Blanka Amezkua

Solo

2012
Delicious Obsessions at Rooster, Athens, Greece
fLiP fLoPs & hEeLs! at Art Base, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Dialects v. 3: Interminable Recurrence in My Mind at Bronx River Art Center, NY


Group

2012
More Female than Ever at Follow Your Art; Kythira, Greece.
2011
THE PET CITY EXHIBITION at Melanithros; Athens, Greece.
sExplosion: Penis & Vagina Relationships in the Contemporary Visual Arts at Booze Cooperativa; Athens, Greece
3///3 ...three walls on wednesdays... collaborates with Against All Odds Project (AAO), Athens, Greece
2010
The Book : A Contemporary View at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA), Wilmington, USA
Alternative Histories at Exit Art, NY
Greater New York, 5 Year Review at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; Long Island City, NY
2009
A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art at Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, NJ
There Goes My Hero at The Center for Book Arts, NY
2008
AIM 28: How soon is Now? at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 007 at El Museo del Barrio, NY
2006
Queens International '06: Everything All at Once at Queens Museum, NY


Awards

2009 Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund 2009 : (Bronx Blue Bedroom Project)
2008 The Bronx Museum of the Arts: AIM 28 (Artist in the Marketplace)
2008 Bronx Council On The Arts: BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own)


Bibliography

2011 Stergiou, Lina, (ed.). "Athens Here and Now - Blanka Amezkua: 3///3 ...three walls on wednesdays...", Against All Odds Project (AAO) - Ethics/Aesthetics.
2008 Carlin, T.J. "Arty Party - Bronx Blue Bedroom Project", TimeOut New York.
2008 Smith, Roberta. "Emerging Artists" & "Artists Leap Into the Moment"", The New York Times.
2008 Kugel, Seth.  "The Bronx Is More Than Just Yankee Stadium", The New York Times.
2006 Schwendener, Martha.  "Art Review: Art From Everywhere, All from Queens", The New York Times.


Talks

2010
"A Complex Weave, Women and Identity in Contemporary Art Symposium" : Keynote speaker Eleanor Heartney.  Artist presentation.  Towson, MD.


Books and Catalogues

"Alternative Histories",  Exit Art, NY 2012
"sExplosion: Penis & Vagina Relationships in the Contemporary Arts",  Booze Cooperativa, Athens 2011
"Taking AIM! : The Business of Being an Artist Today",  NY 2011
"Against All Odds Project: Ethics/Aesthetics",  Athens 2011
"The Book: a contemporary view, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts",  2011
"There Goes My Hero", The Center for Book Arts, NY 2009
"L'altra Penelope: Antoligia di Scrittrici di Lingua Spagnola", a cura di Brigidina Gentile, 2009
"A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art", 2008
"AIM 28", Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY 2008
"The S-Files", El Museo del Barrio, NY 2007
"Queens International", Queens Museum of Art, NY 2006
"Tactics and Strategies", Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco 2006

Other

3///3...three walls on wednesdays...:  Originator; mobile, collaborative art project in Athens; launched in September, 2010.
Rompe Puesto:  One day event, piñatas created by 24 artists at Bronx River Art Center co-curated with artist Ronny Quevedo, January 2010.
Bronx Blue Bedroom Project:  Originator; alternative art space in my bedroom, launched in March, 2008.


Education

1993 California State University Fresno: Bachelor of Fine Arts.


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