Michela Mansuino

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Photo taken by two lovely tourists, summer of 2011 

 About me on YouTube

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In the News:

 

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About me on the Fairfax County Council For The Arts website





Artist Statement

A Long time ago, when I was still in high school, a friend of mine asked me what I thought the purpose of life is. It sounds absurd, but I don't know, I am clue less.  But when I am painting, seeing and understanding this by articulating it in paint, then I feel I am closer to knowing what the purpose of life is.  For me the purpose of life is to acquire knowledge, about ourselves and the world we live in.

This leads me to a conclusion.  In order to see what is in front of me and understand it, I have to paint from life.  I have to paint realistically.  This is the way that learning by seeing constitutes the requisition of knowledge about ourselves.  I might also add that it is important to build on the knowledge of others.

This is why I paint in a style known as contemporary humanist realism. I paint nature and the human condition. In Tuscany, the architecture, agriculture, and history of civilization comes together in a symphony of awe inspiring beauty.




ABOUT ME, BY MASTER FRESCO PAINTER OTELLO CHITI

Presentare Michela Mansuino, questa giovane artista italo-americana, e per me motivo particulare soddisfazione e

interesse.




Soddisfazione perche ebbi la ventura e il piacere di impartirle, alcun anni fa, durante un suo soggiorno a Siena, le

prime lezioni di disegno: e poi, via via, durante i suoi studi in America presso la “Tyler School of Art” di Filadelfia

dove si diplomo a pieni voti, e le sue frequenti permanenze in Europa e in Italia: di seguirne il brilliante cammino,

confermato ad lusinghieri successi che le permisero di vincere vari premi in mostre e concorsi.




Interesse e apprezzamento per il suo “credo” pittorico, basato, per quanto concerne la tecnica, sullo studio degli

impressionisti e dei grandi maestri del Rinascimento (io le ho impartito anche lezioni di affresco); e, per quanto

reguarda l’espressione, orientato alla rappresentazione poetica della realta, attraverso un languaggio figurative puro

e lineare, scervo dal funambolismi e astruserie di certe manifestationi attuali.




Tali qualita sono facilmente riscontrabili sopratutto nei suoi paesaggi toscani dove il suo disegno incisivo e

penetrante, la sua cromia sobria e delicata, l’esatta percezzione degli spazi nel susseguirsi armionioso dei piani e

dei colli, riescono a esprimere tutto il loro ineguagliabile fascino.




Va da se che l’Arte id Michela non is esaurisce qui: I’introduzione di figure anche nel paesaggio (di cui possiamo

vederne anche qui qualche esempio), la viva interpretazione di certi ritratti, preannunciano interessi che vanno al di

la dei temi finora trattati. E la giovane eta dell’artista, la sua serieta e impegno nel lavoro, sono di ritenersi sicure

promesse per ulteriori nuovi sviluppi e conquiste, e non solo nelle tematiche. Otello Chiti, Siena, 31-10-1986



TRANSLATION, IN OTELLO'S WORDS, SIENA, 1986


Introducing Michela Mansuino, a young Italian American artist, is for me a matter of particular satisfaction and

interest.



Satisfaction because I had the opportunity and the pleasure to give her drawing lessons some years ago during her

sojourn in Siena; and after, during her studies in America at the “Tyler School of Art” of Philadelphia where she

graduated with the highest grades, and her frequent sojourns in Europe and Italy, knowing of her brilliant activities

corroborated by flattering successes which allowed her to win various prizes in exhibitions and competitions.



Interest and appreciation for her pictorial “credo” based, as for matter of technique, on her study of the

impressionists and the great masters of the Renaissance (I also gave her lessons in fresco painting): and also for her

artistic expression oriented on the poetic representations of reality by means of a pure and linear figurative

language, absent of the nonsense and tricks of some contemporary manifestations.



Such qualities are easily found, above all, in her Tuscan landscapes where her incisive and penetrating design, her

sober and delicate shade of color, her exact perception of spaces in the harmonious succession of plains and hills,

succeed in expressing all of their unequaled fascination.



It goes without saying that Michela’s Art goes beyond this point: the introduction of figures even in the landscape

(some examples of which may also be seen herein), the vivid interpretation of certain portraits, foreshadow

interests that go beyond the themes developed up to now. And the artist’s young age, her seriousness and

commitment in her work, are to be considered sure indications for further developments and conquests that go

beyond mere themes.

 



BIO

Michela received a Certificate of Achievement from Studio Incamminati in 2017 and has been awarded Fellowships

ever since.  She received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia.  After which, she received museum

permission to study and copy
masterworks in museums throughout Europe, including the Louvre, the Prado, the

Uffizi and the National Gallery, London.
Subsequently she established residence in Florence, Italy, to pursue

landscape painting, and to study under the master fresco
painter Otello Chiti.  Over a four year period, Michela

produced paintings of the Tuscan Landscape en plein air.  This culminated in
her one person show at Gallery K,

Washington D.C., and a show in Siena, Italy.                                                                                                                                                              


Following her tenure in Italy, Michela relocated to Brazil, where she started her career as an instructor in the art

department of The
American School of Recife.  Working with middle and high school students, she created the

ceramics department and invited local
artists to support and and assist in building this program.  Attracted to the

light and the biosphere of the tropics, Michela continued
to produce her paintings en plein air among the tropical

setting.                                                                                                                                                                                    

Currently, Michela holds the position of youth program instructor at The Arts of Great Falls, in Virginia.  At the

same time, she has completed the full time professional program at Studio Incamminati, in Philadelphia, and now

has a diploma of fine arts from this institution. 
 This year she has been awarded a fellowship at Studio

Incamminati and is currently the lead teacher thrice a week, for Project Home.
  She currently exhibits and sells her

paintings through National and International Competitions and organizations like The Portrait Society of America,

Art Renewal Center, Oil Painters of America and The International Guild of Realism.
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Michela was awarded the 2017 artist residency at Glasgow Middle School, through the Arts Council 

of Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a two time recipient of the D. Colman Witte Scholarship from the Philadelphia

Foundation; the Jack Richeson and Maggie Price
Scholarship Award; four Studio Incamminati full time Scholarship

Awards, she has been honored by The Portrait Society of America
in both painting and sculpture, and was

recognized with the Vincenzo Palumbo Artisan Award through the Italian Cultural Society, Wash. D.C.




 


 


 

RESUME:

MICHELA MANSUINO


Education:

Currently in my third year as a Fellow at Studio Incamminati 2017 - 2019

Understudied Robert Liberace, figure painting, anatomy and portrait, The Art Students League, Alexandria, VA


George Mason University, non-degree post baccalaureate courses for MAT program, Fairfax, VA


Bachelor of Fine Arts, magma cum laude, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA


Freshman Core Program, Fine Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY


Understudied Master Fresco Painter Otello Chiti, Siena, summers, Italy


The Corcoran School of Art, Saturday Classes in ceramics, Washington, D.C.


 


 

 

One Person Shows:

"Twenty + Tuscan Landscape Paintings and Archival Reproductions on canvas" permanently on view, originals and giclees at Vienna Behavioral Health Clinic, 2915 Hunter Mill Rd. Vienna, VA

"Tag Sales", over 100 paintings for silent auction at The Great Falls School of Art, Great Falls, Va.

"Bridging Her Life" retrospective show of oil paintings at The Hermitage Gallery, McLean, VA, U.S.A.


"Figure, Still Life and Landscape" oil paintings and drawings at the Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.


"Tropical Landscapes" oil paintings and graphite drawings at Adams National Bank, Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.


"Manscapes and Still Lifes" oil paintings at the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute Art Gallery, Wash., D.C.


"Italian Landscapes" oil paintings and graphite drawings at Gallery K, Wash., D.C.


"La Tavolozza Dorata" oil and gouache paintings and drawings at Galleria Casa Di Chesino, Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy


"BFA Show" oil paintings, pastels and etchings at Tyler School of Art Galleries, Elkins Park, PA

 


 

 

Group Shows and Prizes:

McLean Project for the Arts, "Strictly Painting" Mid Atlantic Awards Competition, First Prize Winner

Art Renewal Center, International Salon, Fully From Life Category, finalist

The Portrait Society of America, Member's Only Competition, Still Life Category finalist

International Guild of Realism Winter Online Salon, finalist 

Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition, finalist in the still life category


Artspace Herndon "Expressions" Portrait exhibition and competition, finalist, Herndon, Va.

Exhibiting at Freemans Auction house through Studio Incamminati


Awarded the Jack Richeson and Maggie Price Scholarship; the D. Colman Witte scholarship from the Philadelphia Foundation, and the Studio Incamminati Scholarships

Susan Calloway Gallery, "The Landscape Now", Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Honorable Mentions, The Portrait Society of America

 

Food Glorious Food" oil paintings in the ZCAF Calendars, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC


"Trees of Life" oil paintings at Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC


"28th Anniversary Exhibition" oil paintings at Zenith Gallery, Wash., D.C.


"Gallery Artists" oil paintings at The Hermitage Design and Art Gallery, Mclean, VA


"Three Landscape Painters from San Gimignano" L'Albero Celeste, San Gimignano, Siena, Italy


"The Ten Newest Pernambuco Artists" The Emporium of Bom Jesus, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil


"Artists and Artisans Represented" 20th Anniversary Show-case of Gallery Artists, Zenith Gallery, Wash., D.C.


"International Icarus" Third Place Award for an oil painting called "To Fly", Nags Head, NC


"Latin American Women Artists" oil paintings at Adams National Bank, Zenith Gallery, Wash., D.C.


"Annual Holiday Shows" landscape paintings at Zenith Gallery, Wash., D.C.


"Intro Show" oil landscapes at Zenith Gallery, Wash., D.C.


U.S. Embassy in Paris "Art Show" Second Place Award for an oil painting called "Primavera", annual art exhibition and competition, Hotel Talleyrand, France


"Fairfax County Council of Art Award Show" First Place Award for an oil painting called "Night", at the Fairfax County Judicial Center, Fairfax, VA


Pearl Fox Gallery "New Talent" pastels and etchings, Melrose Park, PA


Artist's Equity Association "Award Exhibition for Emerging Artists"  Travelling Show to U.S. East Coast Cities, oil painting called "View of Pottsville, PA"

 


 

 

Architectural Projects and Commissions:

"Lucas" portrait, private commission

 
"Patricia Hibson" portrait, private commission 
 

"Brother’s” portrait, private commission

“Sister’s” portrait, private commission


Portrait of Norman Joseph Violette, founder of Washington Laboratories, Washington, DC


Copy of "The Medlar Tree", copy of my original, through the Hermitage Gallery, McLean, VA


"Dolley Madison Library Teen Mural" An AT & T Grant for the creation of a mural to attract teens to their reading section, McLean, VA 

Casa Cor, Main Balcony, designed by Andre Caricio, charcoal drawings, ornamental decorations and faux finishes, Recife, PE, Brazil


"The Chapel of Our Lady Of Grace", 32 sq. yards, trompe l'oeil mural on a private chapel altar wall;  Sairè, Pernambuco, Brazil


Casa Cor, Leisure Room, designed by Andre Caricio, a trompe l'oeil oil painting of a window, Recife, PE, Brazil


Casa Cor, Hall, designed by Beth Araruna for a graphite portrait of a young woman, Recife, PE, Brazil

 



 

 

Collections:

  • Bill Travis, various Tuscan Landscape Paintings, Texas 
  • Pinacoteca of Poggibonsi, "Poggibonsi Landscape at Sunset" oil painting, Siena, Italy
  • Art Gallery of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, "Rio de Janeiro and Cable Car" oil painting diptych, Wash.,D.C.
  • Rosalinda Meza-Steel, "Gino's Poplar" oil painting, Wash., D.C.

 


 

 

Teaching Experience 

Private painting lessons in portrait and cast painting

Project Home, lead painting and drawing instructor at Studio Incamminati

Artist Resident, Fairfax County Public Middle Schools, through the Fairfax County Council for the Art, Virginia, USA

Currently Instructor at The Great Falls School of Art, Youth Program, classical drawing, painting and clay modeling.

Summer Camps instructor, The Great Falls School of Art

Summer Camp instructor, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA


Instructor at the Fairlington Community Center for Manga Figure Drawing, Arlington, VA 

Volunteer teaching, throwing on the wheel for AP students, through Jeff Meizlick, McLean High School, McLean, VA

Middle and High School Art Teacher, American School of Recife (Accredited by the Southern Association of Credited Schools) drawing, painting, ceramics, hand building, wheel throwing, and clay modeling.

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