Mara Blanco

Mara Blanco Baumann (Langenhagen, 1994)

I am a Spanish-German visual artist who is largely self-taught. My career has been shaped by constant practice, the study of life drawing and personal research into portraiture and the human figure. I also completed two years of professional painting studies at the University of Darmstadt (Germany).

Over the last few years, I have developed an extensive series of figurative portraits focusing on identity, vulnerability and emotional presence. My work has begun to be exhibited in Madrid, Berlin and Hanover, whilst I continue to develop my artistic practice and consolidate my pictorial language.

COLLECTION

What Remains

We live surrounded by images that we consume and forget with equal speed. Faces constantly appear on screens and disappear without leaving a trace. In contrast to this speed, What Remains proposes the opposite exercise: to slow down the gaze until the presence of the other becomes visible.

Each portrait in this series emerges from a real encounter. I invite people from my surroundings to share time with me, and I paint from life because I understand portraiture as an act of attention. Painting begins long before the first brushstroke: it starts in conversation, in shared s...

2020 - current LIFE DRAWING CLASSES Hannover, Bremen, Alemania

2019 - 2021 Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt (SGD) Darmstadt, Alemania

La Zona Gallery, Madrid. 2026
Culterim, Berlin. 2026
Pavillon Hannover, Hannover. 2026