Each work, each intervention, each encounter recorded in this Chronicle forms part of an expanding map: a journey where art, symbol, and space converge in a living architecture. From international festivals to urban interventions, Manú Menéndez traces a path that fuses aesthetic precision, symbolic vision, and a profound contemporary sensibility. Here, art is not merely presence — it is an experience that transforms space and amplifies perception.
This is a living project born from the collaboration between Manú Menéndez and handpoke tattoo artist Selene Berrelleza. Rooted in sacred symbolism, aesthetic precision, and intentional design. The project explores a visual language meant to be inscribed on the skin — the body as canvas, memory, and mirror. Each symbol is part of an intuitive alphabet, carefully crafted to transmit energy, story, and presence. It is not just a code, but a creative ritual that merges visual art, ancestral resonance, and the act of marking with meaning.
Created as the official artwork for Beso Selvático, this piece offers a visual interpretation of Kym’s sound. Owls suggest introspective clarity, quetzal feathers evoke ancestral presence, and bobinsana adds a layer of organic sensitivity. Through precise geometry and layered textures, the composition becomes a quiet threshold between sound, memory, and symbolic form.
Co-foundation of FOCO with the designer-artist Selene González Berrelleza , a creative agency rooted in vision, purpose, and cultural resonance. It merges art direction, branding, design, and storytelling into a studio of high-impact ideas. With deep aesthetic sensitivity and conceptual clarity, the agency reimagines creativity as a force for transformation — where every project is both message and medium.
Collaborative project with the artist Agua Maga Flying Tree, an ongoing creation of sixteen works that form both an oracle and an exhibition. Rooted in visionary art and intuitive symbolism, the series explores transformation, guidance, and inner connection. Still in progress, Flying Tree unfolds as a visual journey that merges ritual, storytelling, and the power of co-creation between worlds.
In 2022, Manú began , an ongoing series exploring the innate sacredness of being. Through symbolic geometries, ancestral codes, and vibrant chromatic landscapes, each piece becomes a portal to the essence beyond form. Divine Within invites an inner pilgrimage, revealing that true divinity resides not outside, but within. The series continues evolving as a living inquiry into spirit, design, and perception.
Creation of Cosmic Ayni, a series exploring the sacred principle of reciprocity between beings, nature, and cosmos. Through intricate geometry, vibrant palettes, and symbolic codes, each work unfolds as a living architecture of connection. Bridging ancestral wisdom and contemporary vision, Cosmic Ayni invites the viewer into an active ritual of giving, receiving, and resonance.
In collaboration with musician Marco Cajero (I.M.D.), Manú co-created Óveli and the Divine Consciousness of I, an audiovisual concept album titled Awakening. Through two movements, the project explores consciousness as creator, observer, and sustainer. Visuals, sound, and sensation converge to narrate the journey of self-awareness through light and shadow, forging a dynamic balance between the visible and the invisible.
Solo visionary art exhibition at Casa La Venta in Chiapa de Corzo. Presented under the Moë Ara platform, the show featured a vibrant selection of works centered on sacred animals and symbolic geometry. With the fox as a central figure, the pieces bridged ancestral wisdom and contemporary aesthetics, offering viewers a deep visual journey into inner vision, spiritual guardianship, and the power of living symbols.
Creation of the official artwork: a visionary composition of spirit animals, sacred geometry, and ancestral symbology. Centered on a luminous polar bear and its guardian kin, the piece became the festival’s visual icon. A powerful emblem of protection, unity, and transformation, it wove myth, color, and intention into the soul of the entire gathering.
Co-foundation of Nairy, a visionary jewelry project merging sacred geometry, alchemy, and contemporary design. Each piece embodies reciprocity, spirit, and connection to the Great Mystery. Through metals, crystals, and natural elements, Nairy crafts wearable amulets as portals between worlds. The project affirms the power of art to materialize spirit into form, blending ancestral wisdom and modern aesthetic codes.
Key artistic role at WAO Festival in Italy, contributing large-scale murals, the festival’s original visual identity, and the chromatic design of the alternative stage. His work included a sacred guardian mural, a mirrored foxes composition, and vibrant scenographic color schemes — all infused with radiant symmetry, animal symbolism, and ancestral geometry. Through these interconnected creations, Manú transformed the festival into a living altar of vision, weaving nature, intention, and spirit into the collective experience.
Direction of the chromatic design for the main stage, creating a palette rooted in sacred geometry, symbolic contrast, and spatial harmony. Through calibrated color rhythms and layered patterning, the structure was transformed into a vibrant portal. His work infused the environment with intention — crafting a contemporary ritual space where light, form, and frequency activated collective presence.
Participation in Berlin Graphic Days at Heeresbäckerei, a renowned art and music festival celebrating independent visual culture. His presence merged exhibition and market, showcasing original works alongside art-based products. In a setting charged with graphic experimentation and underground energy, Manú’s universe of sacred geometry and visionary symbolism found new resonance, connecting with Berlin’s eclectic creative community through direct exchange and immersive aesthetic experience.
For this iconic gathering, Manú conceived and executed the design of the main music stage, transforming it into a luminous altar of contemporary visionary art. Blending sacred geometry, fluorescent pigments, and symbolic forms, he expanded the auditory journey into a synesthetic, immersive environment. His work stood as a vibrant portal where sound, color, and spiritual architecture merged in celebration of ritual and community.
At the iconic Oberbaumbrücke, Manú joined the 15th Open Air Gallery with a series of paintings that merged spiritual figuration, symbolic geometry, and a luminous palette. Transforming the urban space into a contemplative stage, his work resonated with Berlin’s creative pulse—offering passersby a portal of color, form, and sacred presence amidst the city’s architectural rhythm.
Manú returned to Ancient Trance Festival in Germany with a new selection of visionary works. His pieces — rich in sacred geometry, symbolic rhythm, and intuitive color — framed the festival’s contemplative spaces. Installed around communal gathering points, the exhibition functioned as a field of resonance, inviting participants into a silent dialogue between image, spirit, and expanded awareness.
Solo exhibition encircling a central ceremonial space. The gallery installation blended visionary works with live painting, forming a living environment of symbols, color, and contemplation. Visitors were immersed in a visual altar — an atmosphere of stillness, presence, and expanded perception woven through art and ritual space.
Collective exhibition of visionary artists, presenting original works and engaging in live painting. Set within an organic, immersive environment, his pieces explored transformation, color, and sacred geometry. The space became a living studio — where creation unfolded in real time, inviting dialogue between artist and audience, vision and presence, matter and energy.
Exhibition alongside visionary artist Luis Tamani in Conexiones Ancestrales, a collaborative show held in Tarapoto, Peru. Set in the lush Amazonian landscape, the exhibition brought together a selection of their most emblematic works, exploring ancestral memory, sacred visions, and the spiritual dimensions of art. The event opened with a live performance by Herbert Quinteros, adding a musical layer to an evening of deep cultural resonance and creative communion.
Participation in the visionary art gallery, presenting works that combined symbolic narratives, vibrant palettes, and high-precision design. His participation reaffirmed his visual language as a platform where art, contemporary spirituality, and design converge into impactful sensory proposals.
Solo exhibition, Celestial Places, at Nomad Chaibar. Immersed in ambient light and sound, his works traced maps of inner worlds through sacred geometry, radiant color, and spiritual coding. The space became a portal of reflection — a multidimensional encounter between silence, presence, and visionary aesthetics rooted in ancestral memory and contemporary symbolic design.
For the first edition of WAO Festival in Italy, Manú hco-created a scenographic stage alongside Rodrigo González and Free Optics. Together they designed vibrant totems infused with geometric energy and visionary language. Installed around the sound system, these sculptural guardians transformed the stage into a ritual structure — bridging music, myth, and color into a living altar for collective resonance.
Co-design of visionary bird sculptures for the main stage alongside artists from around the world. He also exhibited original works in the festival gallery and performed live painting sessions. His contributions blended ancestral codes, radiant geometry, and intuitive expression — activating the environment as a multidimensional space for art, ritual, and sensorial expansion.
Intervention of the Kuikayotl stage with artworks integrating visionary art, ritual graphics, and Mesoamerican cosmology. Besides exhibiting, he gave a talk on magical art and contemporary symbolic creation. His participation affirmed his aesthetic language as one of the most relevant voices in the dialogue between spirituality, art, and new generations.
During this multicultural event, Manú presented Encounters with the Infinite, a visionary painting solo exhibition accompanied by body painting, live painting, and creative activation workshops. His proposal combined symbolic design, aesthetic consciousness, and contemporary pedagogy, expanding his artistic practice into new cultural platforms.
Exhibition at Tribal Gathering Festival in Panama, at the Artsphere gallery alongside Luis Tamani, as well as creation of sculptural artworks for the entrance of Geohaven, the ceremonial village of Indigenous groups. His visionary language — rich in ritual geometry, color, and ancestral coding — activated both gallery and territory, weaving art, ceremony, and sacred architecture into a unified field of cultural and spiritual immersion.
Manú donated his work Creador de Milagros to a charity auction organized by Dockers Mexico and the Rebeca de Alba Foundation. The piece, blending visionary design and ancestral symbolism, was conceived as a visual manifesto of humanity’s capacity for transformation. A work reaffirming art as a catalyst for social and aesthetic impact.
In this curatorial project, Manú participated with a series of intervened skulls exploring the symbolic transition between life and death. Through ritual geometries, mineral textures, and symbolic chromatics, his work reimagined the Day of the Dead tradition through a contemporary lens, connecting ancestral memory with present-day aesthetics.
Presentation of a series of visionary paintings as part of a holistic gathering with the painter Arturo Cordero. The event blended classical Indian music, meditation, and sacred geometry. His artworks — vibrant, symbolic, and expansive — served as portals for introspection, aligning visual language with practices of presence, inner listening, and spiritual embodiment.
At the prestigious Museum of Visionary Art of Boom Festival, Manú showcased his work alongside artists such as Amanda Sage, Luis Tamani, and Alex Grey. His proposal stood out for its integration of ancestral patterns, precise geometric composition, and contemporary symbolic narrative — a key moment in his trajectory within the global visionary art scene.
Exhibition of a painting series that translated sound into form. Through vibrant geometry and intuitive layering, his works echoed rhythm, improvisation, and harmonic resonance. Presented alongside musicians and multidisciplinary artists, the exhibition created a visual score — a dialogue between structure and flow, vibration and vision, body and sound.
Solo exhibition, La Matemática Cósmica del Color, at Galería Proyector CV, exploring symbolic vision, emotional geometry, and cosmic perception. The event featured a mural, an artist talk on inspiration and sacred design, and a curated selection of original works. Together, these elements created an immersive space bridging ritual, intuition, and visual architecture rooted in ancestral memory.
Exhibition at the visionary art gallery with pieces articulating sacred geometry, natural symbolism, and refined aesthetic sensibility. His participation expanded the festival’s artistic language toward new forms of contemplation and connection, consolidating his presence in one of Mexico’s most significant gatherings of contemporary spiritual art.
In collaboration with the Canadian circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Manú created paintings and scenography for the pre-show “One Day” at the Leon Fair. His visuals infused the performance with magic, color, and dreamlike atmospheres.
In collaboration with the Canadian circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Manú created paintings and scenography for the pre-show “One Day” at the Leon Fair. His visuals infused the performance with magic, color, and dreamlike atmospheres.
Showcase of Animal Totémico within the official art gallery of the event. His work radiated symbolic presence and ancestral force, fusing spiritual archetypes with vibrant geometry. In the midst of nature, sound, and ceremony, his painting became a luminous portal — offering festival-goers a contemplative space where art, ritual, and collective consciousness met in visual resonance.
Murals and scenography creation for Amuse México, the pre-show of Canadian contemporary circus Les 7 doigts de la main at Auditorio Banamex in Monterrey and Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. His visuals blended color, movement, and symbolism, becoming an integral part of the atmosphere — transforming each performance into an immersive, poetic, and visually charged experience.
Participation in two exhibitions at Casa de Francia, blending art, design, and fashion.
The first explored textile symbolism and spatial storytelling; the second, Transmutation: The Creative Death, unveiled a series of graphic rituals and vibrant totemic figures.
Both showcases embodied the transformative power of image and form across disciplines. An emblematic year of creative fusion at the crossroads of art and fashion.
Collective exhibition at the University of Communication (UDEC) in Mexico City, exploring the role of visionary art in contemporary culture. His work stood out for its ritual codes, chromatic depth, and sacred geometry. Within the academic setting, his visual language invited a deeper reflection on art as a transmitter of meaning, memory, and inner transformation.
Participation in Monstruos Mexicanos, a collective exhibition exploring hybrid mythologies and contemporary visual identity. His pieces reinterpreted ancestral beings through sacred pattern, vibrant color, and intuitive energy. Positioned between pop culture and visionary symbolism, his work invoked a visual mythology — where fear, beauty, and ritual coexisted in one expressive, multiform presence.
Manú created the mural Wisdom’s Understanding and exhibited pieces addressing perception, consciousness, and symbolic transformation. His proposal integrated design precision, sacred patterning, and contemporary philosophical inquiry.
Presented across Mexico as a series of solo and collective exhibitions, accompanied by public murals.
Each space was transformed into a ritual setting where sacred animals, geometry, and ancestral memory converged. From urban nightlife to indigenous festivals, the project bridged instinct and spirit through visionary art.
A traveling invocation of protection, intuition, and symbolic resonance.
• San Cristóbal de las Casas – Changó Media Art Gallery (solo show)
• Mexico City – Club Atlántico (solo show)
• Lagunilla & El Rosario, Hidalgo – (solo exhibition + mural)
Transmutation: Creative Death at La Vamp Store in Mexico City’s Roma district. The exhibition explored death as an alchemical process of transformation through symbolic forms, layered textures, and intuitive colorwork. Rooted in visionary art, the pieces offered a visual language for inner mutation — a passage from dissolution to renewal, from creative ending to awakened perception.
Solo exhibition at 75 Grados in Mexico City, showcasing original works infused with sacred symbology and vibrant geometry. The event included a live serigraphy workshop led by master printer Arturo Negrete, where select pieces were reinterpreted through artisanal technique. This collaboration merged spiritual vision with graphic tradition, expanding the reach of his art into collective creation and tactile legacy.
Participation in Zeitgeist, a collective exhibition organized by Cultura Colectiva in Mexico City. The show brought together emerging voices of a generation redefining visual culture. His contribution stood out through its ritual geometry, vibrant symbolism, and layered narrative. The exhibition reflected a moment of artistic convergence — where intuition, aesthetics, and shared spirit resonated with urban creative consciousness.
Participation in Colectivo Tecolote’s anniversary exhibition at 75 Grados. The show gathered artists around the symbolic figure of the owl as a messenger of wisdom and intuition. Manú’s contribution stood out for its intricate patterning and ritual depth, bridging sacred design with playful character. The exhibit celebrated shared creativity and the power of archetypes in graphic expression.
