Manuel Espinoza

Venezuelan painter born in 1937, he studied at the Arturo Michelena School, under the direction of Braulio Salazar (1953-1954), between 1954 and 1958 he studied pure art and graphic arts at the Cristóbal Rojas School, in 1958 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts Arts in Rome and, the following year, he moved to Paris, where he studied at the Bersier engraving workshop, at the Superior School of Fine Arts. At the Louvre School he attended Pierre Francastel's engraving workshop and art history course and In 1960 he studied at the Hochschule für Bildenden Kunste in Berlin, attended the Stabenau lithography workshop and Hans Trier's painting workshop.

He was a professor at the Cristóbal Rojas School (1963), at the Experimental Art Center (ULA, 1965-1966), at the Neumann Institute (1970-1973), at the School of Social Communication (UCV, 1971-1976), Cegra (1975-1982) and the School of Arts (UCV, 1981-1983). Founder and first director of IUESAPAR (1990), in 1964 he was appointed director of the Círculo Pez Dorado in Caracas, together with Ángel Luque and Jacobo Borges. He was founder and director of the GAN (1976-1984), Member of the board of directors of the Rómulo Gallegos Foundation (1979), participates in the creation of AVAP, Maczul and advises MACMMA and between 1999 and 2003 he exercises the positions of vice minister of culture and president of Conac.

Most outstanding exhibitions: 1960 MBA, 1966 Sala Mendoza, 1976 "Mythical Nature", MACC, 1986 "The Flowered Branch", MACC, 1987 Municipal Art Gallery, Maracay, 1990 "Unare: sunsets and dawns", Museum of Art, Choir / "Summer lands: 25 works", Gallery 5, Caracas, 1992 Milenium Gallery, Maracaibo, 1998 D'Museo Gallery, Caracas and 1999 "Utopia metaphors: works 1953-1998", MACCSI / Maczul.

Awards: 1954 Lions Club Award, XII Arturo Michelena Salon, 1955 Bernardo Dolande Award, II Young Painters Salon, AVP, Caracas / Second prize, II D'Empaire Salon, 1958 Rome Prize, XIX Official Salon / Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo Award, XIX Official Salon, 1960 First prize, VII D'Empaire Salon, 1965 Andrés Pérez Mujica Award, XXIII Arturo Michelena Salon / Emilio Boggio Award, XI Julio T. Arze Salon, 1966 Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo Award, XXVII Official Salon / Federico Brandt Award, XXVII Official Salon, 1969 Marcos Castillo Award, XXX Official Salon, 1974 First prize for acquisition, II Plastic Arts Salon in Venezuela, MBA, 1985 AICA Award, Venezuela Chapter, master category and 1987 National Plastic Arts Award, Caracas / AICA Award , Venezuela Chapter, teacher category.

Collections: Ateneo de Valencia, Edo. Carabobo / BCV / Casa de las Américas, Havana / Noa Noa Foundation, Caracas / Polar Foundation, Caracas / GAN / MACCSI / MACMMA / Mamja / MBA / Anzoátegui Museum, Barcelona, Edo. Anzoátegui / Ciudad Bolívar Museum / Francisco Narváez Museum / Pan American Union, Washington. 

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