Biography
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- 1935
- Born in Mexico City
- 2000
- Lives and works in McAllen, TX
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2011
- Nearly Human. Nearly Animal, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX.
- 2010
- Alianzas (Alliances), Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX.
- The Art of Manuel Miranda: A Retrospective, Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX.
- Encuentros (Encounters), Bronwsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX.
- 2009
- Metáforas (Metaphors), Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX.
- 2002
- Manuel Miranda in Seguin, Art in Process Gallery and Studio, Seguin, TX.
- 2000
- Women, City Theatre, Reynosa, Mexico.
- 1995
- The Pictorial Work of Manuel Miranda, Argentum Gallery, Mexico City.
- 1991
- The Art of Manuel Miranda, Collective Transportation System’s Subway Station, Mexico City.
- Drawings, Galeria del Bosque Casa del Lago, Mexico City.
- Bestiary, Chopo Museum, Mexico City.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2011
- 3rd Annual Mix 'n' Mash Exhibit & Art Sale, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
- 5th Annual 409 Invitational “Blue” Exhibition, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX
- Texas Artists Exhibition, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
- 110°: 2011 Summer Group Show, Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Hunting Art Prize Gala, Friedkin Corporate Campus, Gulf States Toyota, Houston, TX.
- 2010
- Good Gulf, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX.
- Membership Show, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
- 2009
- Mix ‘N’ Mash Exhibit, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX.
- 2008
- Singularity, Manichaus Modern Art Space, Mcallen, TX.
- 2005
- Rio Grande 5th Biennial Regional Visual Arts Exhibit, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX.
- 2004
- Et al, South Texas Community College, McAllen, TX.
- 1997
- Roberto Acuña, Arely Eunice, and Manuel Miranda, University of Acapulco, Mexico.
- 1994
- Art in Plural’s Life, SART Gallery, Mexico City.
- The 450 issues of El Búho cultural supplement, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.
- 1993
- The 400 issues of El Búho cultural supplement, Excelsior Newspaper Gallery, Mexico City.
- 1992
- First National Convocation for Creating a Catalog of Illustrators for Infant and Juvenile Publications, Carrillo Gil Museum, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
- 1982
- Abstractions, Xochil Art Gallery, Mission, TX.
Selected Bibliography
- 2011
- Schulze, Troy, “Manuel Miranda: Nearly Human Nearly Animal,” Houston Press, February 3.
- 2009
- Moyer, Nancy Ph.D. “Artist Manuel Miranda’s Masterful Metaphors,” The Monitor Newspaper, August 17.
- 1991
- Tavera, Oscar, “The Drawings of Manuel Miranda,” El Búho by the Excelsior Newspaper, April 14.
- 1986
- Nevares, Reyes, Juan José, “Manuel Miranda: the Colors of Childhood,” El Nacional Newspaper, September 13.
Public and Private Collections
- The International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX.
- Kirk Clark Chevrolet Dealer, McAllen, TX.
