biography of Manolo VALDÉS (1942)

Personal data


Birth : 03/08/1942 - Valencia, Spain
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Spain - United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Galería Marlborough – Orfila, 5 – Madrid, Spain


Education

1957 – 1959 : Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Carlos – Valencia, Spain

Professional data


Work and Life

1965 – 1981:Participation, as a member of the group Equipo Crónica, in about 60 personal exhibitions and various group exhibitions
Lives and works in New York NY, USA


Awards

1999

1999 : Premio AECA , Best spanish artist represented in ARCO’99 – Spain
Context: ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°18 (02/11/1999 – 02/16/1999)
Awarded by : Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas / Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration – Alberto Aguilera, 31 – 5° – Madrid, Spain

1984

1984 : Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes – Spain

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media/canvas - Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume :
Drawing-Watercolor :

Works

Las Meninas
Medium : Engraving
Technical data : 12 engravings
 
Reina Mariana
Medium : Sculpture
Technical data : monumental sculpture; bronze, lead, zinc and silver
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2008

Recent Sculpture and Paintings
Marlborough Chelsea – New York NY, United States
02/07/2008 – 03/08/2008

2006

Espacio Uno – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
06/27/2006 – 09/25/2006

2005

Sculpture: Les Ménines
Palais Royal – Paris, France
06/06/2005 – 07/20/2005

Paintings & Sculpture
Château de Chenonceaux – Chenonceaux, France
06/04/2005 – 11/06/2005

2004

10 new etchings on cubism
Art of this Century – New York NY, United States
03/13/2004 – 04/17/2004

2003

Galerie Sonia Zannettacci – Geneva GE, Switzerland
05/15/2003 – 07/15/2003

2002

Las Meninas
Galeria Estiarte – Madrid, Spain
02/2002

Sculptures
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/08/2002 – 11/02/2002

1999

MNBA Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Buenos Aires, Argentina
05/13/1999 – 06/30/1999

1998

Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales – Montevideo, Uruguay
03/1998

1996

Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
1996

Galerie Sonia Zannettacci – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1996

IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern/Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno – Valencia, Spain
1996

1995

IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern/Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno – Valencia, Spain
1995

1993

Galería Marlborough, S.A. – Madrid, Spain
1993

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Patrice Trigano – 4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Marlborough Galerie AG Zürich – Spiegelhofstrasse 36 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Il Gabbiano – Via della Frezza 51 – Rome, Italy

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Patrice Trigano – 4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Galería Freites – Final Avda. Orinoco 11 Las Mercedes – Caracas, Venezuela

2001

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Malborough Florida – Gallery Center 608 Banyan Trail – Boca Raton FL, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

2000

FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art Expo – Fira d’Art de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
05/18/2000 – 05/22/2000
Represented by : Galeria Art Box – Petrixol 1 – Barcelona, Spain

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Boza Editor – Rambla Cataluna 50 – Barcelona, Spain

1999

INTERART ‘99 – 14a Fira Internacional d’Art
Valencia, Spain
10/20/1999 – 10/24/1999
Represented by : Galeria Benlliure – Calle Amoros 47 – Valencia, Spain

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Marlborough Florida – Gallery Center 608 Banyan Trail – Boca Raton FL, United States

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°18
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
02/11/1999 – 02/16/1999

1997

FIAC, n°24
Espace Eiffel Branly – Paris, France
10/01/1997 – 10/06/1997
Represented by : Galerie Sonia Zannettacci – 16 rue des Granges – Geneva GE, Switzerland

1996

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°15
Madrid, Spain
1996
Represented by : Galería Varron – Salamanca, Spain

1994

FIAC, n°21
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
1994

1993

Art Miami
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
1993

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2003

NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – Je commence d’abord par la peinture sur toile
in: Art Actuel n° 26 p. 72
Paris, France
05/2003-06/2003

Legals