2015 MFA Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York NY
2011 BFA Cooper Union, School of the Arts, New York NY
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 Wilted, The Bermac Arts Center, Houston TX
2016 Performance and Workshop for 2MF, Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Ghost Light, The Cooper Union, New York NY
EXPERIENCE
2022 Lumina Lina, Charcoal and the Religious Image, Instructor, Manastirea Sihastria, Vanatori Neamt, RO
2017-22 Developing a Portfolio, Instructor, Columbia University, New York NY
2016 Basic Drawing, Adjunct Instructor, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Painted Image, Teacher Assistant to Miguel Cardenas, Columbia University, New York NY
James Fuentes Gallery, Gallery Assistant, New York NY
Portfolio Prep, Instructor, New York Art Studio, New York NY
2014 Drawing I, Teacher Assistant to Amelia Saddington, Columbia University, New York NY
2013 Painting I, Teacher Assistant to Maria Stabio, Columbia University, New York NY
2011 2DD Foundation Course, Visiting Artist, The Cooper Union, New York NY
2011-13 Jeff Koons Studio, Painting Department Assistant, New York NY
2011-12 Evan Gruzis Studio, Studio Assistant, Brooklyn NY
GROUP EXHIBITION
2017 Bearings, NARS International Artist Residency, Brooklyn NY
2016 Stone Soup Nasty, Orgy Park, curated by Katherine Aungier, Jennifer Lee, Zuriel Waters and
Steven Mykietyn, Brooklyn NY
2015 Surface Tension, Saatchi Art at Parasol Projects, curated by Rebecca Wilson, New York NY
Floating Point, Judith Charles Gallery, curated by Paddy Johnson, New York NY
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center, curator Omar Lopez Chahoud, Queens NY
2014 Art at Collyer’s Mansion, Collyer’s Mansion, New York NY
First Year MFA Show, Wallach Gallery, New York NY
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington St., New York NY
2013 Networking Tips for Shy People, 200 Livingston St., Brooklyn NY
2012 Single Fare, RH Gallery, New York NY
2011 Serenity Now, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, New York NY
2010 VACI School of Art Show, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua NY
2009 Art of the Book, The Cooper Union, New York NY
2008-11 The Cooper Union End of the Year Show, The Cooper Union, New York NY
AWARDS
2017 Rema Hort Mann Artist Grand Nominee
2015 Leroy Neiman Gallery Curatorial Project Grantee, Columbia University
New American Paintings MFA Edition no.117, Editor's Choice, Boston MA
2014 Summer Residency Fund Award, Columbia University
Dean's Research Travel Grant, Columbia University
2013-15 Visual Arts Fellowship, Columbia University
2011-12 Rema Hort Mann Artist Grand Nominee
2011 Betty Goldin Memorial Fund Book Prize
Ismar David Scholarship
C.V. Starr Scholarship
2010 Chautauqua Art Institute Summer Residency Full Fellowship
2007-10 The Center for the Performing Arts Partners Scholarship
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Derman, Sonya and Stabio, Maria, “2MF with Ioana Manolache”, 2MF Interview at Clocktower Radio, New York NY, May 16
2015 Zevitas, Steven, “Editor’s Pick, Noteworthy Selection”, New American Paintings, MFA Annual Edition, Issue 117, April/May 2015
2014 Manolache, Ioana, "this side up (Pedro's Flag)", Ed. Chaeun Lee, “On the Rhetoric of Memory”, Interventions Journal MODA Publication, Columbia University, Vol.3, Issue 3:, July 2014
RESIDENCY
2014 Contemporary Arts Center at Woodside, Troy NY
2010 Chautauqua Art Institute Summer Residency, Chautauqua NY
CURATORIAL / PROFESSIONAL
2016 2MF, Guest Artist Lecturer, Wendy’s Subway, curated series by Sonya Derman and Maria Stabio, Brooklyn NY
2015 Stirring Still, Group exhibition curated and organized by Ioana Manolache and Maria Stabio, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York NY
2014 Works in Progress, Invitational panel speaker with Pamela Council and Yujin Lee, Columbia University Curatorial Studies Department, New York NY
2011 Art of the Book, Visiting Artist, 2DD Foundation, The Cooper Union, New York NY
2010 Walls, Group exhibition curated and organized by Clara Claus and Ioana Manolache, Cooper Union, New York NY
