Manoel Bonabal Barreiro


Pseudonym: Manoel Bonabal
Category: Painter
Birth Date: 29th November 1961
Birth Place: Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)
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   Cultura
 Curriculum

He studied at Maestro Mateo Art School in Santiago and at his father’s sculpture studio, Manuel Barreiro Moratalla. He has developed his artistic activity for over fifteen years, especially mail art.

 Work & Activities

MAIL ART: 2002: ‘Au Voyage’, Mail Art International Exhibition, Larzac (France); ‘Mama Teta’ (Barcelona); ‘Melancholie’, Deb Arras (France), ‘Micro Art’ Bruno Capatti, Bologne (Italy) and ‘Imágenes contra la guerra’, Boek (Tarragona).
2003: ‘Serie Noire’, Bibliotheque Municipale Saint Jean du Falga (France); ‘Le Temps’ Galerie Dessagieres-La Bridoire (France); ‘Policier’, Bibliotheque Municipale Saínt Jean du Falga (France); ‘Festival Internacional de Poesía Experimental’, Casa de la Poesía (Zarautz); ‘El Mundo un Teatro’, Avignon (France); ‘Piligrimage’ Global Mail Art New York Baha Center Gallery (USA); ‘Disarme’ Comune di Rignano sull’Arno (Italy); ‘Festival d´Avignon’ Avignon (France); ‘Homenaje Deten. Desaparecidos’, Temuco (Chile); ‘La Locura - Cartas a Artaud’, Centre Civic (Barcelona); ‘Nunca Máis’, International Exhibition for the Black Tide, Caldas de Reis (Pontevedra); ‘De la plume a la lettre’, Mail Art International Exhibition, Larzac (France); Mail Art International Fifth Biennial, Colégio Universitas, Santos (Brazil) and ’Coop per lacqua’, Coop. Liguria, Savona (Italy).
2004: ‘Universalització del Benestar’, several organizers (Tarragona); ‘Expozitie Internationala Nemzetkozi Koalitas’, Kapos Art (Hungary); ‘I Convención Internacional de Arte Postal Ciudad Ceuta’ (Ceuta); ‘Creativa 2004’, Rignano (Italy); ‘Le Cirque’, Municipale Saint Jean du Falga (France) and ‘Art Obscura Project 2004’.
2005: ‘El Quijote’, Gerardo Martínez School, Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real); ‘II Exposición Internacional de Arte Correo’, Aquis Celenis Secondary School, Caldas de Reis (Pontevedra); ‘Fira Multisectorial Plz. Joán Vilanova’, Alcala de Xivert (Cataluña); ‘I Certamen Nacional de Alvoriaos’ (Granada); ‘Libro D’Artista’, Sapazio Arte Contemporanea Sperimentale, Savona (Italy); ‘Psyche Out-Post Psycho’, Silvano Pertone, Genova (Italy); ‘Que é Mail Art’, Administration Communale Lorentzweile (Luxembourg); ‘Lábre Exposition internacionale de Art. Postal’, Larzac (France); ‘Exodus-Free movement of people’ (Barcelona); ‘Belly Button - Mailart Trolley Gallery, West’, Pati Bristol Los Altos (USA); ‘1ª Exposizao de Arte Postal do Clube Millennium Banco Comercio Portugués’, Queiroza Arcos Gallery, Valdevez (Portugal) and ‘Autorretrato CD’, El Taller de Zenón (Seville).
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS: ‘Durán Pintura Gallega’, ‘Cajonera Museo’ (2004); ‘Alfonso Iglesias’, Bueu (Pontevedra, 2002) and ‘VIII Bienal de Pintura. Balconadas’, Betanzos (A Coruña, 2002).

 Other Interesting Aspects

He also collaborated in the following magazines:
2004: ‘Pense Aquí’ (nº 134, February), J. Sechi Rio Claro (Brazil); ‘Au Pied de Mon Arbre’ (nº 30 - 40), Ventenac (France) and ‘Veneno’, Bilbao (nº 147, March).
2003: ‘Peace nobel Project’, Mail Art, Ontario (Canada) (nº 10, October) and ‘Veneno’, Bilbao (nº 144, March).