Valdés, Manolo
Valencia, Spain, 1942
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Born on March 8.
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Begins studies in fine arts at the Escuela de San Carlos in Valencia, Spain, but will leave the school after two years to begin his professional career.
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Participates in the traveling exhibition España libre in Italy. Founds, with Joan-Antoni Toledo and Rafael Solbes, the collaborative group Equipo Crónica. Toledo leaves the group soon after, but Solbes and Valdés continue to collaborate as Equipo Crónica until the former’s death in 1981.
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Equipo Crónica has its first exhibition, at Galleria II Centro in Turin. Receives the Lissone Prize in Milan.
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Equipo Crónica’s first exhibition in Valencia takes place at Galería Val i 30. Work by Equipo Crónica is included in Le monde en question at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris.
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Galería Grises in Bilbao exhibits the complete Guernica 69 series.
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Equipo Crónica participates in the II Biennale de l’Estampe at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris.
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Equipo Crónica participates in the Salon de Mai in Paris.
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Equipo Crónica participates in the Biennale de Paris.
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Exhibitions of work by Equipo Crónica are presented at various venues in France, including the Musée d’Art Moderne in Pau; the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris; the Maison de la Culture in Saint- Étienne; and the Maison de la Culture in Rheims.
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Equipo Crónica participates in the XXXVII Biennale di Venezia.
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Exhibitions of work by Equipo Crónica are presented at several venues in Germany, including the Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt; the Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe; and the Kunstverein Hannover. Equipo Crónica’s work is included in Mythologies quotidiennes II at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris.
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Receives the silver medal for printmaking at the Eleventh Printmaking Biennale in Tokyo.
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Work by Equipo Crónica is included in Vanguardia española del siglo XX at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Monterrey, Mexico.
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After Solbes’s death, Valdés leaves Equipo Crónica’s work unfinished and starts to formulate his own images.
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Has solo exhibitions in Valencia and Barcelona.
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Participates in the exhibition Art against Apartheid , which travels through France, Spain, Italy, the United States, Germany, Norway, and Sweden.
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Receives the Premio Alfons Roig from the government of Valencia.
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Awarded the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
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Receives a medal of the International Biennale for the Plastic Arts in Baghdad.
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The retrospective Equipo Crónica, 1965-1981 is presented at the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia, Spain, and later travels to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid and Casa Caritat in Barcelona.
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Receives the Condecoración de la Orden de Andrés Bello en la clase de Banda de Honor from the Venezuelan government.
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The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia holds a retrospective of Valdés’s work.
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Awarded the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.
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Takes part in the group exhibition Spanische Kunst am Ende des Jahrhunderts at the Museum Würth in Künzelsau, Germany. Chosen to represent Spain, along with Esther Ferrer, at the XLVIII Biennale di Venezia.
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Valdés’s sculpture Menina is installed on Paseo de la Chopera in Alcobendas, Madrid. Exhibits at the Fundación Bilbao Arte Fundazioa in Bilbao. Receives the Premio de la Asociación de Críticos de Arte para Estampa at ARCO in Madrid.
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Participates in the I Bienal de Valencia.
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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Manolo Valdés: Painting and Sculpture, a retrospective featuring seventy pieces from the previous twenty years. The first exhibition of Valdés’s drawings is organized by the Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa in Bilbao. An exhibition of Valdés’s graphic work travels to venues in Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, and Morocco.
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Receives the Premio Valencianos del Siglo XXI in Valencia.
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Exhibits at the Museum Beelden aan Zee in the Hague. The exhibition Meninas opens at the Jardins du Palais Royal in Paris and later travels to Zurich and Oviedo, Spain.
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid holds a retrospective of Valdés’s work since 1981. Participates in Homage to Chillida at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
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Named Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite by the French government. Presents an installation of monumental bronze sculptures at Bryant Park in New York. Exhibits at Galerie Maeght in Paris.
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The artist’s sculptures are installed in the streets of Bilbao and other cities in Spain as part of the traveling exhibition Manolo Valdés: Escultura monumental, organized by Obra Social Fundació “la Caixa.” The Sala Pelaires in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, presents Manolo Valdés: Don Juan (obra gráfica).
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Exhibits at Galería Marlborough in Madrid.
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Awarded Medalla Internacional de las Artes de la Comunidad de Madrid. His work is presented at the Marlborough Gallery, New York. His sculptures are on display in the streets of New York City in the exhibition Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture on Broadway organized by the Marlborough Gallery in collaboration with The New York City Department of Parks & Recreations. The exhibition Manolo Valdés. Obra Gráfica opens at Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Presents portrait of King Juan Carlos, which will be hung in the Madrid City Hall. The exhibition Picasso por Manolo Valdés opens as part of the XXIV Octubre Picassiano, at Fundación Picasso, Málaga. Javier Molins documentary entitled Valdés como pretexto screened at Marché International du Film (MIF) 2011, organized by the Cannes Film Festival, France.
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Shows his work at Fundación Gregorio Prieto in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Spain.
His graphic work is shown at Marlborough Gallery in New York.
Participates in the 26th Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais in Paris.
El Almudín exhibition hall in Valencia (Spain) presents Manolo Valdés en las colecciones valencianas.
Has his monumental sculptures installed at the New York Botanical Garden.
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The Pera Museum holds Manolo Valdés. Paintings and Sculptures in Istanbul.
Exhibitions of his work are held at Galería Freites in Caracas, Venezuela, and Marlborough Gallery in New York.
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His works are shown at the Marlborough galleries in Barcelona and Madrid.
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The exhibition Manolo Valdés. Visitando a los maestros. Obra Gráfica opens at Sala de Exposiciones Luis María Anson in Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain.
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His sculptures are installed in Place Vendôme in Paris, on the occasion of the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC).
Exhibitions are held at Marlborough Fine Art London and at Galerie Forsblom (Singapore) in the context of Art Stage Singapore.
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His work comes to Asia for the first time, to be exhibited at Opera Gallery Singapore. Some of his monumental sculptures are shown in Gardens by the Bay (Marina Bay Sands).
Manolo Valdés. Una visión personal opens at Fundación Bancaja in Valencia, Spain.
Manolo Valdés, escultura monumental is held at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain.
His works are shown at Opera Gallery Paris, Contini Art Gallery in Venice (Italy), and Marlborough Gallery in New York.
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His sculptures are shown in the exhibition Manolo Valdés. The poetics of interpretation, curated by Kosme de Barañano in Pietrasanta, Italy.
Shows his work in Opera Gallery Geneva and Opera Gallery Dubai, as well as in public spaces in these two cities.
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In the context of the exhibition Manolo Valdés in Dubai, the artist and Opera Gallery exhibit five monumental sculptures across the DIFC in Dubai – his first exhibition in the Near East.
Opera Gallery organizes exhibitions in London and Miami, USA.
His work is part of several group shows, including INSIDE by Marlborough Madrid; El Sueño de la razón: la sombra de Goya en el arte contemporáneo at Fernán Gómez – Centro Cultural de la Villa in Madrid; The Monaco Masters Show at Opera Gallery Monaco; and Masters & Contemporary Miami 2019 by Opera Gallery.
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Participates in the 2nd George V Monumental, an open-air exhibition on the prestigious Parisian avenue organized by the Comité George V in partnership with Opera Gallery Paris, with ten monumental works designed as an ode to matter and to the female portrait genre.
Manolo Valdés: the Spanish Master in Montreal opens at Landau Fine Art in Montreal, Canada.
His work is part of two group shows: Sculptures at Opera Gallery Dubai and Pablo Picasso and Two Sculptures by Manolo Valdés at Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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More exhibitions organized by Opera Gallery: La Rêverie (thirteen monumental sculptures in an open-air exhibition) in Antibes and Vence, France, and Manolo Valdés in New York, presented by Opera Gallery New York.
Installs two monumental sculptures in Lajatico, Italy: Clio Dorada and Irene.
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Manolo Valdés: Recent Works organized by Opera Gallery Paris.
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Presents two sculptures, Caballero and Butterflies at the Katonah Museum of Art (KMA, Katonah, New York).
Manolo Valdés. Le Menine a Napoli opens at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN, Naples, Italy).
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Manolo Valdés, “Allegro”, presented by Opera Gallery Madrid, marks the artist’s return to Madrid after a ten-year hiatus.
Manolo Valdés: Las Meninas a San Marco is staged by Gallería d’Arte Contini in Venice, Italy. Several monumental sculptures are installed in iconic locations across the city.
