MANOLO VALDÉS

1942    Born in Valencia, Spain.

1957    Entered the École des Beaux-Arts “San Carlos”of Valencia.  He left in 1958 to devote his life to painting.

1964    Valdés formed the group Equipo Crónica with Joan A. Toledo and Rafael Solbes.  Toledo left the group after a year, but Valdés and Solbes continued                    their association until the death of Solbes in 1981.

1965-81 Through Equipo Crónica, Manolo Valdés participated in over sixty solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions.

Present  Valdés lives and works in New York, NY

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 2016    Manolo Valdés: Recent Work – Paintings and Sculptures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom.

2013    Manolo Valdés: Sculpture and Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

             Manolo Valdes: Paintings and Sculptures, Pera Museum , Istanbul, Turkey.

2012-3 Remixing History: Manolo Valdés, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2011-2 Manolo Valdés, Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

            Manolo Valdés. Picasso como pretexto, organized by Fundación Picasso, Sala de Exposiciones temporales, Museo Casa Nata, Málaga, Spain

2011    Manolo Valdés. Oeuvre graphiques, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2010    Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture on Broadway, Broadway Mall, New York, NY

            Manolo Valdés Obra Gráfica, Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

            Manolo Valdés, Marlborough Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

            Manolo Valdés: New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

            Manolo Valdés, À Chambord, Château du Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

            Manolo Valdés, Eskultura Monumentalak, Obra Social, Fundación <la Caixa>, Barcelona, Spain

2009    Arte en la calle, La Caixa and the City Council of Santander, Spain

            Manolo Valdés Escultura y pintura, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

2008    Manolo Valdés, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, Winter,

            Manolo Valdés: Las Meninas, St. Petersburg, Russia, Spring 2008

            Manolo Valdés in Beijing, Beijing, China, Fall 2008

2007–8   Manolo Valdes, Galerie Maeght, Paris, France, November 15, 2007–January 12, 2008

            Recent Editions, 2000-2008, Marlborough Gallery, New York

2002    National Museum of Damasco

            La Dama at Park Avenue and 57th, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Manolo Valdés. Obra Gráfica, 1981-2002. Cultural Center Casa de Vacas (Retiro Park), Madrid, Spain

            Manolo Valdés. Dibujos. Fundación BBK, Bilbao, Spain Stiftung Schleswig–Holstenische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Germany.

            Manolo Valdés. Obra Gráfica. Itinerary: The Jordan National Gallery, Ammán (Jordania), Instituto Cervantes, Beirut (Lebano), Museo Nacional, Damasco                (Siria), Galería de Arte Contemporáneo – Bilgi University, Istambul (Turkey), Instituto Cervantes, Tanger (Morroco), Dar Sanaa – Escuela de Artes y Oficios,            Tetuan (Morroco).

            Sculptures, Marlborough Gallery, New York

2001    Los géneros : retratos, bodegones y paisajes, Palacio de Congresos &    Exposiciones of Castilly León, Salamanca

            Manolo Valdés : Obras reciente, Marlborough Madrid, Spain

            Galería Montcada, Barcelona, Spain

            Galería Zaragoza Gráfica, Zaragoza, Spain

            Galería Durero, Gijón, Spain

            Galería Eude, Barcelona, Spain

            Bob Stein Gallery, Sant Louis, Missouri

            Galería Art of this Century, Paris, France

            Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France

            Manolo Valdés Como Pretexto. Bilder - Skulpturen - Arbeiten auf Papier, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany

            Serie de la Reina Mariana. Tiempos Modernos, Madrid, Spain

            Obra gráfica. Galería Juan Manuel Lumbreras, Bilbao, Spain

2000    Manolo Valdés: 1990-1999, Sala Quatre Cantons, Vilafames, Spain; traveled to Centre Municipal de Cultura, Castelló, Spain

            Manolo Valdés. New Etchings. Marlborough Graphics, New York

            Manolo Valdés. Pintura, escultura y grabado, Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, Spain

            Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy

            FIAC 2000, Art of this Century, Paris, France

            Galería Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador

            Las Meninas, Galería Estiarte, Madrid, Spain

            Manolo Valdés. Sala de Exposiciones Sa Llonja, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

            Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain

1999 Representing Spain in The XLVIII Bienal de Venecia, Venice, Italy

         Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California

         Galerie Georges Pompidou, Patio de la Maire d’Anglet, France     

         Galería AMS Marlborough, Santiago de Chile

         Museo de Arte Moderno “Aloisio Magalhaes”, Recife, Brasil

         FIA, Caracas, Galería Freites, Venezuela

         Sala de Exposiciones S. Esteban, Murcia, Spain

            Galería La Aurora, Murcia, Spain

1998    Recent Work, Marlborough, New York and Marlborough Madrid, Spain        

            Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France

            Manolo Valdés in Cardiff: Works from the Guillermo Caballero de Luján Collection, Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff, Wales

            Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo

            Galería Durero, Gijón, Spain

            Galería La Aurora, Murcia, Spain

            Galería Rosalía Sender, Valencia, Spain

            Sala Nacional de Exposiciones, San Salvador, El Salvador

            Del Equipo Crónica a Manolo Valdés, VII International Contemporary Art Fair, Guadalajara, México

            Galería Pedro Torres, Logroño, Spain

            Sala García Castañón de Caja Pamplona, Pamplona, Spain

1997    Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

            Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

            Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

            Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

            Galeria Freites, Caracas, Venezuela

            Galeria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain

            Tiempos Modernos, Madrid, Spain

            Galeria Bennassar, Pollença, Palma de Mallorca

            Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres, France

            Manolo Valdés, Graphic Works. Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

1996    Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California

            Galería Palatina, Buenos Aries, Argentina

            Cynthia Bourne Gallery, London, England

            Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland

            IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain

            Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal

1995    Galleria d’Art Il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy

            MeadowsMuseum, Dallas, Texas

            Galería Colón XVI, Bilbao, Spain

            Galería 11, Alicante, Spain

            Galería La Aurora, Murcia, Spain

            Galería Varrón, Salamanca, Spain

            Galería Torres, Bilbao, Spain

            Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

1994    Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France

            Marlborough Gallery, New York

            FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France

            Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium  

1993    Art Miami ’93, for Galeria Fandos, Valencia, Spain, Miami Beach, Florida

            Centro de Arte Palacio Almudí, Murcia, Spain

            Galería Freites, Caracas, Venezuela

            Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

            Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño, Spain

1992    Galería Fandos, Valencia, Spain

            Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland

            Galería Trama, Barcelona, Spain

1991    Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Galería Guereta, Madrid, Spain

            Galería Fandos i Leonarte, Valencia, Spain

1990    Galería Fandos i Leonarte, Valencia, Spain

            Palacio de Almudí, Murica, Spain

            Colegio de Arquitectos, Tenerife, Spain

            Palacio Condes de Gaira, Granada, Spain

            Caja de Ahorros, Burgos, Spain

            Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain

            Galería Freites, Caracas, Venezuela

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016    Presence, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2015    Sjummer Group Exbition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States

2014    Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States

2013    Fernando Botero, Richard Estes, Manolo Valdes: Peintures et Sculptures, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

            Latin Beat, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2012    Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States

2011-2 Le Cabinet de Curiosités, Marlborough Gallery and Steinitz Gallery at 6 Harrison Street, New York, NY

2011    Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK

            Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

2010    “Art Chicago 2010,” Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Look Again, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY

2009    Artek09, Arteko, San Sebastián, Spain

            Beyond LImits, Sotheby's at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England

            La Escultura en la Colección del IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

2008    Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England

            Group Show, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            AENA, Colección de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain

            Art Cologne, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany

            Group Exhibition, Akili Museum of Art, Yakarta, Indonesia

            Group Exhibition, Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2007    Group Exhibition, CIGE Beijing Art Fair, Beijing, China

            Group Exhibition, Shanghai Fine Jewelery and Art Fair, Shanghai, China

            La palabra imaginada, Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain

            Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Salon de L’Estampe, Galerie Maeght, Paris, France. Grand Palais, Paris, France

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Summer Show, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

            TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht Exposition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsBeck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany

2006    Group Exhibition, ARCO 06, Madrid, Spain. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

            Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht Exposition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsMarlborough Fine Art, London, England; Beck & Eggeling,                     Düsseldorf, Germany.

2005    "With Spirit," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO

            Art Cologne, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Ediciones, Galeria Clave, Murcia, Spain.

            El Equipo Cronica en la coleccion del Ivam, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern IVAM, Valencia, Spain. traveled to Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales,                                  Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro Cultural Parque de España,                      Rosario, Argentina; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

            FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France

            Group Exhibition, ARCO 05, Madrid, Spain. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Group Exhibition, Galería Dieciseis, San Sebastián, Spain

            Group Exhibition, Palacio de Bendinat, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

            Muestra de Escultura Pública: Artista españoles Contemporáneos, Consellería de Cultura de las Islas Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

            Salvador Dalí and a Century of Art from Spain: Picasso to Plensa, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

            TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht Exposition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, The NetherlandsMarlborough Fine Art, London, England; Beck & Eggeling,                     Düsseldorf, Germany

2004    Colección Aena de Arte Contemporáneo, Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

            Colectiva Pintores Valencianos, Galería Nadir, Madrid, Spain

            Contraparada, Palacio de Almudí, Murcia, Spain

            El Pop español. Los años sesenta. El tiempo reencontrado, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain

            El siglo XX en la Casa del Siglo XV, Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain

2004    Festival International de Sculpture de Monte Carlo, City of Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco

            Fragmentos. Arte del XX al XXI, Colección de Pilar Citoler, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain

            Group Exhibition, ARCO 04, Madrid, Spain. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Group Exhibition, Estampa, Madrid, Spain

            Los años jóvenes, 1960-1970, Lonja del Pescado y Sala CAM, Alicante, Spain. traveled to Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Centro de Arte Palacio                 de Almudí, Murcia, Spain; Museo del XIX, Valencia, Spain; Sala CAM, Elche and Alcoy, Spain

            New York, New York, Centro Caja Granada, Granada, Spain

            New York, New York, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

            Sculpture Espagnole a Bordeaux, Festival des Jardins 2004, Le Jardin Botanique, Bordeaux, France

            Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez, La Citadelle, Saint-Tropez, France

            25 años de arte en España. Creación en libertad, MUVIM y Ataranzas, Valencia, Spain

2003    Art Chicago 2003 at Navy Pier, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Art Espagnol Contemporain, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

            El arte español del siglo XX, Museo del Corso, Rome, Italy

            Espacios y modos. Más allá de los límites, Edificio Miller, Parque de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Grand Canary, Spain

            Fashion Art, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

            Group Exhibition, ARCO ’03, Madrid, Spain. Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

            Inauguración de la Galería Alfonso XIII, Príncipe de Vergara, 203, Madrid, Spain

            Isocronías. Alternativas en la III Trienal de Arte Gráfico, Calcografía Nacional de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

            Juguetes para Ícaro–Abanicos de dos mares, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay

            La Fête, Le Bellevue, Biarritz, France

            Las Bellas Artes del siglo XX. Valencia 1940-1980, Salas de las Atarazanas, Valencia, Spain

            Museo de Museos, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

            Palabras pintadas..., Cervantes Institute, Berlin, Germany. traveled to Cervantes Institute, New York, NY

            Portadas de Ababol, Palacio Aguirre de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

            TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht Exposition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2002    Otras Meninas, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain

            Art Brussels, Brussels. Art of this Century

            Art Chicago 2002 at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason, California, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Art/33/Basel, Messeplatz, Basel Switzerland, Marlborough Gallery

            Galería Ekaín Arte Lanak, San Sebastián, Spain

            50 Años de Pintura Española: del Informalismo a la Libertad. Centro de Exposiciones de Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain

            Que trata de España. Academia de España in Rome, Italy

            Europe’s Image, Myth & Reality. Den Haag Sculptuur, The Netherlands

            Les jeux dans l’art du XXème Siecle. Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, France

            Sculpture Espagnole, Marlborough Monaco, Monte-Carlo

2001    Galería Vértice, Oviedo, Spain

            Les Années Pop, Musèe National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

            ARCO ’01, Madrid, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain; Art of this Century, Paris, France

            Art Miami ’01, Galería Freites, Miami, FL

            Art Basel, Basilea, Art of this Century

            Art Chicago 2001 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Pop Impressions. Europe/USA. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

            Art of this Century, New York

            Bienal de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

            Relevos: Xavier Mascaró, Manolo Valdés, Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain

            Figuras, Visiones del Arte Contemporáneo, Centro Cultural Puerta Real, Granada, Spain

            Group Sculpture Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            La figura humana. Casa Primera de Oficios de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain

            VII Salón de los Trece, Sala de exposiciones de la Fundación Altadis, Madrid, Spain

            Manolo Valdés, New Editions, Marlborough Graphics, New York

2000    Art/31/Basel, Messeplatz, Basel Switzerland, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Art Chicago 2000 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Art Brussels, Bruselas, Art of this Century

            Artpalmbeach, Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL, Marlborough Gallery, New York

              Interarte, Galería Rosalía Sender, Valencia, Spain

              Muestra de pintura y escultura latinoamericana, Galería Espacio, El Salvador

              Art Cologne, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Marlborough Gallery, New

1999     Les grands d’Espagne, Chateau de Villeneuve-Fondation Emile Hugues, Vence, France

             Spanische Kunst Am Ende des Jahrhunderst, Wurth Museum, Germany

             Art Basel, Marlborough Gallery, New York

             St. Louis Print Market, Marlborough Graphics, New York

            Spain is Different, Center for Visual Arts of Norwich, England; Museo de la Ciudad de           Valencia, Spain

            Pop Impressions Europe-USA, Prints and Multiples form MOMA, New York

            Art at Work. Forty years of the Chase Manhattan Collection, Museum of Fine Arts and the     Contemporary Art Museum, Houston

           Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York

           Manolo Valdés - Paintings, Larry Rivers - Pastels, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium

           Estampa, VII Salón Internacional Grabado, Madrid

           Pintura valenciana del siglo XX, Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, Spain

1998    ARCO ’98, Madrid, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            IX Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana, Galería Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador

            Still Lifes : Prints and Photographs, New York Marlborough Gallery

            Interiores. Visiones íntimas de un siglo, Sala Alameda, Diputación de Málaga, Spain

            The Gran Vía of Sculptures, Valenica, Spain

            Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

            FIAC’98, Paris, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France

            Galerie Sonia Zannattacci, Geneva, Switzerland

            Los encuentros de Pamplona, 25 años después, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

1997    Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil

            Galería Thema, Valencia, Spain

            Cinco Maestros de la Plástica, Galería Freites, Caracas, Venezuela

            Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Diez Años de Sueños, Galería Clave, Murcia, Spain

            IFPDA Print Fair. Seventh Armory, Marlborough Graphics, New York

            Twenty-five Tresures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California

            XXXIIème Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Montecarlo, FondationPrince Pierre de Monaco

1996    Materialität und Spiritualität: Chillida, Saura, Tàpies, Equipo Crónica, Valdés, Städische Galerie Bietigheim, Bissengen, Germany

            Petits Formats: Grandes Oeuvres, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France

            On Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York and Marlborough Madrid

            Marlborough en Vértice. Galería Vértice, Oviedo, Spain

            Premio Marco, Museo Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

            Out of Wood, Rachel Adler Gallery, New York

            Su Carta - On Paper, Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy

            Art Chicago 1996 at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            IFPDA Print Fair. Seventh Regiment Armory, Marlborough Graphics, New York

1995    Arte BA 1995, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            The Figure, Campbell-Theibaud Gallery, San Francisco, California

            Out of Wood, Rachel Adler Gallery, New York

            Materialität und Spiritualität, Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst, Germany

1994    Spanish Art and the 3rd Dimension. The Modern Century. Lagoon Toner, Jakarta; traveled to The Rotunda, Hong Kong

1993    Figure: Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            FIAC, Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Grand Palais, Paris, France

            Art Miami ’93, Miami, Galería Freites, Caracas, Venezuela

1992    Art a Espanya 1920-1990, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona

            Arte en España 1965-1990, Museum Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; traveled to Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota; Museo Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber,             Caracas, Venezuela

            Contemporary Spanish Artists, Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan

1991   Galería Leonarte, Valencia, Spain

            ARCO 91, Madrid, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            Art Chicago 1991 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Marlborough Gallery, New York

            10, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland

            Pop Art, Royal Academy of Art, London; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Centro de Arte Renia               Sofía, Madrid, Spain

            Team Spirit, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY; traveled to various sites including Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO

Manolo Valdés: Bilder, Skulpturen, Grafik/Pablo Picasso: Grafik 1966-1967, Galerie Marie- Louise Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland

Arte en España: 1920-1980, Palacio de Sastago, Zaragoza, Spain

1990    Marlborough en Pelaires, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

 

 

 

 

PRIZES AND AWARDS

2007    Officier de L’Ordre National du Mérite, President of the French Republic, Paris, France

2006    Doctor Honoris Causa, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain

            Premio Archival España 2005, Archival, Madrid, Spain

2005    Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Culturel, Ordonnance Souveraine, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2004    Premio Valeniano del siglo XXI, LAS PROVINCIAS Multimedia, Valencia, Spain

2002    Premio Asociación Española de Criticos de Arte de Estampa, Asociación Española de Criticos de Arte, Madrid, Spain

2000    Prize from Art Critics Association for Estampa, Madrid

            Prize from ARCO Art Critics Association, Madrid

1999    Represents Spain at Venice Bienale

1998    Gold Medal of Merit for Fine Arts, Spain

1997    XXXIIème Prix du Conseil National Fondation Prince Pierre of Monaco

1993    Condecoración de la Orden de Andrés Bello en la Clase de Banda Honor, Republic of Venezuela

1986    Medal for the Biennal, International Festival of the Plastic Arts, Baghdad, Iraq

1985    National Medal of Fine Arts, Spain

            National Medal for Painting, Fine Arts, Spain

1984    Prize from the Nacional de Bellas Artes, Spain

            Premio Alfons Roig, Valencia

1979    Silver medal, Il International Biennal of Grabados, Tokyo, Japan

1965    Prize Lissone, Milan, Italy

            Prize Biella, Milan, Italy

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Akili Museum of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Artium, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria, Spain

Associación de los Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Ceutí, Murcia, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Ayuntamiento de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres, France

Colección de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain

Collection du FRAC, Aquitaine, France

Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid, Spain

Diputacion de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Fonds National d’Arts Plastiques, Paris, France

Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain

Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain

Gemeinde Museum und Universitat, Bremen, Germany

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany

Kunstmuseum, Berlin, Germany

Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Landesmuseen at the Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany

Lebenszeichen, Botschaft der Bilder, Kunstmuseum, Hannover, Germany

Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, California, United States

Moderna Museet Art, Norrkoping, Sweden

Moderna Museet Art, Stockholm, Sweden

Musée Cantini, Marseille, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France

Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Musée Picasso, Antibes, France

Museo de Albacete, Albacete, Spain

Museo de Antioquia, Bogotá, Colombia

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cáceres, Spain

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela

Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín, Colombia

Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain

Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela

Museo de Bellas Artes, Vitoria, Spain

Museo de la Asegurada, Alicante, Spain

Museo de la Solidaridad a Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile

Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Museo San Pio V, Valencia, Spain

Museu d’art espanyol contemporani, Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States

Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil

Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland

Senado Español, Madrid, Spain

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States

Unión Española de Explosivos, Madrid, Spain

Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, Spain

Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium

Würth Museum, Kunzelsau, Germany

 

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2006    Reina Mariana, bronze, Les Terrasses du Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2005    Los Asturcones, bronze, Ayuntamiento de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

            La Exorcista, bronze, Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

            Ariadna III, bronze, Collection Becker, Baierbrunn, Germany

2004    La Dama de Elche, bronze, Miquel Hernández University, Elche, Spain

            La Dama de Murcia, bronze, Ayuntamiento de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

2003    Cabeza, bronze, City of Biarritz, Biarritz, France

            La Dama del Manzanares, bronze, Parque Lineal del Manzanares, Madrid, Spain

            Las Damas de Barajas, bronze, Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain

2000    Reina Mariana, bronze, Ayuntamiento de Ceutí, Murcia, Spain

            Reina Mariana, bronze, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

            Infanta Margarita, bronze, Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012    Anonymous. "Esculturas de Manolo Valdes toman Nueva York." El Universal, September 25, 2012

            Anonymous. "Estambul siglo XXI." ABC Cultural, December 01, 2012

            Anonymous. "Manolo Valdes. Africa and further inspirations." Wall Street International, October 08, 2012

            Anonymous. "Manolo Valdes: Graphic Work." Spain Culture New York, October 05, 2012

            Anonymous. "Monumental Sculpture by Manolo Valdes at the New York Botanical Garden." ArtDaily, September 25, 2012

            Anonymous. "New Sculptures By Spanish Artist Manolo Valdes to Adorn Bronx Botanical Gardens." Downtown Magazine, September 14, 2012

            Anonymous. "Sculpture by Chakaia Booker and Manolo Valdes on display at the Georgia Museum of Art." ArtDaily, July 02, 2012

            Anonymous. "Summer exhibition features contemporary sculptures by nine renowned artist." Artdaily.com

2012    Bernstein, Fred. " Thierry Despont’s 'Le Cabinet de Curiosites'." Departures, March 01, 2012

            Drerup, Kat. "One location, two differing sculpture exhibits." The Red & Black, June 17, 2012

            Durray, Dan. "New York Botanical Garden Plans Manolo Valdes Show." The New York Observer, August 28, 2012

            Hernandez, Virginia. "Miradas al fresco...con Manolo Valdes, Luis Gordillo and Juan Genoves." El Mundo, July 19, 2012

            Kellogg, Craig. "Museum of the Imagination." Interior Design, February 01, 2012

            Ken. "Le Cabinet de Curiosités." Hi-Fructose, January 10, 2012

            Macías, Javier. "Valdés homenajea a Joselito en el cartel taurino de Sevilla." ABC, January 12, 2012

            Miller, Donald. "Appropriations/revelations Manolo Valdés exhibition moves, hesitantly, with attention to technique over originality." Naples News,                         February 16, 2012

            Planes, Emmanuel. "Le pere de la Dame." Pays Basque, February 22, 2012, p. 11

            Pogrebin, Robin. "Reflections of Nature, Towering in the Grass." The New York Times, August 29, 2012

            Pousner, Howard. "Atlanta Arts and Culture Sculpture grows on you in Atlanta Botanical Garden setting." Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 16, 2012

            Reynolds, Daniel. "In TriBeCa, Art Treasures Hide In 'Le Cabinet de Curiosité'." Guest of a Guest, January 25, 2012

            Roaman, J. "Thierry Despont's Divine ‘Le Cabinet de Curiositiés'." The Accessorator, January 26, 2012

            Samuels, Tanyanika. "Garden's natural beauties ." The New York Daily News , September 25, 2012

            Zimmer, Lori. "Manolo Valdes' Dramatic Metal Head Sculptures Take Over the New York Botanical Garden ." Inhabitat NYC, October 23, 2012

2011    Anonymous. "Also this month." Art + Auction, vol. 35, no. 2, October, p. 62

            Anonymous. "Contemporary-heavy season shows Degas, AP at Naples museum of art." Naples News, September 15, 2011

            Anonymous. "El pintor Manolo Valdés anunciará la temporada taurina sevillana en 2012." Lavoz Digital, December 27, 2011

            Anonymous. "Inside ‘Le Cabinet de Curiosités'." Tribeca Citizen, November 14, 2011

            Anonymous. "The List." The Art Economist, vol. 1, no. 10, January, pp. 18-29

            Anonymous. "The List: The Art Economist’s Top Earning 300 Artists." The Art Economist, Vol.1, No. 7, September 2011, p. 28

            Anonymous. "The List: The Art Economist’s Top Earning 300 Artists." The Art Economist, vol.1, no. 9, December, pp. 16-27

            Balestin, Juliana. "LE CABINET DE CURIOSITES at the NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE." Purple, December 27, 2011

            Colman, David. "Capturing the Moon." The New York Times, October 21, 2011

            Hoffman-Williamson, Jen. "Le Cabinet de Curiosités." Whitewall, November 21, 2011

            Kahn, Eva M. "Like the 19th Century." The New York Times p. C34

            Krolikowski, James. "Thierry's Toys." Interview, November 01, 2011

            Mason, Brooks S.. "Design World News." Artnet, December 21, 2011

            Menéndez, Susan. "En Nueva York Monumental Valdés." Elle España, pp. 124-128

            Reginato, James. "Thierry Despont’s Cabinet of Curiosities Show." Architectural Digest, December 07, 2011

            Staff. "Cannes, el mayor escaparate del mundo." ABC Espana, May 16, 2011

            Staff. "The List: The Art Economist’s Top Earning 300 Artists." The Art Economist, pp. 20-31 Volume 1, Issue 4

            Staff. "The List: The Art Economist’s Top Earning 300 Artists." The Art Economist, pp. 20-31 Volume 1, Issue 3

            Staff. "The List: The Art Economist’s Top Earning 300 Artists." The Art Economist, July 01, 2011, p. 22 Vol. 1, Issue 6

            Staff. "Winged Legend on Show." The Star, September 13, 2011

            Tupker, Virginia. "Hunt for Treasure: Le Cabinet de Curiosités." Vogue, December 22, 2011

            VanZanten, Virginia. "Cabinet de Curiosités." W, November 11, 2011

            Verany, Cedric. "Manolo Valdes: ses femmes et ses maitres." Nice Matin, May 22, 2011

            Zara, Janella. "Mixing Napoleon Bonaparte and Contemporary Art, Artist Thierry Despont's 'Cabinet of Curiosities' Beguiles." Artinfo, December 12, 2011

2001    Bozal, Valeriano. Manolo Valdés: maneras de mirar mundos. Editores TF, Madrid, 2001

             Dalmoce, Michèle. Equipo Crónica. Valencia, IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, 2001

2000    Moral Del, Jean Marie. La Maison des Peintres. Flammation, Paris, 2000

1999    Barañano, Kosme de. Manolo Valdés. Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona. Noviembre 1999

            Llorens, Tomás. Manolo Valdés. La Itemporalidad del Arte, Texts by V.Bozal, M.B. Burke, J.M. Caballero Bonald, D.Cameron, G.Campbell, S.A. Consalvi, K.                   Cummings Suárez, K. De Barañano, C.Kesser, A. Muñoz Molina, J.F. Yvars, M.J. Bono y A. Noguera. Villegas Editores, Colombia, 1999

            Manolo Valdés. The Tímeles of Art. Villegas Editores, Bogotá, 1999.

1989    Bozal, Valeriano; Llorens, Tomás; Dalmace, Michèle y equipo crónica. Equipo Crónica: 1965- 1981. Ministerio de Cultura y Fundación para el Apoyo de la              Cultura, Madrid, 1989

1988    Calvo Serraller, Francisco. Del Futuro al Pasado: Vanguardia y Tradición en el Arte Español Contemporáneo. Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1988

            Del futuro al pasado: vanguardia y tradición en el arte español contemporáneo. madrid, alianza editorial, 1988.

            Oppler, Ellen C. Picasso's Guernica.  Syracuse University, New York, 1988

1986    Calvo Serraller, Francisco. España Medio Siglo de Arte de Vanguardia: 1939-1985, Fundación Santillana, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1986

1983    Parent, Francis y Perrot, Raymond. Le Salon de la Jeune Peinture: Une Histoire 1950-1983. Edition J.P., Montreuil, 1983

1981    Marín Viadel, Ricardo. El Realismo Social en la Plástica Valenciana (1964-75). Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, 1981

1979    Barroso Villar, Julia. Grupos de Pintura y Grabados en España 1939-1969.  Departamento de Arte, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, 1979

1976    Bozal, Valeriano y Llorens, Tomás. España: Vanguardia Artística y Realidad Social: 1936-1976. Gustavo Gili Ed., Barcelona, 1976

1975    Dyckes, William.  Contemporary Spanish Art. New York, 1975

1973    Sagar, Peter. Neue Formen Des Realismus. Cologne, 1973

1972    Arean, Carlos. Treinta Años de Arte Español (1943-1972). Madrid, 1972

            Bozal, Valeriano. Historia del Arte en España. Itsmo,  Madrid, 1972

            Llorens, Tomás.  Equipo Crónica. Ed. Gustavo Gili, Col. Nueva Orbita, Barcelona, 1972

            Marchan-Fíz, Simón. Del Arte Objetual al Arte de Concepto 1960-1972. Alberto Corazón Ed., Madrid, 1972

1971    Arean, Carlos. Arte Joven en España, Publicaciones Españolas. Madrid, 1971

1970    Bozal, Valeriano. El Lenguaje Artístico.  Barcelona, 1970

            El lenguaje artístico. Barcelona, 1970

            Gassiot-Talbot, Gerard. Art & Confrontation: France and the Arts in an Age of Change. Studio  Vista Limited, London-New York, 1970

1968    Gassiot-Talabot, Gérard. La Contestation est-elle Possible? Editorial La Connaissance, Brussels, 1968

1966    Aguilera Cerni, Vicente. Panorama del Nuevo Arte Español. Guadarrama, Madrid, 1966

            Bozal, Valeriano. El Realismo entre el Desarrollo y el Subdesarrollo. Editorial Ciencia Nueva, Madrid, 1966