Jos Sances

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Jos Sances
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John Joseph Sances

(1952-08-18) August 18, 1952 (age 71)
Boston, Massachusetts
Education Montserrat College of Art
Website www.josart.net

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.

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Biography

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 last 1970s, Sance was active with the Galería de la Raza and the La Raza Silkscreen Center. [7] In c.1982, Sances co-founded Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. [6] [7]

In 1989, Sances founded the 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] The Or,The Whale work was created on 119 panels, when assembled together they form a 14 feet high by 51 long 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. [15]

Murals

YearTitleArtistsLocationNotes
1991–1994Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California4 murals
1996Jos SancesOakland Coliseum, Oakland, California9 murals
2003Future RoadsJos Sances, Daniel Galvez 16th Street BART station, San Francisco, CaliforniaA screen printed tile mural around the entrance of the esclators. [16] [17]
2006Youthful TransformationJos Sances, Daniel GalvezJuvenile Justice Center, Main Corridor, San Leandro, CaliforniaA digital tile mural.
2008On the Right TrackJos Sances, Daniel Galvez Richmond BART/Amtrak/AC Transit station, Richmond, CaliforniaA series of tile murals. [16]
2009Jos Sances, Art HazelwoodArnett Watson Apartments, San Francisco, CaliforniaA tile mural [18]
2009Jos SancesCastro Valley Library, Castro Valley, CaliforniaA tile mural [18]
2010Jos SancesIra Jenkins Park, Oakland, California [18] [19]
2019Jos SancesShadelands Sports Complex, Walnut Creek, CaliforniaA 1500 sq.ft. tile mural. [18]

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