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1945 Manel Alvarez Born in Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona)
on August 6.
1959 Completed elementary baccalaureate level in La Salle Bonanova (Barcelona).
1963 Admitted to the Los Salesianos Vocational Schools in Sarriá for clay modelling and sculpture workshop
studies.
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.
1971 First exhibit as a sculptor in Osona (Vic) and Les Voltes (Olot).
1974 Various individual and collective exhibitions in bronze, terracotta and wood in Galería Juan Mas and Galería
Lleonart in Barcelona.
Awarded various prizes including the Bellas Artes Bienal del Deporte prize.
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.
1976 Created his first public monument for the city of El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
Individual exhibitions in Galería Arturo Ramón (Barcelona) and in Pinoteca (Tossa de Mar).
1977 Participated in the Arte de Manzanares La Real meetings in Madrid.
1978 First individual exhibition in Belgium (Kunscentrum Vaalbek).
Individual exhibitions in Galería Tolmo (Toledo) and Niavaran Cultural Center (Tehran, Iran).
1979 Individual exhibitions in Galería Tom Maddock (Barcelona), Galería Lleonart (Barcelona), Galería Cau Serrat
1786 (Tossa de Mar) and Galería Ferrari (Brescia, Italy).
Incorporated in his exhibitions lithographs made in th Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris, France).
1980 Participated again in the IV Biennale di Arese, Monza.
Individual exhibitions in Galería Souto (Orense), Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar) and Galería Eden Mar
(Girona).
1981 Visits and exchanges in France, Belgium, Switzerland & Italy while continuing to work in Carrara.
Individual exhibitions Galería Cisne (Madrid), Galería Lleonart (Barcelona), Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de
Mar) and Galería AB (Granollers).
1982 Created sculpture for the set of televisión series Espíritu de Pájaro.
Individual exhibitions in Galería Época (Barcelona), Galería Castro (La Coruña), Galería Cau Serrat 1786
(Tossa de Mar), Galería Palafrugell Art (Girona) and Galeria Roura Cava (Sitges).
1983 Individual exhibitions in Galería Lleonart (Barcelona) and Galería Academia (Barcelona).
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,Germany.
Created first pieces of jewelry. 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.
1985 Designed and made trophies for the 1st Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.
Presentation of recent works in his studio-gallery in Barcelona.
Awarded the prize for the 1st Biennal de Art, Fútbol Club, Barcelona.
Designed and made a series of sculptures for the Catalan television program Judge for Yourself.
1986 Created sculptures for the second year in a row for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.
Presentation of recent work in his studio-gallery (Barcelona).
1987 With Elena de Saro and Galería Art Contemporáneo, participated in the art fair ARCO 87(Geneva,
Switzerland).
Individual exhibition, Galería Lavaggi (New Cork, EEUU), Carrara en Nueva York.
Individual exhibition and presentation of his first book in Serie-Disseny (Barcelona)
1988 Commissioned and created large format sculpture for the Uriach Laboratories commemorating their 150th
anniversary which was inaugurated by Mr. Jordi Pujol, president of Catalonia.
Individual exhibition in Galería Sant Jordi (Barcelona)
1989 Organized and participated in symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat, with three
important guest sculptors, representatives from Hungary, Japan and Spain,creating large format works.
1990 Exhibit and presentation of his second book in Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona).
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 Pâulo; a donation from Ford-Brazil on
the 100th anniversary of the Avenida Paulista.
Exhibition and presentation of his third book-catalog in Galería Sadalla (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil) published by
Ford-Brazil.
1992 Inaugurated his studio Estudi la Seca in the former mint building in Barcelona, a 13th century building of
historical interest.
Individual exhibition in Galería Espaço Escultural (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil).
1993 Created large format piece and small-scale series of the same piece commissioned by Nestlé-Girona for their
25th anniversary.
Designed and made exclusive series of sculptures and prints for Spanish television show A Trip Around Life.
Created a series of small format marble sculptures for television series The Best of 93.
Individual exhibitions in Galería DETURSA (Madrid).
Participated in the Biennale di Venezia with an exhibition in the cloister of Santa Apollonia Art Centre,
(Venice, Italia)
1994 Individual exhibition in Aerospace Cultural Centre (Toulouse, France).
Individual exhibition Galería Palau (Girona).
Exhibition personal in the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil), AM Gallery (Belo Horizonte,
Brazil) and Galería Escritori de Arte Caribé (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil).
1995 Created a series of pieces for the Spanish television program A Stroll Through Time.
Designed an edition of sculptures for the Catalan Radio and Television 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, which would be presented to the city for the 1996 Olympic Games.
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, GA (EEUU).
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) of public work Mythical
Door.
Created logos (in marble,iron and bronze) and furniture for the set of the new CNN program in Spanish.
Exhibition of drawings in Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona).
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.
Began to work on what would be a collection of works about Africa.
Individual exhibition in Galería Trece (Ventalló, Girona)
1998 Created cast iron sculpture Femininity for Villanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona).
Created collection of jewelry Agua for the exhibition Joyas de Escultor, (Vilarobau, Girona).
Individual exhibition in Zoellner Arts Center, Leigh University (Bethlehem, PA, EEUU).
1999 Created sculpture Mediteranean for Al Campo in iron, steel and Carrara marble.
Presentation of works inspired in Africa and his book Africa designed by Bassat Ogilvy and with
commentaries by Lluis Bassat, Manuel Vásquez Montalbán and Joaquim Maria Puyal, in the Estudi la Seca.
Designed new trophies for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.
Individual exhibition in Galería de Rosa Pous (Girona).
2000 Individual exhibition in Saks Fifth Avenue, Atlanta (GA, EEUU).
2001 Created public work for Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona) in iron commemorating their independence.
Created public work for El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) an homage to the president Lluis Companys in
commemoration of his execution.
Individual exhibition in Galería Trece (Ventalló, Girona).
Individual exhibition Galería Fabrice Galvani (Toulouse, France).
2002 Coordinated and participated in the second symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat with
guest sculptors from Italy and the United States.
Individual exhibition in Galeria Claudia (Houston, TX, EEUU).
2003 Completed and installed public sculpture titled Empremta i Matriu of Carrara marble in Viladecans
(Barcelona).
Installed public sculpture in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) titled Dialog.
Created sculpture Maxi Torso for the headquarters of Roche Diagnostics (Barcelona).
Designed and made trophies for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.
2004 Inauguration of his new studio-workshop and exhibition of recent large format works in Saus (Girona).
Designed trophies for the Regata Almirante Conde de Barcelona.
Finished working on his series Africa and began focusing exclusively on his series The Old Testament.
2005 Exhibition of Africa in Espai Volart of the Fundación Privada Vila-Casas, (Barcelona).
Created public work Inicial in black Zimbabwe granite for Omnium Finance, (Toulouse, France).
2006 Exhibition in Franklin Bowles Gallery, (New York,EEUU).
Created public work Dialog II in Roman travertine for Florida Atlantic University, (Jupiter , FL, EEUU).
2007 Exhibition of sculptures and drawings from the series Africa in Gallery Cyprus Art; San Feliu de Boada,
(Girona).
Exhibited large and medium format pieces of Africa in Franklin Bowles Gallery in San Francisco (CA,EEUU)
Created public work Dorso di Pigro in Bardiglio marble for the ciy of Stresa (Lago Maggiore, Italy).
Installed sculpture in large format The Tree of Knowledge in iron and aluminium for the city of Salt
(Girona).
2008 Exhibition of large scale drawings and medium and small format sculptures in Fundación Josep Niebla,
(Girona).
Bassat Ogilvy design and edit his book The Old Testament.
Selected Individual Exhibitions:
1974 • Galería Lleonart (Barcelona).
1976 • Galería Lleonart (Barcelona).
1976 • Fundazione Pagani (Milán)
1978 • First individual exhibition in Belgium (Kunscentrum Vaalbek).
1978 • Galería Tolmo (Toledo).
1978 • Niavaran Cultural Center, (Teherán, Iran).
1979 • Galería Tom Maddock (Barcelona).
1979 • Galería Lleonart (Barcelona).
1979 • Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar).
1979 • Galería Ferrari (Brescia).
1979 •Exhibits included engravings created at the Cité International des Arts (Paris, France)
1980 • Galería Souto (Orense)
1980 • Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar).
1980 • Galería Edén Mar (Gerona).
1981 • Galería Cisne (Madrid).
1981 • Galería Lleonart (Barcelona).
1981 • Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar).
1981 • Galería AB (Granollers).
1982 • Galería Época (Barcelona).
1982 • Galería Castro (La Coruña).
1982 • Galería Cau Serrat 1786 (Tossa de Mar).
1982 • Galería Palafrugell Art (Girona).
1982 • Galeria Roura Cava (Sitges).
1983 • Galería Lleonart (Barcelona).
1983 • Galería Academia (Barcelona).
1985 • Presentation of recent works in his studio-gallery in Barcelona.
1985 •Awarded the prize for the 1st Biennal de Art, Futbol Club Barcelona.
1986 • Presentation of recent work in his studio-gallery (Barcelona).
1987 • Carrara en Nueva York, Galería Lavaggi (New York).
1987 • Serie-Disseny (Barcelona).
1987 • Presentation of his first book in Serie-Disseny (Barcelona).
1988 • Galería Sant Jordi (Barcelona).
1990 • Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona) Exhibition and presentation of his second book.
1991 • Galería Sadalla (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil) Exhibition and presentation of his third book.
1992 • Galería Espaço Escultural (Sâo Paulo).
1993 • Galería DETURSA (Madrid).
1993 • Santa Apollonia Art Centre, (Venice, Biennale di Venezia).
1994 • Aerospace Cultural Centre (Toulouse, France).
1994 • Galería Palau (Girona).
1994 • Museum of Contemporary Art (Sâo Paulo).
1994 • AM Gallery (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
1994 • Galería Escritori de Arte Caribé (Sâo Paulo).
1996 • Exhibition of drawings in Galería Maria Salvat (Barcelona)
1997 • Galería Trece (Ventalló, Girona).
1998 • Zoellner Arts Center, Leigh University (Bethlehem, PA).
1999 • Galería de Rosa Pous (Girona).
1999 • Presentation of works inspired by Africa and his book Africa in the Estudi la Seca (Barcelona).
2000 • Saks Fifth Avenue, Atlanta (Georgia, EEUU).
2001 • Galería Trece (Ventalló, Girona).
2001 • Galería Fabrice Galvani (Toulouse, France).
2002 • Galleria Claudia (Houston, TX).
2004 • Presentaion of works inspired by Africa and his book Africa in the Estudi la Seca (Barcelona).
2005 • Espai Volart, Fundacion Privada Vila Casas (Barcelona).
2006 • Franklin Bowles Gallery (New York, NY, EE.UU.).
2007 • Cyprus Art (Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona).
2007 • Franklin Bowles Gallery (San Francisco, CA, EE.UU.).
2008 • Fundación Josep Niebla (Girona)
Selected Group Shows:
1976 • Galería Arturo Ramón (Barcelona)
1976 • Pinoteca (Tossa de Mar)
1977 • Grupo Spazio (Carrara, Italy).
1977 • Mostra de Nicola; Mostra in Marmo, (Pietra Santa, Italy) .
1977 • Galería Laietana (Barcelona)
1978 • Awarded critic´s prize in the III Biennale in Arese, II Rasegna Internazionalle di Scultura e• Pintura Brescia, Italy)
1978 • Mostra di Scultura all´aperto a Porto Venere (La Spezia, Italy)
1978 • Mostra d´Escultors Catalans, Galería Serrallonga (Barcelona)
1980 • IV Biennale di Arese, (Monza, Italy)
1983 • Exhibited in America for the first time in Los Angeles and New York.
1983 • 10th Exhibition of the Luigi Corsanini Studio (Carrara, Italy)
1983 • Galería AB (Granollers)
1986 • Scultura Internazionale, Castello Malaspina (Massa, Italy)
1986 • Scultura Simposio y Mostra (Alessandria, Italy)
1987 • Galería Art Contemporáneo, ARCO 87, (Geneva, Switzerland).
1989 • Organized symposium Sculpture in the Street in El Prat de Llobregat, with three important invited sculptors, creating large-scale works.
1997 • II Joyas de Escultor (Vilarobau, Girona).
1999 • Created series of furniture for Mob Art, as part of the Primavera del Disseny (Barcelona)
2001 • Batecs de Memoria, Museum of Catalonian History (Barcelona).
2002 • Coordinated and participated in the second symposium Sculpture in the Street , El Prat de Llobregat.
2002 • II Symposium of Sculpture in the Street, (El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona)
2002 • Art Nimes (Nimes,France)
2002 • Espace Languedoc-Roussillon, Hôtel de Région (Montpellier, France)
2003 • L´Art et l´Arène (Toulouse (France)
2003 • Exposició d´Escultura de Gran Format (Sant Feliu de Guixols. Girona
2004 • Rojo , Km7 Espai d´arte (Girona)
2005 • Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta (Barcelona)
2006 • KM7 Espai d’ Arte (Girona)
2007 • Fundació Josep Niebla (Girona)
2008 • KM7 Espai d’ Arte (Girona)
2008 • Feria de Milano (Milano, Italy)
2009 • “Dones, Donetes i Donasses: una visió”, Atrium Torroella, (Torroella de Montgrí, Girona).
Public Works:
1976 • Monument to Coronel Sanfeliu, Cast bronze, 2,5m x 1,5m x 1,5m, El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
1984 • Blanca, Carrara marble, 1,60m x 0,83m x 0,32m, Hamburg Saar (Germany).
1986 • Mini-Maxi Torso, Carrara marble, 2,30m high, (Alexandria, Italy).
1988 • Bird Spirit, Cararra marble, 7m x 14m x 11m, Uriach Laboratories (Barcelona).
1989 • Mini-Maxi Torso, Carrara marble, 3m x 2m x 0,60m, City of El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
1991 • Triangular Personage, bronze (Sâo Pâulo, Brazil).
1993 • Porta al Cafetal, Granite and iron, Nestle; (Girona) in commemoration of their 25th anniversary.
1994 • The Orient, Calatorao marble and iron, 2,55m x 1,70m x 0,85m, Salvat Laboratories (Barcelona).
1995 • Art and Science, Bassalt and iron, 5m x 1,16m x 0,45m, Plaça del Dr. Reventós (Barcelona).
1996 • Dance of Peace,Georgia marble, 7,50m dia. x 3m high, Fulton County Courthouse (Atlanta, GA, EEUU).
1996 • Covering Spaces, Corten steel and bronze, 3m x 3m x 0,60m, University of Georgia,(Athens, GA EE.UU.)
1996 • Mythical Door, Corten steel, 11m x 5,60m x 3,20m, City of Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona).
1997 • Brother-Brotherhood, granite and iron, 3,30m x 2,40m x 0,60m, Col•legi La Salle Bonanova (Barcelona).
1998 • Femininity, Cast iron, 3m x 0,60m x 0,36m, City of Vilanova i la Geltrú; (Barcelona).
1999 • Mediterránea, iron, steel and Carrara marble, 13m x 7m x 3m, Alcampo; Sant Boi (Barcelona).
2001 • El Bolo, iron, City of Sant Feliu de Codines (Barcelona).
2001 • Lluis Companys, Corten steel and cast iron, 1,70m x 1,10m x 0,60m, Parliament of Catalunya (Barcelona).
2001 • Lluis Companys, Corten steel and cast iron , 2m x 1,80m, City of El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
2003 • Dialog, Iron and Roman travertine, 12m x 3,50m x 1,50m,City of El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona).
2003 • Empremta i Matriu, Carrara marble, 4m x 13m x 1,5m, City of Viladecans (Barcelona).
2003 • Maxi Torso, Spanish Travertine and iron, 1,89m x 1,33m x 0,24m, Roche Diagnostics (Barcelona).
2005 • Initial, Black Zimbabwe granite and Carrara marble, 4,50m x 1,45m x 0,65m, Omnium Finance (Toulouse,France)
2005 • Horizonte Urbano. Carrara marble, Bardiglio marble, aluminium and iron, 4m x 4,20m x 0,30m, Construccions Riera, (Barcelona)
2006 • Dialog II, Roman travertine, 2,73m x 1,55m x 0.84m, Florida Atlantic University, (Jupiter, FL, EE.UU.)
2007 • Tree of Knowledge, Iron and aluminium, 10m x 10m x 0.95m, City of Salt (Girona)
2007 • Dorso di Pigro, Bardiglio Marble, 3.40m x 2.27m x 0.61m, City of Stresa (Lago Maggiore, Italy).
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