GALLERY

 Angel  Ramiro Sanchez was born in 1974 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. At age six was  accepted with full scholarship into the Instituto the Niños Cantores  del Zulia, school for musically gifted children. At age fourteen he  began five years of apprenticeship with the realist painter, Abdon J.  Romero, an eminent specialist in murals for churches and public  buildings. In 1993, a study grant from Mgr. Gustavo Ocando Yamarte,  Founder the Niños Cantores, enabled him to travel to Florence, Italy,  where he studied at the renowned Accademia di Belle Arti, graduating  Magna Cum Laude in 1997. At the same time, he was enrolled at The  Florence Academy of Art,founded by painter Daniel Graves,  where he  received a diploma in Painting. Ramiro was appointed senior painting  instructor  at The Florence Academy of Art in 1997, and is currently  Director of the Advanced Painting Program.

Ramiro paints only from life, searching for accuracy beyond physical  appearance to reach the psychological state of his subject. He believes  the painter must draw his information from "all five senses" to tell the  complete human story.
 

Ramiros work is predominantly  represented by th e Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, New York, but also  Scriba Gallery, venice, Italy, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Tx.
 

Ramiros works can be found in numerous private collections in Europe,  The United States and South America. Public collections include: The  Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy. The Fremantle Foundation for Foreing  Artist in Tuscany at Villa Peyron, Florence, Italy and The Muscarelle  Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  USA.  He shares his life and passion for art with his wife, the artist  Melissa Franklin-Sanchez.
 

Education
 

1993-1997 Florence Academy of Art, directed by Daniel Graves, Florence, Italy.
1993-1997 Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze Graduated Magna Cum Laude,  Thesis: Historic and Technical Notes of Academic Realism Today.
1995 Florence, Italy: Michael John Angel Studios.
1988-1993 Maracaibo, Venezuela: Abdon Romero Atelier.
 

Employment
 

1997 - present : Portrait Commissions
1997 - present : Senior Painting Instructor at the Florence Academy of Art
1996: Count Guicciardini, Montopoli Vald�Arno, Italy Commissioned
works: portraiture, still life, landscape
1995 Mural commission, Old Bridge Restaurant, San Giovanni Vali Arno
1992-1993 Assisted Prof. Abdon Romero Atelier with mural project:

One Man Show
1999-2004, 2006, 2011, 2014: Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
 

Group Shows
 

2006 The Florence Academy of Art: Annual Alumni Exhibition, Stables of  the Corsini Palace, Florence, Italy; W.H. Patterson, London, England
2005 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
The Florence Academy of art: First Annual Alumni Exhibition, Stables of the Corsini Palace, Florence, Italy
2003 Still Classical: Recent Works on Paper from Florentine Academies  and Studios, Westbeth Arts Gallery, New York; ISB Gallery, Rhode Island  School of Design; Palazzetto Cenci, Rome; Chiesa dell'Educatorio di  Foligno, Florence
2003 Realism Revisited: Paintings from the  Florence Academy of Art, Panorama  Museum, frankenhausen, Germany;  hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
2001 The New masters Show, general Electric Headquarters, Connecticut
1998 New Works, Grenning Gallery, New York City
1997 Inaugural Show, Rosso Cinabro Association, Florence, Italy
Alumni and Staff of the Florence Academy of Art, St Peter's Hall, London, England