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 Jorge Blanco is a Venezuelan artist
born in Caracas, he now lives and works in Sarasota, Florida. During the
last 30 years Blanco has developed a distinguished career as a sculptor,
graphic designer, humorist and illustrator. He has received international
recognition for his work in these different fields.
In 1971 he received an academic degree in Industrial Design, from the
Neumann Institute in Caracas. Jorge moved to Rome, Italy in 1974 where he
studied at the academy of Fine Arts. His first sculpture exhibition in
Europe was a one-man show at the Italian-American Institute in Rome in 1978.
In 1979, his sculptures and drawings were exhibited at the Contemporary Art
Museum in Caracas. Since then he has participated in over 100 group and solo
exhibitions in Venezuela, Europe, Japan and the US.
Jorge is a recognized illustrator; his children's book illustrations (he has
over 20 books in print) have won awards in his native country. His character
"El Náufrago" (The Castaway) first appeared in 1980, since then it has been
published in Venezuela's major newspapers and in seven books. It has
appeared in publications in the United States, Portugal and Italy.
In 1979 Jorge Blanco developed the corporate image of the Children's Museum
(Museo de los Niños), a science, art and technology center, pioneer in Latin-America.
He continues to collaborate with this wonderful institution.
In the past 5 years his sculptures have been exhibited at Pier Walk in
Chicago, Illinois, at the Mitchell Foundation, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. In
Sarasota, his large scale sculptures "The Runners" are a permanent
installation in the median on U.S. 41 across from the Art Center, "Phoenix",
a 15 feet tall sculpture has been purchased by Sarasota County and "Cartwheel,"
permanent installation at Gulf Gate Elementary School. His sculptures and
drawings are in private collections in South America, Asia, Europe and the
US
PUBLlC ART
- "Phoenix," purchased by Sarasota County for the City of Venice, Florida.
- "To Be Red," Permanent Installation. Commissioned by the Longboat Key
Center for the Arts, Sarasota, Florida.
- "Cartwheel," Permanent installation. Commissioned by the Public Arts in
the Public Schools Project, Sarasota.
- "The Runners," Permanent Installation. Commissioned by the City of
Sarasota.
- "Smile," Cedarhurst, Mitchell Foundation, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
- "Positively Red," Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, Sarasota.
- "Marathon," Commissioned by "A Gift to My City," Caracas, Venezuela.
- "Nagayama Plaza," Group of 3 sculptures, Commissioned by the Contemporary
Sculpture Center. Tokyo. Japan.
- "Sun Smile," Project SMILE. Commissioned by the Tokyo Metropolitan
Community Shopping Center Project, Azabu Juban, Minato Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- "Sun, Blue & Red," "Francisco Fajardo" Highway, Caracas, Venezuela.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 Fenn Gallery, Woodbury, Connecticut
2004 Citibank- Venezuela n American Chamber of Commerce, Miami,
Florida
2004 "New Works," A New Leaf Gallery - Sculpture Site, Berkeley,
California
2004 Art Plus Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2004 "ARTEAMERICAS," Coconut Grove, Florida
2004 "Sculptures," Tambo, Coral Gables, Florida
2003-05 "Urban Trees," Port of San Diego, California
2003 "Sarasota Season of Sculpture," Sarasota, Florida 2003 "Art
Center Sarasota," Sarasota, Florida
2003 "Hot Summer," Saks Fifth Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
2003 "Hispanic Artists," City of Aventura Govemment Building, Florida
2002 Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami, Florida
2002 "A View from the Ocean," Sculptures, Tambo Restaurant, Miami
Beach, Florida
2002 "Artists Helping Artists" Sarasota Visual Arts Center, Sarasota,
Florida
2002 "Maquette Show," Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Selby Library,
Sarasota, Florida
2001 "Octect 8 Visions," Manatee Art League, Bradenton, Florida
2001 "Pier Walk," Chicago, Illinois
2000 "Sarasota Season of Sculpture," Sarasota, Florida
2000 "Sculpture Under the Stars" at the Ringling Museum of Art,
Sarasota, Florida
"Hola Venezuela," Sculptures,
Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999 "Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea" (International
Biannual of Contemporary Art) Florence, Italy
1998 Annual Educational Fundraising Gala, Ringling Museum of Art,
Sarasota, Florida
1993 "Coca Cola, 50 years with Art," Oscar Ascanio Gallery, Caracas,
Venezuela
1997 "Fast Life Metallics" Sculptures & Serigraphs, Icono Gallery,
Caracas, Venezuela
1997 "A Ton of Art," Sculptures, Britto Central, Miami Beach, Florida
1995 "Iron Humor," Sculptures, Euroamerican Art Center, Caracas,
Venezuela
1992 "Faces and a Watermelon," Sculptures, Oscar Ascanio Gallery,
Caracas, Venezuela
1987 "Travel in the Subway with The Castaway," Metro de Caracas,
Venezuela
1979 Sculptures and Drawings by Jorge Blanco, Contemporary Art Museum
of Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
1978 Sculptures & Drawings, Italian-Latin American Institute, Rome,
Italy
1976 Drawings by Jorge Blanco, Paesi Nuovi Gallery, Rome, Italy
1975 Drawings & Sculptures by Jorge Blanco, 'G.' Gallery, Caracas,
Venezuela
1974 30 Drawings by Jorge Blanco, Banap Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
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