BIO
Stan Manoukian is a French graphic artist born in 1969 in Paris.
He has hads a passion for drawing since his childhood and most of his inspiration comes from retro sci-fi, classic monster movies, as well as the novels of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft, Mary Shelley and Jules Verne.
In 1988, after he graduated from the Estienne Art School, he started to work in France and the United States as a cartoonist, designer and storyboarder for the movie industry and in advertising.
In 2007, Manoukian issued himself an artistic challenge: draw one monster a day for one year. This larger scale initiative gave birth to the book called « Diary of Inhuman Species », published by Ankama the following year.
Since 2008, the exploration of his phantasmagoric world pushes him towards bigger and more ambitious projects, testing diverse techniques in both drawing and sculpture.
He belongs to the worldwide generation of post lowbrow artists. With his increasingly detailed content, abounding with dreamlike creatures, his work harkens to the romantic paintings from the nineteenth century. His menagerie is composed of creatures both extraterrestrial and from the deepest abysses on Earth, thereby transporting the viewer to a fantastic and surrealistic world, where nature is omnipresent. The whole of his work on the fantastic bestiary is gathered in a monography released in 2019, "Zoologia" by Cernunnos.
Heir of Gustave Doré, Franklin Booth, and Bernie Wrightson, Stan Manoukian refines a unique visual scripture through hatching and dimming, which employs ink or graphite to mimic an engraving.
Currently, his works are internationally recognized and have been displayed in several exhibitions and books in the USA, Japan, Australia, France and Europe.
SHOWS
Solo Shows / Expositions personnelles
2022
June - " Zoo Monsters " - On a marché sur la bulle - Amiens / France
May - " " Zoo Monsters " - Montargis / France
2021
August - " Zoo Monsters " - Aix en provence / France.
November - "Zoo Monsters" - BD Boum - Blois / France.
December - "New Works" - Haven Gallery - NY / USA.
2020
September - Nucleus Gallery - Los Angeles / USA.
2019
April - "Seasons" - Galerie Glénat - Paris / France.
October - "The Kingdom" - Haven Gallery - NY / USA.
2018
June - ArtMind Gallery - Aarhus / Denmark.
2017
March - " Oddities " - Galerie Glénat - Paris / France.
August - "Woodland Escapade" - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
2015
February - " Species " - Galerie Glénat - Paris / France.
June - " Creatures Oddyseys " - Stranger Factory - ALBQ / USA.
Group Shows / Expositions collectives
2021
March - " Brussels Art Square " - Mazel Galerie - Bruxelles / Belgique.
August - Outré Gallery - Melbourne / Australia.
December - " Phantasy Arcades III " - Nucleus Gallery - Los Angeles / USA.
2020
Janvier - Corey Helford Gallery - Los Angeles / USA.
August - Haven Gallery - New York / USA.
2019
May - " Elements " - Haven Gallery - New York / USA.
2018
March - " Vanitas " Haven Gallery - New York / USA.
April - " Of Fins & Feathers " - Spoke Art Gallery - NY / USA.
July - " Suggestivism " - Spoke Art Gallery - New York / USA.
October - " Bewitching " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
December - " Winter Salon " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
2017
September - " Alt Realities " - Mesa Art Center - Mesa / USA.
October to March 2018 - " A journey into the Universe of Art Toys " - Topic Museum - Tolosa / Spain.
December - " Fabuleux Bestiaire " - Espace Art et Liberté - Charenton le Pont / France.
2016
Avril - " Monsters & Misfits IV " - Hikari building / museum level - Tokyo / Japan.
May - " Four Season " - Haven Gallerv - New York / USA.
September - " Suggestivism Resonance " - Spoke Art Gallery - San-Francisco / USA.
Octobre - " Creepy Cute " - Peanut Gallery - Adelaide / Australia.
November - " Laika show " - Gallery Nucleus - Los Angeles / USA.
2015
March - Chateau de Belcastel - France.
May - " Stranger Factory 5th anniversary " - Albuquerque / USA.
August - " Lyrics show 3 " - Inner States Gallery - Detroit / USA.
October - " Bewitching V " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
December - " Pandora's Box " - AFA gallery - New York / USA.
December - " Winter Salon " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
2014
February - Rotofugi Gallery - Chicago / USA.
May - " Conjuring Mischief " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
July - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
July - Cotton Candy Machine gallery - New York / USA.
October - " Bewitching IV " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
2013
May - " Zombie Show " - Last Rites gallery - New York / USA.
September - " Monsters & Misfits Il "- Takayama museum - Takayama - Japan.
October - " Bewitching Il " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA
December - "Winter Salon " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
2012
December - " Winter Salon " - Stranger Factory - Albuquerque / USA.
