Nicolás Blanco (2001, Mexico City) is a Mexican visual artist whose practice is primarily rooted in painting and sculpture. He studied a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” (ENPEG) and furthered his training at the Universidad de las Artes de Yucatán (UNAY).

His research focuses on working with matter in its essence, constructing narratives that emerge from materiality itself and the processes that shape it, observing its behavior and its potential to contain and generate meaning. Through direct experimentation, he seeks to reveal both its physical qualities and its symbolic resonances. In his work, materials cease to function merely as supports and instead become interlocutors, understood not only as a medium but also as an end in themselves.

Nicolás Blanco

Born in 2001, Mexico City, Mexico.

Currently lives and works in Mexico City.

Education

2021-2025 - Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" (National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking "La Esmeralda"), National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL), Mexico City, Mexico.

2024 - Academic Exchange at the Universidad de las Artes (UNAY), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

Grants and Awards

2025 - Selected Artist,  Arte Laguna Prize | Shanghai Exhibition, Shanghai, China.
2025 - 1st Place, MetaU Art International Competition Los Angeles, USA, EE.UU.

Selected Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2026 - LA Art Show, with MetaU Art, Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall, Los Ángeles, EE.UU.
2025 - Arte Laguna Prize | Shanghai Exhibition, EKA Tianwu, Shanghái, China
2025 - MetaU Art Winners’ Exhibition, Artsy

Publications

2025 - Tussel Magazine, "Top 10 Artists Lichtundfire Gallery", Nueva York, EE.UU.