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Born in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, Kamal Al Mansour graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981, with a degree in political science. In 1984, Al Mansour graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco with a Juris Doctorate degree. Almost 30 years after he began college as an art major, Al Mansour had his first solo exhibition in 2005 at La Petite Gallery in Los Angeles. Although Al Mansour relocated from Los Angeles to northern California in 2005, his work was featured in group and juried exhibitions in Los Angeles in 2005 and 2006.
In 2007, Al Mansour established himself as a Bay Area artist of note with work on exhibit during the 11th Annual The Art of Living Black (San Pablo Art Gallery, Richmond Art Center & Prescott-Joseph Center), Joyce Gordon Gallery in downtown Oakland (CA), Esteban Sabar Gallery in Oakland, and Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).
In 2008, Al Mansour exhibited in New Power Generation 2008 at Hampton University Museum (VA), PaperWORKS! at MarinMOCA (Novato, CA), Perfect with Pixel at the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery at Bowling Green State University (OH), and New Visions 2008 at Pro Arts Gallery in downtown Oakland.
At the start of 2009, Al Mansour opened in Truth and Consequences at NoneSuch Space Gallery in downtown Oakland, marking his second solo exhibition. Al Mansour closed 2009, showing in the September Competition at the Alexandria Msueum of Art in Louisiana. Al Mansour will begin 2010 with his third solo exhibition, Connected, in the Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery at Tennessee State University in Nashville.
Al Mansour's early career as the founder and president of AfroLink® Software, which created the first Afrocentric interactive multimedia software, continues to strongly influence his aesthetic and thematic approach — a rich graphic interface, and dynamic and engaging content.
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