Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez (born 1961) is a Colombian-American contemporary artist. She creates works that primarily focus on the nature of human identity and cultural memory, more specifically through the lens of feminism. She is based in

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Biography

Friedemann-Sánchez was born to an American father and a Colombian mother in

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, Colombia. Growing up, she recognized the struggles of being

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from an early age: "When you’re a child you relate in a feeling kind of way, not so much knowing exactly what is going on. I felt that I belonged and that I didn’t." She learned to apply these feelings into her work later in life. Friedemann-Sánchez attended La Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia from 1982 to 1985. After increasing tensions due to an unnamed civil war, Friedemann-Sánchez left Colombia and moved to the United States. She went on to received a B.F.A. degree from the

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in Los Angeles, California (1986–94), and an M.F.A. degree from

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(1997). She lived in

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, New York for 21 years, and in 2011 she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where she is currently based.

References

External links

* Podcast
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez on "In The Moment" with host Lori Walsh, Show 497
from January 17, 2019 * Video
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez's Artist’s Talk
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York, from 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedemann-Sanchez, Nancy Artists from New York City Living people 1961 births Artists from Lincoln, Nebraska New York University alumni Otis College of Art and Design alumni People from Bogotá