Andrea Sánchez Ibarrola: Reach Scotland Resident

We are pleased to be able to welcome Mexican artist Andrea Sánchez Ibarrola for a one-week REACH Scotland Residency from 7 – 14 July 2025.

During her residency Sánchez Ibarrola is working on a series of material experimentations related to her return to the Don River in Aberdeenshire after an interval of three decades. She is responding to the natural landscape of the river-mouth and its environment, sounds, smells and textures in relation to a process of recollection. The experimentation here at ESW will include layering of paper, graphite drawings, map tracings, aerial views, clay and sand, with the opportunity to fire some works.

Andrea Sánchez Ibarrola

Andrea Sánchez Ibarrola obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Art Restoration from the National School of Conservation in Mexico. She also holds a Master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Sánchez Ibarrola has been awarded with grants from Fundación Jumex, The Audain Foundation, and the Graduate Research Travel Grant from the University of British Columbia. She has worked with leading contemporary art institutions such as Museo Jumex and MUAC in Mexico, focusing on collection management, exhibition installation, and contemporary art preservation.

She has collaborated in the development and curatorial research for the creation of E Ciento Veinte, contemporary art gallery in Spain. Additionally, she has completed curatorial internships at The Belkin Art Gallery in Canada and the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico. Sánchez Ibarrola has curated photography exhibitions for The Polygon Gallery in Canada, Mirar Distinto Festival 2020 and ENFOQUE Festival 2023 in Mexico. She currently lives and works in Mexico City.