Manuela Fernández

Manuela Fernández was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on 30 June 1958.

She studied philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) in Caracas. Her artistic education began at the Taller Azara in Caracas, and she later pursued a formal career in visual arts at the Official School of Arts and Ceramics in Madrid, Spain. She continued her training at the Taller Faenza and the Taller de Arjona in Madrid. Following this, she returned to Venezuela, where she exhibited and worked for several years. Since 2017, she has been based in Galicia, Spain.

She has held a total of 30 exhibitions—10 solo and 20 group exhibitions—across various locations in Venezuela and Spain. She was awarded First Prize at the Salón de los Altos Mirandinos in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, in 1992. Additionally, she participated in the Hangaram Art Museum IAAF Fair in Seoul, Korea, in both 2013 and 2014, as well as in the International Fair of Arts and Antiquities of Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2009.

She currently resides and works in Quiroga, in the province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain.

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