Victoria Manganiello is an artist, designer, educator and producer. She is a co-founder of Craftwork, co-organizer of electronic textile camp, and a part-time assistant professor of textiles at The New School/ Parsons and NYU. She is also a co-director of the upcoming documentary film, "The Domestic Machine."
Exploring the intersections between materiality, technology, geography, and storytelling, Victoria’s multi-disciplinary and installation work, abstract paintings, and kinetic sculptures are made meticulously with hand-woven textiles using hand-spun yarn and hand-mixed natural and synthetic color dyes alongside mechanical alternatives and modern technologies. Her books and films explore stories of women's work, labor and technology and craft histories and futures. She is well-known in the textile community as an accomplished weaver and innovative storyteller and facilitates many socially engaged projects in collaboration with other artists, designers, and educators.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2024 - Automata Interlace, 375 Hudson, New York, NY
2022 - Material Technology, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AUS
2021 - Lost Perimeters, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 - Altimeters, Art in Buildings, New York, NY
2019 - Studio Focus, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2018 - Process and Presentation, Sara Kay Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Terminis, New York Public Library, New York, NY
2017 - Striking Somewhere, Java Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - Mordant, Edelkoort Inc., New York, NY
2017 - Mordant, Generator, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 - Marking Time, Shifting Space, Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Shows
2024 - Ancient Futures, CARA, New York, NY
2024 - DEMO, New Inc. / WSA, New York, NY
2024 - Oblong, Romanian Design Week, Bucharest, RO
2024 - Quinceañerx, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2024 - With Every Fiber, Luchsinger Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2023 - NOW: As a Consequence of Fact, Pen + Brush Gallery, New York, NY
2023 - Stitched and Dyed, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
2023 - Textilindustrie, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH
2023 - ETC, Prairie Ronde Gallery, Vicksburg, MI
2023 - ReFest, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NYA
2023 - Hot Shot Muffler, Culture Hub, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - ATW AIR, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AUS
2022 - Ancient Futures, Culture Hub, New York, NY
2022 - Material Reasoning, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
2022 - Tectonic Threads, Monira Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
2022 - Incantatio Mundi, New European Bauhaus, Lasi, Romania
2022 - Radical Fiber, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2021 - Work Home Work, Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 - Loose Ends, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY
2021 - HFF, National Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 - Transitions, The Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
2021 - Warping the Future, Gottesman Library, New York, NY
2020 - Ars Electronica, Kepler's Garden, Linz, Austria
2020 - Ars Electronica, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2020 - Soft Windows, Public Swim, New York, NY
2020 - Sympoiesis, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 - Dataism, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
2020 - Painted Threads, Visual Arts Center, Summit, NY
2019 - Synthesis, Indianapolis Contemporary, IN
2019 - Summer Soup, Three Four Three Four Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - String Theory, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age, 826 Currents, Santa Fe, NM
2019 - Possession & Creation, ChaShaMa, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - Soft Territories, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2018 - Kraft Making the Future, Matei Corvin, Cluj, Romania
2018 - Convergence, Aronson Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Kraft Making the Future, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Common Threads, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
2018 - Temporal Escape, 326 Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Computer 1.0, Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
2018 - Kraftmaking the Future, Cincu, Transylvania, Romania
2018 - Computer 1.0, Sara Kay Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Amulets Ethereal, Barney Savage Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Tech in Motion, AFA Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - Smooth Muscle, Whitehaus Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 - Function to Freedom, Sara Kay Gallery, New York, NY
2017 - Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2017 - Convergence, Kimmel Gallery, New York, NY
2017 - The Connective Project, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - The Connective Project, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - Kunst Merano Arte, Despar, Italy
2017 - Act I, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017 - Connectivity, Creative Hub, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 - Wish You Were Here, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - Blood of Women, Galerija Forum, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 - Do I Contradict Myself? Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2016 - Blood of Women, Marsala, Italy
2016 - Watch Case, Dale Cohen Projects, Sag Harbor, NY
2016 - Fray, Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Transversing, Armory Center, Pasadena, CA
2015 - Studio Subway, Civic Art Lab, Brooklyn, NY
2015 - El Trifinio, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2014 - Juried Group Show, Pop-Up Bethel, Bethel, CT
2013 - Juried Group Show, Ridgefield Guild of the Arts, CT
2012 - Get Me Out of Here, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023 - 375 Hudson, Public Art Commission
2023 - NYU Jewish Studies Department, Research Grant
2022 - American Australian Association (AAA) Arts Fund
2022 - Brookfield Place, Public Art Commission
2021 - Lighton International Artists Exchange Program
2020 - Center for Craft, Materials-Based Research
2020 - Ars Electronica, StARTs Honorary Mention
2019 - Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC
2019 - New York University, Faculty Research Grant
2019 - Wallstreet Journal, Future of Everything Festival, Commission
2019 - Wave Farm Media Arts Assistance Fund
2019 - S&R Foundation Washington Award
2019 - Chilean Ministry for Foreign Affairs Project Grant
2019 - Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2018 - Parson's New School Faculty Research Grant
2018 - Romanian National Cultural Fund
2018 - Awesome Foundation Artist Grant
2017 - Parson's New School Faculty Research Grant
2015 - New York University, Art Education Departmental Banner
2012 - Marguerita Mergentime Textile Excellence Award, Skidmore College
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 - Directangle Press, NH
2023 - NEW INC, New York, NY
2023 - Rabbit Island, Lake Superior, MI
2022 - TaDA, Arbon, Switzerland
2022 - Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2021 - The Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
2021 - Prairie Ronde, Vicksburg, MI
2020 - Biennale of Western Balkans, Ioannina, Greece (online)
2020 - HFF: National Taiwan Craft Research Institute (online)
2020 - Loomia, New York, NY (online)
2020 - Harvest Works, New York, NY
2019 - AIR Gallery, New York, NY
2019 - Wassaic Project (eTextile Spring Break), Wassaic, NY
2018 - MAD Museum, New York, NY
2017 - Succurro, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - World of Co, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 - Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2015 - Columbia Law School, Community Enterprise, New York, NY
2012 - Kawashimi, Kyoto, Japan
2011 - Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
EDUCATION
2015 - New York University, MA: Art Education & Community Practice
2012 - Skidmore College, BA: Art History and Studio Art
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 - Garland Mag
2023 - American Tapestry Alliance
2022 - TaDA Spinnerei
2022 - TVO
2021 - Venti Journal
2020 - Hackaday
2020 - FAD Magazine
2020 - ArtW
2019 - Harper's Bazaar
2019 - Hyperallergic
2019 - New York Times
2019 - ArtNews
2019 - Metropolis Magazine
2019 - USA Today Indy Star
2019 - Blouin ArtInfo
2019 - Hyperallergic
2019 - Design Milk
2019 - CultureWork Magazine
2019 - Forbes: 30 Under 30
2019 - Find it Frederick
2018 - WoArt Blog
2018 - Zeppelin Romania
2018 - Wallstreet International
2017 - Surface Design Association
CATALOGS
2024 - Sphere (issue 5), AUS
2024 - Future Witnesses, printed in residence at Directangle Press
2023 - You Stir the Pot, Snake Hair
2023 - Radical Fiber, Tang Museum
2021 - Art Pluriverse: A Community Science Series, BOWB
2021 - Inhale/Exhale, Venti Journal
2019 - Painted Threads, VACNJ
2019 - Soft Territories, Knockdown Center
2019 - El Sangue Delle Donna, Postmedia Books
2016 - Material Cultures, BRIC
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brookfield Collection
Edmund Residencies
Tang Museum
Prairie Ronde
Directangle Press
Various Private Collections across the USA and Europe
INSTITUTIONAL INSTRUCTION
Assistant Professor, Adjunct/ Part-Time
2017/Present: New York University, New York, NY
2017/Present: Parson's The New School, New York, NY
Visiting Lecturer and Critic
2025 - Wesleyan, Middletown, CT
2025 - George Washington University, Washington, DC
2024 - Cornell, Ithaca, NY
2024 - Atlas Institute, University of Boulder, CO
2022 - ANU, Canberra, AUS
2022, 2018, 2015 - Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2021, 2017 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2020, 2018 - University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 - Cooper Union, New York, NY
2017 - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Institutional Service
Intertwine Arts, Board Member
Tang Contemporaries Advisory Council, Founding Member
Electronic Textile Camp, Organizer
Client Work & Consulting
I take on commissions, consultations, and other client work via my design studio, Craftwork Collective.