Spotlight Artist

Leticia Sánchez Toledo

South
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Study for Awkward Age

Person bending over a chair in a softly lit room with red curtains and a window.

oil on paper, 24 x 18 inches

Study Between Blues

Young person sitting by a sink in a sunlit kitchen with blue curtains and a wall phone.

oil on paper

Some Body That I Used to Know

Person sitting alone in a green booth by a window, with water and mountains outside.

oil on linen

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Artist Statement

I focus on the female universe. Drawing upon memories, photographs, and film stills, I construct my work as if writing a personal visual script. My paintings explore essential emotions—such as love, sorrow, and solitude—through an honest inquiry into the female experience, often imbued with a strong autobiographical dimension.
Deeply influenced by the language of cinema since childhood, my work seeks to capture atmosphere rather than narrative. Each scene is carefully composed—not as a spontaneous snapshot, but as a serene, staged moment in which light and color shape the subject's emotional tone.
I am drawn to the very nature of painting. For me, it functions as an introspective diary: a space to describe, process, and reconcile emotions and lived experiences. My work reflects states of introspection, longing, and human connection, inviting the viewer to pause and find solace in the stillness of each image.

Artist's Additional works

Works shared by the artist outside of their featured New American Paintings selections

Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 1
Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 2
Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 1
Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 1
Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 1
Leticia Sánchez Toledo's featured artwork 1

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Residencies

  • Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, US
  • Summer Open at Bakehouse, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL, US

Education

  • Graphic Design, Higher Institute of Design, La Habana, 03, CU

Solo Exhibitions

  • Docil metal and Memory, Annex Gallery, Cincinatti, OH, US
  • Intimate Pauses, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL, US
  • Miami, Annex Gallery, Cincinatti, OH, US
  • Punctum, Tomás y Valiente Art Center CEART, Funlabrada, M, ES

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • Palette Project, Lowe Museum, Miami, FL, US
  • La infinita medida de los sueños, Zapata Galllery, Miami, FL, US
  • No more heroes, Pan American Art Projects Gallery, Miami, FL, US
  • Reciprocity, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL, US

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