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