Josué Sánchez

Josué Sánchez Cerron is a Peruvian painter born in Huancayo, Peru in 1945.

Early life, education, and work as an artist Growing up in the Campo As a child growing up, Sanchez lived in the countryside and spent his youth surrounded by plants, birds, and the small creatures that lived in the fields. There were only eighteen students in the school of fine arts, and only two worked in sculpture but Sanchez saw this as an advantage because he and another student had the workshop for sculpture all to themselves.

Work as an artist The beginning of Sanchez's journey as an artist was not easy, and at his first exhibition in Lima, his paintings were severely criticized by critics for his use of color. When Marina Núñez del Prado saw Sanchez's pieces in the exhibition she encouraged Sanchez to continue and told Sanchez that if his pieces were exhibited in Europe they would be well received. later completed another mural in Germany in the church of Litzelstetten by the banks of Lake Constance. Sanchez has provided his work for commercial work as when he provided the cover for "Plantas en la Cultura Andina" published in Huancayo in 2000.

Sánchez recently won the BBCMundo.com blogs contest in 2006.

Artistic origins, inspiration, and critique

Andean worldview of life, customs and popular myths Sanchez paints everyday life, customs, and popular myths from Andean life in Peru.

Use of traditional artisan techniques of carved gourds The fundamental characteristic of Sanchez's work is how it is rooted in the artisan work of the natives of Mantaro Valley and regions of the South Andean world. Sanchez was 52 years old when his son Alvaro was born. With his other children already grown up, Sanchez found it marvelous to have a young child in the household.