Emiliano Manuel

I research, conceptualize and co-manage all creative projects at EÑE, a Guatemalan creative agency-collective that develops outrageous branding, advertising, UX, and environmental design, taking over client's hearts through art & seduction. With over 40 clients and projects, I´ve led 40-person teams and built successful business strategies from scratch that pushed clients to position their brands throughout the nation, reaching over 500,000 customers.

I transformed my 5-year long career in visual arts, into an ecosystem of creative direction & collective art production. Under my name, I direct the art studio; painting murals, manufacturing screenprints and installations, producing photography, film, and art exhibitions, and managing cultural experiences in Guatemala, both for my own art and for other well-known artists. With over 100 clients, my work has been part of international mural festivals, fashion shows, and art exhibitions._I am an artist... and I don't like to make art. Don´t get me wrong, art is my life, but it took me a long time to accept that the only moments where art makes my life bloom, are when I conceive it, when I finish it and when I sell it. But I suffered through the grinding process of producing it, and in contrast to the common knowledge, art is not my way of releasing stress, but rather, a big source of it. I am slow at making art and I grow impatient when it comes to wanting it finished. So after trying helplessly to distract the process of artmaking by embarking on any unrelated creative project that I could, I had a wake-up call. I could empower my vision by surrounding myself with an amazing team of artisans and artists that could co-produce the work with me so I could spend more time researching and conceptualizing art, and less time grinding in the process of finishing it. And believe me, I am still trying to learn to love the process too.