Ernesto Manera Biography

Artist, Painter

Ernesto Manera  View Works

Born: San Juan, Argentina, 1964

If a work of art is measured by the attention it commands and the feeling it evokes, then the paintings of Ernesto Manera distinguish themselves admirably. Here is a gifted artist of individuality and directness in whose works the technical, aesthetic and imagination coalesce into powerful imagery.The artist’s powers of drawing and expression along with his emotive use of colour in motion, display a unique and direct statement in paint.

Ernesto Manera presents monumental human figures whose anatomies are reminiscent of Michelangelo but subjected to and transformed by situations that stir them from the confines of their enclosed spaces.

The poses are foreshortened, dynamic, expressive and communicate through their movement an immediacy of effect that precipitates viewer involvement. The drama into which these figures are impelled, the metaphysical forces with which they fuse or struggle, ring out as products of an imagination at once provocative and energetic. The paintings become charged vehicles for private reflection. Manera received his formal training at the National University of San Juan, Argentina. His talents were acclaimed and he was invited to teach at the Atelier School of Fine Arts, Department of the Sub Secretary of Culture, San Juan, Argentina. He has frequently exhibited in Argentina, Australia and Canada since 1983 and his works figure prominently in many private and corporate collections.

AWARDS

1982

  • 2nd award 1st National Art Competition for Young Artists, Argentina

1987

  • Special Mention. Mural Painting Competition organized by A.T.S.A. and the Municipality of San Juan, Argentina

1988

  • Juried Exhibition IV National Art Competition, Franklin Rawson FineArt Museum, San Juan, Argentina

SPECIAL MENTION:

  • Mural Painting Competition organized by the Municipality of San Juan, Argentina
  • Recipient of the “Keys of the City of Miami” along with the Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the role-played in enhancing South Florida’s Cultural Growth, as a co-founder of the Bird Road Artists’ Colony

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

1998

  • The Miami Herald, Art & Culture: “Connection on Bird Road”, January 4th, Miami, Florida Diario de Cuyo, “Conceptual Discourse”, March 22nd, San Juan, Argentina

1997

  • International Association of The Official Human Rights Agencies, 49th Annual Conference, “Pathways to Inclusion: A South Florida Artists’ Perspective”, August 7th, Miami, Florida
  • The Tampa Tribune, Times, “At the Galleries”, June 22nd, Tampa, Florida The Tampa Herald, “Shows Reviewed”, June 22nd, Tampa, Florida
  • The Miami Herald, “Group Show at the Mexican Consulate” August 14th, Miami, Florida
  • Art-Cetera “Bird Road Art Connection”, August Issue, Miami, Florida
  • R.E.A.C.H. for the Rainbow, November Issue, Toronto, Canada

1996

  • The Miami Herald, “La Galleria in el taller del Artista”, October, Miami, Florida
  • The Fine Art Index, Volume 1, International Art Reference, October, Miami, Florida
  • American Riviera International Art Fair, November,
  • Boca Raton Magazine, January/February issue, Boca Raton, Florida
  • Ate al Dia, Latino American Documentary, Issue 55

1993

  • Wellness MD. “Visual Idiom: its census and dialogue”, August, Toronto, Canada

1992.

  • Art Resource Trade Expo, March, New York, New York

1988

  • Diario de Cuyo, “Art Reviews”, San Juan, Argentina

EDUCATION

1983

  • National University of San Juan, Argentina, Faculty of Fine Arts.

1981 – 1983

  • Workshops: Drawing, painting, engraving, sculpture and art history

1984

  • Private classes with G. Roux
  • Planning Seminar and workshops with the Artist Guillerme Roux
  • Member of the “San Juan Artists Group,” administrated by the Subsecretary Culture in San Juan, Argentina.
  • Professor at Atelier School of Fine Arts under the sponsorship of the

1984 – 1988

  • Under-Secretary of Culture, San Juan, Argentina
  • Teaching at “ATELIER” School of Fine Arts, supported by the Subsecretary of Culture in San Juan, Argentina
  • Teaching drawing and painting in the adjunct workshops to the Faculty of Fine Arts in San Juan, Argentina

EXHIBITIONS

2004

  • Lurie Fine Art, Florida
  • New York Art Expo, New York
  • Artera Fine Art, Woodbridge, Canada
  • Kipling Gallery, Vaughan, Canada
  • The Art Gallery On The Avenue, Toronto, Canada
  • Canadian Heritage Gallery, Kleinburg, Canada

2003

  • Artifex Design Group, Woodbridge, Canada
  • Artera Fine Art, Woodbridge, Canada
  • New York Art Expo, New York
  • Kipling Gallery, Vaughan, Canada

2002

  • Décor Expo, Atlanta
  • Glass Garage Gallery, Hollywood, California
  • Sonoma Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
  • Canadian Heritage Gallery, Kleinburg, Canada
  • D.H. Mattix, Chicago, Illinois
  • Artera Fine Art, Woodbridge, Canada
  • New York Art Expo, New York

2001

  • Painters’ for the World, Secretary of Culture and
  • Museum of Fine Arts, San Juan, Argentina
  • Sonoma Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
  • Left Bank Gallery, Dove Canyon, California

2000

  • New York Art Expo, New York
  • Décor Expo, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Studio 84 West, Ojai, California

1999

  • Art Lab, Miami, Florida
  • Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
  • Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Ontario

1998

  • Sala Casa Turquesa, Cancun, Mexico
  • Salon “Sarmeinto y las Artes”, Auditorium Juan Victorio, Argentina
  • Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario

1997

  • B.R.A.C., Miami, Florida
  • Meteor Gallery, Tampa, Florida
  • Gallery 1813 Project, Tampa, Florida
  • “Dialogo 1” Embassy of Colombia, Miami, Florida
  • “Pathways of Inclusion” 49th Annual Conference of International Association of Human Rights Agencies, Miami, Florida
  • Universitad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

1996

  • New York Art Expo, New York
  • Sisley Galeria do Arte, Buenos Aries, Argentina
  • B.R.A.C., Miami, Florida
  • “Arte Ba” International Art Fair, Buenos Aries, Argentina
  • Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario

1995

  • Opera Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
  • Dyan/Coquant Gallery, Paris, France
  • Galeria de Art Moderna, Cali, Columbia
  • Teodora Fine Arts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • Fonseca Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • Art Miami, Miami, Florida
  • Fenix Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida

1994

  • Arte Visual, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Ontario
  • Ruffolo Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario
  • Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
  • Consulate General of Argentina, Toronto, Canada
  • Fenix Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
  • Free and Free Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
  • ARAFI International Art Fair, Bal Harbor, Florida
  • Art Miami, Miami, Florida
  • Lerner Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
  • Salon Nacional de Pintura “Exposol”, San Juan, Argentina

1993

  • Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
  • M&W Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
  • Jaurer Lumbreras Fine Art, Miami, Florida
  • Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery

1992

  • Art Probe International, Toronto, Canada
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
  • York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Arte 92, New York
  • Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Canada
  • 1991
  • Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Canada
  • Fine Arts Publishing, Nobleton, Canada

1990

  • Cultural Affairs of the National University of San Juan, Argentina
  • “Roundup, Private Studies Show,” Toronto, Canada

1989

  • Atelier Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina
  • Maria Sur Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1988

  • Dryen Fine Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  • International Airport “Las Chacritas” Art Spaces, San Juan, Argentina
  • Goethe Institute Art Gallery, Cordoba, Argentina
  • San Juan Social Club, 100th Anniversary of the San Juan Art Society, San Juan Argentina
  • National Radio Broadcasting 35th Anniversary, Mendoza, Argentina
  • Goethe Institute Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1987

  • Atelier Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina
  • Dryen Import Co. Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1986

  • Official Department of Marital Status, San Juan, Argentina
  • Provincial Department of Tourism, San Juan, Argentina
  • LXXV National Art Competition Painting, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1985

  • UDECOOP Coop. Ltd. Bank Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina
  • Franklin Rawson Art Museum, San Juan, Argentina
  • Scenographies panel for Independence Theatre, Mendoza, Argentina

1984

  • LV5 Radio Station Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina
  • A.P.A.C. Art Gallery Cordoba, Argentina

1983

  • Cultural Affaires of the University.. UNSJ, San Jan, Argentina
  • Provincial Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina
  • 1st ALBA Art Competition for CUYO Mendoza, Argentina

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Works are included in private and public collections in
Argentina
Italy
Uruguay
Canada
Switzerland
United Kingdom
U.S.A.