ARTIST CV
Manuel SIa
ARTIST - Oil Painter
Milltown, New Jersey
Website: www.msiaart.com
Email: manuelksia@gmail.com
Linkedin: Manuel-sia-212a2310
Awards & Honors
2026 - Honorable Mention, “The Ascent Lost in Light and Mist,” Belmar Arts Center 22JAS, Belmar, NJ
2026 - First Prize, “Shaped By Time,” Middlesex County 2026 Senior Art Contest, Studio Art Gallery, Edison, NJ
2026 - Honorable Mention, “Anchored Memory,” LBIF 2026 Coast Exhibition, Long Beach Island, NJ
2026 - First Prize, “Light Breaking the Horizon,” Jerry’s Artarama National Monthly Online Art Contest - ‘Something Stirring’ March 2026
2025 - Honorable Mention, “Go With the Flow,” Jerry’s Artarama National Monthly Online Art Contest - ‘Masterful Mimicry’ October 2025
2004 - Between Tides and Sky, Selected for “How Did You Paint That?” - International Artist Magazine 2004
Exhibitions
Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
American Artists Professional League (AAPL) 98th Grand National Exhibition. November 17 - December 4, 2026Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ
34th Annual Open Juried Show, October 4 - October 26, 2026Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
“Bloom,” Annual Member Exhibition September 20 - January 2027
(two works accepted)Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ
Regional Juried Exhibition, “Echoes of Fall” September 4 - October 1, 2026
(three works accepted)Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, NJ
New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWS) 84th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. October 4 - October 24, 2026Gallery on Main, Woodbridge, NJ
“Pattern Play” - September 17 - October 17, 2026Nails on the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
“Light and Shadow",” International Juried Exhibition. September 9 - December 12, 2026Belmar Arts Center
22nd Annual Juried Art Show. August 17 -September 26, 2026
(two works selected)National Juried Online Exhibition, JoyfullyGreen.com.
"“Water” - August 14 - September 21, 2026Middlesex County Adult Art Contest, Middlesex College Art Gallery, Edison, NJ
Annual Regional Art Contest. July 14 - July 24, 2026Medford Arts Center (MAC), Medford, NJ
Regional Juried Exhibition, “Water Reflections” July 6 - August 6, 2026
(two works selected)Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach Township, NJ
National Juried Exhibition, “The Coast” July 18 - August 16, 2026
(two works selected)Suburban Artist Guild, East Brunswick Public Library, New Jersey
Members only Group Exhibition June 1 - June 30, 2026Viridian Artists Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, N.Y.
34th Annual International Juried Exhibition, one of 30 artists selected. April 18 - May 9, 2026Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2026 International Juried Art Exhibition, ‘55/2 Line and Light’ March 27 - April 26, 2026Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
46th Annual Juried Exhibition - International , ‘A Time Within a Time’ March 15 - May 10, 2026 (two works selected)Nails on the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
2026 International Juried Group Exhibition, ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ February 21 - May 19, 2026Monroe Township Arts Commission, Monroe Township Public Library, NJ
2026 Regional Juried Group Exhibition — January 10 – February 26, 2026Temple Shalom, Scotch Plains, NJ
2025 Regional Juried Group Exhibition, ‘Beginnings’ (two works selected). September – November 2025East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, NJ
2021 County Group Exhibition - “AAPI Month” May 2021
Galaxy Towers, Guttenberg, NJ
Private Group Exhibition - Creative Eye Club (2011, 2012)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Watercolor
AFFILIATION
Artist Member - Hunterdon Art Museum
Artist Member - Monmouth Museum
Suburban Artist Guild - East Brunswick, New Jersey
Themes / Subject Matter
Nature inspired landscape, seascape, cloudscape and florals.
Collections
Private Collections (New Jersey, New York, Texas, California, Ontario)
Location
New Jersey, United States
Between Tides and Sky
Oil on canvas, 2003
Private Collection