Fanny Sanín

She was awarded an Honoris Causa de Magíster en Artes (honorary master's degree of art) by University of Antioquia in February, 2015. Her work has been featured in a volume entitled, Fanny Sanín: The Concrete Language of Color and Structure, which appeared in 2019.

Fanny Sanín studied at University of the Andes, University of Illinois System and Chelsea College of Art and Design. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is painting. David Manzurr is recorded as an influence. Work by Fanny Sanín is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Colombian National Museum.

• Name — Fanny Sanín • Born — 1938 • Birthplace — Bogota, Colombia • Known for — Painting • Movement — Geometric abstraction • Training — University of Los Andes University of Illinois Chelsea School of Art • Website — https: fannysanin.com/

She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Los Andes in 1960, studying under David Manzur Londoño and Armando Villegas. She continued her studies in the areas of printmaking and art history at the University of Illinois. While living in London in the late 1960s, she studied engraving at the Chelsea School of Art.

Sanín has cited a number of specific influences, including Ellsworth Kelly, Wassily Kandinsky, and Henri Matisse. Her work is often compared to that of Carmen Herrera and Lygia Clark. Sanín's work is in several public collections, including the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio, where Sanín donated a painting in 2017. Acrylic No. 1, 2005 was donated by the artist in honor of the scholarly work of Edward J. Sullivan, Helen Gould Sheppard professor of Fine Arts at New York University. Additionally, the museum acquired three studies for this painting: Study for Painting No. 1 (3) 2005, Study for Painting No. 1 (5) 2005, and Study for Painting No. 1 (7) 2005.