• 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 - 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

  • National Juried Online Exhibition, JoyfullyGreen.com.
    "“Water” - August 14 - September 21, 2026

  • Middlesex County Adult Art Contest, Middlesex College Art Gallery, Edison, NJ
    Annual Regional Art Contest. July 14 - July 24, 2026

  • Medford 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, 2026

  • Viridian Artists Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, N.Y.
    34th Annual International Juried Exhibition, one of 30 artists selected - April 18 - May 9, 2026

  • Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
    2026 International Juried Art Exhibition, ‘55/2 Line and Light’ - March 27 - April 26, 2026

  • Monmouth 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, 2026

  • Monroe Township Arts Commission, Monroe Township Public Library, NJ
    2026 Regional Juried Group Exhibition — January 10 – February 26, 2026

  • Temple Shalom, Scotch Plains, NJ
    2025 Regional Juried Group Exhibition, ‘Beginnings’ (two works selected) — September – November 2025

  • East 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

AFFILIATION

  • Artist Member - Hunterdon Art 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