L. Mylott Manning studied at Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, Sculpture, and holds an MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts, from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Manning has also studied at Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in France.
Selected exhibitions include: Columbia University, Center for Theoretical Physics, New York, NY; The National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY; A:Live/A:Love, curated by Malcolm Harris, The Muse Creative, New York, NY; Push It, ArtNow NY, New York, NY; Fibers & Threads, Carlton Hotel, located in the Caravan Stylist Studio, New York, NY; Art Inside, curated by Gigi Kracht, Baur au Lac, Zurich, CH; Group Suit: A Day in the Park, presented by New York City Parks & Recreation, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY; 700 Spools of Thread (Keep it Together) chashama, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York, NY; Collective Spinning, as part of Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Schoolhouse, presented at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Artist residencies include the Arquetopia Foundation, Puebla, Mexico, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
Manning is a contributing artist to the World Council of the People for the United Nations journal Centerpoint Now. Manning has also been the keynote speaker at the New York Art Teachers annual conference. The Associated Press, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Columbia Spectator, Brooklyn Rail and Time Out New York have reviewed Manning’s work.