Manuell Mănăstireanu
Manuell Mănastireanu (born in December 5, 1973, Botoșani) is a visual artist from Romania. He graduated the Faculty of Fine, Decorative Arts and Design, Iasi, within the Painting Department (1999), Prof. Dan Hatmanu class. Member of the Union of Fine Artists in 2001, Iasi, since 1997, the artist has participated in 11 personal exhibitions and 20 group exhibitions within the country and abroad. He participated in residential programmes since 2003 and was awarded in 2010 with the prize of "Geea" Publishing House - "Silver Tea" in Botoșani. In 2014 he was awarded the Prize of the City of Iasi, by the Mayor's Office. His work is in private collections in the USA, Canada, Holland, Belgium, Germany.He is currently exhibiting in Berlin at the collective exhibition in Langmayer, Germany, "La Gare de l'Art" in 2016.
He exhibited in 2014 at the Palace of the Parliament, Constantin Brâncuși Hall in Bucharest, the personal exhibition The Light of Silence.
In May 2018 he exhibited the project The Mirors of Silence, at Arthis - Cultural Center in Bruxelles, dedicated to the Centenary of Romania, followed by the exhibition with the same title in November 2018 at the Palace of Culture in Iasi, in 2019 at Calpe Gallery in Timisoara and in 2020 at Elite Art Gallery – Bucuresti.
On 1 December 2018 he received the diploma of excellence - Centenary of the Great Union (1918-2018), from the City Hall of Iaşi.