Viviana Blanco was born in San Carlos de Bariloche, in Patagonia, South of Argentina, in 1975.
In 2002 she graduated in Visual Arts and Painting by the National University of Arts (UNA). From 2002 to 2005 she took part in critiques and work analysis with Tulio de Sagastizábal. Since 2004 she has been the Head of Studio Proyect under Art Professor Carlos Bissolino on the Painting Department at the UNA.
In 2019 she won the First Price of Drawing of the Visual Arts Exhibition of the National Ministry of Culture of Argentina. The same year she presented some of her most recent work in solo exhibition in Buenos Aires: La frontera de las cosas (The border of things) (Vicente Lopez ) and collective exhibition Apóstoles (Apostols) in Palatina Gallery. In 2018 El deseo lo cambia todo (Desire changes everything) at Tokonoma Gallery and Hogar dulce hogar (Home sweet home) at Untref National University. This year she also won an award by the Argentina National Arts Fund. In 2014, her work was selected by the National Programme of Acquisitions of Contemporary Artwork. In 2013, she was awarded a jury’s special mention at the Braque Award granted by the French Embassy in Argentina and the National University Tres de Febrero (Untref), Argentina. In 2012, she participated in Polifonía, one of the television series to win the Promotion of Audiovisual Content Plan. In 2009, she participated in the Artistic Residency Program for Creators from Latin America and Haiti supported by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), the Mexican National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA), and the National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA). That same year, she received the Creators Grant by the National Arts Fund of Argentina. Her work is found in major public and private collections, including those belonging to Superville Bank, Impulsarte Rural Argentinean Society, the Castagnino Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum of Rosario (MACRO), and the Patrimony of the National Arts Fund of Argentina. She forms part of the Argentine Universal Audiovisual Content Bank (BACUA).
Viviana Blanco (1975). Nace en San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro. Vive y trabaja en Buenos Aires. Argentina
Es Licenciada en artes visuales por la Universidad Nacional de Arte. Realizó clínica y análisis de obra con Tulio de Sagástizal. (2003/05) Actualmente es docente JTP en la Cátedra de pintura de Carlos Bissolino. UNA
En 2019 recibió el Primer Premio de Dibujo del Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales; ha realizado una muestra individual llamada “La frontera de las cosas” en La casa de la Cultura de Vicente López y ha participado en la muestra colectiva Apóstoles en la galería Palatina. En 2018 recibió el premio estimulo del Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
Ha recibido las becas del Fondo Nacional de Cultura Económica (Argentina) para la creación de un libro sobre su obra (2015). En el 2014 fue seleccionada en el Programa Nacional de Adquisiciones de Obras de Arte Contemporáneo Igualdad Cultural y la beca a la Creación del Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Argentina, 2009)
En el 2013 recibió la mención especial del jurado en el Premio Braque otorgado por la embajada de Francia y Untref Argentina. En el 2009 participo de la Residencia para creadores de Iberoamérica y Haití en México, promovida por AECID, CONACULTA y el FONCA. El mismo año le otorgaron la Beca Creadores Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Argentina.
Algunos de los sitios en los que ha exhibido su trabajo: Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Bs. As, Kentler International Drawing Space, New York. Le 19 Crac, Montbéliard, Francia. C.E.N.A.R.T, DF, México. Centro cultural Banco do Brasil. Brasilia. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bs. As.
Su obra se encuentra en Colecciones privadas y públicas: Colección Banco Superville, Impulsarte Sociedad Rural Argentina, Museo Castagnino Macro Rosario, Patrimonio del Fondo Nacional de las Artes Argentina.

Julia Masvernat is a visual artist, educator, organizer and curator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She works across a range of media including drawing, painting, objects and audiovisual installations. Utilizing industrial and craft materials as well as analog and digital processes, her practice focuses on the study of specific urban and historical spaces. She collaborates with several socially engaged projects and collectives, including the feminist art and activism collective La Lengua en la Calle. Operating at the intersection of artistic practice, politics and feminist activism, they carry out graphic interventions, performances in public spaces and meetings for reflection and propagation, accompanying the transversal agenda of feminisms. Between 2021 and 2022, she joined the education team at the Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti, where she coordinated a training scholarship for contemporary visual artists who develop projects related to human rights, memory and heritage. She was part of the curatorial team of (Des)hechos del lenguaje -(Un)facts of language-, at the National Museum of Engraving and the Center for Sound Art, in Buenos Aires. She is currently working on a monograph spanning the last 20 years of her art practice. Julia Masvernat is a visual artist, educator, organizer and curator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Utilizing industrial and craft materials as well as analog and digital processes, her practice focuses on the study of specific urban and historical spaces. She is a member of the feminist art and activism collective La Lengua en la Calle.

Juane Odriozola (1980, Henderson) studied image and sound design at the University of Buenos Aires. He trained with various Argentine artists such as Ernesto Ballesteros, Fabián Burgos and Leopoldo Estol. He took part in the first edition of the Di Tella University's Artists Program and in the Independent Studies Program offered by the CIA (Artistic Research Centre), also in Buenos Aires. He was awarded at the 2018 National Salon of Visual Arts, and selected at the Rosario Castagnino-Macro Salon (2016) and at the Andreani Award (2017). His solo exhibitions include "05/10/20/40 (y uno)", UTDT, Argentina (2021), "Tenedor Libre", Galeria Moria, Argentina (2019), "Información agregada", Munar, Argentina (2018) and "Toco y me voy", La Verdi, México (2017). He participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, at the Pilar Gallery in São Paulo, at the ARTEBA fair and in various galleries around the world. He works as a teacher at FADU, UBA.
Juane Odriozola (1980, Henderson) estudió diseño de imagen y sonido en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó la maestría Diseño Interactivo FADU, UBA. Se formó con varios artistas argentinos tales como Ernesto Ballesteros, Fabián Burgos y Leopoldo Estol. Participó en la primera edición del Programa de Artistas de la Universidad Di Tella y realizó en el programa de estudios independientes ofrecido por el CIA (Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas), también en Buenos Aires. Fue premiado en el Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales 2018 y seleccionado en el Salón de Rosario Castagnino-Macro (2016) y en el Premio Andreani (2017). Entre sus exposiciones individuales se destacan "Tenedor Libre", Galeria Moria, Argentina (2019), "Información agregada", Munar, Argentina (2018), "Toco y me voy", La Verdi, México (2017) y "Nada rima con nada", La Ene, Argentina (2013). Expuso colectivamente en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, en la Galería Pilar de São Paulo, en la feria ARTEBA y en diversas galerías alrededor del mundo. Trabaja como docente en FADU, UBA.

Andrés Waissman (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1955)
He is considered an emblematic figure of the symbolic universe of contemporary Latin American art. His paintings use pure expression in favor of communication; They are not mere fictitious chronicles, but a real positioning in the contemporary world. Instead of a disappearing universe, Waissman represents an emerging world, increasingly unavoidable situations that demand reflection and a conscious gaze. Some of his series, such as Multitudes, Black & White, Mythological Animals, Chips and Albur, place him as an artist with his own imprint. His work constitutes a philosophical and political search as well as plastic: a true thought in images. In this line of thought, concepts such as nomadism and migration become central in his production.
Andrés Waissman trained in various workshops and began exhibiting very early in the mid-70s, holding his first individual shows at the Lirolay Gallery in 1973 and 1977, respectively. In 1974 he lived in Barcelona and worked in the workshop of Augusto Torres and in 1978 with Antonio Seguí in Paris. In 1984 he settled in San Francisco, United States and developed an important international career exhibiting in different galleries and museums in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Portland, Dallas, Miami and various cities in Europe. In 1992 he returned to Buenos Aires, where he resumed teaching. In 2005 the book Waissman (a pilgrim artist) was published with texts by Rodrigo Alonso, Jordi Aladro, Fabiana Barreda, Florencia Gró and María Paula Zacharías. In 2010, the documentary Waissman, by Eduardo Montes Bradley for PBS in the United States, was presented at MALBA. In 2020 he edited his recent publication Black & White-Overcast-Ambush. His work was exhibited in numerous individual exhibitions such as Emboscada (MUNAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018), Encapotado (Gachi Prieto Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016), Abgrund (Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, Argentina, 2014), Multitudes (Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of Berkeley, California, United States, 2015), Fondo de Ojo (Recoleta Cultural Center, 2015), among others. His work is part of important private and institutional collections such as: University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (Essex, United Kingdom); Museum of Latin American Art (California, United States); Jack Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas (United States); The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (Berkeley, California, United States); Galleria Civica d'arte Contemporanea F. Pizzo, Palazzo Spano Burgio (Marsala, Italy); MUNTREF (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Castagnino-MACRO Museum (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina); Museum of Contemporary Art of Mendoza (Mendoza, Argentina); Di Tella University Collection (Buenos Aires, Argentina); UADE Collection (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Killka Museum Collection (Mendoza, Argentina); Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Collection (Buenos Aires, Argentina), among others. He lives and works in Buenos Aires where he develops an intense teaching work.
Es considerado una figura emblemática del universo simbólico del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano. Sus pinturas utilizan la pura expresión en favor de la comunicación; no son meras crónicas ficticias, sino un posicionamiento real en el mundo contemporáneo. En lugar de un universo que desaparece, Waissman representa un mundo emergente, situaciones cada vez más inevitables que exigen reflexión y mirada consciente. Algunas de sus series como Multitudes, Blanco & Negro, Animales mitológicos, Virutas y Albur, lo colocan como un artista con su propia impronta. Su obra constituye una búsqueda filosófica y política además de plástica: un verdadero pensamiento en imágenes. En esta línea de pensamiento conceptos como nomadismo y migración se vuelven centrales en su producción.
Andrés Waissman se formó en diversos talleres y comenzó a exponer muy tempranamente a mediados de los 70, realizando sus primeras muestras individuales en la Galería Lirolay en 1973 y 1977, respectivamente. En 1974 vivió en Barcelona y trabajó en el taller de Augusto Torres y en 1978 con Antonio Seguí en París. En 1984 se radicó en San Francisco, Estados Unidos y desarrolló una importante carrera internacional exponiendo en diferentes galerías y museos de Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Nueva York, Portland, Dallas, Miami y diversas ciudades de Europa. En 1992 regresó a Buenos Aires, donde retomó la enseñanza. En 2005 se publicó el libro Waissman (un artista peregrino) con textos de Rodrigo Alonso, Jordi Aladro, Fabiana Barreda, Florencia Gró y María Paula Zacharías. En 2010 se presentó en MALBA el documental Waissman, de Eduardo Montes Bradley para PBS de Estados Unidos. En 2020 editó su reciente publicación Blanco & Negro - Encapotado - Emboscada. Su trabajo fue expuesto en numerosas exhibiciones individuales como Emboscada (MUNAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018), Encapotado (Gachi Prieto Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016) Abgrund (Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, Argentina, 2014), Multitudes (Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of Berkeley, California, Estados Unidos, 2015), Fondo de Ojo (Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2015), entre otras.
Su obra forma parte de importantes colecciones privadas e institucionales como: University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (Essex, Reino Unido); Museum of Latin American Art (California, Estados Unidos); Jack Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas (Estados Unidos); The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (Berkeley, California, Estados Unidos); Galleria Civica d'arte Contemporanea F. Pizzo, Palazzo Spano Burgio (Marsala, Italia); MUNTREF (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Museo Castagnino-MACRO (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Mendoza (Mendoza, Argentina); Colección Universidad Di Tella (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Colección UADE (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Colección Museo Killka (Mendoza, Argentina); Colección Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), entre otras. Vive y trabaja en Buenos Aires donde desarrolla una intensa labor docente.

LALACONTEMPORARY presents a group exhibit by Viviana Blanco, Julia Masvernat, Juane Odriozola and Andrés Waissman.
Away From Home celebrates the creative process of this group of artists from Argentina, during the artist residency program at Pouch Cove, N.L. Canada (June 2022).
The eclectic selection of works on view uses drawings, studies, paintings, collages, language, landscape, and imagination to evoke the artists’ experiences in a new topography, making way for new production, engagement, and experimentation.
This exhibit is about that incubation residency period. The works on display are a testament to the commonalities that arise from such a unique experience, and how the residency ultimately shaped the work of the artists. The exhibition also serves as a reminder of the importance of connection and support in artistic practice.
Curated by: Claudia Lala & Gabriela Jurevicius
Assistant Production: Milo Ludevid
Gallery Assistant: Sava Reza
LALACONTEMPORARY presenta "Away from Home", una exposición colectiva que celebra el proceso creativo de cuatro artistas argentinos: Viviana Blanco, Julia Masvernat, Juane Odriozola y Andrés Waissman.
Esta muestra es una selección de sus trabajos realizados durante su programa de residencia en Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canadá , en junio de 2022.
Cada uno de ellos, a través de diversas técnicas como el dibujo, la pintura y el collage, ha explorado su propio camino para evocar sus experiencias en una nueva topografı́a, inmersos en un ambiente que desafiaba sus perspectivas artı́sticas y personales para expresar el impacto que este contexto singular les brindó mientras estaban lejos de casa.
La exposición ofrece una visión individual de cada artista y su respuesta al contexto de la residencia e invita a una reflexión sobre la noción de hogar y pertenencia, ası́ como sobre la capacidad del arte para
trascender las fronteras geográficas y emocionales.
Curada por: Claudia Lala & Gabriela Jurevicius
Asistente de producción: Milo Ludevid
Asistente general: Sava Reza

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