Manuel Pelmus has a background in choreography but has worked mostly in the visual arts context over the last three years. Manuel Pelmus represented Romania together with Alexandra Pirici at the 55th Venice Biennale with the acclaimed project An Immaterial Retrospective of the Venice Biennale. His recent  work has been presented, among others, at the Van Abbe Museum – Eindhoven, Museum of Modern Art – Warsaw, Para/Site – Hong Kong, Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris, Museum M – Leuven, FIAC – Paris, The Kiev, etc.

Manuel Pelmus was awarded Berlin Art Prize for Performing Arts 2012.