Sebastian Blanck (born July 18, 1976) is an American musician and figurative painter, best known for his work with the band

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and later his paintings.

Work

Early life

Blanck was born in 1976 in

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, to Maggie Land and Dr. Thomas J.J. Blanck, a professor and chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at

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Hospital. He received a B.F.A. in painting from the

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in 1998. In 2001, he was a visiting artist at the

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. In 2003 Sebastian Blanck married artist

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, with family friend

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officiating the wedding.

Music

In the late 1990s, he became a founding member of the experimental

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group

along with

Bjorn Copeland Black Dice is an American experimental noise music band based in Brooklyn, New York and consisting of brothers Bjorn and Eric Copeland along with Aaron Warren. Formed in 1997, the group was initially inspired by hardcore and noise rock, but su ...

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and Eric Copeland. Blanck has worked as a composer for short films and documentaries including; '' Thinking XXX'' (2004), ''Ghosts of Grey Gardens'' (2005), ''About Face: Supermodels Then and Now'' (2012) and more. After Blanck left Black Dice to focus on painting, he returned to music, but veered away from his former band's electronic aesthetic. On June 22, 2010, Blanck released an unplugged, folk, solo album called ''Alibi Coast'' on

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Visual art

Blanck is based out of New York City. He has had solo exhibitions at

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in Aspen Colorado, Bjorn Wetterling Gallery in Stockholm and Werkstatte Gallery in New York. His most recent exhibitions include, "She's My Best Friend", in July-August 2023 at Miles McEnery Gallery in Chelsea, NY and "Halos" in June, 2024 at Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland, Maine.

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