New prints hot off the press!
I just released this 6-color screenprint in collaboration with @station16gallery and @muralfestival
Edition of 50. Signed and numbered.
Get it at the Station16 gallery or online here:

https://www.station16gallery.com/collections/all/products/ruben-sanchez-untitled

Been painting a long wall this past weekend at Primavera Sound Festival split with a nice crew @amaiaarrazola @zosenbandido @marinacapdevila @txemy @mina_hamada and @cristianblanxer

My contribution to the wall is based on ‘The Party’, the old famous movie featuring Peter Sellers.

Many thanks to the whole team at TheCreative.net and everyone involved

All photos by David Acedo

Skateboarding stories.

I had the chance to paint this beautiful vintage bus located at my local skatepark in Spain, Skate Agora, where they host every year the Street League contest.
For those of you who aren’t into skateboarding, the Street League is like the SuperBowl of skate and turns out that one of the 5 stops of the World tour (2 in Europe, 3 in USA) is in my neighborhood.

The artwork that I worked on is inspired in different stages of skateboarding: exploring, slamming, pushing… slamming again.
Four characters showing each of these features in one side and a perfect kickflip over a tree on the other side, like the evolution of the skater and all the struggle and determination behind it.

Not a big fan of Street League or anything related with the mainstream transformation of skateboarding but that’s a different story. This project wasn’t directly related with it, just with the local park but I gotta say that I’m happy to have had the best riders and friends from all around the world having fun in my neighborhood.

Many thanks to Montana Colors and Skate Agora for supporting this, I’ve been wanting to paint this bus since the first time I saw it in the park and it’s always cool to play at home!

Hyped to be part of Mural Festival 2017. See you in Montreal!

Just came back from Bordeaux (France) where I spent almost a couple of gypsy weeks having a mini residency and show at Darwin with my friends Javier Mendizabal, Julián Lorenzo and Diego Cabezas.
We’ve been working and having fun together for ‘Immersion’, the idea behind the show, which is inspired in how the human is interacting with the Ocean, what’s our impact and how can we change that. We have collaborated with a couple of NGO’s specialized on this so they can inform the visitors as they see the artworks.

A great experience, we’ve developed our artworks on the go and I’m excited to have had the chance to collaborate with my friend and sculptor Diego Cabezas on some pieces for this show.

From May 5th to 25th at Darwin Gallery, Bordeaux.

Many thanks to Javi and Carine for make this happen and for take care of us, and the amazing crew at Darwin, especially Tristan and Seb.

Wall with my friend Txemy in Barcelona.

Emotional balance. 

Reason vs. Emotion, the uncontrollable struggle of these two human behaviors as opposed as inseparable. 

Thank you Adobe & Behance’s 99u Magazine for this interview in their past issue.

Some new works at the new studio:

Hombre con Piña. Acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm. 2017

Mujer con Guitarra. Acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm. 2017

Hombre con Calavera. Acrylic on canvas, 120x100cm. 2017

Away I and II. Acrylic on canvas, 90x60cm.

Showing now at the ‘Refuge in Paint’ exhibition by @aptarts in NAMLA, Miami.

A hometown being part of the own anatomy.
The reminiscence of a lost place that only inhabits in the memory.
All proceeds are donated to AptArt projects.

So nice to see Architectural Digest magazine turning my ‘Lucid Dream’ installation into a scenario for their featured furniture in their latest issue.

Stoked about this show next week in Miami where I am collaborating with a few pieces.
Art donations to keep alive the AptArt project, always in the front line doing the good stuff for those who need it most.

A 4 year retrospective of street art with kids in Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Opening on March 29th at NAMLA Nader Art Museum Latin America

Collages on paper. Some new works in the studio.

One of the prototypes for the pájaro cornudo that I’m working on.
Ceramic+steel+olive wood.

100% handmade with the great help from @basbarcelona

Nice gifts from the sky (somewhere around north of Iran).
One of the very few things that I like from flying

Last minute wall in Bahrain

“In an average lifetime, the human being spends around six years dreaming, but what is really happening during this time still remains a mystery, impossible to decipher.

Located between our consciousness and the dream state, lucid dream allows us to control and modify our actions or scenarios, aware that we are living in a dream whilst making everything possible within the limits of our imagination.

Where would your dreams go if you could have control over them? How far are our dreams from reality?

Welcome to the thin line that connects consciousness with dreams.”

With this text I opened my new installation in Dubai for MeetD3, an annual art & design event taking place in Dubai Design District.
Invited by Tashkeel Studio and inspired by lucid dreaming, I created this space with the idea of placing yourself far from reality for a minute, and inviting you to interact and be part of this trippy dream. More info in my instagram @zoonchez​ 

Many thanks to Tashkeel Studio, D3 and all of the visitors who passed by and showed some love. <3

All photos by Jalal Abuthina

‘Organic Interaction’
My installation for The Nest art festival 2016 in Bahrain.
10 days of intense hard work, using the recycled wood used from last year’s festival and inspired by the human communication, the way we find the way to interact with each other, through words or any other non verbal communication. I tried to show the human necessity to interact with other humans, breaking the barrier of language sometimes.

Many thanks to my team Almas and Shahjahan, Mohammed, Reham, Huvil and everyone at Al Riwaq Art Space.

Installation of the installation
Sweat, blood and nerves
Bahrain, 2016

Work in progress…