John Manno
About John
John Manno (b. 1951) is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in New York’s commercial photography world, establishing his own studio in 1977 producing work for ad agencies, magazines and design clients over several decades.
Alongside this practice, he has developed a sustained body of personal work centered on still life, places, people and constructed imagery. His series Misbegotten Places explores imagined environments built from his own photographs, combining physical construction with photographic precision.
His work has been exhibited widely in galleries and juried exhibitions across the United States and internationally, including the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca in Romania and the London Photo Contest, where he received a top award.
John is the founder and director of Decagon Gallery.
Select Group Exhibitions
2024:
Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, Romania — "Symmetries"
AAmA International Exhibition,(Portugal, Malta, Romania, Mongolia, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, China)
Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Albuquerque NM, "33rd Annual ArtsThrive Exhibition & Benefit"
2023:
Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson NY, "Enigma"
2021:
London Photo Contest, London UK, “Contest: Machine” - Winner
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis MN, "The Beauty in Madness"
2020:
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, “Water”
Pleiades Gallery, NYC, “Altered States”
2019:
Naples Art Association, Naples FL, “53rd Founders Awards Exhibition”
Viridian Artists, NYC, "Thirtieth International Juried Exhibition"