Background
Amezkua was born in Mexico City and raised in Los Angeles, California.
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Blanka Amezkua
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She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from California State University at Fresno, and she attended the Scuola Libera del Nudo of the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence, Italy, between 1997 and 1998, formally trained as a painter.
Career
She has adopted "crochet, embroidery and comic book visual vernacular" as techniques to explore female sexuality her work. She is most recognizable for her alternative art project titled “Bronx Blue Bedroom Project” that ran from 2008 to 2010 in Mott Haven, Bronx. Amezkua began an artist-run project in her bedroom called the Bronx Blue Bedroom Project (BBBP) in 2008.
In 2010, BBBP"s two-year trajectory was included in the show "Alternative Histories" at Exit Art in New York City.
Later in 2010, she moved to Greece and began a project titled "3///3..three walls on wednesdays..", an open invitation for artists from anywhere in the world to exhibit their work on three portable walls that she carried and placed throughout the city. In 2012 she initiated 8 to 8: State of Creative Emergency an opportunity for artists in any field to craft an idea and present it in public space for twelve hours straight.
Her work has been referenced in New York Times TimeOut New York, and The Bronx Beat. 2009 Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund 2009: (Bronx Blue Bedroom Project) Residencies May 2013 with artAmari in Amari, Crete, Greece.
