BIO
BIO
Leticia Balzi is an Argentinian artist based in Norway. She is a doctoral candidate in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). She holds an M.A. in Art Education from New York University (NYU/Fulbright) and an M.F.A. in Artistic Research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She works ad-honorem as World European Councilor for the International Society of Education Through Art (InSEA/UNESCO official partner). She is also a Publication Board member for this organization. Her artistic research work and publications examine the role of politics in aesthetics, intersectionality, the environment, and critical pedagogy. She works at her studio at Rotvollkunstnerkollektiv in Trondheim and as an arts & design teacher at Fagerhaug International School. She has participated in several exhibitions and congresses in Norway, Spain, Germany, the US, and Argentina. She was an educator and artist in multiple educational settings and worked as a creative director in advertising in Buenos Aires for over ten years. She was awarded with Fulbright, Erasmus, Kulturrådet Kunstnerstipend, and Namsos stipendiat.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I work in the field of contemporary art and education, exploring themes such as intersectionality, the environment, and visual culture. My goal is to use art to initiate conversations, promote social inclusion and raise awareness of environmental issues. To achieve this, I utilize visual art, installations, artistic research, and educational methods to address different cultural contexts and personal narratives. My inspiration comes from various sources, including history, affect theories, archive images, territories, and personal and collective experiences. One of my recent projects involved examining the politics of women's body representation in Western visual arts histories, advertising, and video games, using archive images. Through this work, I aim to challenge viewers' assumptions about women throughout history. Currently, I am working on a project that examines how intersectional discrimination has impacted the bodies of students aged fourteen and fifteen. This project takes the form of critical comic zines and explores the historical effects of discrimination on these young individuals from a performative critical auto-ethnographic perspective.
TEACHING STATEMENT
As an educator I teach art and design at an international school following the International Baccalaureate curriculum guidelines. I believe learning offers the possibility for individuals to understand how the world functions and is experienced. My art teaching practice is driven by an interdisciplinary approach where I use student centered learning strategies and inquiry-based activities so each student can develop creative and critical thinking skills through contemporary art.
CV
Buenos Aires, 1977. Based inTrondheim, Norway since 2017.
Artist (Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv studio A127), researcher (University Complutense of Madrid, School of Fine Arts), and teacher of arts and design (Fagerhaug International School).
Memberships
Norske Billedkunstnere. Member # 27515
The International Society For Education Through Art (InSEA). Member # 1100
Ex-officio
2023-2027. World Councillor Europe. InSEA
2025-present. Board Member. Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv.
Education
2021 - 2025. Ph.D. Candidate. University Complutense of Madrid, School of Fine Arts Madrid, Spain.
9/2017 - 5/2019. MFA Artistic Research Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
5/2015 - 5/2016. MA Art Education. New York University. New York City, New York, United States.
9/2011 - 6/2014. BFA Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
9/2012 - 7/2013. Erasmus Scholarship. Klasse Prof. Lucander. Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
Scholarships & Grants
2025-2027. Echoes of Resistance: An Engaged Enquiry of an Experimental Video Practice (Environmental Transgenerational knowledge in place-responsive narratives in the case of the French Pyrenees Region) NTNUs program for kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid. Coordinator: Polina Golovatina (NTNU ILU)
2025-2028. PACSEA. Affective processes in collective artistic practices: between agency and experiential knowledges. Ministry of Research and Science Spain. PID2024-155474NB-I00. Coordinator: Rut Hernandez (University Complutense of Madrid, School of Fine Arts)
2025. Namsdalsstipendiat. Namsos kunstforening, Norway.
2025. Kulturrådet Support for Visual Art Project.
2019 - 2020. Kulturrådet for new artists.
2015 - 2016. Fulbright-MEC, New York University, USA.
2013 - 2014. Erasmus, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
2014 - 2015. Spanish Ministry of Education - MEC. Research Assistant Contemporary Art History University Complutense of Madrid, School of Fine Arts, Spain.
Solo Exhibitions
2025. "En stille strøm: Når vannet snakker – Landskap i bevegelse". Namsos kunstforening, Norway.
2025. "Ocean". Heimdal kunstforening. Heimdal, Norway.
2025. "Nordlys". Trondheim kunstforening. Trondheim, Norway.
2022. “Symbiose: Revurderes Kvinnens og Naturens Kropp”. Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Norway.
2020. “Glaciers”. Landscape Painting, Dromedar Kaffe og Kultur, Trondheim, Norway.
2014. “Tango”. Tangonale Festival der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
Group Exhibitions (recent)
2025. "Comics for All" Balzi & da Silva Buxbom. Trondheim Folkebibliotek. Trondheim, Norway.
2025. International Women's League for Peace and Freedom (IKFF). Peaces of Peace. Trondheim, Norway.
2024. Where the Ocean Meets the Land. Galleri Rotvoll. Trondheim, Norway.
2024. Lauvfall. Autumn Exhibition. Surnadal Kunstforening. Surnadal, Norway.
2024. Artist-in-Residency. Kaunas School of Art. Kaunas. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2024. International Women's League for Peace (IKFF). WAR/PEACE/WOMEN/FREEDOM. Trondheim, Norway.
2024. Abstract Art. Royal Blue Gallery.
2023. Valdis Buss 7th Plein Air Painting Symposium, Vilaka Museum, Latvia.
2021. TRØNDELAG BILDENDE KUNSTNERE, Trondhjems Kunstforening,Trondheim, Norway.
2021. Norske Landskap, Galleri Krusj, Namsos, Norway
2020. TRØNDELAG BILDENDE KUNSTNERE, Trondhjems Kunstforening,Trondheim, Norway.
Residencies
2025. Artist-in-Residency, Namsdalsstipendiat. Namsos, Norway.
2024. Artist-in-Residency. Kaunas School of Art. Kaunas. Kaunas, Lithuania. Curator Arvydas Martinatis.
2023. Artist-in-Residency, Valdis Buss 7th Plein Air Painting Symposium, Vilaka, Latvia.
2014. Artist-in-Residency, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ayllón, Spain.
Collections
Kaunas School of Art, Lithuania.
Vilaka Museum, Latvia.
Trondheim Folkebibliotek, Norway.
Museum of Art, Ayllón, Spain.
Works held in private collections in Norway, Germany, United States, and Argentina.
Curatorial
2025. Community in Motion. Rotvoll Gallery, Trondheim, Norway.
2018. The Temporary Laboratory of Norwegian Media Art, Trondheim, Norway.