Azucena Sánchez (Mexico City, 1989) is a media artist working in close collaboration with living and non-living organisms to explore their potential as interconnected entities in the face of social and ecological crises. Her artistic research draws inspiration from the natural processes of Earth, its infrastructure, its chaos and its resilience. Through hybrid, rhizomatic methodologies that deal with co-evolution, disruption, and transformation, Sánchez explores the intimate relationship between humans and the more-than-human world.

Sánchez takes on a practice that allows materials and organisms to develop at their own pace, while embracing the fleeting and spontaneous moments of life itself. Whether working in the field, where change is a constant, or in the controlled environment of a laboratory, where life unfolds on its own terms, she adopts an approach that balances intention and emergence. By letting these materials and processes develop organically, she creates spaces where speculative futures can take shape, questioning the static notions of life and technology to propose more fluid, adaptive systems.

At the intersection of art, science, and the living world, her work spans biomedia, tech-sculpture, multimedia, and site-specific installations, as well as experimental photography. Her pieces have been included in international exhibitions at Transmediale, Schillerpalais, and TopLab in Berlin; STWST48 as part of Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria; and MUCA in Mexico City.

Education

April 2015 – December 2017

August – December 2016

March – September 2013

March – July 2011 

August 2008 – June 2012

September – December 2010

M.F.A. Master in Media Art and Design at Bauhaus Universität

One semester abroad at Aalto University, Finland

Certificate of Achivement “DIY Interactive Art” by ICAD

Workshop “Topografía Algoritmica” with Juan Manuel Escalante from Realität

Graduate Degree in Graphic Design Universidad La Salle, Mexico City

5th Semester abroat at La Salle University, Philadelphia, EEUU.

Exhibitions

May 2025

October 2024

BLUE SKIES Future Reflections. Eine Welt Haus. Munich, Germany 

Mexiko in München. Zwischen Hoffen und Bnagen. Mohr-Villa Freimann Munich, Germany 

September 2024

Ander Art Festival. Munich, Germany 

August 2024

OIIOOOI Public Event. SLUG Gallery. Leipzig, Germany 

April – May 2024

UtopiaKulturbunt Neuperlach. Munich, Germany 

April 2024

POM Conference: Likeness and Beyond. Aachen, Germany 

October 2023

TranscendenceESSAY Project Space. Berlin, Germany 

July 2022

Habitar la Imagen • Online Exhibition. Berlin, Germany.

September and November 2019

Fluxus Tierra • TopLab Berlin, Germany • Gimnasio del Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.

September 2017

Mindless • Exhibition at STWST 48×3  as part of Ars Electonica. Linz, Austria.

April 2017

Castello Ruffo Intervention • Transformatorio 2017. Sicily, Italy.

July 2016

An Investment of Sound: Tresor • Summary 2016 at Bauhaus University. Weimar, Germany.

February 2016

The Mess with Tech, Sense and Thinking @transmediale ‘16 • HKW Berlin, Germany

April 2016

Agar! Agar! • Schillerpalais in Berlin, Germany.

September 2012

Topografía Algorítmica • Museo Universitario de Ciencia y Arte (MUCA). Mexico City, Mexico.

Artistic Residencies

August 2024

OUTSIDEININSIDEOUTINSIDEOUTOUTSIDEIN Residency Stadt Wehlen, Germany.

August – September 2023

Flusslab OnSite – transdisciplinary residency within the STEAM disciplines. Coswig | Berlin, Germany.

May – June 2023

Rossonove – Zero Soil Consumption. Pietra Ligure, Italy 

July 2022

Flusslab Online – transdisciplinary residency within the STEAM disciplines. Berlin, Germany.

August 2019

Karne Kunst Diálogos México – Alemania. Berlin, Germany 

August – September 2017

Eleonore Residency by Mycelium Network Society and Stadtwerkstatt. Curated by Shu Lea Cheang, taro and Franz Xaver. Linz, Austria

March – April 2017

Trasformatorio – International (hack)lab for experimental and site-specific arts, Scaletta Zanclea, Sicily, Italy.

Publications & Grants

October 2024

April 2022

January 2019

 

Top Prize Top Prize of ‘Voices of Regeneration’ by Unearthodox

“Oak Tales” at Mediamatic. Part of the “Penny for your Thoughts” Project.

“Restoration” at Spoonzine 1st Issue: Bread & Revolution.