Moey Blanco

Artists in Residence: March 1 - March 31, 2026

ABOUT MOEY BLANCO

During the four-week residency in March, Moey Blanco worked on a collection of small, character-driven sculptures expanding on an ongoing project, The Psychology of Whimsy. This work explores how play, tenderness, and nostalgia can function as emotional infrastructure within everyday environments.

Moey Blanco is a Filipino-Canadian artist based in Calgary who transforms public spaces into sites for emotional connection and play. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning painting, murals, and large-scale sculptural installations—is informed by his studies at the Alberta University of the Arts, where he pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Mount Royal University, where he studied English.

Blanco’s work is characterized by a “Psychology of Whimsy,” which utilizes character-driven imagery to address themes of vulnerability and collective memory within high-density urban environments. His aesthetic draws on the Japanese philosophy of hodo-hodo which means just “enough” and the Superflat movement, blending gestural lines with layered forms to create public art works in civic landscapes.

Find out more about Moey Blanco at studiomoey.com