Katrina Sánchez is a Panamanian-American artist based in Charlotte, NC. Working in soft sculpture she explores themes of connection, healing and security in her work. Combining knit and woven textile structures, Sánchez leans into the soft nature of textiles to create vibrant soft sculptures she refers to as Magnified Weavings. Knitting and stuffing each ‘knitted noodle’, used as the exaggerated warp and weft in each weaving, her tactile works push color and textured form into space. Kat is interested in creating space for tenderness and optimism while pushing scale to create a sensory effect of playful confrontation and power in her work. Her work is influenced by her earlier processes in mending personal objects with needle and thread as well as the matriarchs and cultural backgrounds of her family. Sánchez received a BFA in Fibers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a collective member of Goodyear Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; most recently showing in her first solo exhibition at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Boston, MA titled Mending Joy. She has been commissioned by companies such as Lowe’s, Credit Karma, Truist, and Ally bank