Martina Manyà is a plastic artist. Her work is materialized in different supports and formats from painting on canvas and illustration, to books, posters, collage and prints for clothing and textiles. The protagonists of her work are always color and experimentation in abstraction. She combines personal practice and creative production with teaching. She has published different illustrated books and artist books and has exhibited in Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid and Setúbal (Portugal).
She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona where she became interested in colors, composition and abstraction which are the key elements of her work. She lived for 11 years in Lisbon where she was awarded the José Luis da Cruz Vilaça scholarship.
2023 Disseny Hub (Barcelona) with Tornen les Esquelles.
2023 Festa da ilustração de Setúbal (Portugal), Individual,.
2023 PLACENTA, with Tornen les Esquelles, Center Grau-Garriga, (St. Cugat).
2022 Son Molas Gallery (Begur), in duo with Josep Mañà.
2021 Atelier Güell in the context of Barcelona Capital of Sustainable Food. individual
2021 Jorge Alcolea Gallery (Madrid), collective. Gallery Jorge Alcolea Sala Nonell (Barcelona), collective.
2020 Gallery Jorge Alcolea Sala Nonell (Barcelona), collective.
2017 Ampersand Gallery (Lisbon), individual.
2016 Museu da Cidade (Lisbon), collective.
2015 Júlio de Matos (Lisbon), collective. The Universal Deluge (Barcelona), individual. Oslo Grafic (Barcelona), collective.
2023 – 2024 Artistic Residency at Casa Aymat.
2023 Finalist in the Viladrich Award for Painting. Junceda Award for the book Dones de la Muntanya. Critic’s Serra d’Or Award for Dones de la Muntanya.
2022 Collerola Lab Scholarship with Tornen les Esquelles. Junceda Award for the image of the Mostra de Dones Films.
2015 José Luis da Cruz Vilaça Scholarship, Ar.co School (Lisbon).
