Jos Sances | |
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Born | John Joseph Sances August 18, 1952 |
Education | Montserrat College of Art |
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John Joseph "Jos" Sances (born August 18, 1952) is an American artist, activist, writer, and community organizer, known for his printmaking, and tile murals/public art . [1] [2] He is the founder and director of Alliance Graphics. [3] Sances is based in Berkeley, California.
John Joseph Sances was born August 18, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Sicilian-American family. [3] [4] [5] He studied at Montserrat School of Visual Arts (now Montserrat College of Art). [6]
He came to California in 1976 and became active in art and politics. [6] In the late 1970s, Sance was active with the Galería de la Raza and the La Raza Silkscreen Center. [7] In 1982, Sances co-founded Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. [6] [7]
In 1989, Sances founded Alliance Graphics, a Berkeley-based union screen print shop. [8] Profits from Alliance Graphics support the parent organization, the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA). [6]
His work, Or, The Whale (2019) was in the 2019 exhibition, Here is the Sea at Richmond Art Center. [9] Or, The Whale was created on 119 panels. When assembled together they form a 14 feet high by 51 feet wide scratchboard with the image of a sperm whale with the illustrated history of capitalism in America inside of the whale. [9]
Sances is a member of the food-based art group The Great Tortilla Conspiracy making tortilla art, other members include Rio Yañez, René Yañez, and Art Hazelwood. [10] [11]
Sances' work can be found in various public museum collections, including Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] Birmingham Museum of Art, [12] American Labor Museum in Haledon, New Jersey, Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), [13] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [14] among others.
Sances' screenprints, his own images and images printed for other artists, are included in Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print by Art Hazelwood. [15]
Year | Title | Artists | Location | Notes |
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1991–1994 | Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California | 4 murals | |
1996 | Jos Sances | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California | 9 murals | |
2003 | Future Roads | Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez | 16th Street BART station, San Francisco, California | A screen printed tile mural around the entrance of the esclators. [16] [17] |
2006 | Youthful Transformation | Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez | Juvenile Justice Center, Main Corridor, San Leandro, California | A digital tile mural. |
2008 | On the Right Track | Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez | Richmond BART/Amtrak/AC Transit station, Richmond, California | A series of tile murals. [16] |
2009 | Jos Sances, Art Hazelwood | Arnett Watson Apartments, San Francisco, California | A tile mural [18] | |
2009 | Jos Sances | Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, California | A tile mural [18] | |
2010 | Jos Sances | Ira Jenkins Park, Oakland, California | [18] [19] | |
2019 | Jos Sances | Shadelands Sports Complex, Walnut Creek, California | A 1500 sq.ft. tile mural. [18] |
Sances is the founder and art director of Alliance Graphics in Berkeley. A Sicilian-American, Sances worked for years with La Raza Graphics and Mission Grafica in San Francisco.