Blanca Muñoz obtained a BFA from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988. In 1989 and 1990 she was awarded scholarships from the National Museum of Engraving and the Royal Academy, both to study in Rome. The primary driving force behind her work is the need to construct an image of the physical space we inhabit, in relationship to the universe as a whole, and the resonance the two produce within us. Muñoz became interested in printmaking from an early age. Between 1992 and 1993, she worked in Mexico on a grant, where she underwent a turning point in her art. The change in latitude and the angle of the sun gave her a new awareness of the role played by the sun's orientation in certain positions of an object in space.
As a result, she extended her perspective from plane to volume, from graphic work to sculpture, and started to create three-dimensional works with engraving plates. She gradually established a dialogue with science, modulating a game of approximations and contrasts between scientific representations of the universe and plastic images. In the summer of 1997, she spent a month as a guest at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, an experience that furthered her interest in current cosmological theory and she consequently joined the Madrid Astronomical Group. In the following years, during her time in London, she combined her study of science and nature.
She has received many accolades for her graphic work, including the National Engraving Award in 1999. Her most important institutional exhibitions include 'El universo transparente' ['The Transparent Universe'], at the Espacio Uno in the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2004) and 'Circunnavegación 1990-2013' ['Circumnavigation'], at the Sala Alcalá 31 (Madrid, 2013). Muñoz has also explored the field of jewellery. He work in this field was shown at Joyería Grassy (Madrid, 2010) and she is developing other pieces at the Louisa Guinness Gallery of artists' jewellery in London, with which she recently collaborated.
Blanca Muñoz obtained a BFA from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988. In 1989 and 1990 she was awarded scholarships from the National Museum of Engraving and the Royal Academy, both to study in Rome. The primary driving force behind her work is the need to construct an image of the physical space we inhabit, in relationship to the universe as a whole, and the resonance the two produce within us. Muñoz became interested in printmaking from an early age. Between 1992 and 1993, she worked in Mexico on a grant, where she underwent a turning point in her art. The change in latitude and the angle of the sun gave her a new awareness of the role played by the sun's orientation in certain positions of an object in space.
As a result, she extended her perspective from plane to volume, from graphic work to sculpture, and started to create three-dimensional works with engraving plates. She gradually established a dialogue with science, modulating a game of approximations and contrasts between scientific representations of the universe and plastic images. In the summer of 1997, she spent a month as a guest at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, an experience that furthered her interest in current cosmological theory and she consequently joined the Madrid Astronomical Group. In the following years, during her time in London, she combined her study of science and nature.
She has received many accolades for her graphic work, including the National Engraving Award in 1999. Her most important institutional exhibitions include 'El universo transparente' ['The Transparent Universe'], at the Espacio Uno in the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2004) and 'Circunnavegación 1990-2013' ['Circumnavigation'], at the Sala Alcalá 31 (Madrid, 2013). Muñoz has also explored the field of jewellery. He work in this field was shown at Joyería Grassy (Madrid, 2010) and she is developing other pieces at the Louisa Guinness Gallery of artists' jewellery in London, with which she recently collaborated.