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“Fallout”, oil on canvas, 2018, 36” x 60”

Hello! My name is Frank Mancino and I am a fine artist living and working in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. I work primarily in charcoal, oils and acrylics. My work ranges from traditional figurative rendering to abstract impasto color explorations in oil and acrylics.

I began formal art study in 2004 with a drawing class at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. From there I continued art studies at both NoVa and at the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., eventually receiving an Associate’s Degree in Fine Art from NoVa and a Certificate in Drawing and Painting from the Corcoran. I continued my studies in academic drawing and painting with my professors Natasha Mokina and Victor Pohamkin at Winter Palace Studios in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and sculpture study with my professor Patrick Beldio at Reunion Studios in Washington, D.C. In 2019 I left the telecommunications industry after 25 years to pursue art full-time.

I am currently a member artist at Gallery 209 in Rockville, Maryland, a Home Artist with Galleri Soho in Västerås, Sweden, and an affiliate artist with Artists & Makers Studios in Rockville, Maryland. From June 2022 to June 2025, as VP of Member Programs in the Montgomery Art Association (Montgomery County, MD), I moderated our Figure Model Sundays life drawing program in addition to supporting our monthly member talks, museum field trips, and Plein air events. I have shown my drawings, paintings, and sculptures at many venues over the years, including eight shows at Artomatic in the Washington, D.C. metro area (2004-2024).

For commissions, drawing instruction, or general questions, please reach me using the above “Contact” link.

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy!

Frank Mancino - Curriculum Vitae:

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS:

  • “Surfaces”, solo exhibition (abstract works), Prince Georges’s Sports and Learning Complex, Landover, Maryland, USA, September 23, 2025 - November 10, 2025

  • Galleri Soho, Cairo branch Opening Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2025

  • Galleri Soho, pop-up gallery shows, Amsterdam, Netherlands (24-27 October 2024); Dubai, UAE (19-22 February 2025); and Paris, France (15-17 May 2025).

  • Wheaton Arts Exhibition group show at Compass Arts Center in Kensington MD, March 2025

  • Galleri Soho member exhibition, Galleri Soho, Västerås, Sweden, October 2024

  • Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery Retrospective Show, group show, Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery, 11200 Grandview Ave., Wheaton, Maryland, USA, from April 26, 2024 - May 31, 2024

  • “…Of Two Minds: Abstracts and Portraits”, Artomatic 2024, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC, USA, March 8, 2024 - April 28, 2024

  • “Camouflage and Coalescence”, solo exhibition (abstract works), Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Maryland, USA, October 30, 2023 - January 6, 2024

  • ·Solo abstract painting exhibition, Faulkner Plastic Surgery offices, Rockville, Maryland, June-October 2022

  • Monthly member exhibitions, Gallery 209, Rockville, Maryland, August 2021 - present

  • “Colorful Explorations”, Montgomery Art Association member show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Maryland, USA, March 1 - March 27, 2020

  • “Let’s Dance”, invited artist, Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, February 17-March 9, 2020

  • All Eco Design Center, displaying artist, 2019-present

  • Monthly exhibitions at Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery, Wheaton, Maryland, 2019 - 2022

  • Wheaton Arts Parade, participating artist, 2019

  • Artomatic, Crystal City, Virginia, 2017

  • Artomatic, New Carrollton, Maryland, 2015

  • Capitol Arts Network, Focus on the Figure show at Artists and Makers Studios, Rockville, Maryland, 2013

  • Artomatic, Crystal City, Virginia, 2012

  • Swarthmore Theatre (solo show), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 2009

  • My Space on 7th, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2009

  • Artomatic, Washington, D.C., 2009

  • Artomatic, Washington, D.C., 2008

  • Artomatic, Crystal City, Virginia, 2007

  • Artomatic, Washington, D.C., 2004

  • Art on the Side, Washington, D.C. 2002


ARTIST MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:

  • Member, Gallery 209, Rockville, MD (December 2021 - present)

  • Home Artist, Galleri Soho, Västerås, Sweden (August 2024 - present)

  • Affiliate Artist, Artists and Makers Studios, Rockville, Maryland (September 2019 - present)

  • Member Artist, Artists and Makers Studios, Rockville, Maryland (July 2017 - September 2019)

  • Vice President of Member Programs, Montgomery Arts Association, Montgomery County, Maryland (June 2022 - June 2025)


EDUCATION:

  • Academic drawing and painting instruction under Natasha Mokina and Victor Pohamkin at Winter Palace Studios, Washington, D.C., 2009-2016

  • Sculpture instruction under Patrick Beldio at Reunion Studios, Washington, D.C., 2009

  • A.A. in Fine Arts, Northern Virginia Community College, 2009

  • Certificate, Drawing and Painting, Corcoran School of Art and Design, 2009

  • J.D., George Washington University, National Law Center, 1991

  • B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (Communication, Legal Studies, Economics, and Government), American University, 1988