Born in New Haven, Connecticut, 1976, Blanck received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. He was selected as Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, 2001, and since that time has had extensive solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Blanck’s work has been written about in New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Art Forum, Paper Magazine, and The New York Art World. Blanck lives and works in New York City.