Tania Blanco
Valencia 1978
Tania Blanco recently received the Visual Art Diploma of the Postgraduate Program (2017-2021) of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. She graduated from the San Carlos Fine Arts Faculty (Polythechnic University of Valencia) in 2001, completing part of her studies at the Middlesex University in London. Tania Blanco´s work has a multifaceted character whereby several vectors converge. Her work focuses on recent socio-political events and environmental worries. Since she completed her studies, she has participated in residencies and received awards and grants such as the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, the Casa de Velázquez Residency Grant (Académie de France à Madrid), the Fundación Especial Caja Madrid Grant (Generaciones 2014), the Bogliasco Foundation Residency Grant (Liguria Arts Center), the Caixa Galicia Foundation Artist Grant, the XX Alfons Roig Grant (Council of Valencia), the Formarte Spanish Ministry of Culture Artist Residency Grant (Collège d´Espagne à Paris), or the Cité Internationale des Arts residency in Paris. Blanco´s work has also been shown in solo exhibitions at museums and galleries such as the Parpalló Showroom (Valencia, Spain), Bilbaoarte Foundation (Bilbao, Spain), the Alarcón Criado Gallery (Sevilla, Spain) or Josedelafuente Gallery (Santander, Spain). She has also participated in several group exhibitions in places such as the Centquatre (Paris, France), the Beall Center for Art +Technology (Irvine, California, USA), Assembly Point (London, UK), Centrocentro (Madrid) or La Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain).