Erik Sanchez

Erik Sanchez is a Shoalwater Bay Indian Artist. Raised in the Imperial Valley in Southern California and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation on the Washington peninsula, he graduated from Everett Community College in 2018 with an Associates of Fine Arts in Photography. From The Institute of American Indian Arts with a BFA in Cinematic Arts where he was also the recipient of the George R.R. Martin Master Storyteller scholarship. Sanchez is currently in his final year at The California Institute of the Arts for a MFA in film directing.