Manel Anoro

Manel Anoro is a painter born in Barcelona on June 13 , 1945 . His extensive work is distributed mainly in the United States and, to a lesser extent in Spain, and other countries in Europe and Japan. Manel discovered the overwhelming power of drawings and caricatures during nursery school. He began his academic career studying Agriculture in Barcelona (Technical Engineer in Livestock Exploitations - 1965) and later got a bachelor in Economic Sciences by the University of Barcelona. In the second year of his studies, he is sentenced and expelled from the University for his active participation in the struggle against the Franco dictatorship (1968). 

He worked as a Systems Technician at IBM Barcelona for several years. His first exhibition took place in Barcelona in 1984, and since then he has performed 31 individual exhibitions in the United States, 23 in Spain, 6 in Europe and 4 in Japan. In addition, he has participated in international fairs (Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Madrid, Barcelona) and a large number of solo and group exhibitions. His work is mainly focused on the landscapes that attract him, especially: Cuban neighborhoods,  villages in Senegal, Moroccan and Menorca landscapes (where he has his second studio). Nudity in his paintings is particularly popular, usually represented by two models posing together.