Melissa Franklin Sanchez

Biography:

Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humanistic studies: Art, Music, English Literature, Performing Arts and Ballet. In 2003 she completed an intensive art foundation course at the Slade School of Art, London. She then enrolled at the Florence Academy of art, a school dedicated to the study of realistic and figurative art. She graduated with the three-year diploma in painting and was offers a 4th year of specialization. Her work is currently represented in both Europe and the USA, by Scriba, InPARADISO Gallery, Venice, Italy, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, and Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas. She is also an artist member of the Concilio Europeo dell’ Arte. Melissa’s love of Italy, its culture, beauty and tradition will continue to be an inspiration for her life and her work.

Melissa’s love of Italy, its culture, beauty and tradition will continue to be an inspiration for her and her work.

 

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions 2011 ‘Primavera Senza Tempo’, IN PARADISO, Giardini della Biennale, Venice, Italy. Group exhibitions 2011 Two-man Show, Grenning Gallery, USA 2010 Art Power, Concilio Europeo dell Arte, Venezia, Italia Local Landscape, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, USA The Lure of Florence, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas,USA The Florence Academy of Art, Alumni Exhibition, Florence,Italia 200 anos, vivarium novum, Roma, Italia. 2009 Paul S. Brown and the Florence Academy of Art Select, Patterson Gallery, London, UK. St Francesco e Santa Chiara, Massa, Palazzo Ducale, Italia Exposicion de pintura clasica realista de artistas venezolanos, Isttituto Portoghese, Roma, Italia Passion for Painting, Grenning gallery, Sag Harbor, NY,USA 2008 All Paintings Great and Small, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT,USA San Francesco, Massa, Palazzo Ducale, Italia Local Landscapes, Grenning Gallery,Sag Harbor, NY, USA Ten Years, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, USA Young Collectors exhibition, Ann Long Fine Arts, Charleston SC,USA The Florence Academy of Art, Alumni exhibition Patterson Gallery London, Uk 2007 Local Landscapes, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY Studio Selects, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor NAY. The Florence Academy of Art Alumni exhibition, Florence, Italy 2006 New Studio Works and Plein Air Landscape Show, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor NY