MANUEL NERI
Born Sanger, CA 1930
Died Benicia, CA 2021
EDUCATION
1956–58 California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
1951–56 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1951–52 University of California, Berkeley, CA
1949–50 San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 The Figure in Relief, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2007 Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Manuel Neri, Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York, NY
Manuel Neri: Figure in Relief, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2005 University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Manuel Neri, Palpable Tensions, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Artists’ Books/The Collaborative Process, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Collaboration and the Creative Process: Artists' Books by Manuel Neri and Mary Julia Klimenko, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Japonais: Sculpture & Paintings on Paper, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
2001 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
1997-98 Early Work, 1953–1978, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
1997 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
San Marco Art Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
Recent Marble Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1996–99 A Sculptor’s Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO; Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
1996 Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1995 Manuel Neri: Classical Expressions, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Master Artist Tribute III, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1993 Manuel Neri: Painted and Unpainted, Dia Center for the Arts, Bridgehampton, NY
Drawings and Sculpture, University of Alabama Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 She Said: 'I Tell You It Doesn't Hurt Me', Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Manuel Neri: Drawings, Part I, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Manuel Neri: Bronzes, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
San Marco Art Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1989 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Manuel Neri: Plaster, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and, Scottsdale, AZ
1988 Manuel Neri, A Personal Selection, Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1987 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
1986 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1984 Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC
California State University Art Gallery, Chico, CA
Gimpel-Hanover & Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zurich, Switzerland
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1983 Manuel Neri, Sculpture and Drawings, Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC
1982 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Manuel Neri: Sculpture/Drawings, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Manuel Neri: Drawings and Bronzes, The Art Museum Association, (traveled through ‘83)
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1980 Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Drawings, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Manuel Neri: Drawings, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Grossmont College Gallery, El Cajon, CA
1979 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1977 Manuel Neri: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, ArtSpace/Open Ring, E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1976 Neri Sculpture, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, New York, NY
The Remaking of Mary Julia: Sculpture in Progress, 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA
Manuel Neri, Sculptor, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1975 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1974 Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Manuel Neri: Sculpture and Installations, Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
1972 Sacramento State College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1971 University of Nevada Art Gallery, Reno, NV
Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1970 St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1969 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1968 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1966 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1964 Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1963 New Mission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1960 Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1959 Spatsa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1957 The Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Dilexi Gallery: The Early Years, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 Bay Area Treasure Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture, International Sculpture Center (ISC)
1995 Honorary Doctorate, Corcoran School of Art
1992 Honorary Doctorate, California College of Arts and Crafts
1990 Honorary Doctorate, San Francisco Art Institute
1985 Award of Honor for Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture, San Francisco Arts Commission
1982 Academy Institute Award in Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1980 Individual Artist Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1979 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1970–75 Sculpture Grant, University of California at Davis
1965 National Art Foundation Award
1963 82nd Annual Sculpture Award, San Francisco Art Institute
1959 Nealie Sullivan Award, California School of Fine Arts
1957 Purchase Award in Painting, Oakland Art Museum
1953 First Award in Sculpture, Oakland Art Museum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Anderson, Maxwell L., and Bruce Nixon, "Manuel Neri: The Figure in Relief," Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT
2005 Nixon, Bruce, "Manuel Neri: Artists' Books / The Collaborative Process," Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT
1996 Cowart, Jack, "Manuel Neri: Early Work 1953-1978," Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT
1989 Neri, Manuel, "Manuel Neri: Plasters," San Francisco Museum, San Francisco, CA
1984 Restany, Pierre, "Manuel Neri," J. Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Manuel Neri
Untitled (Standing Female Figure), 1987
plaster, burlap, acrylic, wood, styrofoam, and steel
70 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.