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
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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