Jayson Manzano

Jayson Manzano is a San Francisco Bay Area native and currently lives in Emeryville, California. He began drawing at a young age to express his feelings and turn emotion into art. He continues this way of expression today and his preferred media are ink and acrylic. He is passionate about sharing the power of art with youth, and for more than a decade was an art instructor for at-risk youth at the Boys & Girls Club. He now shares his passion with his own young daughter.

Artist Statement

Life, death, love, heartache, and vengeance are reoccurring themes in my work. Art is a time traveling spaceship. The destination is always known, but pit stops are unexpected. Interstellar time jumps are hijacked by space pirates. It’s always a battle to regain control over the ship with the fabric of the universe hanging by a thread.