Manuel U.Lima

Born in Portonovo (Pontevedra – Spain), he studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Labor University of Vigo, where he had Luis Torras and Camilo Nogueira as teachers. In 1967, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra granted him a pension for painting studies, with which he traveled to Madrid. There he took two postgraduate courses at the Royal Academy of San Fernando, and studied figure at the Círculo de Bellas Artes. During his stay in Madrid Manuel U. Lima comes into contact with the publishing world, where he collaborates as an illustrator of children's literature, an activity that he continues to share with painting. He has illustrated books for the best-known Spanish publishers, including Anaya, Edelvives, EDEBÉ, SM, etc.

2010- Colectiva Vicuxhaiti. Vigo 2010 2010- Collective “Santiago Cidade Ilustrada” Santiago de Compostela. 2012- Fundación Autor. Santiago de Compostela Febrero. 2012- Colectiva Arte solidario Casa das Artes. Vigo mayo. 2014- Coleciva Casino de Vilagarcía. April. 2014- Collective “Santiago Cidade Ilustrada II”. Santiago de Compostela. 2014- Audiovisual collective Feria del libro Bolonia. 2014- Audiovisual collective Frankfurt Book Fair. 2014- Audiovisual collective Feria del libro de Guadalajara (Mexico). 2015- Traveling collective exhibition “Artepaz 2015”. 2015- Illustrations by Nepal. Open Room Collective. September 2015, Valencia. 2015- International illustrators’ Comer 2015. Colectiva. Frankfurt. 2015- Audiovisual collective Stand Xunta de Galicia. Frankfurt Book Fair. 2015- Colectiva Vivo Latinoamérica 2015. University of Palermo (Argentina). 2015- Traveling collective exhibition 2015 “Santiago Cidade Ilustrada” at the Tibaes Monastery in Braga. 2016- Traveling exhibition 2016 “Santiago City Illustrated”. April 2016 at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.

Popular University of Vigo, SanFernabdo Academy of Fine Arts and Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid.