Isabel Manalo

B. St. Louis, MO USA

Lives in Bethesda, MD USA

Education

MFA, Yale University | School of Art | Painting Program

BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Photography, Painting and Creative Writing

BS, The University of Wisconsin, Madison | Art and Journalism

Select Exhibitions

2024 September - December: "Asia in Maryland", Asian Arts Center at Towson University, MD and at the Pratt Library in Baltimore, MD.

2023 November - Solo Show: "Ninety Degrees", Gaslight Gallery, Frederick, MD

2022 April - Solo Show: "To Grow A Life", Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C.

2020

September - October, Solo Show: They See Us, Castle Gallery at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.

2019

October- November, Kith and Kin, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

October- November, Confluence Select, Curated by Philip Hutinet of East City Art, Otis Street Arts Center, Mt. Rainier, MD

October, Transformer Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

September 7 - December 31, 2019, Solo Show, Curated by Romy Silverstein of Addison Ripley Fine Art Gallery, Facebook, DC, Washington DC

January, Select Department of Art Faculty at American University, Curated by Jack Rasmussen, Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport, Baltimore, MD

June, "Character Abstraction", Brentwood Arts Exchange, Curated by Spencer Dormitzer, Brentwood, MD

2018

• November, Transformer Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

• September, "Asian Art in Maryland", Asian Art Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

• December, "Adrenaline", Solo Show, Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C.

2017

• November, Transformer Auction, Katzen Art Museum at American University, Washington D.C.

2016

• June, Solo Show "Unscripted, Naturally", Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C

• November, Transformer Auction, Katzen Art Museum at American University, Washington D.C.

2015

• November/December, Solo Show "Skin Codes", Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY. Curated by Karen Levitov.

• February, "The Accuracy of the Ordinary" Two person show with Elizabeth McTernan, Hilbertraum art space, Berlin, Germany.

• January, Group Show, "Natural Allusions" Curated by Jackie Battenfield, Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C.

2014

• November, "Storm", Online Curated exhibition, Center for Art and Thought, CA

• March, "Stitching the Seam", Solo Show, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL.

2013

December, Two Person Show, Isabel Manalo and Martina Nitsche at Frank Kutschera Gallery in Berlin, Germany.

2012

February, Select, Curated by Stephen Philips for Washington Project for the Arts Annual Benefit Exhibition, Washington D.C.
March, Bits of Elsewhere, Solo Exhibit, Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington D.C
March, Small Works Invitational as part of American University Faculty, Curated by Ed Ahlstrom, Montgomery Community College, Rockville, Maryland.
April, McLean Project for the Arts 50th Commemorative Exhibition, Curator: Deborah McLeod, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
May, "Mutual Friends", Curated by Jose Ruiz, Brian Balderston and Chad Saybrook, Brooklyn, NY, NY.
October, Solo show of new work at Geschichte, Berlin, Germany

2010

January, Solo Exhibit Retrospective of work from 2006, 07, 08 and 09. Sponsored by Addison Ripley Fine Art at the German Marshall Fund, Washington D.C.
March, In The Beginning, Premier Group Show, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA
July, Departures and Arrivals: Investigating the Vocabulary of the Contemporary Landscape. Group Show Curated by Cara Ober, Towson University, Towson, MD
June, Fantastic Journeys, Group Show, McLean Project for the Arts, Mclean, VA
July, Bits and Pieces, Group show curated by Laura Ammussen, Goucher College, MD
July, Periphery, Group Show curated by Geoff Delanoy, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame, MD
November, Catalyst, Commemorative Exhibition Celebrating Washington Project for the Arts 35^th Anniversary. Curated by JW Mahoney, Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington, DC

2009

January, "If I Didn't Care", Richmond Gallery at Park School, Curated by Rick Delaney, Baltimore, MD
May, Idylls, Curated by Andrea Pollan in collaboration with the Washington Project for the Arts and the World Bank Art Program, World Bank, Washington, DC
September, Solo Show, "Once, Upon", Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC

2008

March, Solo Show, Togonon Gallery at Dae Advertising, San Francisco , CA .
April, "Ethnography of No Place", Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher University, Baltimore, MD
May, Maryland Arts Place Critics Residency Exhibit, Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore, MD
December, "Quasi-Painting", Randall Scott Gallery, Curated by Cara Ober, Washington, DC.

2007

February, Los Angeles Art Show, Venice Beach, CA with Museum Works Galleries
February, "Primed", Washington Project for the Arts Corcoran Annual Benefit Auction. Selected by Irene Hoffman of the Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
March, Group Show Curated by Carol Lukitsch of the Arlington Arts Center, Meyer Foundation, Washington, DC
April, "Saturated", Curated by Zoe Myers, Heineman Myers Contemporary, Bethesda, MD
May, "Believe It: 14 Painters", Curated by Jordan Block, Creative Arts Alliance, Baltimore, MD
August, "Summer Introductions", Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
November, "You Catch More Flies with Honey", Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC.

2006

January, "Mid-Atlantic New Painting", Curated by Jonathan Binstock, Ridderhof Martin Gallery at the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
January, Faculty Show, American University Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
February, "Wish Your Were Here", Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
May, "Turning the Page Part III: Nature Constructed", a virtual exhibit by Washington Project for the Arts, Corcoran.
June, "Space Domestic", Curated by Jiha Moon, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
September, "Exchange", Washington D.C. Artists in Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by Washington Project for the Arts, Corcoran. Curated by Gabriel Martinez, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
December, "Exchange", Washington D.C. Artists in Richmond, VA. Sponsored by Washington Project for the Arts, Corcoran. Curated by Gabriel Martinez, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
December, "Fresh Paint", Curated by Carol Lukitch of the Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2005

January, "Groundwork", DEN Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
January, "State of the Arts", Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
April, "Wish You Were Here", Two person show with Jonathan Bucci. Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
August,"Natural Selection", Two person show with Trine Bumiller. Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
October, Washington Project for the Arts Corcoran Benefit Exhibition Curated by Erin Chase at Hickock Warner Architects, Washington, DC
November, "Boundaries: Contemporary Landscapes", Curated by Jeffrey Rhodes. Union Gallery at University of Maryland, College Park

2004

September, "5 x 5", Five Local Arists, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
June, Gallery Slye and Warehouse Space, Washington, DC
May, Anonymous, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
April, Group Show Gallery Artists, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
March, "New Acquisitions", National Academy of Sciences Keck Center, Washington, DC
February, National All Media Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2003

June, "Strictly Painting", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA 2002
November, DB Sides, Decatur Blue and WPAC at Warehouse Gallery, WDC
September, "Flicker", Two person show at Warehouse Gallery, WDC