Joe Villablanca (Santiago, Chile, 1971) is an artist and musician (a real artist-artist). He studied architecture to later transfer to art at the Universidad Católica de Chile in the mid 90's. During this period he was a member of both the cult band Maestro and the nomadic artist-run space Galeria Chilena, as well as the assistant of the influential Chilean artist Eugenio Dittborn. A prolific character, his work has used mediums such as sculpture, installation, collage, video, drawing, yet in the last 10 years, he has mostly focused on painting. His work has been exhibited and screened in venues such as Galería Die Ecke, Santiago, Elektrohaus, Hamburg, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chile, Santiago, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Valdivia, Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Galería Posada del Corregidor, Santiago, Swiss Institute, New York, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna and Anthology Film Archives, New York.