Sheryl Anaya is an artist and educator working in Fort Worth, TX where she is currently a Community Teacher at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. She graduated with a BFA in Studio Art from Texas Woman's University in 2013 and will begin pursuing an MFA in Studio Art at Texas Christian University in the Fall of 2020. In 2019 she completed an 11-week residency in Ólafsfjörður, Iceland where her explorations culminated in a solo exhibition at Umbrella Gallery in Dallas, TX. Her work examines identity and empathy through the universality of the human experience, intimate relationships, and nostalgia, whether humorous or gut wrenching. Sheryl has shown regionally, nationally, and internationally.