Manuel Miranda
Biogrpahy
1935 Born in San Angel, Mexico City.
1967 Studied Spanish Literature, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Began making art.
1981 Started illustrating for well-known cultural publications in Mexico City.
2000 Moved to McAllen, Texas.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Animals Living Together” Paintings by Manuel Miranda at Castro Art Gallery. Harlingen, Texas.
2025 Meet the artist Manuel Miranda and Callie Luhrman at Koelsch Gallery, Houston’s Boutique Art Gallery. Houston, TX.
2024 “The Whimsical World of Manuel Miranda. An Exhibition of Painting at the Udinotti Gallery. October 27th, 2024 Scottsdale Arizona.
2024 Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda” In the Lobby of San Isidro Currency Exchange House: “Marile Gallery,” McAllen, TX. June 2024.
2023 “Retrospectiva de un Viaje Existencial.” Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda. Gobierno de Reynosa and Instituto Reynosense para la Cultura y las Artes, at Museo Historico de Reynosa. August 25, 2023.
2022 “The Art of the Bull” A Virtual Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda, with the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin, Texas and the Smithsonian Learning Lab. January 2022.
2021 “The Art of the Bull” A Virtual Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda, with the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin, Texas and the Smithsonian Learning Lab. January 2022.
2021 “El Poder de la Mirada” at Puente Art Studio. Brownsville, TX. December 4th, 2021.
2020 “Retablos multicolores con pájaros enternecidos”. Online Art Exhibition by Manuel Miranda, at Mark Clark’s “Mi Vida Loca Gallery”. Corpus Christi, TX. August 8, 2020.
2020 “The Art of the Bulls”. An Online Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda, at Estrada Garcia Gallery. Georgetown, TX. June 2020.
2019 “Once in a While…Little Bulls” An art exhibition by Manuel Miranda at Estrada Garcia Gallery in Taylor, TX August 15th, 2019.
2019 “Manuel Miranda’s Art Work “La integración de la Disociación” at Papi’s Pies Gallery in Round Rock, TX.
2016 “The Work of Manuel Miranda and Larry McLaughlin” at Udinotti Gallery in Scottsdale Az. October 6, 2016.
2015 “The Tenderness of Egocentrism,” The Drawings of Manuel Miranda at The Cole Art Center, The Old Opera House. Nacogdoches,TX. October 24, 2015.
2015 “Contextos Históricos y Poéticos,” Manuel Miranda’s Art Exhibit at UNAM US SA. San Antonio TX. March 7, 2015.
2015 “Invención Varia,” a Retrospective Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda at Galería 409. Brownsvile, TX. January, 2015.
2022 “La Cultura en Mí” FDCLA Latino Film Festival & CIMA Gallery Exhibition. UNT Department of Media Arts. Denton, TX. September 10th, 2022.
2014 “Delirio Fantástico,” Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda at The Emma Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin, TX. June 27, 2014.
2014 “Delirio Fantástico,” Manuel Miranda’s Art Exhibit at Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX. December 13, 2014.
2014 “Lo Maravilloso Cotidiano,” Exposición Plástica del Artista Visual Manuel Miranda at Museo Histórico Reynosa. Tamaulipas, México. January 17, 2014.
2013 “Trick Play,” at The Art Center of Waco. McLennan Community College. Waco, TX. March 1, 2013.
2013 “New Works by Manuel Miranda,” at Koelsch Gallery. Houston, TX. January 19, 2013.
2012 “Pleiades, Jongleurs, Masters and Humanists,” at Main McAllen Public Library. McAllen,TX. October 25, 2012.
2012 “The Work of Manuel Miranda and Jed Thomas,” at Udinotti Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ. November 1, 2012.
2012 “Outgoing Animals,” at South Texas College Technology Campus. McAllen, TX. September 27, 2012.
2011 “Nearly Human. Nearly Animal,” Manuel Miranda at Koelsch Gallery. Houston, TX. February 3, 2011.
2010 “Alianzas (Alliances),” at Galería 409. An Art Exhibition by Manuel Miranda, at Brownsville, TX. October 16, 2010.
2010 “The Art of Manuel Miranda,” A Retrospective Exhibition, at Upper Valley League. Mission, TX. June 12, 2010.
2010 “Encuentros (Encounters),” The Art of Manuel Miranda, at Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts. Brownsville, TX. May 31, 2010.
2009 “Metáforas (Metaphors),” at Manichaus Modern Art Space. McAllen, TX. August 7, 2009.
2002 “Manuel Miranda en Seguin,” at Art in Process Gallery and Studio. Seguin, TX. June 8, 2002.
2001 “Manuel Miranda,” an International Artist Exhibit, at Art Awakening Gallery. McAllen. TX. February 8, 2000.
2000 “Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres,” at El Teatro de Reynosa. Reynosa Tamaulipas, México. June 25, 2000.
1995 “El Arte Pictórico de Manuel Miranda,” at Galería Argentum. México City. December 1995.
1991 “Bestiario,” Dibujos, at Museo del Chopo (UNAM). México City. May 22, 1991.
1991 “Dibujos,” at Galería del Bosque, Casa del Lago, Antiguo Bosque de Chapultepec. México City. April 4, 1991.
1991 ”El Arte de Manuel Miranda,” at Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro, Estación Barranca del Muerto. (México City, Line 7 Subway) México City. February 22, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. Quakertown Park and Facilities. Denton, TX.
2025 Glimpses of Nature: 12″ x 12″ by Rio Bravo Artes. San Benito Cultural Art Center. San Benito, TX.
2025 South Texas Arts Fair Juried Exhibition at Edinburg Ace Center. Edinburg, TX.
2024 “49th International Juried Art Show Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts” Curated by Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. At BMFA in Brownsville, TX. September 20, 2024. Third Prize Winner in its Category
2023 “2023 National Juried Exhibition”. Curated by Susanna Coffey at First Street Gallery in Chelsea New York. August 3,2023.
2022 “La Cultura en Mí” FDCLA Latino Film Festival & CIMA Gallery Exhibition. UNT Department of Media Arts. Denton, TX. September 10th from 10 AM to 10 PM (single day,) 2022.
2022 “8 X 10, Selfportrait,” Group Exhibit at Mi Vida Loca Gallery. Corpus Christi, TX. July 21, 2022.
2022 “Group Exhibit” Art for Real II Edition. Boomer Gallery. London, UK. July 8, 2022.
2021 Group Exhibition of Recent Work” at The Udinotti Gallery, October 17th, 2021.
2020 “Sunhouse Work Project”, Archive of Today’sSouthwest. Website Work Project by Ali Dipp, funded by The Royce Fellowship at Brown University, Providence R.I. September 7th, 2020.
2020 “New Horizons Art Exhibit” at Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum. Harlingen, TX. May 30, 2020.
2019 “A Group Exhibition” . Udinotti’s Gallery. October 27, 2019 Scottsdale, AZ.
2018 “Ears of Buddha” Group Exhibition at Koelsch Gallery, February 17, 2018.
2018 “ A Group Exhibition” at Udinotti Gallery. January 21, 2018. Scottsdale, AZ.
2017 “UMOFA 10th Annual Celebration”. From the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art Permanent Collection. November 26, 2017. Paradise Valley, AZ.
2017 “The Art of the Bicycle Show” at Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. March 15, 2017.
2017 “Group Show” at Udinotti Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. March 9, 2017.
2016 “Group Exhibition,” at Udinotti Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ. April 28, 2016.
2016 “Dead or Alive,” Art Collection of Cande Aguilar at Galería 409. Brownsville,TX. April 15, 2016.
2015 “Group Exhibition,” at Udinotti Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ. November 7, 2015.
2015 “UVAL Tower Artists Fine Art Exhibition,” at Chase Tower Building Lobby. McAllen TX. December 10, 2015.
2013 “TX 13th TEXAS BIENNAL, Arte de la Frontera II,” at IMAS. September 26, 2013.
2013 “Self,” An Art Exhibition of Self Representation and Imagination, at Beyond Arts Gallery. Harlingen TX. September 12, 2013.
2013 “7.1 Galería 409 Annual Invitational Exhibition,” Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. September 5, 2013.
2013 “Converging cultures,” Work by Latino Artists. University of Mary Washington Galleries. Fredericksburg, VA. September 6, 2013.
2013 “Texas National 2013,” Competition and Exhibition. Juror Peter Selz. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, TX. April 13, 2013.
2013 “Coastal Art,” at Santa Anita Gallery. McAllen TX. March1st, 2013.
2012 “National,” An exhibition of Río Grande Valley Painters Receiving National Recognition. Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. November 8, 2012.
2012 “6th Annual Invitational Show,” Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. September 6, 2012.
2012 “2012 Gateway to Imagination,” A National Juried Art Competition. Juror Hugh Wilson. Farmington Museum. Farmington, New Mexico. May 19, 2012.
2011 “3rd Annual Mix ’n’ Mash,” Exhibit and Art Sale. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX. December 2, 2011.
2011 “5th Annual 409 Invitational,” “Blue” Art Exhibition. Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. September 1st, 2011.
2011 “Texas Artists Exhibition,” Beevile Art Museum. Beeville, TX. August 6, 2011.
2011 “110: 2011 Summer Group Show,” Cohn Drennan Contemporary. Dallas, TX. July 9, 2011.
2011 Finalist at “The Hunting Art Prize,” at Friedkin Corporate Campus, Gulf States Toyota. Houston, TX. April 30, 2011.
2010 “Good Gulf,” Art Car Museum. Houston, TX. December 6, 2010.
2010 “Membership Show,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary. Dallas, TX. May, 2010.
2009 “Mix ‘n’ Mash Exhibit,” Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX. December, 2009.
2008 “Singularity.” Manichaus Modern Art Space. McAllen, TX. December, 2008.
2008 “Contemporary Art Exhibit,” at The Atrium. Sponsored by PGA Studio. McAllen, TX. October 2, 2008.
2005 “Río Grande 5th Biennial Regional Visual Arts Exhibit,” International Museum of Art and Science. McAllen, TX. July 7, 2005.
2004 “Et Al,” South Texas Community College. McAllen, TX. February 19, 2004.
1997 “Roberto Acuña, Arely Gomez and Manuel Miranda,” University of Acapulco. Acapulco Guerrero, México. August 1997.
1997 “¡Viva el Arte! Arte Vivo,” La Gran Plaza. Acapulco Guerrero, México. October 1, 1997
1994 “Art in Plural’s Life,” SART Gallery. México D.F., México. 1994.
1994 “The 450 issues of El Búho,” El Búho, Excelsior Cultural Supplement, at José Luis Cuevas Museum. México City. April 21, 1994.
1993 “The 400 issues of El Búho,” El Búho, Excelsior Cultural Supplement. Excelsior Newspaper Gallery. México City. May 12, 1993.
1992 “First National Convocation for Creating a Catalog of illustrators for infant and Juvenile Publications,” at Carrillo Gil Museum, National Institute of Fine Arts. México City, 1992.
1982 “Abstractions II,” an exhibit of pastels, drawings and washes by Manuel Miranda, Victor Moran and Alejandro Segrove. At Xochil Gallery. Mission TX. April 11, 1982.
Selected Bibliography / Works Written About Manuel Miranda
2015 Bravo, Joseph. Former Director of McAllen International Museum of Art and Science. “The Tenderness of Egocentrism,” for the Cole Art Center exhibition. Nacogdoches, TX. October 24, 2015.
2012 Moyer, Nancy. Professor Emerita of UT-RGV School of Art. “Psyches Exposed,” An Artist’s View of the Human Condition.” The Monitor: Surface Treatment. McAllen, TX. December 3, 2012.
2010 Cahn, Jennifer Ph.D. Former Brownsville Museum of Fine Art Curator. “Encuentros: The Art of Manuel Miranda,” for The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art exhibition. Brownsville, TX. May 31, 2010.
2010 Whitehead,Travis. “Manuel Miranda: Art Exhibit to Open.” The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, TX. October 15, 2010.
2010 Whitehead, Travis. “A World of Pure Imagination.” The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, TX. May 30, 2010.
2009 Ramey, Leslie. “Metáforas.” Special to The Monitor. McAllen, TX. August 8, 2009.
2009 ” Moyer, Nancy. Professor Emerita of UT-RGV School of Art. “Artist Manuel Miranda’s Masterful Metaphors.” The Monitor. McAllen, TX. August 15, 2009.
2008 Robledo, David. “Ponitosco.” South Texas Nation Review. McAllen, TX. October 2008.
2006 Whitehead, Travis. “Mexico City Artist Keeps his Inner Child Alive.”The Monitor. McAllen, TX. December 1, 2006.
2002 Hinojosa, Noe “Into the Mind of Manuel Miranda.” Mesquite Review. McAllen, TX. December 2002.
2001 Ramos, Fred. “Río Fest offers up arts, music.” Valley Morning Star. Harlingen, TX April 21, 2001.
1995 Reyes Nevares, Juan José. “ Manuel Miranda: Colores que Vuelan” Semanario Cultural de Novedades . México City. December 17, 1995.
1991 Rodriguez, Antonio. “Manuel Miranda: De la Realidad a la Ficción Creativa.” Casa del Lago exhibition’s invitation. México City. April 1991.
1991 Tavera, Oscar.“ The Drawings of Manuel Miranda.”El Búho, Excelsior’s Cultural Newspaper. April 14, 1991.
1986 Reyes Nevares, Juan José. “Manuel Miranda: The Colors of Childhood.” El Nacional September 13, 1986.
1982 Field, Phillip and Field Janice.“Fort the Love of Art,” The Valley Town Crier. May 5, 1982 Permanent Collections / Works by Manuel Miranda.
Permanent Collections
2022 “The Art of the Bull” A Virtual Art Exhibit by Manuel Miranda, with the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin, Texas and the Smithsonian Learning Lab. January 2022.
2017 Permanent Collection, Two Art pieces by Manuel Miranda at Museum of Figurative Art in Paradise Valley Arizona. Jan 2017.
2014 Unveiling Reception for Manuel Miranda’s large-scale paintings for the McAllen Public Library’s Permanent Collection. May 04, 2014. McAllen, TX.
Competitions & Awards
2024 “49th International Juried Art Show Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts” Curated by Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. At BMFA in Brownsville, TX. September 20, 2024. Third Prize Winner in its Category
2023 “2023 National Juried Exhibition.” Curated by Susanna Coffey, at First Street Gallery in Chelsea, New York. August 3, 2023.
2020 “Sunhouse Work Project”, Archive of Today’sSouthwest. Website Work Project by Ali Dipp, funded by The Royce Fellowship at Brown University, Providence R.I. September 7th, 2020.
2013 “La Frontera: Artists Along the US-Mexican Border” Participation in the photographic project of the New York photographer Stefan Falke.
2013 “TX 13th TEXAS BIENNAL, Arte de la Frontera II,” at IMAS. September 26, 2013.
2013 “Converging cultures,” Work by Latino Artists. University of Mary Washington Galleries. Fredericksburg, VA. September 6, 2013.
2013 “Texas National 2013,” Competition and Exhibition. Juror Peter Selz. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, TX. April 13, 2013.
2012 “National,” An exhibition of Río Grande Valley Painters Receiving National Recognition. Galería 409. Brownsville, TX. November 8, 2012.
2012 “2012 Gateway to Imagination,” A National Juried Art Competition. Juror Hugh Wilson. Farmington Museum. Farmington, New Mexico. May 19, 2012.
2011 Finalist at “The Hunting Art Prize,” at Friedkin Corporate Campus, Gulf States Toyota. Houston, TX. April 30, 2011.
2005 “Río Grande 5th Biennial Regional Visual Arts Exhibit,” International Museum of Art and Science. McAllen, TX. July 7, 2005.
1992 “First National Convocation for Creating a Catalog of illustrators for infant and Juvenile Publications,” at Carrillo Gil Museum, National Institute of Fine Arts. México City, 1992.
Gallery Representations:
2010 Represented by Galería 409 Brownsville, Texas (gallery now closed).
2010 Represented by Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2012 Represented by Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2019 Represented by Mi Vida Loca Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2021 Represented by Puente Art Studio, Brownsville, Texas.