issue 4
// art
Title: The Shape of Holding // Artist: Kendra Sanchez
about the piece
| Materials used: Acrylic and pastel on gallery-wrapped canvas This piece is inspired by the florists I know and the way they work with flowers as both craft and art. I’m drawn to the movement, texture, and gentle balance they create with each arrangement. This painting captures that same spirit—an impression of blooms coming together with intention and ease. It evokes softness, quiet, and the beauty of things not needing to be perfect to feel complete. |
about the artist // Kendra Sanchez
| Kendra Sanchez (she/her) is a multidisciplinary painter whose work explores the tension between vulnerability and agency, body and object, seen and unseen. Working primarily in acrylic, pastel, and mixed media, she pushes beyond traditional canvas by incorporating sewn textiles, silicone skin, and even tattooing techniques into her practice. Her paintings often center the body — not as passive subject, but as an active, dynamic presence — blurring the line between representation and embodiment. Deeply informed by questions of consent, intimacy, and autonomy, Kendra’s work invites the viewer into a quiet yet charged space of decision: to look, to touch, to question. Her materials and methods are chosen as much for their symbolic weight as their aesthetic quality, merging softness with resilience, familiarity with disruption. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kendra is steadily building a body of work that reflects her belief that art should not just be viewed but felt — an encounter rather than an observation. Her practice is fueled by a reverence for craft, a curiosity about the unspoken, and a commitment to making space for complex, embodied experiences. |
Instagram: @kendrasanchez.art
Website: kendrasanchez.com
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