Manolo Valdés

(Spanish, born 1942)

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Manolo Valdés

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Biography

Timeline

1942
Born in Valencia, Spain, on March 8th.
1957
Entered Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, Valencia.
1964
Formed the group Equipo Crónica with Rafael Solbes. Their association continued until the death of Solbes in 1981.
1965 - 1981
Besides the shows he was involved in as a member of Equipo Crónica, Manolo Valdés participated in over sixty solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions.
1965
Recipient, Prize Biella, Milan, Italy
1979
Recipient, Silver medal, Il International Biennal of Grabados, Tokyo, Japan
Recipient, Prize from the Bridgestone Museum of Art, Lisbon, Portugal
1984
Recipient, Prize from the Nacional de Bellas Artes, Spain
1985
Recipient, National Medal for Painting, Fine Arts, Spain
1986
Recipient, Medal for the Biennal, International Festival of the Plastic Arts, Baghdad, Iraq

Exhibitions

2017
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture, City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2016
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculptures at Place Vendôme, Place Vendôme, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés: Recent Work – Paintings and Sculptures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Naturaleza muerta. Pintura siglos XX-XXI., Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2015
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Sculpture, Paintings and works on paper, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés: Visitando a los Maestros: Obras Grafica, La Sala Luis María Ansón de la Plaza de Toros de Roqueta, Almería, Spain (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2014
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Manolo Valdés: Obra gráfica, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés: Pintura, Escultura, Obra Sobre Papel, Galeria Marlborough, Barcelona, Spain (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2013
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Manolo Valdés: Sculpture and Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdes: Paintings and Sculptures, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (solo exhibition)
Fernando Botero, Richard Estes, Manolo Valdes: Peintures et Sculptures, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2012 - 2013
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2012-2013:
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculptures, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York (solo exhibition)
Remixing History: Manolo Valdés, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (solo exhibition)
2012
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Manolo Valdés: Graphic Work, Marlborough Graphics, New York, New York (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2011 - 2012
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2011-2012:
Manolo Valdés, Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, United States (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés. Picasso como pretext, organized by Fundación Picasso, Sala de Exposiciones temporales, Museo Casa Natal, Malaga, Spain (solo exhibition)
Le Cabinet de Curiosités, Marlborough Gallery and Steinitz Gallery at 6 Harrison Street, New York, New York, United States
2011
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Manolo Valdés. Oeuvre graphiques, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2010
Manolo Valdés Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Manolo Valdés: L’arxipèlag de la memòria, Fundación Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés, Marlborough Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés Obra Gráfica, Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés, Eskultura Monumentalak, Obra Social, Fundación « la Caixa », Barcelona, Spain (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés: New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés, À Chambord, Château du Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France (solo exhibition)
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture on Broadway, Broadway Mall, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
10 ans deja, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Look Again, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States

Public Collections

Akili Museum of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Museo de la Solidaridad a Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile
Museo de la Asegurada, Alicante, Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava, Vitoria, Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain