Piero Manrique was born in Lima, Peru in 1981. He moved to New York with his family when he was 13. Manrique began painting with oil on canvas soon after arriving in the U.S. He studied fine arts at Purchase College State University of New York before transferring to the Parsons School of Design in New York and graduating with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 2005.
After completing his studies at Parsons, Manrique worked as a designer and project manager for several large New York-based architectural firms while continuing to paint on canvas and exploring other mixed media art forms, including electronic art and sculpture.
In addition to his work as a graphic and visual artist, Manrique is an avid salsa dancer, performer and choreographer. His dance experience infuses his paintings with a sense of fluid energy and an awareness of the grace of the human body.
Manrique calls upon both his dance and his architectural design sensibilities in creating his art. Although grounded by a solid sense of composition, all of his work exhibits the free stream of his imagination. He uses fantastical flights of color to surround and overlay concrete images of individuals, landscapes and animals. His distinctive personal vision of surrealist dreamscapes invites the viewer to appreciate the splendor of the human body in juxtaposition to imagined technology and otherworldly forces.
Colorida Gallery, Lisbon Portugal Sep. 24 - Oct. 7, 2011
Artist Project, New York, NY March 17-20, 2011
Westchester Habitat for Humanity Artist Fund Raiser, Mamaroneck, NY March 6-14, 2011
Art Bazaar, New York, NY February 1-13, 2011
HVCA, The Danbury Mall, Danbury, CT September 10-24, 2010
AAF, Ugallery, New York, NY May 6-10, 2010
Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY March 30-June 18, 2010
ArtExpo, Expo Art Montreal, New York, NY March 25-28, 2010
Revelations, Mamaroneck Artist Guild, Mamroneck NY January 14-28, 2010
Surrealism, Avenue A, Soho, NY December 20-January 10, 2009-2010
Triumph, Chavin, Port Chester, NY November 19-January 15, 2009-2010
Enlighten, Projekt30 Art Gallery, Online October 15-December 10, 2009
HVCA, The Danbury Mall, Danbury, CT October 10-November 20, 2009
Love, Spread Art, Brooklyn, NY September 4-30, 2009
Nature, Clean and Grean, White Plains, NY May 30, 2009
AAF, Ugallery, New York, NY May 6-9, 2009
Soul, Artde.lu Gallery, Torredembarra, Spain July 5- 30, 2008
Infinite Possibilities, The Fountainhead Gallery, New York, NY March 20- April 10, 2008
ArtExpo, Solo Exhibition, New York, NY March 20-24, 2008
Altered States of Reality, Agora Gallery, New York, NY February 29-March 20, 2008
Mind vs. Heart, Peer Gallery, New York, NY May 17, 2007
