Group exhibitions include Body Archive, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2025); Habitar el cuerpo, Sorondo Projects, Barcelona, Spain (2025); Echoes of Paradise, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, US (2024); Shapeshifting, W139, Amsterdam, NE (2023); 51 años de desnudo, Spazio Zero, Caracas, Venezuela (2023); Próxima, Hacienda La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela (2022); Interludio, GBG Arts, Caracas, Venezuela (2021); Luis Ángel Duque, Galería Freites, Caracas, Venezuela (2021); Textile Art Exhibition, Daesan Museum of Art, South Korea (2020); STAARTA, New York, US (2019); The Philadelphia Furniture Show, 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia (2018); Next Generation Crafts, The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia (2018); Back to Nature, The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia (2017); Chiaroscuro, Solmssen Court, Philadelphia (2017); First Look, Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia (2016).

Highlights 

Manuela Benaim has participated in several respected residencies and received notable awards, including the 2023 Arsenal Residency in Metz, France, and the 2022 Door Foundation Residency in Amsterdam. She also took part in the TRANS Residency with Ernesto Artillo in Cabo de Gata, Spain, in 2022. Notable recognitions include support from the AFK – Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst in 2025, the 2020 Rosalie Borowsky Belkin Award, an Honorable Mention for the Florence Whistler Fish Award, and early accolades such as the William Daley Fellow Award and Haystack School of Crafts residency in 2017.