Javier Blas is a corresponding member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he currently holds the post of coordinator of projects and institutional relations. He was previously director of the Calcografía Nacional (2000–6), head of Collections at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2006–8), and a collaborator with the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museo del Prado (2009–11). As an expert in graphic art, he has directed the Centro de la Estampa Digital, and has been a member of the technical committee of Estampa and advisor at Ingráfica. He is also scientific editor and a member of the editorial board of the journal Goya.