Manuela Jimenez was born in Bogotá, Colombia where she earned a B.A. in Industrial Design from Los Andes University. Her jewelry experience ranges from hand fabrication, larger scale production, design and teaching. She earned her MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at The Rhode Island School of Design in 2013.
In 2017 Manuela co-founded Icons at Play, a curatorial platform to create experiential exhibitions for concept based art jewelry. This work has been showcased at New York City Jewelry Week and at Brooklyn Metal Works among other places.