Discover the contemporary work of Manuela PAZ
Born: New York, NY, 1977Education: SVA, New York, B.F.A. Photography 2003Currently lives in New York and works for The Armory Show.Emerging artist, Manuela Paz, is a graduate from the School of VisualArts photography program in New York. Her photographs of femaleprotagonists gesturing within the frame of a mirror reveal acontemporary psychological exploration while subtly invokingconventions of Renaissance portraiture. The work evokes a melancholystate of suspension with subtle accents and hesitations that suggestambiguous narratives.Manuela Paz has been exhibiting her work locally in and around the NewYork area in group shows since 2002 and had her first solo show Augustof 2006 at Invisible, a new contemporary art space on Orchard Street.Her work can be found on several online slide libraries including thoseof White Columns, Artists Space, and Re-title.EXHIBITIONS2006GALLERY W52, Temporal Pause, curated by Rachel Howe, NY, NYINVISIBLE NYC, Solo debut, NY, NYPS122 GALLERY,? Bearings: the Female Figure?, NY, NYLREI Benefit Auction, I-20 Gallery, NY, NY2005ARTISTS SPACE, ?Night of a Thousand Drawings?, NY, NYHOAST, HARLEM OPEN ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR, NY NYHOLLAND TUNNEL GALLERY, ?Babes?, Bklyn, NY?SlideLuckPotShow?, led by Casey Kelbaugh, NY, NYAvenue B Garden Summer Slideshow, NY NY2004 GALLERY 402, ?OIA?s Affordable Art for the Holidays?, NY, NYBRENT SIKKEMA, ?Postcards from the Edge?, NY, NYTHE CREATIVE CENTER, ?9" x 12" Show and Sale?, NY, NYARTISTS SPACE, ?Night of a Thousand Drawings?, NY, NYEA50: HEREART?S ANNUAL RAFFLE INSTALLATION, Curated by Ellen Staller and Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, NY NYROOFTOP CABARET, slide show, NY, NYPLAN B, ?Portrayal?, curatorial debut, NY, NY?SlideLuckPotShow?, led by Casey Kelbaugh, NY, NY2003ARTISTS SPACE, ?Night of a Thousand Drawings?, NY, NYAFFORDABLE ART FAIR, Art Fair, represented by SVA Galleries, NY, NYAFFINITY GALLERY, ?Emerging Photographers?, Sugar Loaf, NY SVA, EASTSIDE GALLERY, ?Subjective Landscapes?, NY, NYSVA, WOOSTER GALLERY, ?Mentor Show?, NY, NY SMOKE, ?Photographs?, NY, NY 2002PARSONS, ?Parsons/ SVA collaboration?, NY, NY ?Emerge?, Internet EIKHOLT GALLERY, ?Empirical Art Show?, NY, NY SMOKE, ?Things?, NY, NY BIBLIOGRAPHYVisual Arts Journal, Visual Arts Briefs, ?Getting Their Bearings,? 3/31/2006Visual Arts Journal, Visual Arts Briefs, Spring 2003AAF, cover image & pg. 68, 2003Halm, Dan, ?Emerge: The Transition from Student to Professional? Sva.com, 2003DOWNBEAT, ?Jim Hall? July, 2001SLIDE LIBRARIES2003-present White Columns- Curated Artist RegistryArtists Space-The Irving Sandler Artists File OnlineRe-title ? Online Art DirectoryLECTURES2004Alumni Panel for SVA Admissions Office?After Art School?, led by Stephen Frailey, Thesis Class, SVA
