Artist: Matt Manalo
Title: Wave 01
Size: 21 x 12”
Medium: Raw canvas, ink, charcoal, raw cotton, tracing paper, heavyweight watercolor paper, polyester fiber, wood glue on canvas
Price: $2,200
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Matt Manalo is an artist and community organizer. He was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and has called Houston, Texas home since 2004. He received his BFA in Painting at the University of Houston. He runs a community-based alternative art space called the Alief Art House and founded Filipinx Artists of Houston. Matt Manalo creates work which involves elements of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. Being a first generation immigrant, Manalo discusses his experiences navigating around the physical and social structures of society while exploring social issues like erasure, colorism, and colonial mentality in his work.
