ABOUT
Isabel in her studio in front of "Anna and Sofia at the YC", 2023. Isabel Manalo has been showing her work internationally since 1999 and her work is included in a number of public and private collections such as the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, The Federal Reserve Board, the permanent collections of the US Embassies in Bulgaria, Philippines, Kazakhstan and Nepal. Her work has been shown at the Orlando Museum of Art, Stony Brook University's Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, the McLean Project for the Arts, Arlington Arts Center, Maryland Art Place, the Katzen Arts Center, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art and has been the subject of group and solo shows in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Orlando, New York and Berlin. She was featured in New American Paintings in 2004 and 2006 and was awarded a Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2008, 2009 and 2011 with support from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation for 2009. Manalo's work is included in the Drawing Center and White Columns curated artist registries.
Since 2000, Isabel has taught at American University's Department as an Adjunct Professor, and from 2008 - 2012 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. She also taught at George Mason University School of Art where she taught Painting, Drawing, Professional Practices and Visual Thinking courses.
Isabel giving an art talk at current solo show "Ninety Degrees" at the Gaslight Art Gallery in Frederick, MD. 11/4 - 12/31/2023.
Isabel is the Founder and Chief Collaborator of The Studio Visit (TSV), an art journal featuring artist interviews with artists in their studios. Her experience as an academic educator inspired the creation of TSV in 2008 which focuses on studio practice and process. This mission was further emphasized through a public art critique series she developed as well as a series of art talks. Her work with the Takt International Artist Residency as a Visiting Artist and Curator continues today with a newly launced (2018) Berlin Fellowship Award that supports one female artist of color to spend one month in Berlin at the Takt Residency.
She served on the Board of Directors and the Visual Arts Committee for the District of Columbia Arts Center from 2010 - 2012. From 2012 - 2013 she served as a Visiting Artist and Curator at Takt International Artist Residency in Berlin where she lived with her family from 2012 - 2015.
Her work is represented in Washington D.C. by Addison Ripley Fine Art where she has had five solo shows in 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2022.
Isabel received her MFA in Painting from Yale University, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Isabel currently lives and works in Bethesda, MD.
Salon Contra with Isabel Manalo and Sarah Tanguy from The Pink Line Project on Vimeo. An interview by Curator Sarah Tanguy in 2009 at Pink Line Project headquarters in Washington D.C.
