About

Born in 1942 - Valence - Spain
The artist lives and works in New York, New York

Solo Exhibitions:


2016 Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculptures at Place Vendôme, Place Vendôme , Paris, France.
Manolo Valdés: Recent Work – Paintings and Sculptures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom.
2015 Sculpture, Paintings and works on paper, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom.
Manolo Valdés: Visitando a los Maestros: Obras Grafica, La Sala Luis María Ansón de la Plaza de Toros de Roqueta, Almería, Spain.
2014 Manolo Valdés: Obra gráfica, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.
Manolo Valdés: Pintura, Escultura, Obra Sobre Papel, Galeria Marlborough, Barcelona, Spain.
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.
2012/2013 Remixing History: Manolo Valdés, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States.
2011/2012 Manolo Valdés, Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, United States.
Manolo Valdés. Picasso como pretexto, organized by Fundación Picasso, Sala de Exposiciones temporales, Museo Casa Nata, Malaga, Spain.
2011 Manolo Valdés. Oeuvre graphiques, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
2010 Manolo Valdés, Marlborough Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Manolo Valdés Obra Gráfica, Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Manolo Valdés, Eskultura Monumentalak, Obra Social, Fundación « la Caixa », Barcelona, Spain.
Manolo Valdés: New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland.
Manolo Valdés, À Chambord, Château du Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture on Broadway, Broadway Mall, New York, New York, United States.

Public Collections:


Würth Museum, Kunzelsau, Germany
Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium
Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, Spain
Unión Española de Explosivos, Madrid, Spain
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Senado Español, Madrid, Spain
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Museu d’art espanyol contemporani, Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Museo San Pio V, Valencia, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 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, Vitoria, Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín, Colombia
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cáceres, Spain
Museo de Antioquia, Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Albacete, Albacete, Spain
Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
Moderna Museet Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Moderna Museet Art, Norrkoping, Sweden
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States
Lebenszeichen, Botschaft der Bilder, Kunstmuseum, Hannover, Germany
Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, California, United States
Landesmuseen at the Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Gemeinde Museum und Universitat, Bremen, Germany
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain
Fonds National d’Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Diputacion de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid, Spain
Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Collection du FRAC, Aquitaine, France
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres, France
Ayuntamiento de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ayuntamiento de Ceutí, Murcia, Spain
Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Associación de los Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Artium, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria, Spain
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Akili Museum of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

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

Work Selection

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Woman II

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Dama e caballo