Manuela Arnal
Manuela Arnal is a multidisciplinary bolivian artist working primarily in sculpture, drawing, photography, and watercolor. Her practice investigates the mechanisms of memory: Can we trust our memory to recognize ourselves and shape our identity? Working with undefined and ambiguous forms, Arnal creates spaces of doubt that echo the experience of recovering memories that were once forgotten. These forms inhabit the threshold between the recognizable and the unknown, two forces that coexist within identity and remain constantly in flux.
Arnal’s work has been exhibited in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, the United States, Spain, and Italy. Recent exhibitions include Alquimia Textil, Museo de Arte al Límite (Panquehue, Chile); Rip It Up And Start Again, Army of Frogs (New York); Tourniquet, The Post Office, Upstate Art Weekend (New York); the 10th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, P.U.R.O. Gallery (La Paz); and The Road of Braids, The Clemente (New York). In 2018, she was selected to participate in the 10th International Art Biennial of Bolivia (SIART). In 2021, she completed a residency at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. In 2022, she presented her first solo exhibition, Remind Me What You Are, at Kiosko Gallery (Santa Cruz, Bolivia).
Arnal holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. In 2026, Arnal was selected as an Artist Member of A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, a membership extending through 2029.
She currently lives and works in New York.