About
Marisa Manso is an artist and commerical neon tube bender currently residing in Tacoma,WA.
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M A R I S A M A N S O
b. 1986
Education
2015 MFA Yale School of Art, Painting and Printmaking
2008 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Painting
Select Exhibitions
2025 Lighten Up, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Port Angeles, WA
Call It What It Is: A Neon Show of Banned Words
The Factory. Seattle, WA
Steve Gilbert Gallery. Seattle, WA
Neon and on and on, The Space. Seattle, WA
Light Night. The Space. Seattle, WA
2023 Morning Noon & Night, Cherry Pit. Seattle, WA
2022 Speak of the Devil, Slip Gallery. Seattle, WA
2021 Pit Stop, Double Garage. Seattle, WA
Altered States, Refract Glass Festival, WNSA. Seattle, WA
The Wright Place at the R.A.T Time, Gas Filling Tube Suckers. Tacoma, WA
2020 Neon Loves a Long Night, Virago Gallery. Seattle, WA
2019 Light Ways, SOIL. Seattle, WA
2018 N(y)ōō, SOIL. Seattle, WA
Synkra Intergalactic Library. Specialist. Seattle, WA
2017 Forever 22+, Specialist. Seattle, WA
Trick Toys and Joys (solo show), OV Project Space. Portland, OR
Warm Welcome, Mt.Baker. Seattle, WA
Migratory Paths, Tashiro Kaplan. Seattle, WA
2016 American Painting Today, V2. Seattle, WA
GIANT APPETITES, Bonfire Gallery. Seattle, WA
Lie About the Future, but Don't Lie About the Past, Hudson D. Walker Gallery.
Provincetown, MA
FAWC Fellows, Provincetown Arts Association Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
2015 Handmade Abstract, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
Yale MFA Painting and Printmaking, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
2,015 But Who's Counting, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art. CT
January, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
2014 ROCK/PAPER/SCISSOR/SPOCK Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT
MFA 2015, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT
Fresh Mud Pies Sitting on the Windowsill (curated by Levi Easterbrook), Sub- Samson. Boston, MA
A Whole Little Hill, (two person show with Francesca Lohmann) Experimental Gallery. Tjaden Hall, Ithaca, NY
2013 First Year Exhibition, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT
2012 Convergences. NARS Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Bridges, Trees, Skulls, Pies and Other Treasure Trails,
NARS Foundation Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2009 Paintings, *solo show. Pictura Gallery. Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2008 Art Square Party. Le Bouche A Oreille, Brussels, Belgium
‘&#”! , *two person show with Scott Thompson. Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI. USA
Untitled, Memorial Hall Painting Gallery. Providence, RI. USA
2007 Painting Biennial. Woods Gerry Gallery. Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI. USA
Residencies
2015-16 Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Fellowship. Provincetown, MA
2009 Toos Neger. Artist Residency. Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Press
2015 Plagens, Peter. “Yale, RISD MFAs Go on Display”, The Wall Street Journal, July 17
“The Artists of January, Part 1”, The Pit, Mixed Greens Gallery Blog
2014 Easterbrook, Levi. “Fresh Mud Pies Sitting on the Windowsill”, Artdaily.com, Aug. 15
2012 Wenzler, Vivian. “Featured Artist”, NARS Foundation Blog, Dec. 27
