Manuel Vilariño is a photographer, poet and inventor of realities, he was the National Prize for Photography and representative of Spain in the 2007 Biennial.

His work is found in collections such as the Galician Center for Contemporary Art (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Museo Nacional Centro of Reina Sofía Art (MNCARS), Madrid, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Extremeño and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art (MEIAC), Badajoz, Basque Center-Museum of Contemporary Art ARTIUM, Vitoria, Unión Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art (MACUF) , A Coruña Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO), Vigo, Telefónica Foundation, Madrid, Barrié Foundation, A Coruña, Vila Casas Foundation, Barcelona, M.ª Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, Asturias, Bosch Collection, Stuttgart, Coca Cola Foundation Collection, Madrid, Le Château d'Eau Collection, Toulouse, Center de la Photographie, Geneva, Centro Galego das Artes da Imaxe (CGAI), A Coruña, Polaroid Collection, Andalusian Center of Photography, Almería Ordóñez-Falcón Collection, San Sebastián, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Collection, Vigo City Council Collection, Michel Auer Collection, Geneva, Spectrum Sotos Collection, Zaragoza, Xunta de Galicia Collection, Santiago de Compostela, Genres and Trends Collection, Alcobendas, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela Consortium, Caixa Galicia Foundation Collection, A Coruña, Caixa Nova Collection, Vigo, Museu da Imagem, Braga, among others.