Manu Muniategiandikoetxea
MANU MUNIATEGIANDIKOETXEA (Bergara, 1966) graduated in Fine Art at the Universidad del Pais Vasco, specialising in Painting and Sculpture. He has shown individually in institutional spaces such as Sala Rekalde on Bilbao (Ni ez nain hemengoa en 2004), CAB. Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos (Baga biga higa en 2007) and Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea in San Sebastián (Behar Gori Primavera Azul en 2008). He has taken part in group shows such as Muestra de Arte Joven (Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid 1994), Pintura Mutante (MARCO. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Vigo 2006) and Planes futuros (Baluarte, Pamplona 2007). His work has been shown at important international art fairs such ARCO ( which in its 2006 edition included his work in the Sixteen Spanish Art Projects , curated by María de Corral), FRIEZE ART FAIR, ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH (in the 2004 edition with a solo projecttitled Orain, Berriz, Gulliver as part of Art Positions) o CIGE China International Gallery Exhibition (in 2008 with a solo project titled El Bosque de Ozú / Ozú’s Forest). He has won, amongst others, the First prize at Caja Madrid’s Generacion 2000, the Gure Artea Prize from the Basque Government in 2000, the Endesa Award in 2001 and the Altadis Prize in 2005. His works are included in Museo ARTIUM in Vitoria, Colección Unión Fenosa in La Coruña, Colección Arte Contemporáneo Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, Colección CAM in Valencia, Colección Altadis, Colección Caja Madrid, Colección Kutxa, Colección de Junta de Extremadura, Colección de la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava, Colección Banco de España, Colección L’Oreal, Fundación Coca-Cola España and collections of the cities of Pamplona and Vitoria.
