Ryan Sanchez is an artist, illustrator, and author. He was raised as a latch key kid in the suburbs of LA LA Land, California. To keep himself entertained as a child, he drew on sidewalks, streets, walls, shoes, clothing, textbooks, and anything else he could get his hands on.

Luckily, he did not grow out of his passion for the art. Ryan went on to college and earned a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California in 1995, and a BFA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design in 2000.

In 2002, he moved to New York to build on his street cred. Since then, his illustrations have widely been used in the editorial, advertising, and publishing world and have been recognized by Communication Arts, 3 X 3 Magazine, American Illustration, and the Society of Illustrators.

After 5 years of grinding the pavements of the Big Apple, he quickly rose to through the ranks. During this time, his paintings have been shown in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, London, Canada, and Switzerland. In 2007, Schwartz and Wade Books published Ryan’s first illustrated children’s book, Clara and Senor Frog, written by Campbell Geeslin. Later that year, he decided to slow things down...REALLY slow things down, and moved to the South.

Currently, Ryan lives in Savannah, GA with his lovely wife, Heidi. He is enrolled at Savannah College of Art and Design in pursuit of his MFA in Illustration. His 2 adorable pets, an English bulldog named Abbey and a rabbit named Sebastian constantly entertain him with their antics as he patiently waits for the new addition to his family to make his/her debut in October. A better part of his day is spent painting, picking, poking, posturing, pointing, prognosticating, and plotting.

Ryan can be reached at:
Studio: 912.434.4379
Mobile: 626.260.1279
Email: [[com,ryansanchez,ryan]]

Literary Illustrations are represented by
Paul Rodeen of Rodeen Literary Management
Email: info@rodeenliterary.com
Phone: 773-944-5699

Education
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration (with Honors)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1995
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts

Clients have included:

Saatchi & Saatchi, Simon & Schuster, Anheuser Busch, Random House, Schwartz and Wade Books, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, McCann-Erickson, Foote Cone and Belding, Ogilvy and Mather, IBM , The New York Times, Spin Magazine, Billboard, RJ Reynolds, Harcourt Brace, Sony Pictures Television, The Monogram Group, Saban Entertainment, ShipShapes, Back Home Pictures, Lucky Magazine, Business 2.0, Bicycling, POZ Magagine, SourceMedia, Stuff Magazine, John Cutler, ESPN, Big Builder, American Airlines, BBH USA, Bicycling Magazine, CIO Magazine, Detroit Home, LA Weekly, National Geographic, The Village Voice, Indianapolis Monthly, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Milwaukee Magazine, Rio Promotions, UCLA Magazine, Tu Ciudad Magazine, The New Republic, Lillie's, Guitar World Acoustic, David Nicolas Photography, Santa Fe Reporter, Runner's World Magazine, Russell Simmon's One World Magazine, Utne Reader, Trader Joe's, Texas Monthly, and Urban Latino