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Tomás Sánchez (b. 1948) was born in the province of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
His interest in art began at an early age. In 1964, he moved to Havana to study
painting at the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts. Two years later,
he transferred to the newly founded Escuela Nacional de Arte (National School
for the Arts) whose curriculum was more up-to-date with contemporary art
tendencies. In 1971 he graduated from this institution and that same year
garnered his first award, First Prize in Graphic Art from the National
Young Artists’ Salon. In 1980 the artist obtained the prestigious Joan Miró
International Drawing Award (granted by the Miró foundation in Barcelona)
and this launched his career into the international arena. His first
retrospective exhibition was at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana
in 1985. In 1989, Sánchez left the island and went to México. The artist
now lives and works in Costa Rica.

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