Michael Vincent Manalo
Freelance Graphic Designer, Visual Artist
Kaohsiung City, TaiwanPhotographer 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
Box Heart Gallery - USA
First Place from the Here and Abroad Exhibit for the work “Tales from the Hidden Attic”
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.)
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
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
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
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
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