Inigo Manglano-Ovalle creates art in a variety of media, including painting, video, sculpture, and sound and their combination. His work, as described by one reviewer, combines “heady intellectualism with homeboy street smarts.” He has had solo shows across the U.S. and in Europe and been exhibited on three continents, including at MoMA, The Guggenheim, and The Whitney. The MacArthur Foundation awarded him a “genius” grant. The New York Times called his hanging sculpture representing a digital analysis of a thunderstorm cloud “possibly the most beautiful object to be found in a contemporary art gallery in New York.” After graduating from Williams in 1983, he earned an M.F.A. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and serves as associate professor of art at the University of Illinois at Chicago.