Michael Manning
Biography
Michael Manning (born 1963) is an American comic book artist and writer, fine art illustrator, and traditionally trained animator currently based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his graphic novel series, The Spider Garden and Tranceptor, which combine elements of pan-sexual fetishism and BDSM culture with complex characters in science fiction and fantasy settings. He is also active in the supernatural horror and fantasy genres, drawing adaptations of the work of authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alexandre Dumas for the Graphic Classics comics anthology series, as well as illustrating an anachronistic version of the German folk epic, The Nibelungen. b. 1985, Corona del Mar, CA Lives and Works in Los Angeles BFA. New York University. Tisch School of The Arts. 2007. MBA. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2011.
Exhibitions
UPCOMING:
solo @ Bill Brady KC - Oct. 17th, 2014
group @ Middlemarch - Brussels - Oct. 2014
group @ Blain / Southern - London - Dec. 2014
group @ Levy.Delval - Brussels - Jan. 2015
curate @ Bill Brady - Miami - Jun. 2015
RECENT:
solo @ Carl Kostyal - Stockholm - Aug. 28th-Sept. 29th, 2014
solo @ Retrospective Gallery - Hudson, NY - May 24th-June 15th, 2014
2014
Wild Fusion: Vol. IV – Technoeconomicology. Bill Brady Gallery. Kansas City, MO. (solo)
Wild Fusion: Vol. III – WWWHATWWWEDOISSECRET. Carl Kostyal. Stockholm. (solo)
Wild Fusion: Vol. II – I Want To Believe. Retrospective Gallery. Hudson, NY. (solo)
Wild Fusion: Vol. I – TOTAL COLLAPSE. American Contemporary. New York. (solo)
Material Images. Johannes Vogt Gallery. New York.
Too Soon. Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Los Angeles.
2013
Sheryl Crow Pandora Paintings. Bill Brady KC at NADA Art Fair. Miami Beach (solo).
Bright & Contemporary. Smart Objects. Los Angeles (solo).
Over The Valley. Steve Turner Contemporary. Los Angeles.
Museum of Moving Image. Best of: Fach & Asendorf Gallery. New York.
2012
Bring Your Own Beamer : LA. The Geffen @ Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles.
ASTRAL PROJECTION ABDUCTION FANTASY. Monstertruck Gallery. Dublin.
Open Network. Cirrus Gallery. Los Angeles.
2011
GIF GROUP SHOW: FRIENDS. Fach & Asendorf Gallery.
Street Show: The Things Between Us. Eyebeam. New York.
A Small Forest. Kunsthalle New. Chicago.
Self-Love. Copenhagen Place. London.
Selected Press
WWWHATWWWEDOISSECRET - Critic’s Pick. Artforum. 2014.
A Day In The Life of Michael Manning. Dazed Digital. 2014.
Artist Profile. Rhizome.org. 2014.
Painting by Numbers. Rhizome.org. 2013.
How Going Viral Has Changed Art. The Creators Project. 2012.
Phone Arts : Designing with The iPhone. Computer Arts UK. 2012.
PhoneArts Celebrates Art Made on iPhones. The Mac Observer. 2011.
Phonearts.net is a free ticket to a cell phone art exhibit. C-NET. 2011.
Turn On, Plug In, Walk Out. ArtInfo. 2011.
A Small Forest of Net Art. Art Slant. 2011.
Net Art Out of The Past. Bad At Sports. 2011.
The Decentralization of Art on The Internet: An Imagined History. Art Fag City. 2011.
Art Made By A Computer, And You. The Globe and Mail. 2010.
Contemporary Digital works (new media)
Floating_Form
Floating Form (wiki)
Mirrroring
Street Show
The First Day of The Rest Of Your Life
Things That Are The Internet In Apple Casual
Live Without Me
Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Manning_(fetish_artist)