Hear Isabel Manalo respond to work by Rahne Alexander and Matthew Mann currently on view in the Mary B. Howard Invitational: An Excellent Thought About a Quality Idea. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Free and open to the public. RSVP in advance at info@tephraica.org for Zoom Room link and password. Sponsored by Reston Community Center.
Biography
Isabel Manalo is a visual artist, educator, and curator-at-large. Her work has been shown internationally since 1999 and is included in a number of public and private collections, including the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. and 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.
Isabel is the Founder and Chief Collaborator of The Studio Visit (TSV), an art journal featuring interviews with artists in their studios. Her curatorial projects include curating a space in Berlin for a number of emerging artists; CultureScape, a group show of five female artists of color at Addison Ripley Fine Art; and Maia Cruz Palileo, a solo show of work at the Katzen Arts Center at American University in 2019. Her work is represented in Washington D.C. by Addison Ripley Fine Art. Isabel is a full time faculty member at the Edmund Burke School in Washington D.C. and 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, M.D.