Michael Vincent Manalo

Freelance Graphic Designer, Visual Artist

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Photographer and digital retoucher that specializes in conceptual, portraiture and photo-manipulation photography. Has worked with international publishing companies such as Birlinn Ltd, Garzanti Libri, Weltbild. Worked with international musicians for their album covers, Michael Samson, Midgar, Liquid Tension Music. A creative perfectionist who is able to multi-task while delivering superior quality and excellence.

Work Experience

Neonmob

Visual Artist, Illustrator

Create Illustrations for Online, Digital Trading Cards
August 2014 - Present Los Angeles, California, United States

Freelance

Graphic Design, Photo-retouching, Photo-manipulation

Photographer and digital retoucher that specializes in conceptual, portraiture and photo-manipulation photography. Has worked with international publishing companies such as Birlinn Ltd, Garzanti Libri, Weltbild. Worked with international musicians for their album covers, Michael Samson, Midgar, Liquid Tension Music. A creative perfectionist who is able to multi-task while delivering superior quality and excellence.
January 2009 - Present Taiwan

Photoshop Tutorials

Advanced Photoshop Tutorial Writer

My job is to create intermediate to advanced detailed tutorials on how to create photo-manipulations using Adobe Photoshop CS2 - CS5.
January 2010 - December 2012 British Columbia, Canada

Education

United Doctors Medical Center

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

June 2003 - March 2007 Manila, Philippines

Languages

English (Fluent),
Tagalog (Fluent),

Awards

Top 10 Of Asia

Top 10 Most Inspiring VIsual Artists of Asia

2014

Chianciano Art Museum - Italy

First Prize in the Digital Art Category

2010

Box Heart Gallery - USA

First Place from the Here and Abroad Exhibit for the work “Tales from the Hidden Attic”

2010

Redmond Digital Arts Festival - USA

Best Photography Illustration

2010

Skills

Ableton Live, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Album Cover Design, Book Cover Design, Digital Painting, Illustration, Music Composition, Photo Manipulation,

Artist-in-Residencies Attended

Gallery Bielska BWA Artist Residence “Beyond the Time”: ul. 3 Maja 11, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland; July 7 – September 2, 2011; http://www.galeriabielska.pl/

The Parlour Arts Laboratory: 340 Plenty Road , Preston Melbourne, VIC, Australia; October 27 - November 18, 2011; http://www.the-parlour.org/

Nomadic Village Artist-in-Residence Exhibition: Wheelchair Park; Wolsingham, England; May 20 – June 3, 2012

Zhuzihu Arts Collective: No.55, Zhuzihu Road, Beitou District,Taipei, 112 Taiwan, Province of China; June 1 – June 30, 2013

Community Space LITMUS:Wongok-dong 786, Danwon-gu Ansan City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, July 10 – August 28 2013

自由人藝術公寓 Freedom Men Art Apartments: No.594, Wuquan Rd., North Dist., Taichung City 404, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 台中市五權路594號 開放時

Bamboo Curtain Studio: No.39, Ln. 88, Sec. 2, Zhongzheng E. Rd., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City 251, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Exhibition History

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

The Ever Increasing Distance to Life: Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art - 25 Lopez Avenue, Lopez Village, Sucat, Paranaque City, Metro Manila 1700, Philippines; August 2 - September 2, 2010

Opowieści gawędziarza (Tales from the Story Teller): Galeria Wzgorze - 43-300 Bielsko-Biala ul. Wzgorze 4 Poland; August 31, 2011

The Night Market - Artist-in-residence Exhibition: The Parlour Arts Laboratory; 340 Plenty Road , Preston Melbourne, VIC, Australia; October 27 - November 18, 2011

The International Show: Craig Turner Gallery - Union Street, Maidstone, ME1 4ED, England. Aug. 11-31, 2012

IMAGINARIUM: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, 7, Gudiashvili Street, Tbilisi 0107, Georgia; December 10 - 13, 2013

Reconstruction of Memory: GALLERIA DUEMILA, 210 Loring St.1300 Pasay City, Philippines; May 18 - June 30, 2014

Recent Works: Rosso20sette Arte Contemporanea VICOLO DEL GOVERNO VECCHIO 8 ( traversa Via del Governo Vecchio ) Roma, Italia; May 9 – June 9, 2014

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Amarcord: Examining the role of identity and memory in contemporary international artworks – Fellini Gallery, Mittenwalder Strasse 6, 10961 Berlin; September 2011

Are we there yet? Success Today: The Pursuit of Fulfillment; Curated by Sabrina Y. Smith; Walter Reade Theater Gallery, Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th Street New York City

Art Inter/National, Here and Abroad 2010: International Exhibition featuring selected artists from all over theglobe; Box Heart Gallery, 4523 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224; January 5 – 25, 2011

Bluecanvas Magazine X Launch Event: Exchange LA, 618. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90014, USA

Cats on the Roof Exhibition: Community Space LITMUS; Second Floor, Wongok-dong 758 danwon-gu, Ansan City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Chianciano International Award for Digital and Photographic Art 2010: Art Museum of Chianciano Terme
280 ale della Liberta, 53042 Chianciano Terme (SI), Italia; September 18 - 25, 2010

Chianciano International Exhibition at the Gagliardi Gallery: Gagliardi Gallery; 509 Kings Road London SW10 0TX; May 6 - 15 2011

Continuum: Swee Art Gallery 2054, Trade Center Way, Naples Florida USA, February 7, 2014

Drawgasmic: International Art Compendium -2720 / Art Dimensions Gallery; 2720 Cherokee Street St. Louis MO 63118, USA; July 10, 2010

Europe – In search of new identity: Tbilisi First International Exhibition of Digital and Photographic Art – Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, Sioni str. #8 (Karvasla Building), Tbilisi, Georgia; May 9 – 16, 2011

Festival Internacional de Arte Independiente Incubarte 5th Edition (INCUBARTE International Independent ArtFestival 5th Edition): Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad (MuVIM) – June 21 – 23, 2012

Green Ripples Art Festival 綠圈圈生活藝術祭 – Taichung City, Taiwan; July 3 – August 31, 2014

Hatsuden: Exhibition for the victims of the earthquake - Kakian House, 3-6-22, Nogayamachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan; Nov 25 - 29, 2011
• Imagined Spaces: Envisioned Places - Orchard Windows Gallery; 37 Orchard St. New York, NY. (917) 995-1001; January 9 - 16, 2012

MANILART10: International Art Fair - Hall 4, SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, Philippines; July 29 – August 1,2010

Nakhchivan, the Cradle of Humankind International Art Festival – Naxcivan Park; Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; June 18 – 20, 2012

Ninth Circle of Obsession: Contemporary Art Gallery/ SAVREMENA Galerija Zrenjanin Suboticeva 1, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia; June 27 – July 3, 2012

Nomadic Village Artist-in-Residence Exhibition: Wheelchair Park; Wolsingham, England; May 20 – June 3, 2012

Nomadic Village Traveling Exhibition – A Display of Artwork in Suitcases that travels from England, France, Italy and Austria in a mobile gallery. 2012.

One Hour Photo: International Photography Collective - Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC, USA ; May 25 - June25, 2010

Permanence/Decay – Trace Gallery Trace Gallery 3700 Franklin St Denver, CO 80205

Photo from Oz – Anton Pub, Anton’s Square, Bucharest, Romania – December 13, 2013

Punctum Contra Punctum: International Exhibition of Visual Art – Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia; June 10 – 20, 2012

Punctum Contra Punctum II: International Exhibition of Visual Georgian National Museum, Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery: September 1 – 16, 2013

Tales from Bielsko-Biała within a Light box - Artist-in-residence exhibition: Galeria Bielska BWA; ul. 3 Maja 11, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała, Poland; July 7 – September 2, 2011

The Light Show: Manila Contemporary - WHITESPACE 2314, Pasong Tamo, Extension, Makati City, Philippines; Dec. 11 – January 9, 2011

Redmond Digital Arts Festival 2011: 9931 Willows Rd NE, Redmond, Washington 98052; March 18 – 19, 2011

Capture 2011: End of Year Show - The Archtype Gallery; Level 2, Chauvel Cinema Cnr Oxford St and Oatley rd, Paddington, Sydney, Australia; December 16 - January 26 2011

What We Came Here For – Photographic Museum of Humanity, Carousel Studios, 3700 NE 1st Court, Miami, USA;December 7 – 8, 2012

Who’s Laughing Now? Michael Vincent Manalo & Shona Harrison - Blankspace; Greenroom, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, MI 5WW; April 21 – May 29, 2011

Truth Visualized Tiesa: Siauliai Gallery, 245 Vilniaus St, Siauliai, Lithuania – May 3 – 19, 2012

uP: metamatic:taf gallery - 5 normanou str. Athens, Greece March 6 – March 28, 2014

Vizuali Tiesa II/Visualized Truth II - Ramybes GalerijaVytautas str. 35, Palanga, Lithuania – February 15 – March 15,2013

Publications

Advanced Photoshop (UK); http://www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/; Article Title - Profiles Section Date Published: August 2010; Issue#: 76

Blanket Magazine (UK); http://blanketmagazine.com/; Article Title - Rock, Paper, Scissors
Date Published: 2010; Issue #: 21

Fotoblur (USA); http://www.fotoblur.com/ Issue 2: Summer 2009; Issue 3: Fall 2009; Issue 4: Winter 2009; Issue 5: Spring 2010; Issue 6: Summer 2010

KISMET Magazine (International);http://www.kismetmagazine.com/; Article Title - Color
Date Published: 2010; Issue #: 9

Stone Magazine (USA); http://www.stone-magazine.com/; Article Title - Downtown; Date Published: 2010; Issue #: 21

Tomate de Arbol (Argentina); http://tomatedearbol.com.ar/; Issue 2: Luck; February - March 2010

Issue 3: End of Times (Magazine Cover); April - May 2010; Issue 4: Fables; June - July; Issue 5: Liquids; August - September

Carpaccio Magazine (Italy); http://www.carpacciomagazine.com; Article Title - Alea Iacta est
Date Published: 2010; Issue #: 14

The University of New Orleans: Bayou Magazine (USA);http://137.30.242.125/cww/bayou/;
Article Title - 53; Date Published: 2010; Issue #: 53

Vision Magazine (USA); http://www.visionmagazine.com/index.html#; Article Title - Unsung Heroes Date Published: September 2011; Issue#: September

The Screamer Company (USA); http://thescreamercompany.com/publications/five/; Article Title - FIVE Date Published: August 2011; Issue #: 5

Gallerie Magazine (International); http://www.gallerie.net/index.html; Article Title - Poetry in Art/Art in Poetry; Issue #: 27

Lecture Presentations

Galeria Bielska BWA (Poland), 2011

TAFE - Technical and Further Education Commission (Australia), 2011

Acapella Photography - Singapore city, Singapore, 2012

National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (Georgia), 2013

Park Lane by Splendour (Taiwan), 2014

References

동무 (Ghim Taedeog) - Curator / Community Space LITMUS, South Korea
Email: aaron92@hanmail.net

Agata Smalcerz - Director / Bielska Gallery BWA, Poland
Email: dyrektor@galeriabielska.pl

Richard Tooke – Curator; MOMA New York, USA
Email: CASANANAS@aol.com