About I am an artist from Lafayette, Louisiana. I studied Visual Art and Urban Studies at Brown University, graduating in 2013. I then spent 5 years living and working in New Orleans, splitting my time between art and design at an architecture and planning firm. Currently, I am pursuing an M.Arch and an MLA degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. My art work is inspired by the patterns in nature and the manner in which our minds filter, remember, transform, and represent our experiences. I am represented by Where Y’art in New Orleans. Originals and prints of my work are available in my online store here: View Store at Where Y’art. CONTACT Connor McManus cmkmanus@gmail.com facebook.com/connormcmanusart instagram @mkmanus EDUCATION 2013 Brown University, BA with Honors in Visual Arts and BA in Urban Studies 2019-present University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. M.Arch & MLA candidate EXHIBITIONS 2018 The Big Easel, Town Square, River Ranch, Lafayette, LA 2017 Untitled Solo Show, City Club, Lafayette, LA 2017 Art Crush, Where Y’art and Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery, New Orleans, LA 2017 The Big Easel, Town Square, River Ranch, Lafayette, LA 2016 The Big Easel, Town Square, River Ranch, Lafayette, LA Best in show: Mixed Media 2015-2017: Contemporain Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA 2015 X: The Variable of Progress, Where Y’art, Muro Media Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2015 The Big Easel, Town Square, River Ranch, Lafayette, LA 2015 The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA Best in show Acrylic Painting 2015 Artists of Jeffery McCullough’s Art and Design Consulting Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2014 Art for Art’s Sake, featured artist, Perch Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2014 The Big Easel, River Ranch Town Square, Lafayette, LA 2014 The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA Best in show Mixed Media, Best in Show Overall 2014 Artists of Jeffery McCullough’s Art and Design Consulting Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2013 Road to Nowhere, List Arts Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 2013 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI 2012 Archanisms, Solo Show, List Arts Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 2012 Klinton Kidz, List Arts Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 2012 Born To Run, List Arts Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 2012 Rising Senior Exhibition, List Arts Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 2012 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI Juried by Ellen Driscoll, Head of Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design; Deborah Bright, Acting Dean of Fine Arts, RISD 2012 Under 30: Louisiana’s Fresh Crop of Talent, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA. Juried by Jeffery McCullough, Interior Designer and Curator 2012 A Better World by Design and Clerestory Journal of the Arts Exhibition, Faunce House, Providence, RI Juried by Heather Darcy-Bhandari, Director at Mixed Greens Gallery; Liliane Wong, Head of the Department of Interior Architecture RISD AWARDS & RECOGNITION 2016 Best Mixed Media Piece, The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2015 Best Acrylic Painting, The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2014 Best in Show, “Pavilion,” The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2014 Best Mixed Media piece, “Pavilion,” The Big Easel Preview Show, Lounge Gallery, Lafayette, LA 2013 Adobe Design Award Semifinalist, “Electric Boogie,” San Jose, CA 2013 Weston Award, Brown University. ‘ 2012 G Stuart Prize, Brown University. Awarded for Hintergedanken in the Annual Juried Student Exhibition at Brown University 2012 Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA), Brown University 2012 Hugh Townley Travel Award, Brown University WORK EXPERIENCE 2013-present: Planner, Graphic Designer, Architectural Designer, Concordia LLC, New Orleans, LA PRESS Rhonda Breaux, “Artist Profile, Connor McManus,” The Independent, Lafayette, LA. June 1st 2015. Will Kalec, “The Artistic Process,” Acadiana Profile Magazine, New Orleans, LA. April-May 2015 Issue. Adam Davis, “Conor McManus 4.29.12,” Clerestory (a Brown & RISD publication), Providence, RI. April 29, 2012. Jeffery McCullough, “Under 30: Louisiana’s Fresh Crop of Talent,” Jeffery McCullough’s Under a Southern influence: Great American Art & Design, Lafayette, LA. February 4th, 2012 Anna Purdy, “Youth Culture” The Independent, Lafayette, LA. January 18th, 2012