Manuela Well-Off-Man is an art historian and curator of art at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. She was born and raised in Eastern Westphalia, Germany. She came to Montana to work as an intern for the Art Museum of Missoula in Missoula, Montana and the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, and to extend her knowledge of contemporary Native American art. During her internship at the Art Museum of Missoula she conducted a meeting of Indian artists on the Rocky Boy Reservation when she met her future husband, John Well-Off-Man.
Manuela Well-Off-Man has authored exhibition catalogues, designed and supervised the organization and installation of art exhibits. She has a background in preparing international art exhibits. In 1999 she curated an exhibition of contemporary American Indian art for the Westphalian State Museum of Natural History in Münster, Germany. She also translated catalogue texts and other texts from German into English for the Museum of Natural History in Münster.
Manuela worked for the youth photo project "Photography, An Image of Each Other" as independent curator, catalogue author, and grant writer.
Manuela Well-Off-Man received a Ph.D. degree in Art History from the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany in 1997. She graduated from University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany with and M.A. degree in Art History, Archaeology, and Pedagogy in 1994. She earned a B.B. degree in Art History, Archaeology, and Pedagogy at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany in 1990.
Manuela also translates texts from English into German and from German into English for museums, art galleries, businesses and private individuals for 1 Euro ($1,33) per line (ca. 65 characters/line). She has more than five years experience in translating English/ German texts and correspondence. If you are looking for a professional and accurate English/German or German/English translation service please contact me at: