Curriculum Vitae

2004

• Inauguration of his new studio-workshop and exhibition of recent large format works in Saus (Girona, Spain). 

2003

• Completed and installed public sculpture titled Empremta i Matriu of Carrara marble in (Barcelona).

• Installed public sculpture in El Prat de Llobregat titled Dialog.

• Designed and made trophies for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.

• Created sculpture Maxi Torso for the headquarters of Roche Diagnostics (Barcelona, Spain).

2002

• Coordinated and participated in the second symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat.  

2001

• Created public work for Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona, Spain) commemorating their.

• Created public work for El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain) in homage to Lluis Companys in commemoration of his execution.

1999

• Created sculpture Mediteranean for Al Campo in iron, steel and Carrara marble.

• Presentation of works inspired by Africa and his book Africa in the Estudi la Seca.

• Designed new trophies for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.

1998

• Created cast iron sculpture Femininity for Villanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona, Spain).

1997

• Created sculpture in granite and iron for the La Salle Bonanova School in Barcelona in homage to the Brothers of the La Salle order.

1996

• Travelled to Mexico to prepare the exhibits for the coming year. The honourable Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, inaugurated Dance of Peace at the Fulton County Judicial Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Inauguration of bronze sculpture Covering Spaces on the UGA campus by Mr. Charles B. Knapp, president of UGA, Carlos del Campo, secretary of the Foundation of the Spanish Professional Football League, and Vince Dooley, UGA Athletic Director.

• Inauguration by Mr.Antonio Perez, mayor of Espulgues de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain) of public work Mythical Door.

• Created logos (in marble, iron and bronze) and furniture for the set of the new CNN program in Spanish.

1995

• Created a series of pieces for the Spanish television program A Stroll Through Time.

• Designed an edition of sculptures for the Catalan Radio andTelevision Corporation for the 1000th football broadcast in the Catalan language.

• Travelled to Atlanta to begin work on the commission Dance of Peace for the Fundación Universal de la Sardana in collaboration with the Cultural Legacy Project, the Fulton County Arts Council, and the UGA Sculpture Department, to be presented to the city for the 1996 Olympic Games.

1993

• Created large scale piece and small-scale series commissioned by Nestlé-Girona for their 25th anniversary Designed and made series of sculptures and prints for Spanish television show A Trip Around Life and created a series of small format marble sculptures for television series The Best of 93.

1992

• Inaugurated his studio Estudi la Seca in the former mint building in Barcelona, a 13th century building of historical interest

1991

• Traveled to Brazil to pursue his work using local materials.

• Created a series of small-scale limited edition bronze pieces for Ford-Brazil titled Personage Triangular and one large scale piece titled Personage Triangular for the city of Sâo Paulo; a donation from Ford-Brazil on the 100th  anniversary of the Avenida Paulista.

1990

• Exhibit and presentation of his second book in Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona, Spain).

"Manel has reached plenitude in his professional life. He has reached the culmination of a process lasting many years, and his work will take its place in history."

--Luis Bassat

1989

• Organized and participated in symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat, with three important guest sculptors, creating large-scale works.

1988

• Commissioned and created large-scale sculpture for the Uriach Laboratories commemorating their 150th anniversary which was inaugurated by Mr. Jordi Pujol, president of Catalonia.

1987

• With Elena de Saro and Galería Art Contemporáneo, participated in the art fair ARCO 87 (Geneva, Switzerland).  Presentation of his first book in Serie-Disseny.

1986

• Created sculptures for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.

1985

• Designed and executed trophies for the 1st  Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona. Presentation of recent works in the studio-gallery in Barcelona.  Awarded the prize for the 1st Biennal de Art, F.C. Barcelona. Designed and made a series of sculptures for the Catalan television program Judge for Yourself.

1984

• Returned to Carrara where with fresh concepts was able to successfully create new works. Inaugurated  new studio-gallery in Barcelona. 

• Executed a large-scale piece commissioned by Homburg-Saar in Germany. 

• Created first pieces of jewellery.   Designed and created a collection of small pieces in bronze. 

• The king of Spain, Juan Carlos, inaugurated the sculpture of his grandmother, Queen Victoria Eugenia, in the Red Cross Hospital, Barcelona.

1982

• Created sculpture for the set of televisión series Espíritu de Pájaro.

1981

• Visits and exchanges in France, Belgium, Switzerland & Italy while continuing to work in Carrara.

1980

• Participated in the IV Biennale di Arese, Monza.

1977

• Participated in the Arte de Manzanares La Real meetings in Madrid.

1975

• Travelled to Carrara on a scholarship from the Fundazione Pagani (Milan, Italy).  

• First contact with marble. From this point on there was rapid evolution in all of his work through the gradual discovery of marble.

1974

• Awarded various prizes including the Bellas Artes Bienal del Deporte prize.

1971

• First exhibit as a sculptor in Osona, Spain and Les Voltes, Spain.

1968

• Various activities in connection with statue making, religious images, relief work, busts, and ornamental carving.

• Worked professionally in interior and industrial design, leading major projects.

1963

• Admitted to the Los Salesianos Vocational Schools in Sarriá for clay modelling and sculpture workshop studies.

1959

• Completed elementary baccalaureate level in La Salle Bonanova (Barcelona, Spain).

1945

• Born in Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona, Spain) on August 6.

Solo Exhibitions

2005

• Espai Volart, Fundacion Privada Vila Casas (Barcelona, Spain)

2004  

• Inauguration of his new studio-workshop and exhibition of recent large format works in Saus (Girona, Spain).

2002  

• Galleria Claudia (Houston, TX, USA).

2001  

• Galería Trece (Ventalló, Girona)

• Galería Fabrice Galvani (Toulouse, France).

2000  

• Saks Fifth Avenue, (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

1999  

• Galería de Rosa Pous (Girona, Spain)

• Presentaion of works inspired by Africa and his book Africa in the Estudi la Seca (Barcelona, Spain). 

1998

• Zoellner Arts Center, Leigh University (Bethlehem, PA, USA)

1997

• Galería Trece  (Ventalló, Girona, Spain)

1996

• Exhibition of drawings in Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona, Spain)

1994

• Aerospace Cultural Centre (Toulouse, France)

• Galería Palau (Girona, Spain)

• Museum of Contemporary Art (Sâo Paulo, Brazil)

• AM Gallery (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

• Galería Escritori de Arte Caribé (Sâo Paulo, Brazil)

1993

• Galería DETURSA (Madrid)

• Santa Apollonia Art Centre, (Venice, Biennale di Venezia, Italy).

1992 

• Galería Espaço Escultural (Sâo Paulo, Brazil)

1991 

• Galería Sadalla (Sâo Paulo, Brazil)   Exhibition and presentation of his third book.

1990  

• Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona, Spain).  Exhibition and presentation of his second book.

1988  

• Galería Sant Jordi (Barcelona, Spain)

1987

• Carrara en Nueva York,  Galería Lavaggi (New York, USA)

• Serie-Disseny (Barcelona, Spain)

• Presentation of his first book in Serie-Disseny.

1986  

• Presentation of recent work in his studio-gallery (Barcelona, Spain)

1985 

• Presentation of recent works in his studio-gallery in Barcelona.

• Awarded the prize for the 1st Biennal de Art, F.C. Barcelona.

1983 

• Galería Lleonart (Barcelona, Spain)

• Galería Academia (Barcelona, Spain)

1982 

• Galería Época (Barcelona, Spain)

• Galería Castro (La Coruña, Spain)

• Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar, Spain)

• Galería Palafrugell Art (Girona, Spain)

• Galeria Roura Cava (Sitges, Spain)

1981

• Galería Cisne (Madrid, Spain)

• Galería Lleonart (Barcelona, Spain)

• Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar, Spain)

• Galería AB (Granollers, Spain)

1980  

• Galería Souto (Orense, Spain)

• Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar, Spain)

• Galería Eden Mar (Girona, Spain)

His pieces seem to have thousands of years behind them, though in fact they have thousands of years of modernity.

--Luis Bassat

1979  

• Tom Maddock Gallery (Barcelona, Spain)

• Galería Lleonart (Barcelona, Spain)

• Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar, Spain)

• Galería Ferrari (Brescia, Italy)

• Exhibits included engravings created at the Cité International des Arts (Paris, France).

1978  

• First individual exhibition in Kunscentrum Vaalbek, Belgium.

• Galería Tolmo (Toledo, Spain). 

• Niavaran Cultural Center (Tehran, Iran).

1976  

• Galería Lleonart (Barcelona, Spain)

• Pinoteca (Tossa de Mar, Spain).

1974  

• Various individual and collective exhibitions, with work in bronze, terracotta and wood in

• Galería Lleonart (Barcelona, Spain).

 

Selected Group Shows

2006 

• Franklin Bowles Gallery (New York, USA)

• KM7 Espai d’ Arte (Girona, Spain)

2004

• Rojo , Km7 Espai d´arte (Girona, Spain)

2003 

• L´Art et  l´Arène (Toulouse (France)

• Exposició  d´Escultura de Gran Format  (Sant  Feliu de Guixols. Girona, Spain)

2002  

• Coordinated and participated in the second symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona, Spain).

• II Symposium of Sculpture in the Street, (El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain)

• Art Nimes (Nimes,France)

• Espace Languedoc-Roussillon, Hôtel de Région (Montpellier, France)

2001

• Batecs de Memoria, Museum of Catalonian History (Barcelona, Spain)

1999

• Participated in exhibit of furniture, Mob Art, as part of the Primavera del Disseny (Barcelona, Spain)

1997 

• II Joyas de Escultor  (Vilarobau, Girona, Spain)

1989 

• Organized and participated in symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat, with three important guest sculptors, creating large-scale works.

1987 

• Galería Art Contemporáneo,   ARCO 87, (Geneva, Switzerland).

1986  

• Scultura Internazionale, Castello Malaspina (Massa, Italy)

• Scultura Simposio y Mostra (Alessandria, Italy)

1983 

• Exhibited in America for the first time in Los Angeles and New York.

• 10th Exhibition of the Luigi Corsanini Studio (Carrara, Italy) Galería  AB (Granollers, Spain)

1980  

• IV Biennale di Arese, (Monza, Italy)

1978

• Awarded critic´s prize in the III  Biennale in Arese, II Rasegna Internazionalle di Scultura e

• Pintura in Brescia, Italy.

• Mostra di Scultura all´aperto a Porto Venere (La Spezia, Italy).

• Mostra d´Escultors Catalans, Galería Serrallonga (Barcelona, Spain).

1977

• Exhibited work in various exhibits including collective shows through the Grupo Spazio (Carrara, Italy): (Mostra de Nicola; Mostra in Marmo, Pietra Santa, Italy; Galería Laietana, Barcelona).

1976  

• Arturo Ramón (Barcelona, Spain)

• Fundazione Pagani (Milan, Italy)

1974  

• Various individual and collective exhibits, with work in bronze, terracotta and wood, in the

• Juan Más Gallery (Barcelona, Spain).

1971  

• First exhibition as a sculptor in Osona, Spain and Les Voltes, Spain.

Public Works

2007

• Torso,  Bardiglio Marble,  3.40m x 2.27m x 0.61m,  Stresa (Italy)

2007

• Tree of Knowledge, Iron and aluminium, 10m x 10m x 0.95m,  Girona  (Spain)

2006

• Dialog II,  Carrara marble,  2.73m x 1.55m x .84m, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL USA.

2005 

• Horizonte Urbano. Carrara marble, Bardiglio marble, aluminium and iron, 4m x 4.20m x 0.30m,  Construccions Riera, Barcelona, Spain.

• Initial,  Black granite and Carrara marble,  4.50m x 1.45m x 0.65m,  Toulouse, France.

2003

• Maxi Torso,  Spanish Travertine and iron, 1.89m x 1.33m x 0.24m,  Roche Diagnostics; Barcelona, Spain.

• Empremta i Matriu, Carrara marble, 4m x 13m x 1.5m, City of Viladecans; Barcelona, Spain.

• Dialog, Iron and travertine, 12m x 3.50m x 1.50m, City of El Prat de Llobregat; Barcelona, Spain.

2001

• Lluis Companys, Corten steel and cast iron , base 2m x 1.80m, City of El Prat de Llobregat; Barcelona, Spain.

• Lluis Companys,  Corten steel and cast iron, 1.70m x 1.10m x 0.60m, Parliament of Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain.

• El Bolo, iron, City of Sant Feliu de Codines; Barcelona, Spain.

1999

• Mediterránea, iron, steel and Carrara marble,  13m x 7m x 3m, Alcampo; Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain.

1998

• Femininity, Cast iron, 3m x 0.60m x 0.36m, City of Vilanova i la Geltrú; Barcelona.

1997

• Brother - Brotherhood, granite and iron, 3.30m x 2.40m x 0.60m,  Col·legi La Salle Bonanova; Barcelona, Spain.

1996

• Mythical Door, Corten steel, 11m x 5.60m x 3.20m, Esplugues de Llobregat; Barcelona, Spain.

• Covering Spaces, Corten steel and bronze, 3m x 3m x 0.60m, University of Georgia; Athens, GA  USA.

• Dance of Peace, Georgia marble, 7.50m  diameter by 3m high, Fulton County Courthouse; Atlanta, GA  USA

1995

• Art and Science, Bassalt and iron, 5 meters high, Plaça del Dr. Reventós; Barcelona, Spain.

1994

• The Orient,   Calatorao marble and iron, 2.55m x 1.70m x 0.85m, Salvat Laboratories, Barcelona, Spain.

1993

• Porta al Cafetal, Granite and iron, Nestle; Girona; in commemoration of their 25th anniversary.

1991

• Triangular Personage, Bronze,  Ford Motor Company;  Sâo Paulo, Brazil.

1989

• Mini-Maxi Torso, Carrara marble,  3m x 2m x  0.60m,  City of El Prat de Llobregat; Barcelona, Spain.

1988

• Bird Spirit, Cararra marble, 7m x 14m x 11m, Uriach Laboratories; Barcelona, Spain.

1986

• Mini-Maxi Torso, Carrara marble, 2.30m high,  Alexandria, Italy.

1984

• Blanca, Carrara marble, 1.60m x 0.83m x 0.32m, Hamburg Saar; Germany.

1976

• Monument to Coronel Sanfeliu,  Cast bronze, 2.5m x 1.5m x 1.5m, El Prat de Llobregat; Barcelona, Spain.