Knight Turns its Head and Laughs, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, UK
Utopia Ltd, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Creekside Open, selected by Phyllida Barlow, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
Proteo, Nettie Horn, London, UK> Utopia Ltd, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland
2010 Sophisticated Boom Boom (In B&W), Domo Baal, London, UK
SV10 Members Show, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2008 Once Removed, Unit 2 Gallery, London, UK
Awards and Residencies
2025 Research Project at British Museum, supported by Santo Domingo Centre of Latin American Studies
2016 Red Mansion Art Prize residency in Beijing
2014 Arts Council England, Artist's Development Fund, for Oh Locura de Diamante
2012 Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, for Beyond the Pearl
Education
2005-2007 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1994 - 1999 BA in Fine Art, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru