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