Blanka Amezkua
Artist in Residence
January 2023

Blanka is an artist formally trained as a painter, a ‌cultural‌ ‌promoter,‌ ‌educator,‌ ‌and‌ ‌project‌ ‌creator ‌based‌ ‌in ‌South‌ ‌Bronx. Her practice‌ ‌is‌ ‌greatly‌ ‌influenced‌ ‌and‌ ‌informed‌ ‌by‌ ‌folk‌ ‌art‌ ‌and‌ ‌popular‌ ‌culture. In 2016 she initiated ‌‌AAA3A ‌‌‌(Alexander‌ ‌Avenue‌ ‌Apartment‌ ‌3A)‌ ‌an‌ ‌alternative‌ ‌artist-run‌ ‌project‌ ‌which‌ ‌offers‌ ‌food,‌ ‌dialogue,‌ ‌workshops,‌ ‌and‌ ‌art‌ ‌in‌ ‌her ‌living‌ ‌room.‌ She's an active member of  ‌Running‌ ‌for‌ ‌Ayotzinapa‌ ‌43,‌ ‌an‌ ‌international‌ ‌community‌ ‌of‌ runners‌ ‌based‌ ‌in‌ ‌NYC‌ ‌that‌ ‌promotes‌ ‌dialogue‌ ‌and‌ ‌consciousness‌ ‌concerning‌ ‌human‌ ‌rights‌ ‌violations‌ ‌worldwide.‌ ‌Mentions‌ ‌of‌ ‌her‌ ‌work‌ ‌and‌ ‌projects‌ ‌can‌ ‌be‌ ‌found‌ ‌in‌ ‌various‌ ‌notable‌ ‌national‌ ‌and‌ ‌international‌ ‌publications.‌

Learn more about Blanka on her website, here.