Sabadell, 1980

He moved with his family to Priego de Córdoba in 1985. After graduating from the School of Arts and Crafts of Granada, he went on to study Fine Art at the universities of Altea, Salamanca, Mexico and finally Granada, where he received his BFA. Although his work mainly focuses on photography and the digital image, he also experiments with painting, street art, video art and installation. His intense, emotionally-charged creations challenge the delicate balance between everyday reality (social, cultural and political) and thought (rational and irrational).

Blanco regularly accepts professional assignments to design advertising for the fashion, rural tourism and olive oil industries. He worked for Fundación Siglo as a documentary photographer at the 3rd Castile-León International Arts Festival, and he was named second runner-up in the photography category of the 9th Visual Arts Competi-tion of Granada. Blanco has participated in projects such as Paredes hablan. Intervención urbana. Cuarenta años de pintadas desde Mayo del 68 and D-Mencia 2008, and he is a co-founder and coordinator of Nemoartfestival (Priego de Córdoba). His work has been exhibited at Espiral, the University Arts Forum (Mexico City), Ikas-Art (Bilbao), Loop (Barcelo-na), Cromática, the 3rd Youth Painting Biennial (Orense), Video en las aulas (Seville) and In & Out (Caja Rural de Granada), as well as in Salamanca, Altea, Córdoba and Málaga, among other cities.