SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art announced the representation of San Antonio-based artist Eva Marengo Sanchez. The gallery recently featured Marengo Sanchez’s work in two group exhibitions at our New York City location: Contemporary Bodegones (2024) and Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters (2025). Her artwork is also featured in the exhibition Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters II, currently on view at the San Antonio gallery through November 1, 2025. Ruiz-Healy Art will present a solo exhibition of her work in May 2026.

At an early age, Sanchez joined the teen program Bee Nation at the Southwest School of Art, where she first developed a passion for traditional oil painting. In 2013, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College in Richmond, VA. Right after graduation, Sanchez traveled to Mexico City, where she spent eight months studying Spanish, Mesoamerican art, architecture, and art conservation. In 2015, Sanchez returned to San Antonio and enrolled in drawing classes at San Antonio College, where she refined her skills as a draftsperson. Writing for The Wall Street Journal, art writer Brian P. Kelly explains: “Sanchez’s still-life work is charged with narrative and personality yet devoid of people.”

“I think that everybody’s expression and cultural representation is all net positive. If we can be more aware of each other and what is important to each other, that makes the world a better place. And if that’s more pop-y, like ‘taco culture,’ that’s ultimately a positive thing.” - Eva Marengo Sanchez

Eva Marengo Sanchez’s still-life paintings emphasize the connections among food, identity, geography, and culture. In 2017, Sanchez first presented work that examined the idea of still life and food as a way to discuss cultural identity, and since then, she has continued to develop those themes and refine her techniques. The artist elevates everyday objects and creates new iconic symbols of her bicultural and Tex-Mex experience. “Each of my paintings represents snapshots into moments and recurring themes in my life that tell a larger story about geography and culture.”

From the New York City summer show, RHA placed Highway Esperanza in the Trinity University Art Collection in San Antonio, Texas. Recent exhibitions at institutions include the McNay Art Museum, where her work was added to the permanent collection, and Centro de Artes, both in San Antonio, as well as the Museo de Arte Querétaro in Querétaro, Mexico. Sanchez has created several public art murals in her hometown, including installations at San Antonio International Airport and the Blue Star Arts Complex. Her work is featured in the Soy de Tejas exhibition at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California.