Statement
Kas Infinite (Chris Sanchez) a self -taught Fine Artist, Who resides and works in the Coachella Valley California. Chris Sanchez experiments with artful interventions on the land rather than working solely in a studio. His work often is a response to site-specific urban or environmental locations. His multimedia installations are a continuous dialogue with remote sites across the Coachella Valley & California deserts, Chris's work is venturing into new territories within his work and site specific installation in hopes of greater understanding of ancestral heritage and time & space.
Kas Infinites latest series of work combines hybrid elements of painting, sculpture, digital art, light and video. His multi-faceted experiments of process and material manipulation are similar to that of a chemist exploring the infinite potential of constant shifting variables of composition and light. The artist’s highly energized method of experimentation enters into new territory within the evolution of Contemporary Art in relation to the Futurism movement & Light & Space & Photography. In development of a life's work (Infinite-Structure) which strides for a complete perspective and photographic narration of his work. Kas is highly in tuned with intuition & curiosity within his ambiguous process his work embodies. “I’m creating a connection with the ancestral past and translating it in a contemporary context. It makes sense that the site-specific work has to do with the environment of the desert and its history. My grandfather has a ranch in the desert, and I grew up out there. [My art] is my form of connection. It brings me closer and gives more meaning to my practice.” He taps into his Mexican heritage visual language to transform structures and environments into ephemeral experiences.
Locale-Chromaplex, La Quinta Mural
Selected exhibitions & commissions
The House That Art Built - City Of Indio Art Exhibition, Indio California, 2018-19
ChromaPlex - City of La Quinta Library Public Arts Mural, La Quinta California 2019
Available To All - Rough Play Projects, Mojave Desert Land Trust, Joshua Tree, California 2018
Rhythm Wine & Brews Experience - Empire Polo Fields, Indio, California 2015-16-17-2018
Desert Island - parallel project Desert X, Epicenter projects, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio California 2017
Faultline - Epicenter projects, Painted Canyon, Mecca California 2017
Street - Westfield/Visit Palm Desert, Public Arts Installation, Palm Desert, California 2015-2017
Desert Oasis Music Festival - Public Arts installation, Empire Polo Fields, Indio, California 2017
Artists Council Exhibition - PSAC Palm Springs Art Museum- Palm Springs, California 2017
Desert Arts Student Exhibition - College of the Desert, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert California 2017
Pixel Division - La Quinta Arts Festival Sculpture installation, La Quinta California, 2017
Suspended Disbelief - MADE Gallery, LongBeach, California 2016
Open Desert Music & Photographic Arts - Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum 2016
Between - Group exhibition MAKE center for the arts, Palm Desert, 2016
Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council Exhibition - UCR University of California Riverside, Palm Desert Center 2015
The Here & Now - Solo Coachella Valley Art Scene ,Cathedral City, California 2015
Crisalida - Group Show, The McCallum Theatre/ The James Irvine Foundation, Palm Desert, California 2015
Made In California, Ernie Ball Company- National Association of Music Merchants NAMM Show, Anaheim, California 2015
Latigrafica - Red Bull, Plaza De la Raza, Los Angeles, California 2013-14
Red-Bull Curates - Mack Sennett Studios, Los Angeles California 2014
Art & Sound - Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California 2014
COLORS - Coachella Valley art scene gallery, Cathedral City, California 2014
Vestal Village - Vestal Village, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Thermal California 2014
Desert Rising - Imperial Valley College, Imperial California 2013
The 5th Element - Golden era of street art, Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California 2013
Coachella Music & Arts Festival X Absolut - Sculpture Installation, Indio, California 2013
A.O.K - Group exhibiton C.V.A.S, Palm Springs 2012-13
Transits of Venus - Venus Gallery, Palm Desert, California 2013
Nomads - Venus Gallery, Palm Desert, California 2012
Tangible Dream State - group exhibition F.O.T.B, Palm Desert, California 2011
Something from nothing - SCRAP Gallery/C.V.A.S, Indio, California 2009