Denise Manseau currently lives and works in Rye, New Hampshire. She holds a BFA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Manseau has attended the Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Maine as an Open Studio Resident and has been a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center. Her recent exhibitions include 3S Artspace (New Hampshire), Westbeth Gallery (New York), and The Piano Factory (Boston).
Manseau’s artistic practice reflects both her formal training and her deep connection to the natural world. Speaking about her work, she explains:
“I am a visual artist. I make paintings, prints, and cut paper structures to communicate my physical and spiritual connection with the world around me. My perceptions of natural phenomenon become topographies of my landscape experience. I am drawn to the patterns formed by wind and water, the graceful growth structures of plant life, and the varied configurations of rock formations. These arrangements stay with me and re-emerge in my paintings. In the studio I often combine practices and mediums that lead me into unknown territory. The layered and meticulously worked surfaces are not predetermined—time, alteration, and contingency are part of my process. Still, even after numerous modifications, a trace of the turbulence, tranquility, and beauty that inspired the work remains.”