Born in San Cristobal, October 9, 1953, Dominican Republic. From 1970 to 1974 he studied at the National School of Fine Arts. Later he worked at the Museum of History and Geography of Santo Domingo in 1977. From 1974-78 he taught sketching at the Candido Bido Art Center. Then, he also worked from 1977-79 for the Dominican Man Museum. He was a sketcher , from 1978-1982 at the Public Works Office and also collaborated with Architect Eugenio Perez Montas in the restoration projects of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo.

Blanco was Professor of Drawing from 1978 to 1996 at the Art School of the Humanities Faculty and at the Architecture Faculty of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). His Individual Expositions have been numerous: 1978, Auffant Gallery, Santo Domingo; 1984, Casa de Bastidas, (Voluntariado del Museo de las Casas Reales), Santo Domingo; 1987, Juditte Galleries, New York, USA.;1989, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, Vermont, USA.; 1991, The Embassy Gallery of International Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. USA.; Anthological Exposition, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo; 1992, Juditte Galleries, New York, USA.;1993,The Embassy Gallery of International Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. USA.; 1994, Nora Art Gallery, Belgium; Waterfront Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel; Nicolas Art Gallery, Miami, Fla. USA; 1995, New World Gallery, Germany; 1996, Vanidades Gallery, Miami, Fla. USA; Barnard- Biderman Fine Art, New York, USA.; 1997, The Embassy Gallery of International Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. USA.; Modern Art Museum, Santo Domingo, D.R.; New World Gallery, Germany; 1998, The Embassy Gallery of International Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. USA. Collective Expositions in which Blanco has participated: 1981, III Art Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico; 1983, Dominican Art, Pro-Venezuela Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela; 1985, XVIII Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil; 1986, International Expo at Municipal Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel; 1987, Art and History Museum of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Praxis International Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentine; 1988, Contemporary Latin American Group Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture, Juditte Galleries, New York, USA; 1988-89-91-92-94, Latin merican Art, Sotheby’s, New York, USA; 1996, Collective Exposition at the Dominican Embassy in Paris, France.

In Santo Domingo: XII, XIV, XV, and XVI National Biennial of Plastic Arts; Art Contest E. Leon Jimenes; Inaugural Exposition of the Modern Art Gallery, Altos de Chavon; Dominican-American Cultural Institute; Banco de Reservas Contest; Museo de las Casas Reales; The Chase Manhattan Bank; Metropolitan Bank; Arawak Gallery; Nader Art Gallery; San Ramon Gallery; “El Pincel” Gallery; “Equis” Gallery in La Romana; Executive Club of Santo Domingo; Casa de Teatro; Paiewonsky Gallery; Giotto Gallery; Hotel Sheraton; Patronage Pro-Maternity Our Lady of Altagracia; Patronage Pro-Cardiology; National Museum of History and Geography; Humanities Faculty UASD; Expo-Seminary Dominican Identity (UNPHU).

Miami Art Fair, Chicago, Ill., USA; 1991. Art Fair of Miami, Fla., USA.; Nader Art Gallery; Collective at Inauguration “Mi Galeria”, Chicago, Ill., USA; Art Auction Ladies Guild; Auction for Funds for the Modern Art Gallery; Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Painting, Drawing and Sculpture; 1992, Contemporary Dominican Painting in Israel (GAM); Contemporary Painting at the House of the Artists of Jerusalem, Israel; Latin American Art Exposition and Auction, Sterling Art Gallery, Fla. USA; 1993, Art Fair in Venezuela; Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, Fla, USA; University Stony Brook, New York, USA; Art Auction Wizo Ilamit, Miami, Fla. USA; 1994, Miami Art; (Carib Art, Kimberly Gallery; The embassy gallery of Intern. Art and Nader Art Gallery); 1994-96 Art Auction of Latin American Art; Gary Nader Fine Art; 1997, First Encounter of Contemporary Italian-Dominican Art, Latin American Institute. Awards and Distinctions: 1971, First Prize for Drawing, National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1972, Honor Mention in Painting, National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1973, First Prize for Painting , National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1975, Second Prize for Painting, National Student Art Contest, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada in Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1978, First Prize for Drawing , Annual Contest of Casa de España, Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1984, First National Prize for Drawing at the XVI National Biennial of Plastic Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1986, Invited by the Central Institute of Cultural Relations to the International Encounter of Artists in Israel, Ibero-America, Spain and Portugal; 1989, Invited by the Foundation of Artists Colonies of New York at Johnson, Vermont and by the State Department of the United States within the International Visitors Program; 1997, Invited by the Italian-Latin American Institute of Rome to join the Venice Biennial.