Manny Cosentino Artist
Curriculum Vitae

Education
UCLA, MFA Painting/Drawing, 1983

Solo Exhibitions
1997 Gallery 2 Ventura College, Ventura, CA
1996 Barnsdall Art Center Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Brand 50; 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2018 Italianitá Italian Diaspora Artists Examine Identity Italian American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2017 For the Love of the Arroyo Southwest Museum, Mt. Washington Campus, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Portraits in Art Sang Young Bang, Donald Bernard, Emanuel Cosentino, Nicole Duet, Kent Twitchell, Richard Wyatt Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Painted Image: Works by Emanuel Cosentino, Domenic Cretara, Joe Forkan, Samantha Minear, Erin Palmer Biola University, La Mirada, CA
          Looking At Art Los Angeles International Airport, Ontario Airport, Southern California
          Los Angeles Juried Exhibition City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, (and other locations)
2002 Just Happy to See You: A Look at the Male Figure I-5 Gallery, Brewery Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2002 Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1999 34th Annual Open International Exhibition San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
          Figure This California State University, Los Angeles, CA
          Juried All Media Exhibition Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
          Instinct; 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1998 Contempo-Italianate: Impressions of Italy Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
          Artists Guild All California Juried Exhibition San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Public Art Commissions
2004 Metro Neighborhood Poster Series MTA, Los Angeles, CA. Plein air study of Echo Park Lake commissioned by the MTA for use as a poster on busses, subway, etc.
1993-1994 History of Art Mural Pasadena; Arts Division/ Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, CA. Composed and facilitated painting of a 12′ by 70′ interior mural at Wilson Middle School.

Selected Awards
2024 Members Only Competition, Finalist (non-commissioned portrait) Portrait Society of America,
2017 Sharon D. Lund Master Teaching Artist Award Ryman Arts
2012 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (Los Angeles Metro neighborhood poster series) Congress of the United States House of Representatives
2000 9th Annual Cover Art Competition, Award of Excellence Manhattan Arts International
1999 34th Annual Open International Exhibition, American Artist’s Magazine Award San Bernardino County Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
1998 The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition, Finalist
1979 Malibu Festival Art Show, 1st Place Malibu, CA

Catalogues
Brand 50: 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper Sept. 24 -Dec. 30, 2022 Brand Library and Art Center
New American Paintings; Juried Exhibition in Print number 25, January 2000, Volume 4, Number 6, ISSN 1066-2235
REPRESENTING LA; Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art Gordon Fuglie, Contents copyright 2000, Frye Art Museum, Seattle,WA Library of Congress Card Number: 00-110982, ISBN: 0-9624602-3-0

Publications
Show Offers Modern Perspective Into Italy’s Art-History Past Los Angeles Times, Nov 13, 1998, William Wilson
SIGHTS: Aspects of Erotica; Humor, creativity temper self-indulgence of gallery shows. Los Angeles Times, Feb 27, 1997; pg.44, Ventura County Edition, Josef Woodard
Mural of History CNN Broadcast Video Cassette, B12867 #8, 1994
SCHOOL DAYS; The Great Wall of Pasadena Los Angeles Times, Sep 5, 1993; pg.8, Home Edition, Maria Iacobo