Biography
SILVANA BLASBALG
Argentina.
Live and work in Buenos Aires.
Graduated from the National School of Fine Arts Manuel Belgrano
He worked in the workshops of prestigious artists.,
Since 1978 he has done individual and collective shows in Argentina, and also in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, USA, Canada, Poland, Italy, Spain, Israel, Romania, etc., receiving more than 55 national and international prizes. international
Awards
We stand out among them ,.
The first prize of painting Proarte de Pintura, Córdoba, Arg, 1990; the second Prize of Engraving Julio Prieto Nespereira, Orense, Spain, 1994; second prize of the Triennial Engraving of Frechen, Germany, 1996; first prize of Painting I.C.A.I (Instituto Cultural Argentino Israel), 1999; third prize of the second ArteBa Engraving Biennial, 1998; second prize of Engraving Salón de Santa Fe_, 2000; the First Prize of Engraving Carmen Arozena, Spain, 2006., accession of Engraving in the Contemporary Engraving Prize of Gran Canaria, Spain, 2008, Finalist Acqui Terme, Italy 2003,2009, Third Engraving Prize, Manuel Belgrano Hall, 2010, Argentina; Acqui Terme Biennial Acquisition Award, Italy (2013), Mention of the Jury National Hall, Engraving, Argentina, Acqui Terme Biennial Acquisition Award 2013, Mention XV Biennial Award for Graphic Miniatures Luisa Palacios, Venezuela, 2014; Mecion de Honor First Artist Book Biennial, Buenos Aires, 2014.
She is invited to participate in exhibitions and competitions in Argentina and abroad: Library of Alexandria, (Egypt); Gior, (Hungary); Wroclaw, (Poland), Experimental Art in Bucharest, (Bulgaria), etc. and in Art Fairs (ArteBa, Estampa, MIA art Fair, BA Photo, etc), also participating in the Trabucco Prize of the National Academy of Fine Arts in 3 opportunities., Krakow Triennial, Poland, FIG Bilbao, Spain.
As well as participating with Artist Books in countless exhibitions and awards around the world.
They have works by private collectors, museums and institutions
Vision of art
1. Choose a work that represents you, describe it in relation to its format and materiality, its relation with time and space, its style and theme; detail its production process.
I choose the comment on “Literal Approach”:
It is a book - object.
Its measures are 40cm x 40 cm x 12cm.
It is a work that combines personal elements and that wonders subjects of my interest such as the past and the history.
2. In general terms, how would you suggest to approach your work?
Just to observe it...
3. In reference to your work and your position in the national and international art fields, what tradition do you recognize yourself in? Who are your contemporary referents? What artists of previous generations are of interest to you?
My education is very academic and my vision is constantly nourished by the contemporary. I don’t like labeling… I will name Bacon, Warhol, Macchi, Liliana Porter, León Ferrari, Cosima von Bonin, Vanessa Beecroft, Pombo, among many others that I am recalling right now, from Argentina and abroad.
4. Choose works or exhibitions from the last ten or fifteen years which in your opinion were very significant and explain why
I am very interested on what is going on in photography. The Light Festival showings: Marcos López, Res, Nicola Costantino, Fabiana Barreda, Laura Glusman, the installations and people who is working from a graphic design perspective with openness to other technologies. For instance Matilde Marín, Zulema Mazza, Andrea Juan, among others.
5. What tendencies or groupings from common elements do you see in argentine art of the last ten or fifteen years?
I absolutely add to what Román Vitali wrote.
