About Manuela 

Manuela Granziol is an artist and art historian. 
Her practical and theoretical interests include photography, sculpture, mixed media, as well as the interconnection between visual art and the senses.

She was born in Switzerland. She studied  economics at the University of Zurich. She completed her BA in Photography in 2002 and MA in Art and Media Practice at the University
of Westminster in 2004.

In 2016 she was awarded the PhD on the representation of the fragmented body in contemporary art. 

The artwork

In her work Manuela Granziol highlights pictorial, or social conventions in order to questions the validity of their perceived neutrality. How do these conventions, which we unconditionally accept and often even consider natural, influence the way in which we understand the world?

To explore these themes she often uses photography, turning the media itself on its head, by deconstructing the conventional photographic form through the manipulation, cutting and bending of the image, as well as the physical body of the paper. In this way she takes the photograph beyond its traditional two-dimentional confines.

The tactile nature of the work mobilises several senses, initiating a physical, sensorial and often emotional engagement, which may temporarily precede its conceptual understanding. This energy of the in-between creates ‘immediate sensations’ in the spectators that involve the haptic.

Future Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

2024: SIM residency and exhibition, Korpússtadir, 2 July-30July 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland

2024: Lucca Biennale, Giugno -settembre 2024, Lucca

2024: IAPMA, Paper Art Biennale 2024 “Re-Bloom’. April 21 to August 11, 2024. Castle of Hagen im Bremischen, Germany.

2023-2024: Shanghai International Art Paper Biennale, at the Shanghai Fengxian Museum, November 2023 - February of 2024

2023: Paper Alive, Schloss Park Pillnitz, Wasserpalais, 15.09 - 31.10

2023: SDG’s through Art, Atelier Mondial, Basel , 14 -18 June

2023: MIPS Mega Informazione Per Secondo, Università Cattolica, Milano, March-April

2022: Gustav Lübcke Museum, 15th August

2022 Internationale Papierkunstbiennale, Haacht, Belgium, 26th March to 3rd April

2021 Exhibition at Toyotashi Obara Paper Art Museum Washi no Furusato, 2nd October to 5th December

2021 ‘Feasts on Paper’, 2021 Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, sept 25- Nov 25

2021 Exhibition at Kirakutei, Japan , IAPMA Art exhibition, 7th September to 18 October

2021 Exhibition at Toyotashi Mingei-kan, IAPMA Art Exhibition ‘Approach’, Sept-Oct

2021 CODA Paper Art 2021, CODA Museum Apeldoorn, 5th of June to 9th January 2022 

2020, Each For Equal - Art connects Women International exhibition, 4th edition, ZeeArts, 5 - 8 March 2020, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2020, The Politics of Home, Vacantmuseum, February - March https://www.vacantmuseum.com/the-politics-of-home/

2019 Vicious Circle, Old Biscuit Factory, London, 6 December 19 January

2019 On Hold, LDclüb, St Petersburg, 20 November 20 December (https://ladiesdrawingclub.com/onhold/)

2019 Inferno, In Arte Werkunst Gallery, Hamburg, June 17 - September19

2019 Pink Pigeonholing, Galerie Tuur, Venlo, Netherland, Feb 02- June 02

2019 Women in Art, In Arte Werkunst Gallery, Hamburg, January 18 - Feb 16

2018 Lucca Biennale residency, Outdoor, Lucca, Italy, 4th August -27 September

2018 Art Printed, Group International exhibition, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, June 8 - 24, http://cicamuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Art-Printed-1_Catalog.pdf

2017 The Awakening Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 5, https://theawakeningexhibit.com.        

2017 Figures & Faces, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, California, Juried Art Exhibition, October

2015 Solo Exhibition, The Seven Sins: A Meditation, The Framers’ Gallery, London, October

2013 Unfolding, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, May 

2012 Site Specific Installation and Performance, Covent Garden, London, April

2011 Group Exhibition, City Lit Gallery, June

2010 Site-Specific Installation, Brighton, November

2010 Group Exhibition, city Lit Gallery, June

2009 Group exhibition, Beverly Knowles Fine Art Gallery, London, March 2009

2008 Solo joint exhibition, Disguise, I See, Thou Art a Wickedness, Beverly Knowles Fine Art Gallery, London, January-February 2008

2007 LIP Annual Exhibition, Cotton’s Atrium, London, 14 - 27 October 2007

2006, MTV Gallery, London, November

2006 31st Smethwick International Exhibition of Photography, Birmingham, January

2005 LIP Annual Exhibition, Cotton’s Atrium, London, 15-30 October 2005

2005 Enigma, Waterman’s Art Gallery, London, May 

2005 30st Smethwick International Exhibition of Photography, Birmingham, January

2004 Shifting boundaries, Waterman’s Art Gallery, London, June 

2004 LIP Annual exhibition, Cotton’s Atrium, London, October 

2003 Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London, July 2003

2002 Unlimited, The Well Gallery, London, July 

Publications

2017 A5 Magazine, Portfolio 7, October Issue
2017 Average Art 16, November Issue 2018
2018 Art Book, LoosenArt “Conceptual”, January 2018
2018 Art Book, Internationale Kunst Heute, IKH Publishing, Germany 2018 https://sculpture-network.org/de/view/article/9574  2019 Ladies Drawing Clüb online and printed Issue 1 and 2 https://sculpture-network.org/en/Magazine/Do-Not-Touch