Alvaro Sánchez

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"My work is an intimate and personal exploration of human fragility, a profound reflection on the human condition. It is a celebration of our mistakes and misfortunes, a reminder of our imperfection and finiteness. I am fascinated by the fragmentation and reconfiguration of the human body, and how trauma and memory can be visually reconstructed. Ruin, wounds, and the city are my sources of inspiration. I want my work to hit with the same intensity as a loud punk song. To leave you feeling uncomfortable and reflective. To make you question the fragility and beauty of the human condition."

Alvaro Sánchez (Guatemala, December 25, 1975) Visual artist and writer born in Guatemala City. He has collaborated and published with art, literature, and design magazines in Guatemala and other countries. His work has been exhibited in countries throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Much of his work is based on mixed media. His fondness for period and organic elements is highly relevant in creating his body of work. Most of his works are inspired by literature, painting, music, and film, but his primary inspiration is Guatemala City and its streets. He has published the book “Dead Sunday Morning,” 1st edition (Editorial X). He received the award for best international Spanish-language short story at the San Miguel de Allende Writers Festival in Mexico. Some of her texts have appeared in USAC Magazine (University of San Carlos of Guatemala), in the short story anthology Microterrores VI published by Editorial Diversidad Literaria (Spain), Forgotten Territories: Fifteen Stories from the Northern Triangle and One Further South published by Editorial X (Guatemala), El Nahual Errante Magazine (Mexico), Letras y Voces (Mexico), Vestigios short story anthology published by Editorial Puerta Blanca (Argentina), Contemporary Latin American Short Story Anthology 2023 published by Astrolabio Editores (Colombia), and Mimeógrafo Magazine (Mexico). Hola Cultura Magazine (Washington, D.C), El Creacionista Magazine (Mexico), finalist in the Anubis Prize International Competition for Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Short Stories in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Blanco & Negro Art and Literature Magazine (New York); Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep) Short Story Anthology from Guatemala, Partuz Publishing House (Guatemala); The Strange Orchid Blossomed in the South: Eco-Horror Stories Anthology, Búho Eléctrico Publishing House (Peru); Finalist in the Mario Monteforte Toledo Central American Short Story Competition 2024 (Guatemala); and Passengers of Microfiction Short Story Anthology, La Micrera 2025 (Chile).