{"id":9882,"date":"2021-12-21T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:33:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9882\" class=\"elementor elementor-9882 elementor-169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67eff69 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67eff69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-010455b animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"010455b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;h-neuron-animation--slideUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-641be3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"641be3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hi, I'm Manu.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c56f5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c56f5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I grew up between two worlds: Brazil and Germany, and the tales of my Afro-Brazilian mother and the stories of my German father. These stories, and my own experiences as a Black woman in Germany, have shaped who I am as an artist today. <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd45c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd45c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In my paintings, the folklore and colors of both cultures flow together \u2013 into symbolic representations of the world I grew up in. I want to touch you and invite you into a realm where cultural boundaries blur and imagination knows no bounds. <br><br>Born in Vienna, raised in Mainz, and in love with drawing and painting since childhood, I studied Communications Design. Today I live and work as an artist and designer in Hamburg. <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71d1ee2\" data-id=\"71d1ee2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666da0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"666da0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-scaled.avif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9880\" alt=\"Artist Manu de Assis in the studio\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-scaled.avif 1920w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-225x300.avif 225w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-768x1024.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-1152x1536.avif 1152w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-1536x2048.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-300x400.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.manudeassis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manu-de-assis_ergebnis-600x800.avif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Manu. 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