Manuel López
Manuel López’s (b.1983, East Los Angeles, CA) drawings and paintings are informed by his immediate surroundings. Each piece is a careful examination of elements found around his environment: books, records, boxes, houseplants, various elements from his home, his neighborhood, and studio. López relies on observation, memories, materiality, touch, and presence to evoke a feeling of familiarity in the compositions. Manuel López grew up in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. He attended East Los Angeles College, transferred to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where he earned his BFA in painting and drawing. He has exhibited in institutions, galleries, and museums internationally and nationwide including Crocker Art Museum, Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College, Baik Gallery - Seoul, Vincent Price Art Museum, Charlie James Gallery, and Self Help Graphics among others. He lives and works in East Los Angeles and is represented by Charlie James Gallery.
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Selected Works
El Sereno landscape
The place of the flowers
Acrylic on canvas
86 x 72 inches
2024
Terreno con nopales
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 60 inches
2024
Nopales, fig tree, and cypress
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 50 inches
2024
Southwest roadtripping
Acrylic on canvas
49 x 35.5 inches
2024
Parking Lot View
(South Central LA Sunday 5:55pm)
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
2024
Somewhere Over East LA
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 inches
2024
Outside of time and space (The stories in the story)
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
2023
Popo & Izta atop four books (A figure from Placita Olvera with 4 books from the East LA public library)
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
2023
Where do I begin?
(Books, plant, and blank paper)
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
2023
Rascuache Picasso paper sculpture on books
Watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and gouache on vellum
24 x 18 inches
2023
Let me start this thing
(A box and a nopal)
Watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on vellum
24 x 18 inches
2023
But first a... (Chopin and a mezcal or two)
Watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on vellum
24 x 18 inches
2023
Peter Doig and a Topo
Graphite, color pencil, watercolor, and gouache on vellum
24 x 18 inches
2023
Sunday afternoon 2:37pm (Drawing with a sixer and some music)
Graphite, color pencil, water color, and gouache on vellum paper
24 x 18 inches
2023
Distant Traveler of Time and Space (A continuum of memories)
Acrylic on linen
40 x 30 inches
2022
One of Those Nights
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
2022
Lone Flower, Book, and Voltron
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
2022
Modem, router, plants, toy record player, and dog figure (So what’s the WiFi password?)
Acrylic on wooden panel
60 x 60 inches
2021
El Pato, La Morena, plantitas, y un dibujo (Still life - quack quack)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
2021
Book, nopal, and a Squirt (De Palenque)
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
2021
You’re Not Alone (YOU GET SO ALONE AT TIMES IT JUST MAKES SENSE)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
2021
One box, two plants, and three stripes (Still life in blue and green)
Acrylic on wooden panel
18 x 24 inches
2021
Exhibitions
Fairs
