Manuel Lariño is a Spanish-American (U.S.) visual artist born in A Coruña, Spain, to an American mother and a Spanish father. He grew up between the United States and Spain and has found generative art as his medium of expression, creating collections through algorithms and code.
He graduated with honors in Fine Arts from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and studied illustration and drawing at the Joe Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey. He began his career as an illustrator, collaborating with magazines, publishers, newspapers, record labels, and advertising agencies such as Esquire Magazine, Paste Magazine, and Faber & Faber.
His work in illustration and painting has received various recognitions, including being a finalist in the GZCrea young creators’ competition and Illustration West (Los Angeles). He has exhibited in galleries across New York, Los Angeles, London, Florida and Spain, among other locations.
In recent years, he has shifted his focus toward more personal projects, exploring ideas through generative algorithms. His current work tells a unique story in each piece, inviting viewers to actively engage in its interpretation.
EDUCATION
2002-2006 B.F.A.Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2025 - Digital Nature: Tide, Rain & other algorithms - Espacio Peculiar (Oleiros, A Coruña, Spain)
2024 - Marfa Skies - Art Blocks Gallery (Marfa, Texas, USA)
2024 - Da Terra - La Sede - Huhú (Sarria, Lugo, Spain)
2023 - Forecast - Art Blocks
2016 - Coruña gráfica - casa de la cultura Salvador de Madariaga. (A Coruña, Spain)
2014 - LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
2013 - PARAFUSOS, ALAMBIQUES E BIRLEQUES - pazo da cultura (Pontevedra, Spain)
2013 - CJ Gallery (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
2012 - 12+1 - Pazo da Cultura (Pontevedra, Spain)
2012 - Habelos, hainos - Pazo da Cultura (Pontevedra, Spain)
2010 - LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
2007 - If You Could - Exposure Gallery (London, UK)
2007 - Can de Palleiro - Galería Sargadelos (Oporto, Portugal)
2007 - GZCrea - Centro Social Caixa Nova (Pontevedra, Spain)
2006 - Can de Palleiro - Galería Sargadelos (Barcelona, Spain)
2006 - Can de Palleiro - Casa de la cultura de Silleda (Pontevedra, Spain)
2006 - Best of Ringling - Selby Gallery (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
2005 - Can de Palleiro - Pazo de Cultura (Pontevedra, Spain)
2005 - La Música - Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
2003 - Best of Core - Selby Gallery (Sarasota, Florida, USA)