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Frank Blazquez
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Frank Blazquez

Mexican American, born 1987
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BiographyFrank Blazquez (b. Chicago, IL) is a visual artist working in portraiture, moving-sound images, photomontage, and mixed-media. With multiple essays published in the Guardian, he is also a writer.

Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Blazquez focuses on Southwest counter-narratives—indicating fresh authenticators connected to his role as a Mexican American artist. His artwork is in the State of the Art 2020 exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and his recent exhibitions include SITE Santa Fe, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Southwest Contemporary, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, and the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, Canyon Road. Despite his 14 exhibitions between 2018 and 2019, Blazquez’s work is surrounded by controversy—leading Facebook to ban his portraits in 2017. Some venues in New Mexico have cancelled Blazquez’s scheduled exhibits due to subject matter.

Blazquez created and directed the series Duke City Diaries: a documentary project highlighting individual stories from the streets of Albuquerque. Additionally, he is the creator of the contemporary art project MEXICAN SUBURBS—abstract mixed-media and objects tailored to his American experience. Pertaining to education, the artist received a BA in History with distinction from the University of New Mexico.

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