Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts.
Isidro Blasco was born in Madrid, Spain in 1962, lives in New York City since 1996.

Selected Grants, Prizes and Commissions

 
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in Visual Arts New York, NY
2000-2001
Public Art Fund, In The Public Realm.
 New York, NY.
2002-2003
Rockefeller Foundation grant for residency at Bellagio, Italy. New York, NY
2001-02
New York Foundation for the Arts grant in installation art. New York, NY
2001-02
Yaddo studio residency. Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
January 2002
Art-OMI studio residency. Up-state New York, USA
July 2001
Vermont Studio Center full fellowship. Vermont, USA
August 2001
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant New York, NY
1998-99
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant New York, NY
1997-98
Artist in Residency at Djerassi Woodside, CA
August 1999
Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for a residency at Sculpture Space Utica, NY
Sep./Oct. 1998
Millay Colony for the Arts Austerlitz, NY
1998
Bienal del Deporte, "Consejo Superior de Deportes de España" (Major Sports Comittee of Spain) Sculpture prize Madrid, 1997
XIX Sculpture Prize of Bancaixa Valencia, Spain 1992
Academia de Bellas Artes de Roma, "Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España" (Spanish Academy in Rome, "Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs") Sculptor-in-residence grant September 1990/July 1991
Mariano Benlliure, "City Council of Madrid"
Sculpture prize 		1988
Asociación Profesional de Galerías de Arte de Madrid (Professional Association of Madrid Art Galleries) Sculpture prize Madrid, 1983

Solo Exhibitions
 
2004 "Espacio Uno" Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
  DCKT Contemporary, "Thinking About That Place." New York, NY.
2003 Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, , Site-specific curated by Virginia Torrente, Valladolid, Spain
2002 Fúcares Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2001 Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Curated by Jill Brienza
  Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Spain
2000 Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
  Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Curated by Jill Brienza
1999 P.S.1, "Special Projects Program", Sept.-Nov. `99, Long Island City, New York
  Stefan Stux Gallery, Project Room, New York
  Queens Museum of Art, Bulova Center, Queens, New York
  Universidad de Alicante, Spain
  Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, curated by Rolando Barahona, San José, Costa Rica
1998 Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid
1995 Galería Mácula, Alicante, Spain
1994 Diario Levante, Valencia (Catalogue texts: J. M. Bonet, I. Tejeda), Spain
  Galería Saro León,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
1992 Palacio Gravina, Alicante (Catalogue text: J. M. Bonet), Spain
  Galería Anselmo Alvarez, Madrid (Catalogue text: A. González)
1990 Galería Mácula, Alicante, Spain
1988 Galería Estampa, Madrid
  Casa de la Cultura, Majadahonda, Madrid

Selected Group Exhibitions
 
2004 "In Practice" "Thinking About That Place" SCULPTURE CENTER, Long Island City, New York.
2003 Dorsky Gallery curated by Euridice Arratia, Long Island City, New York.
  SlingShot Project, New York, NY.
  "El Estudio del Artista" Site-Specific at DOMESTICO, Madrid, Spain.
  "Parklife" Public Art Fund, MetroTeck Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  "Temporary Spaces" Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Charlottenborg, Denmark.
2002 "S-Files" Curated by Deborah Cullen EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, New York City.
  "Magische Expeditionen" Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
  "ARCO'02" Fucares Gallery, Madrid, Spain. Roger Smith Gallery, New York, USA, International Art Fair, Spain.
  "ART-CHICAGO" Fucares Gallery, International Art Fair, Chicago.
2001 "MIART 2001" Marta Cervera Gallery, Milan International Art Fair, Italy.
  "ART CHICAGO 2001" ART CHICAGO, Fucares Gallery, Chicago.
  "JCAL AT ABC Television Network", Feature Artists: Isidro Blasco, Heng-Gil Han, Kenta Furusho, Karen Fitzgerald.
Curated by Karina Skvirsky, New York City
  "Eccentric Photography" Islip Art Museum,Featured Artists: Isidro Blasco, Ellen Carey, Christopher Giglio, Bohnchang Koo, Bruce McKaig, Amanda Means, Scott Morgan, Gerald Slota and Penelope Umbrico.
Curated by Karen Shaw. East Slip, New York.
  "Armory Show", Marta Cervera Gallery, New York
  "ARCO"International Art Fair. Marta Cervera Gallery, Madrid.
2000 "Insights: Interior Spaces in Contemporary Art"
Whitney Museum, Champion Branch, CT
  "Metaphors for Architecture; Five Artists Revisit Utica, NY"
  "Armory Show", Marta Cervera Galery, New York
1999 "Amerika in Immigrant Hands" Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning, curated by Karina Skvirsky, Jamaica, New York
  "ARCO'99" Galería Márta Cervera, Madrid
1998 "ARCO'98" Galería Márta Cervera, Madrid
  "La Cicatriz Interior" Sala de Exposiciones de la Comunidad de Madrid, curated by Pablo Llorca
  "Gramercy Park Hotel" New York, NY
1997 "Expo Guadalajara" Galería Márta Cervera, Guadalajara, México
  "La Casa, Su Idea" Sala de Exposiciones de la Comunidad de Madrid, curated by J.A. Alvarez Reyes
1996 "ARCO'96" Galería Rosa Hernández, Madrid
  "S/T" Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Catalogue text: P.Llorca, J.A.Alvarez Reyes)
  "Personal Best" Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta (USA), curated by Irina Popiashvili
  "Autostop", traveling exhibition for the "Comunidad de Madrid" curated by Catherine Coleman
1995 "ARCO'95" Galería Mácula, Madrid
  "Diez en Tres" Palacio Gravina, Alicante, Spain
1993 "Artistas de la Academia" traveling exhibition for the Iberoamerican countries, organized by the "I.C.I" and curated by Martín Bartolomé
  "ARCO'93" Galería Mácula and Galería A. Alvarez, Madrid
1992 Galería Saro León, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Catalogue text: A. González),Spain
  Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
  "Germinations VII" Magazine, Grenoble, France. This exhibition was shown at the "Galería Budapest", Hungary and "House of Culture", Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1991 "Incontro Fra Arte e Pensiero" Siracusa, Italy
  "Roma'91" Academia Española de Bellas Artes, Rome
1990 "Circuitos'90" traveling exhibition for the "Comunidad de Madrid".
1989 "ARCO'89" Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid
1987 "Premiere Biennale des Ecoles D'Art D'Europe" Toulouse, France
1986 Galería Aldaba, Madrid
1985 "Interarte'85" Salón de Arte Jóven, Valencia, Spain
  Konsomol Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
  Muestra de Arte Jóven, Madrid

Work in Collections
 
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Chicago Institute of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Queens Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Academia de Bellas Artes de Roma, Italy. Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid, Spain. Museo de Aracena, Huelva, Spain. "Caixa de Pensions," Colección de Arte Moderno, Spain. Diario Levante, Valencia, Spain. Instituto Valenciano de la Juventud, Spain. Diputación Provincial de Alicante, Spain. Museo Municipal de Alcobendas, Spain. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Elx, Spain. Fundació Pilar í Joan Miró, Palama de Mallorca, Spain. Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert, Spain. Universidad de Alicante, Spain. Ayuntamientos in Spain: Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Vitoria Gasteiz, Novelda and Alcorcón.