Blanca Bercial, b. June 6, 1988,
Madrid, Spain, works in the field
of Contemporary Art practices and Sound Studies. She graduated from the San
Francisco Art Institute with a Master of Arts in History and Theory of Contemporary
Art, which culminated with an Outstanding Thesis Award from the institution. Based in San Francisco since
2018, when she started her research on the sonic landscape of
this city. From 2013 to 2016, Blanca worked for different
non-profit art institutions in Beijing, China, where she gained art management professional
experience for her career as a curator and art writer. Bercial writes poetry, fictrion, and essay for different publications and has recently published an artist
book Trash Poems with La Granja Editorial (Spain). Bercial is also an art
practitioner, in her work, she uses language and sound as an inquiry about the
ways we ignore and overlook common yet unexplored spaces, unutilized hideouts
embedded within language, space and sound.
MA
in History and Theory of Contemporary Art San
Francisco Art Institute
BA in Media Studies, Advertising and Public Relations Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Chinese Language and Culture Beijing Language and Culture University
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Outstanding Thesis Award 2020, San Francisco Art Institute, MA History and Theory of Contemporary Art Anne Bremer Memorial Library's 37th Annual Artists' Book Contest Anne Bremer Memorial Library's 36th Annual Artists' Book Contest
RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist in Residence at Tsonami Arte Sonoro, Residencia B.A.S.E., Valparaíso, Chile
Me llamaron Blanca, y me he acostumbrado a contestar a esos sonidos. Me gustan los objetos punzantes y los ruidos chiquininos. Hablo en inglés pero sudo en español. Me da miedo mirarme las manos por si un día no las reconozco.
They named me Blanca, and I have accustomed myself to answering such sounds. I like sharp objects and tiny noises. I speak in English but I sweat in Spanish. I'm terrified to look at my hands in case one day I find them old.
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