Manuel Morquecho

Originally from Mexico, Manuel started to study digital photography in 2009. He studied initially with renowned photographers Alan Benchoan and Daniel Chauche and at La Fototeca in Guatemala City and graduated in 2014 from Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA) in Washington DC where he resides. His main body of work focuses on exploring the urban landscape, the integration of the face and body into fine art through staged scenarios, and fashion photography. In Washington, Manuel joined the International Photographic Society (IPS) in 2013 and was rookie of the year in the 2013-14 and Photographer of the Year in 2015-16. He was awarded the 2016-2017 and 2017-18 Washington DC Government Art & Humanities Fellowship as well as the 2018-19 Circle Foundation for the Arts (CFA) Artist of the Year Award finalist certificate.

Manuel has done several solo and group exhibits in Guatemala City, Washington DC, including at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, New York City (Foundation for the Arts, Onishi Gallery, Artexpo, and the Leslie-Lohman Project Space), London’s Parallax Art Fairs and Italy’s 2018 Chianciano Art Biennale where he won the Leonardo First Prize for Photography and Digital Art. National Geogr...

• 2009, courses with photographer Alan Benchoan, Guatemala City.
• 2009, courses with photographer Daniel Chauche, Guatemala City.
• 2010-12, La Fototeca, Guatemala City.
• 2013-14, Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA), professional digital photography certificate, Washington, D.C.

• 2019 (June 4th - 15th), Onishi Gallery, solo exhibition, New York City.
• 2019 (May 22th - 26th), London Art Biennale, group exhibition, London.
• 2019 (April 26th - 28th), Leslie-Lohman Project Space, group exhibition, New York City.
• 2019 (April 5th - 7th), New York Artexpo, group exhibition, New York City.
• 2019 (February 15th - 17th), Parallax Art Fair, group exhibition, London.
• 2018 (August 11th - 19th), Biennale Chianciano Art Museum, Chianciano, Italy.
• 2018 (July, October), Parallax Art Fair, group exhibition, London.
• 2018 (July 9th - 20th), Onishi Gallery, group exhibition, New York City.
• 2018 (June 7th – 29th), group exhibition Pronouns, FxCollaborative architects, New York City.
• 2018, World Bank art collection exhibition, Washington D.C.
• 2018 (February 13th- - 24th), Onishi Gallery, winter show group exhibition, New York City.
• 2018, 2017, 2016, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, group exhibition, Washington D.C.
• 2018-2014, IPS, group exhibition, Washington D.C.
• 2017, World Bank art collection exhibition, Washington D.C.
• 2017, Artefest, Latinos in Philanthropy, Washington D.C.
• 2015, New York Foundation for the Arts, group exhibition, New York City.
• 2014, CDIA, solo e...