Biography
Natalia Blanch was born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1971. She obtained her BFA (Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting major) from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, in 1996, and MFA (Masters in Fine Arts) from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA, in 2000.
Since 2010, she has been working as art professor, multidisciplinary humanities option, at Court-St-Etienne's Provincial Technical Institute, in partnership with the inter-municipal music, dance and theater academy of Court-St-Etienne and Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Since 2021, she has been actively involved in the FRAP network (Femmes* Résistantes Artistes Professionnelles). This network, created in February 2020, aims to celebrate and encourage the diversity of the work of professional women* artists and also welcomes women* active in the professional visual arts sector.
She has collaborated with choreographer Lisa Da Boit since 2018 and with poet and musician Thierry Bodson from 2018 to 2022.
She has practiced aïkido, since 2003, and zazen, meditation of Soto Zen Buddhism, since 2008. She took the vows of a Buddhist nun in 2018. She is married, has two children and lives in Brussels, Belgium.
Exhibitions / Performances
2025
Anonymen Zeichner Hamburg!, group exhibition curated by Anke Becker, Hyper Cultural Passengers, Hamburg, Germany, 18 May-5 June.
Vestigios_Remains, group exhibition No. 339 curated by Dodi Espinosa, SECONDroom, Antwerp, Belgium, 1 March.
Anonymous Zeichner, group exhibition curated by Anke Becker, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany, 8 February-28 March.
Vaste de mille-et-mille mailles - ColLaboraty, group exhibition curated by Almut Hüfler, exchange on drawing between Frontviews, Berlin, and ODRADEK, Brussels, Frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, Germany, 17 January-15 February.
La surface du vent, private commission by architect Serge Roose, permanent installation, Brussels, 20 January.
Anonyme Zeichner*Inner, group exhibition curated by Anke Becker, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 16 November 2024-12 January 2025.
2024
I dwell in Possibility, duo exhibition with Lucile Bertrand, Losange, contemporary art exhibition space, Brussels, 14 November–08 December.
Odradek 10 ans d'asémie, group exhibition, Odradek, Brussels, 4 October–16 November.
Vaste de mille-et-mille mailles, group exhibition, exchange on drawing between Frontviews, Berlin, and Odradek, Brussels, Odradek xl, Brussels, 6 September–05 October.
Silencio y lenguaje, conversation at the Women's Museum Cultural Space organized by the Specialization in Contemporary Artistic Production, College of Arts of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
2023
Opening #12, exhibition and performance with Lisa Da Boit around the ongoing project Snodo, studio Étangs Noirs, Brussels, 17 December.
Traits d'union, solo exhibition, Odradek, Brussels, 3-25 November.
Research residency with Lisa Da Boit at Tipperary Danse as part of the partnership between Grand Studio, Belgium, and Tipperary Danse, Ireland, 28 August–8 September.
2022
Texte, texture, textile, group exhibition, Odradek, Brussels, 8 September-1 October.
Langue Vagabonde, performance with Marina Gasparini, Odradek, Brussels, 17 September.
Scenography with Fanfan Rahir of Jamais deux sans trois, theatrical intervention directed by Jean-Henri Drèze, Congrès IRW-CGSP, Brussels.
Le lieu qui te revêt, end of residency exhibition, Firm Artlab, Brussels, 17–18 December 2021 and 27–28 January 2022.
2021
Publication in Linda Nochlin Fanzine, third issue, kiosk.art. (website)
2019
Stanche Mani, performance with Lisa Da Boit, Théâtre de la Vie, Brussels, 12–16 November.
Keep in touch, exhibition with Valentina Perazzini and Gianni Caravaggio, Yamamo Karate club, Brussels, Belgium, 4-5 May.
2018
La nuit de l'o qui bouge, performance of sound and visual poetry with Thierry Bodson, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France, 26 May.
2016
R 16, group exhibition, Tamat Museum of Tapestry and Textile Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels, Tournai, Belgium, 1-31 October.
2015
Intervalos. Museo Caraffa - 100 Años, exhibition, Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, Argentina.
2014
Friche, video interventions, Dieweg 178, Brussels, 27-29 June.
2013
Goen - Correspondencias 2010-2013, duo exhibition with Erica Naito, Genaro Perez Museum, Córdoba, Argentina.
2010
Baraka II, Espace Vallès, Saint Martin d'Hères, France.
2008
Un moment sur l'aile du vent, solo exhibition, Espace Vallès, Saint-Martin d'Hères, France.
The thread as the line, group exhibition, Ellipse Art Center, Virginia, USA.
2007
Artists' sketchbooks and illustrates diaries: exploring the In/Visible, group exhibition curated by Krystyna Wasserman, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA.
Borderline, exhibition in resonance with the Lyon Biennial of contemporary art, Espace Vallès, Saint-Martin d'Hères, France.
Parabrisas, exhibition curated by Lucas Di Pascuale, Espacio centro gallery, Córdoba, Argentina.
2006
Draw_drawing 2, project by Giacomo Picca as part of the London Biennale 2006, The Foundry, London, Uk.
2005
I really want to see..., group exhibition curated by Joan Weber, Gallery Four, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Seven enfants terribles, exhibition, España-Córdoba Cultural Center, Córdoba, Argentina.
2004
The secret miracle, Kafka-Borges Festival, Kampa Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, 3 June–3 July.
100 years of Fine Arts in Córdoba, 100 artists, 100 artworks, exhibition curated by Daniel Capardi, Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, Argentina.
2003
Tajemsví, site specific video installation, Goethe Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
LUFF, Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland, 8-12 October.
ICECA, New Media Art Festival, CMU Art Museum, Thailand, 28 March–15 April.
El artista portable, exhibition curated by Daniela Franco, México Institute, Paris, France.
2002
No pasarán, video projection curated by Paula Aisemberg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France.
IV Sound Art Festival Sound Habitat, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico.
Impermanencia-Impermanence, solo exhibition and performances, Camac (Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre), Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
2001
Writing of Sound, solo exhibition, Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2000
Territories of Silence, exhibition, Parent's Association Gallery, University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA.
Untitled (Notion of Sacrifice II), performance, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, La Habana, Cuba.
Private-public collections
Serge Roose, Brussels, Belgium
Jannie Zwaan, Brussels, Belgium
Lucile Bertrand, Brussels, Belgium
Evelyne de Berh and Thierry Lucas, Brussels, Belgium
Philip Vereecken and Gwen Fife, Hoegaarden, Belgium
Vincent Bazin, Grenoble, France
Philip Barlow, Washington DC, USA
Joan Weber, Washington DC, USA
Vivienne Lassman, Washington DC, USA
Krystyna Wasserman, Washington DC, USA
Athena Tacha, Washington DC, USA
Susan Auriko, Chicago, IL, USA
Edward Shaw, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bernie and Jackie Warshaw, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Emilio Caraffa Museum, Cordoba, Argentina
Calvin College, Chicago, USA
Residencies
2024
Research residency with Lisa Da Boit, Grand Studio, Brussels, Belgium.
2023
Research residency with Lisa Da Boit as part of the partnership between Grand Studio, Belgium, and Tipperary Danse, Ireland, Tipperary Danse, Ireland, 28 August–8 September.
Manos respirando, creative residency with Lisa Da Boit, Le Boson, Brussels, Belgium, 21–25 August.
2021
Residency, Firm Artlab, Brussels.
2018-19
Research laboratories for the project Stanche mani, choreographic creation by Lisa Da Boit, Théâtre Marni and Grand Studio, Brussels, Belgium.
2015-16
Research grant (textile studio), TAMAT Museum of Tapestry and Textile Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels, Tournai, Belgium.
2003
Artist residency, Center and Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jeleni Studio, Prague, Czech Republic.
2002
Artist residency, Camac (Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre), Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
Artist residency, Unesco Aschberg Bursary 2001-02, Camac (Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre), Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
Artist residency, Shadow Casters, multimedia event directed by Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejovic and Pina Sioto, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
2001
Artist residency, Km0 International Workshop on Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, part of Triangle Art Trust (USA) and Gassworks (Uk), with the participation of (among others) Gerardo Mosquera (New Museum, New York), Robert Loder (Gassworks, London) Guillermo Santamarina (Ex-Teresa, Arte actual, México DF).
Artist residency, with the assistance of Paul Miller (aca DJ Spooky that Subliminal kid), Saul Williams and Carrie Me Weems, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA.
2000
Artist residency, Ludwig Foundation, Havanna, Cuba.
Bibliography
2024
Clémentine Davin, Losange ou la nécessité d'être au monde in L'Art Même #94. (PDF)
2023
Didier Escole, La surface du chant. (PDF)
2021
Emilia De Feyter, Godfried Roelant, Laatste voorstellingen in Firm Artlab in Jette: “Jammer dat het hier stopt”, in Bruzz website. (video on website)
2019
Valentia Perazzini, Keep in touch presentation. (PDF)
2016
Sybille Cornet, Dans le cadre de sa bourse au Tamat, Natalia Blanch s'est concentrée sur le fil crocheté. (PDF)
Severine Putzeys, Natalia Blanch “La poésie du crochet”, in Mouton noir. (website)
2014
Friche, video interventions, Dieweg 178, Brussels. 27-29 June.
Text for the presentation of the book Ali/Lai et Lau/Zip Colecciones Lucas Di Pascuale, Documentas Escénicas, Córdoba, Argentina. (PDF)
2013
Gabriel Gutnisky, Natalia Blanch y Erica Naito: la afirmación retórica en el arte contemporáneo. (PDF)
Christophe Depaus, « Go-en », « serendipity », l'auguste fortune de la rencontre.... (PDF)
Veónica Molas, La trama que teje el tiempo (Pdf)
Claudia Aguilera, Goen, Presagio de un encuentro. (Pdf)
2008
Silvio Mattoni, Fichas sobre el tiempo. (PDF)
Silvio Mattoni, Cards about time. (PDF)
Silvio Mattoni, Fiches sur le temps. (PDF)
2001
Polly Ullrich, Natalia Blanch, Julia Friedman Gallery, What does a breath look like, in New Art Examiner. (PDF)
1999
Gabriel Gutnisky, El arte vive en la tecnología, in La voz del Interior, 21 de agosto de 1999. (PDF)
1995
Gabriel Gutnisky, Una pintura es mucho más que su tema, in La voz del Interior, 12 noviembre de 1995. (PDF)