Michela Mansuino
Biography:
Michela Mansuino, an American citizen, was born of Italian parents in 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother, was a concert pianist at the time, and her father was a conductor, concert master and first chair violinist, greatly influenced her life in the arts. Her father, Mr. Guido Mansuino, after 30 years with the National Symphony Orchestra, has recently retired. Her mother, Mrs. Sylvia McPherson, is well known for her musical accomplishments and is also renowned as a teacher of pianists in the Northern Virginia area.
Michela moved with her family to the Washington, DC area when she was four months of age. Here, she received her elementary education, and in 1983 graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. She understudied, in particular, with Roger Anliker, and Charles Schmidt. During her studies, she participated in many shows and won many prizes.
In 1984 she traveled to Europe to study the art museums in England, Spain and France where she painted and drew from original works. She then continued her studies in Florence, Italy, where she dedicated herself to figurative and naturalistic work, but specifically to painting the landscapes.
In 1988, she returned to Brazil to explore the possibilities if tropical landscape painting. Although she dedicated considerable time painting the urbanscapes of São Paulo, it is the tropical landscape that lures her on.
Education:
1985, Fall Studio arts program at Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, Tyler School of Art, Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA
Freshman Core Program for fine arts majors, Syracuse University, New York
Summers: 1978,
81,84, Full year
Understudy of master fresco painter, Otello Chiti, Sienese Institute of Art, Siena, Italy.
(fresco, egg tempera, drawing and painting.)
Group Shows:
October, 1996 "Latin American Women Artists"-oil paintings at Adams National Bank(through Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
December, 1994 Figurative paintings on paper in oil, Espaco Vivo Galeria de Arte, Recife, Brasil
November, 1994 "Annual Holiday Show"-landscape paintings at Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
September, 1994 Figurative and landscape paintings at Galeria Espaco Basisa, Recife, Brazil
December, 1993 Figurative paintings at Galeria Espaco Badida, Recife, Brazil
Tropical landscapes, oil on paintings at Galeria Espaco Badida, Recife, Brazil
July, 1993 "Intro Show"- oil landscapes and urban scenes at Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
March, 1990 "Art Show, 90" annual Art Exhibition and Competition of the United States Embassy in
Paris, France-Second prize for an oil painting "Primavera a San Gimignano"
October, 1985 "Fairfax County Council of Art Award Show" at the Fairfax County Judicial Center-First
Prize for an oil painting "Night"
April, 1982 Artists Equity Association, "Award Exhibition for Emerging Artists" traveling show
To US East Coast cities-an oil painting, "View of Pottsville, PA"
One Person Shows:
October, 1993 "Tropical Landscapes"-oil paintings and graphite drawings at Adams National Bank
(through Zenith Gallery), Washington, DC
December, 1992 "Manscapes and Still Lifes"-oil paintings at the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
Art Gallery, Washington, DC
March, 1988 "Italian Landscapes"-oil and graphite drawings at Gallery K, Washington, DC
September, 1986 "Poggibonsi Landscape"-oil and gouache paintings and drawings at Galeria di Arte Casa di Chesino, Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy
March, 1983 "BFA Show"-oil paintings, pastels and etchings at Tyler School of Art Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Collections:
Pinacoteca of Poggibonsi, oil on painting, "Poggibonsi Landscape:Sunset", 1986, Siena, Italy
Rosalinda Meza-Steel, oil painting, "Gino’s Poplar". 1987, Washington, DC
Art Gallery of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, oil painting "Rio de Janeiro", 1988, Washington, DC