Blanka Amezkua

Formally trained as a painter, her creative practice is greatly influenced and informed by folk art and popular culture, from papel picado to comic books.

from California State University at Fresno, and she attended the Scuola Libera del Nudo of the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, Italy, between 1997 and 1998 and is formally trained as a painter.

In 2012 she initiated 8 to 8: State of Creative Emergency an opportunity for artists in any field to craft an idea and present it in public space for twelve hours straight.

[12] The exhibition traveled to Clark University's Schiltkamp Gallery under the title Latin + American from March 15 – May 9, 2021[13] and Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, Connecticut from August 30 – October 1, 2021.

[14] Amezkua showed her work alongside artists Tanya Aguiñiga, Alicia Grullón, Glendalys Medina, Natalia Nakazawa, Esteban Ramón Pérez, Lina Puerta, Shellyne Rodriguez, Felipe Baeza, Lionel Cruet, David Antonio Cruz, Ramiro Gomez, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Dante Migone-Ojeda, and Vick Quezada.