| BORN |
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| 1930 |
Sanger, CA |
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| EDUCATION |
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| 1949-50 |
San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA |
| 1951-52 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 1951-56 |
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland |
| 1956-58 |
California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco |
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| TEACHING |
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| 1959-65 |
California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 1963-64 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 1965-90 |
University of California, Davis |
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| GRANTS AND AWARDS |
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| 1953 |
Oakland Art Museum, First Award in Sculpture |
| 1957 |
Oakland Art Museum, Purchase Award in Painting |
| 1959 |
Nealie Sullivan Award, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco |
| 1963 |
San Francisco Art Institute, 82nd Annual Sculpture Award |
| 1965 |
National Art Foundation Award |
| 1970-75 |
University of California at Davis, Sculpture Grant |
| 1979 |
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship |
| 1980 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant |
| 1982 |
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Academy-Institute Award in Art |
| 1985 |
San Francisco Arts Commission, Award of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture |
| 1990 |
San Francisco Art Institute, Honorary Doctorate for Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture |
| 1992 |
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, Honorary Doctorate |
| 1995 |
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, Honorary Doctorate |
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| COMMISSIONS |
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| 1980-82 |
Office of the State Architect, State of California, Commission for marble sculpture Tres Marías for The Bateson Building, Sacramento, CA |
| 1987 |
North Carolina National Bank, Commission for marble sculpture Española for NCNB Tower, Tampa, FL |
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The Linpro Company, Commission for marble sculpture Passage for the Christina Gateway Project, Wilmington, DE |
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U.S. General Services Administration, Commission for marble sculpture Ventana al Pacífico for U.S. Courthouse, Portland, OR |
| 1994 |
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 1957 |
The 6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June |
| 1959 |
Spatsa Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1960 |
Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 20–July 16 |
| 1963 |
New Mission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Neri Sculpture, July 20–August 17 |
| 1964 |
Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
| 1966 |
Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Neri Sculpture |
| 1968 |
Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1969 |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge |
| 1970 |
St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA |
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San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1971 |
Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno |
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San Francisco Museum of Art, Arts of San Francisco: Manuel Neri, August 6– September 5. Brochure |
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Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri at Quay, November 9–27 |
| 1972 |
Sacramento State College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Work by Manuel Neri, March 22–April 18 |
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Davis Art Center, Davis, CA, Manuel Neri: New Sculpture, October 27–November 16 |
| 1974 |
Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, February 13–March 8 |
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Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Installations, October 3–23 |
| 1975 |
Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, April 1–26 |
| 1976 |
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, New York, Neri Sculpture, March 16–April 10 |
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80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA, The Remaking of Mary Julia: Sculpture in Process, May 4–15 |
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The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Manuel Neri, Sculptor, Sept. 21–Nov. 28. Travel: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, March 12–May 1, 1977. Catalogue |
| 1977 |
ArtSpace/Open Ring, E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Manuel Neri: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, July 22–August 20. Catalogue |
| 1979 |
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA, May 15–June 9 |
| 1980 |
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, April 1–30 |
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Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Manuel Neri: Drawings, July 1–31 |
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Grossmont College Gallery, El Cajon, CA, November 10–December 10 |
| 1981 |
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Manuel Neri, January 15–March 1. Catalogue |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, February 7–28. Brochure |
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The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Manuel Neri: Sculpture/Drawings, May 7–June 5 |
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The Art Museum Association, Manuel Neri: Drawings and Bronzes. Travel through 1983: Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA; Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA; Gardiner State University Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; North Dakota State University, Fargo; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX; Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA; Florida International University, Miami; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI; Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO. Brochure |
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, November 17–December 19 |
| 1982 |
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, November 7–27 |
| 1983 |
Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC, Manuel Neri, Sculpture and Drawings, January 26–February 22 |
| 1984 |
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri, Sculpture and Drawings, February 23–March 24 |
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Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC, March 1031 |
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Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, The Human Figure: Sculpture and Drawings by Manuel Neri, March 26–April 13 |
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Gimpel-Hanover & Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zurich, Switzerland, April 16–June 7 |
| 1985 |
Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, October 15–November 12. Catalogue |
| 1986 |
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, February 1–March 1 |
| 1987 |
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, March 14–April 22 |
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San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, November 24–December 22 |
| 1988 |
College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, Manuel Neri, A Personal Selection, April 14–May 21. Brochure |
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, April 28–May 28 |
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James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, October 29–November 27 |
| 1989 |
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, March 10–April 3 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, Manuel Neri, New Works: Marble and Plaster, April 29–May 27 |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Manuel Neri: Plaster, May 25–July 23. Catalogue |
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Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, June 1–July 9 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Manuel Neri: Sculpture of the 1980s, November 18–December 25. Catalogue |
| 1990 |
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, March 21–April 21 |
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Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Manuel Neri: Bronzes, August 10–October 21. Catalogue |
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Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, Manuel Neri: Works on Paper, October 19–November 13 |
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San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, November 15–December 15 |
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Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL, Manuel Neri, December 28–January 23, 1991 |
| 1991 |
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, Manuel Neri, February 2–23 |
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Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, Manuel Neri: Drawings, Part I. 1953–1974, April 7–May 19 |
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Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Manuel Neri, April 12–June 15 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Manuel Neri, June 1–August 31 |
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Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, Manuel Neri: Drawings, Part II. 1974–1991, October 13–December 6 |
| 1992 |
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, March 5–April 4 |
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Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, March 27–May 2 |
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Margulies\Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, May 7–June 11 |
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Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA, She Said: I Tell You It Doesn't Hurt Me, June 5–August 16 |
| 1993 |
Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, January 8–31 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, Manuel Neri, New Work: Marbles, Bronzes and Works on Paper, January 28–March 6 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, February 11–March 9 |
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University of Alabama Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Manuel Neri–Drawings and Sculpture, March 26–May 2 |
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Dia Center for the Arts, Bridgehampton, NY, Manuel Neri: Painted and Unpainted, July 31–September 19. Catalogue |
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Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Manuel Neri: Recent Work, August 31–October 2. Catalogue |
| 1994 |
Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, February 2–23 |
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Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, Manuel Neri: Master Artist Tribute III, November 11–December 23. Catalogue |
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Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, December 2, 1994–January 15, 1995 |
| 1995 |
Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France, Manuel Neri: Sculptures et Dessins, January 21–February 28 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, March 11–April 15 |
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Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri: Recent Drawings, May 23–June 24 |
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Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Manuel Neri: Bronze Sculpture and Drawing, November 10, 1995–January 6, 1996 |
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Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Manuel Neri—Classical Expressions: Sculpture and Drawings, November 16–December 31. Travel: Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, February 15–March 16, 1996; Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, July 5–30, 1996. Catalogue |
| 1996 |
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, Manuel Neri: Recent Drawings and Sculpture, February 9–March 7 |
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Manuel Neri: A Sculptor’s Drawings. Travel: Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, June 1–August 11; Academy of Art College, San Francisco, April 13–May 17, 1997; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE, August 22–October 26, 1997; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, February 1–March 29, 1998; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, April 24–June 21, 1998. Catalogue |
| 1997 |
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Manuel Neri: Early Work 1953–1978, February 1–May 5. Travel: San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, June 7– September 14; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, January 10– May 3, 1998. Catalogue |
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Manuel Neri: Recent Marble Sculpture, February 1–May 5. Brochure |
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San Marco Art Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, Manuel Neri, March 3–29 |
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Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France, Manuel Neri: Sculptures et Dessins, March 18– April 25 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, Manuel Neri, March 22–April 26 |
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Campbell Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri, May 27–June 28 |
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Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Manuel Neri: Recent Works, June 15– September 7 |
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Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, Manuel Neri, June 30–July 31 |
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Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Manuel Neri: Recent Drawings, Bronze and Marble Sculpture, November 8, 1997–January 3, 1998 |
| 1998 |
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, March 7–31 |
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Loggia, 1998 Decorators’ Show House, Crosby Estate, Hillsborough, CA, April 26– May 24 |
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Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA, Manuel Neri, May 3–July 2 |
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Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, October 21, 1998–January 24, 1999 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Manuel Neri, November 14–December 31 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York,, Manuel Neri – Recent Work, December 1, 1998– January 9, 1999 |
| 1999 |
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA, Manuel Neri: Sculpture, February 6–March 2 |
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Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Manuel Neri: Sculpture & Drawings, May 19–June 19 |
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Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Manuel Neri, September 11–October 16 |
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Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV, Manuel Neri: Drawings and Sculpture, October 14–November 6 |
| 2000 |
Campbell Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, February 15–March 20 |
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Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, Manuel Neri: Recent Works, July 7–August 1 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, Manuel Neri: Recent Bronzes, Marbles, Plasters and Drawings, September 5–October 26 |
| 2001 |
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA, Manuel Neri, April 7–May 1 |
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Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri, Paintings and Sculpture: 1958–1970, October 4–27. Catalogue |
| 2002 |
B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA, Manuel Neri/Japonais: Sculpture and Paintings on Paper, May 2–June 1 |
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Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Manuel Neri: Sculpture/Drawings, November 1– December 28 |
| 2003 |
Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Manuel Neri—Metamorphosis: Recent Figurative Sculpture, February 6–March 29. Catalogue |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY, March 22–April 19 |
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Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, June 29–July 28 |
| 2004 |
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Collaboration and the Creative Process: Artists' Books by Manuel Neri and Mary Julia Klimenko, April 16–June 4 |
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Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, Manuel Neri: Recent Marble Sculpture, June 3– July 31 |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 1955 |
The 6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1957 |
The 6 Gallery, San Francisco, Bruce McGaw/Manuel Neri, January |
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