MI MANERA

AKA: MM

• Contemporary
• Installation
• Painter

Art is part of my life, of expressing myself, my thoughts and ideas, it is a way of communicating with others. With my paintings I try to create a theatre where the viewer is invited to participate. I grew up in Austria; in the medieval town of Graz where storytelling, symbolism and the heaviness of European history were a daily influence throughout the early stages of my life.
After gaining a BA, I took the love of storytelling and symbolism with me to Australia, where I arrived in 1995 and since have also become a citizen. I have studied Fine Art at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney as well as at Latrobe College of Art and Multimedia in Melbourne, where I finished with a Diploma in 2004 and went on to study at RMIT University in Melbourne, where I finished a Master of Fine Art, in 2008.

MM

Mi Manera

Aka

MANI MATONG
Aka

Barbara Biggins

EMAIL: barbbiggins@bigpond.com.au



Master of Fine Art, RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia 2008


Diploma of Fine Art
LATROBE COLLEGE OF ART AND NEW MEDIA
Melbourne, Australia 2004


BA English/Physical Education
(Secondary School Teacher)


Registered Personal Trainer and Pilates (mat work) Teacher


Languages: English/ German

Nationality: Australian/Austrian



exhibition/work history:

2009/2010 selected for:
Stan and Maureen Duke
Gold Coast Art Prize Exhibition

2009 October The Pink Lady Art Exhibition and Charity Event

2009 September /

2006 December Christopher Rimmer Gallery, Hampton

2006 December Summer Samples, Group Exhibition
Intrude Gallery(Fitzroy)

2006 October Solo Show at Latrobe Street Gallery,Melbourne
2006 September Group Show, “Nude Words” Swallows Gallery,
2006 June/July Christopher Rimmer Gallery, “Director’s Choice”
2005 “Revealed” Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne Group Show
2005 Castleman Galleries, Black Rock
2005 Linden Postcard Show
2005 Swallows Gallery Life Drawings Group Show
2004 Surface//Stories LATROBE Street Gallery, Melbourne Group Show