DOMESTIC TETRIS (daily) Blanca Prendes 19.03 - 19.05.2026

The Áurea Convento Capuchinos will host from March 19 to May 19 the exhibition Domestic Tetris (daily) by the artist Blanca Prendes (Gijón, 1973), in collaboration with the Lucía Dueñas Gallery.

The project stems from the artist's personal experience as a mother and creator, where the simple act of painting becomes a performative gesture and an act of resistance. Beyond the creation of images, each brushstroke represents the conquest of one's own mental and temporal space in the face of the constant fragmentation imposed by domestic burdens.  The metaphor of Tetris—born as a representation of the need to fit tasks, times, and bodies into an impossible scheme—evolves until it becomes the practice itself: painting is moving mental pieces, finding gaps between daily obligations, and sustaining the desire to create without collapsing. The exhibition reflects on the invisibility of the mental work that sustains daily life and turns artistic practice into a political gesture. Not from an explicit representation of motherhood, but from the affirmation of one's own space that persists despite external demands.

Blanca Prendes

Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca, she studied in Kassel and at the HFG Offenbach, Frankfurt, while developing part of her creative activity, which continued in Badajoz and later in Asturias, where she has established her residence. 

Her beginnings were based on an informalist painting that moved between figuration and abstraction. In 2003, the warehouse where her work was stored suffered a fire, destroying the entire production of her last two years. From that moment on, her work underwent a major change. It no longer focused on a single technique and she set aside a very visceral and spontaneous way of working. 

Over time, she has reconciled herself again with purely pictorial languages, although she continues to explore new supports and techniques. For several years, she was a teacher at the Oviedo School of Art. Currently, she is a Design teacher at the Esapa, Higher School of Art of the Principality of Asturias.

🗓️  from March 19 to May 19

 📍  Áurea Convento Capuchinos, Plaza Capuchinos, 2