What America’s Leading Art Critics are Saying

“When it comes to Color, and the intellectual pursuit of ‘Communicating Through Color,’ Wassily Kandinsky’s long-awaited heir-to-be is J. Steven Manolis, whose works signal an ebullient 21st century renaissance of the long absent glories of Abstract Expressionism.”

— Donald KuspitLeading Art Critic and Renowned Historian

New York

“There’s so much well made but facile, unfelt abstraction around these days that it can come as a shock to be confronted by the real stuff. And that’s what J. Steven Manolis unfailingly provides. Each and every piece generates an energy, which is at once explosively physical and evidence of a mind at work. Like the birth of a world.”

—Anthony Haden GuestBritish-American writer and Art Critic, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Slade Business Journal

New York and London

“J. Steven Manolis is one of the foremost practitioners of Abstract Expressionist today, his brilliant brushstrokes as bewitching as those of AbEx forefather Clyfford Still (originally from North Dakota). Manolis’ REDWORLD is a display of passion, productivity and powerful Technique.”

— Elizabeth SobieskiLeading Art Critic and Former Contributing Editor, The Art Economist

Arts writer, The Huffington Post, CosmopolitanNew York and Los Angeles

“A trajectory of Manolis’ current work reveals that the artist has scrupulously mastered and applied both the techniques and chromatic relations identified with celebrated artists………. besides Jackson Pollock, we find elements of Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Dubuffet, Adolph Gottlieb and Clyfford Still. As Manolis’ work chooses and dominates so many of the signature meth-ods of his forbearers it is still remarkable that the artist elicits a dynamic depth that we associate with Hans Hofmann.”

— Drew HammondLectured on Contemporary Chinese Art for the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design, and for the China Art Academy. He is a consultant on Contemporary Chinese art for the new ACE Museum and for B.A.S.E (Beijing Architec-

ture Studio Enterprise)Berlin and Beijing

“Manolis has captured the essence of post abstract expressionism with a brand new identifiable voice that has propelled him into the spotlight as his illustrious career takes off into a permanent orbit like a comet that gains speed and fame as it lights up the atmosphere… He’s a Rocket Man… !”

— Bruce HelanderFormer Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rhode Island School of Design

Former White House Fellow of the Nation Endowment for the ArtsWest Palm Beach, FL

J. S T E V E N M A N O L I SA R T P L A T F O R M

4 - Y E A R A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S(September 2014 – May 2019)

E X H I B I T I O N S

• Opened/operations Manolis Projects, Florida’s largest (5,000 ft2.) private Studio/Gallery, January, 2016, Miami, FL

• 14 Solo Gallery Shows, 15 Group Shows, + 3 Solo Museum Exhibitions• 300+ new collectors since September, 2014, millions of dollars in sales • 15 corporate installations• 5,000 J. Steven Manolis Facebook followers; 1,600+ Mailing list recipients• February 2020 Solo Museum Exhibition under contract, several active museum negotiations underway• 13 JSTEVENMANOLISART books• Where Guest Book and Where Magazine Art Basel Miami front covers 2017 + 2018• Numerous magazine articles and publications• Incomparable written acclaim from America’s leading art critics• “Elevating Color,” 2018, J. Steven Manolis Documentary: https://bit.ly/2DkRp5n• Voice of America Global Broadcast, “The Well Heeled Professional: J. Steven Manolis; Businessman / Artist,” 2018• “Colorama: Jill S. Krutick + J. Steven Manolis,” The National Arts Club Installation Video for Joint Exhibition, 2018: https://bit.ly/2Xn0RwO• “Palm Beach Light,” 2019 Solo Painting Exhibition, Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

• Palm Beach Light + Metamorphosis Short Film, 2019: https://bit.ly/2Va5UTV

P E R M A N E N T M U S E U M C O L L E C T I O N S

• Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL• University of South Dakota Art Museum, Vermillion, SD• Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL• Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN• Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

C O R P O R A T E A R T C O L L E C T I O N S

• Checchi Capital Advisers, Inc. Headquarters (Five paintings), Beverly Hills, CA

• Qatar National Bank: Executive Gallery (Sonata #1, 7’6”H x 15’6” W), Geneva, Switzerland

• MAXALTO B&B Italia Design District Showroom (Seven paintings, 7’H x 8’W, 7’H x 12’W, 5’H x 8’ W, 6’H x 10’W, 6’H x 6’W, 5’H x 6’W, 5’H x 25’W), Miami, FL

• The Paramount Building: Lobby Installation, (REDWORLD, 7’6”H x 23’W), Fort Lauderdale, FL

• University of South Dakota: Student Union (8’H x 34’W), Alumni Center (8’H x 16’W), Business School (6’H x 12’W), College of Fine Arts (4’H x 6’W), USD Foundation & USD President’s Office (6’H x 8’W each), Vermillion, SD

• The Ethel Walker School: Dining Hall (Three paintings, 9’H x 24’ W, Two 7’H x 8’W), Headmistress Offices (Two paintings, 5’H x 8’W, 4’H x 8’W), & Library (7’H x 8’W), Simsbury, CT

• Falcone Group Organization (6’H x 3’W), Boca Raton, FL

• Global Equity Partners Corporate Offices (6’H x 10’W & 7’H x 12’W), NYC & Chicago, IL

• Fulvio & Associates LLP Corporate Offices (Seventeen paintings), NYC

• Brazilian Court Hotel (Three paintings), Palm Beach, FL

• Raymond James & Associates (Thirty-four paintings), Palm Beach Gardens, FL

• (2020) Citigroup Global Headquarters (Museum Scale), NYC

• (3Q 2019) The Paramount Miami Condominium, Museum Installation Miami, FL

• Torre Development, Corporate Headquarters Installation, Coral Gables FL

U P C O M I N G G A L L E R Y S H O W S

• February – May 2020, Communicating through Color, Solo Museum Exhibition, The Washington Pavilion, Sioux

Falls, SD

L E C T U R E S

• December 2016, “Key West: Changing Colors,” Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL

• February, 2017, “Making Abstraction Dynamic,” Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL

• October, 2017, “Painting Vermillion Red,” University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

• April, 2018, “Palm Beach Light,” The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL

• October, 2018, “Elevating Color,” The Evansville Museum of Art, History & Science, Evansville, Indiana

• February 20 – 22, 2019, “Making Your Self Portrait,” Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT

• April, 2018, Key note lecture at The Society of the Four Arts, entitled “Palm Beach Light,” Palm Beach, FL

• April 18, 2019, J. Steven Manolis lecture, presented by Family Office Network at Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

• May 2, 2019, J. Steven Manolis lecture, presented by Dreyfoos School of the Arts at Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

• May 9, 2019, J. Steven Manolis lecture, presented by Alex Brown at Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

• May 16, 2019, J. Steven Manolis lecture, presented by Raymond James at Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

A R T C R I T I C L E C T U R E S

• December 2016, Art Basel Miami, Manolis Projects Studio/Gallery, Miami, FL

Art Critic, Bruce Helander• December 2017, Art Basel Miami, Manolis Projects Studio/Gallery, Miami, FL

Art Critic: Bruce Helander• February 2017, “Making Abstraction Dynamic,” Solo Museum Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral

Springs, FL

Art Critics, Donald Kuspit, Bruce Helander, Anthony Haden-Guest• October 2017, “Painting Vermillion Red,” Solo Museum Exhibition, University of South Dakota, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, Vermillion, SD

Art Critics, Bruce Helander, Elizabeth Sobieski, Anthony Haden-Guest• April, 2018, “Palm Beach Light,” Lecture on the artists’ journey and their paintings, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL

Art critic, Bruce Helander• April 4, 2019, “Palm Beach Light,” Lecture, Palm Beach, FL

Art critic, Bruce Helander

R E D W O R L DBy J. Steven Manolis, Artist

A coveted place in your mindThat expands to become your physical universe

FULL-ON; ALL-IN!No woulda/coulda/shouldaIntense and prideful FOCUS

Go for it!Don’t be afraid of failure....Experiment and learn from

Your mistakes!Don’t make the same mistake twice!

Feel the glow of accomplishmentHave passion, Passion, PASSION

In life, for life!EXPERIENCE ULTIMATE PASSION!

In all its earthly dimensionsFeel the exuberance of full happinessLoyalty, dedication, kindness, altruism

Share it with othersLive and exalt in the HALO!A most contagious HALO

that REDWORLD!Respect and have tolerance for all,

All the time!Be an advocate and role model

Take ownershipOf your lifeIn its fullest

REDWORLD decree:Serene bliss, jubilant jubilation!

REDWORLD karmaI feel it, I paint it!I try to live it too!You should too!

FULL-ON; ALL-IN!