Manuel Monge in the Artist Talk at the Pierro Gallery, with four amazing artists participating in "Kaleidoscope Hispanica", an art exhibition celebrating Hispanic artists during this year's Hispanic Heritage Month. Sunday, November 3, 3-4pm.
Pierro Gallery
5 Mead Rd, South Orange, NJ.

My painting "Emilia" wins the Award of Excellence at the New Jersey Art Association show at the Springfield Library, in New Jersey.

Oil on canvas. 11x14". 2024.

Two of my portraits are featured in this group exhibition organized by the NJ Art Association at the Springfield Library, in Springfield, New Jersey.

"Emilia", one of my portraits is featured in the Show poster.

The Artist Reception is on Thursday, October 24th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Until November 15, I'm participating in "Kaleidoscope Hispanica", a group exhibition commemorating the Hispanic Heritage Month. Two of my paintings are featured in this show along with the works of 12 other Hispanic artists.

Manuel Monge's work will be exhibited in his next solo show at the Visual Arts Center/Summit Library, in Summit, New Jersey, from September 3 to October 31, 2024. The Reception is on September 5.

About this exhibit:
Manuel Monge’s artwork celebrates the unacknowledged beauty of the American suburbs. Featuring common places like coffee shops and empty street corners, Monge’s work highlights the extraordinary features he finds within these ordinary places. Believing that love can be sensed in more than just happy faces and sunny days, Monge paints the love he sees manifested in familiar places on cloudy days or rainy nights. Evoking melancholy and nostalgia, the paintings in this exhibition serve as a reminder of the everyday, quiet places that viewers may regard in their own lives.

Manuel Monge is a Peruvian American realist artist. Although he’s had a long and successful career as an HR leader, which has taken him to five countries and three continents, painting and drawing have been an essential part of his life. Monge lives in New Jersey and works out of his studio in East Orange. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibits in several galleries in New Jersey. Monge is currently an MFA student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Opening on July 18, 2024, Manuel Monge is presenting at KLSIR Art&Home Gallery, in Morristown, NJ, his work on urban landscapes from suburban NJ - where he lives - and NYC - where he works. This is a unique opportunity to appreciate an important and representative body of work by Monge. KLSIR Art&Home Gallery is located at 55 South St. Morristown, NJ (klsir.com/artandhome). The exhibit runs until August 30, 2024

Manuel Monge’s work springs from his love of the extraordinary that can be found in the ordinary: a street, a coffee shop, an empty corner in town. Monge believes that love is more than just happy faces and shiny days. He finds – and paints – love in a cloudy day, a rainy night, in a busy road. His pieces evoke melancholy and nostalgia, and make their viewers look up and think about the common quieter places they know and regard. Monge’s work celebrates the sometimes-unknown beauty of suburban America.

Manuel Monge is a Peruvian American realist artist. His work focuses on depicting the ordinary reality around him in search of the extraordinary beauty that lives within. Painting and drawing have been essential parts of his life, although he’s had a long and successful career as an HR leader that took him through five countries in three continents. Monge lives in New Jersey and works out of his studio in East Orange. His next solo show will be at the Visual Arts Center in Summit, NJ, in September. Monge is an MFA student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Don't miss the first ever Garden State Art Weekend. Visit my studio at Manufacturers Village, in East Orange, NJ

Manufacturers Village Artists, an artist's hub in a historical building in East Orange, New Jersey, will join the Garden State Art Weekend on April 20 & 21, 2024.
This is a unique opportunity to appreciate and purchase great art from more than 60 artists, including painters, sculptors, jewelers, ceramists, and more.
Mark your calendar and come visit. I'll be happy to have you in my studio and who you the work I've been working on in the last few months.

Peruvian-American artist Manuel Monge was featured in a full-interview article on the February issue of Artistic Tribe NYC free paper. Read the full interview in the next News entry. I will update with a link to the PDF version in early March 2024.