Curriculum Vitae – Maria Maneos
Maria Maneos Visual Artist Education Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, MFA 2010 Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, BFA 2006 _______________________________________________________________________ Solo and Two Person Exhibits 2012 International House, The Woman Represented, Philadelphia, PA Group Exhibit 2021 Exquisite Corpse for Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project, Esther Klein Science Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2020 Together We Can Make a Difference, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2020 Annual Distinguished Alumni & Faculty Show, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA 2019 Annual Fleisher Wind Challenge, 2nd Round Placement, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Bits & Pieces of the Past, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA 2019 A Celebration of Art and Life, University of PA, Perelman Center, Philadelphia, PA 2018 51st Annual Art of the State, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA 2018 Springtime, After All, Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ 2018 Annual Distinguished Alumni & Faculty Show, Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown, PA 2017 Art at Valley Lake, Valley Lake Art Gallery, Horsham, PA 2017 The Art of Recovery, Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown, PA 2017 A Celebration of Art and Life, University of PA, Perelman Center, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Healing through Art, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ 2016 Time After Time: The Incarcerated Female, Gorevin Gallery, Cabrini College, Radnor, PA 2015 A Celebration of Art and Life, University of PA, Perelman Center, Philadelphia, PA 2014 Leeway Foundation, Art and Change Grant Recipient, Philadelphia, PA 2014 A Celebration of Art and Life, University of Pa, Perelman Center, Phila., PA 2014 It’s a Wrap, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2013 A Celebration of Art and Life, University of Pa, Perelman Center, Phila., PA 2012 The Woman Represented, International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Backlash, SOHO20 Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY 2012 Her Visual Fix, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE 2011 Projekt 30 Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL 2011 Agora Gallery, The Odyssey Within, New York, NY 2010 Centotto Gallery, Graphologies, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Togo Run, Lilly Oncology on Canvas, New York, NY 2010 Manayunk Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, MFA Exhibit, Loveladies, NJ 2010 TBD Artist Gallery, 319 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, PA 2010 PA Academy of the Fine Arts, 109th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2009 128 Gallery, North Broad & Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, PA 2008 Green Exhibit, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Atmosphere, Salon Des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA 2008 Manayunk Arts Show, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Art Matters, Villanova Conference Center, Radnor, PA 2008 Emerging Artists, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA 2007 Fall for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Fifth Stone Studios, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Mixed Media Art Gallery, Doylestown, PA 2006 Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS 2006 Arcadia University Senior Thesis Exhibit, Glenside, PA 2004 Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA Awards 2014 - 2020 Pa Council on the Arts Grant Recipient 2019 The Pollination Project Grant Recipient 2018 Art of the State Purchase Prize Winner, PA State Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2018 First Prize Sculpture, Pa State Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2018 First Prize Painting, Ambler Arts Center, Ambler, PA 2017 Kutztown University - Outstanding Mentor in Alternative Settings Award 2015 Pollination Project Visionary Nominee, Los Angeles, CA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 – PA Council on the Arts Grant Recipient 2014 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant Recipient 2003 Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Fellowship CFEVA (Center for Emerging Visual Artist) 2020 Fellow, Philadelphia, PA Collections - Private, Public, Corporate State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA Robert and Nadine Haines, Collegeville, PA Castle Valley Consultants, Doylestown, PA Thomas and Sandra Vasoli, Gwynedd Valley, PA Vincent Fumo, Philadelphia, PA HealthSpark Foundation, Lansdale, PA Selected Bibliography Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned: Re-Creating Identity, by: David Gussak, 2019 PA Art of the State Sculpture Spotlights 5535, PennLive, July 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJQ1WoVsJ8&feature=player_embedded Maria Maneos on Incarceration and the Opioid Crisis, by Paula Cahill, paulacahill.com/blog, June 2, 2018 Psychology Today, Art on Trial, Jan. 27, 2015 https://www.psychologytoday.com/sg/blog/art-trial/201501/brush-the-law-arts-in-prison-program?amp 5535: New Art Installation, PennLive, Harrisburg, PA, pennlive.com, May 25, 2018 CBS: The Philadelphia Agenda with Brad Segall, Radio Interview, cbslocal.com, July 7, 2015 Brush With the Law, Mural Unveiled at Norristown Police Station, Times Herald, January 05, 2017 Montco Jail Art Class, Philadelphia Inquirer, by: Laura McCrystal, July 08, 2015 Woman on Personal Quest, The Reporter Newspaper, December 01, 2013: Two at International House, by: CSchwartz, KnightArts.org, October 4, 2012 Studio Visit , Volume 18, June 2012: http://studiovisitmagazine.com/volume-eighteen Portrait of an Artist, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 2010, Salon Des Amis Gallery: Atmosphere, Philly.com, March 2009, judithmccabe.com Speaking Engagements TEDx Speaker ‘The Big Idea’ at Arcadia University, Glenside, PA 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX-t4A5AsPY Speaker/Panel Member for Undergraduate and Graduate students as well as Faculty of Cabrini College involved in the education and learning of the criminal justice system - Cabrini College, Radnor, PA 2016 Professional Experience Current Director, Brush With the Law - Community Service - ReEntry Arts Program, metropolitan Philadelphia area, PA Current Board Member, PA Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Council, Philadelphia, PA 2016-2020 Grant Advisor - The Pollination Project Arts and Culture Division 2015-2018 Grant Panelist, PA Council on the Arts (Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance) 2017-2018 Mural Arts-Restorative Justice Program at Graterford Maximum Security Prison RobyBuseman 2010-2013 Instructor, University of PA Center for Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA 2010-2011 Instructor, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2010-2012 Docent, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2008-2010 Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA