MANU MUÑOZ
ABOUT
(b. 1977, Almería, Spain)
Manu Muñoz is a formalist artist whose work is marked by exquisite craftsmanship. He commands a symbolic language that combines figurative and abstract elements in compositions of spiritual intensity. His visual economy—consciously limiting the number of visual resources—uses color, texture, and geometry as expressive tools. He explores the human, animal, and landscape through archaeological and metaphysical lenses, producing ancestral yet contemporary imagery. His works are contemplative, inviting introspection and multiple readings. His power lies in transforming minimal elements into totemic symbols with rich visual and poetic density.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
The Secret of Felisa Miller | Manu Muñoz
2024 | 140 x 120 cm | Oil and enamel on wood
Onna Musha V | Manu Muñoz
2024 | 140 x 120 cm | Oil and enamel on wood
Kuuki Kuro | Manu Muñoz
2025 | 220 x 170 cm | Oil and enamel on wood
Kanazawas Peacock | Manu Muñoz
2020 | 190 x 190 cm | Oil and enamel on wood
Un jour apres la victoire | Manu Muñoz
2023 | 120 x 160 cm | Oil, enamel, and mixed technique on wood
The missing god | Manu Muñoz
2023 | 200 x 300 cm | Oil and enamel on wood
CURRENT EXHIBITION
10 YEARS. 10 ARTISTS. 10 STORIES.
September 2026 - October 2026
Manu Muñoz’s work traces a path from graffiti and mural painting toward an increasingly refined and symbolic image. Combining oil, enamel, spray, figuration, and abstract gesture, his paintings bring together contemporary, ancestral, and organic references in suspended spaces where narrative remains open.
In Icons of Waiting, his new series for 10 Years. 10 Artists. 10 Stories, Muñoz works through subtraction: reducing action, context, and detail to concentrate the emotional weight of what remains. Waiting becomes a state of tension and attention, transforming stillness into a way of looking.
INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS ARTIST
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SYMBOLICALLY REORGANIZED
September 2025 - November 2025
Starting from urban art, Manu Muñoz has developed a free and personal language where chaos and nature coexist. His recent work focuses on stripping elements of their meaning to reorganize them into compositions where chance and order interact without hierarchy, turning the timeless into a compositional core.
IMPULSE AND PARADOX
September 2023 - March 2024
Rooted in impulse and contradiction, Manu Muñoz’s work fuses digital precision with gestural freedom, figuration with symbolism. Drawing from his background in graffiti and muralism, his paintings explore archetypes—warriors, dancers, swimmers—through bold color, texture, and scale. Silicon molds, sanded wood, and vibrant, dissonant tones disrupt the surface, turning each piece into a visual and emotional puzzle that resists linear interpretation.
EVENTS & FAIRS
ENEAS
June 2025
Madrid, Spain
ENEAS was a one-night collective exhibition curated by Saisho in collaboration with Eneaverso.
Held in Madrid, it brought together 21 contemporary artists and over 600 guests—including collectors, curators, and critics—in a multisensory journey through eight levels of artistic experimentation: from composition and material to light, texture, and technique. Inspired by the myth of Aeneas and structured around curatorial criteria rather than trends, ENEAS marked a new approach to experiencing and valuing contemporary art.
