Artist Jorge Blanco is an internationally renown sculptor, illustrator and graphic designer, born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1999 he made the United States his home, becoming an American citizen in 2005. Jorge lives and works in the West Coast of Florida. He showed his first sculpture in Caracas in 1973, since then he has exhibited in Beijing, Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Chicago, Miami and New York. He has won important awards in Venezuela and in Italy. His works are in private collections worldwide. 

In 1980 Jorge created his poetic, award winning caricature "The Castaway" which was printed in major magazines and newspapers for 20 years. It was published in seven books. He served as the Art Director (1979-1998) for a science and technology center, the “Children’s Museum of Caracas”. He has illustrated more than twenty books for children and adults plus many articles and catalogs.

Since moving to the US he has been awarded public sculpture commissions in Kansas, California, Nevada, Michigan and Florida. Jorge says that one of the main forces behind his work is creating public art, convinced that it serves the double purpose of introducing everyone to Art while contributing to the advancement of our communities. In 2005 he was named as one of Florida's 100 Top Power Players by Florida International Magazine.

Jorge is a creative force, drawing, creating small-scale models of his ideas and working on his sculptures in his studio. He exhibits in galleries in Sarasota, Miami and Naples in Florida and in San Francisco and Sonoma in California. He is represented by a private dealer in South Florida, Europe and South America.

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