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- 1930
- Born Sanger, CA
- 2021
- Died Sacramento, CA
- 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 (also ‘05, ‘98, ‘95, ‘93, ‘89)
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME
- Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also ‘05, ‘04, ‘03, ‘01)
- 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
- 2004
- Collaboration and the Creative Process: Artists' Books by Manuel Neri and Mary Julia Klimenko, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
- 2002
- Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (also ‘00, ‘98, ‘97, ‘95, ‘93, ‘91, ‘89, ‘86, ‘82, ‘81)
- Japonais: Sculpture & Paintings on Paper, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
- Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA (also ‘99, ‘97, ‘95)
- 2000
- Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID (also ‘97)
- Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also ‘99, ‘97, ‘95, ‘93)
- 1999
- Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
- 1998
- Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA
- Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
- 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 (also ‘90)
- Recent Marble Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris, France
- 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
- 1994
- Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO (also ‘92)
- Master Artist Tribute III, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
- Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (also ‘92, ‘90)
- 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 (also ‘90)
- 1992
- She Said: 'I Tell You It Doesn't Hurt Me', Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA (also ‘92, ‘90, ‘88, ‘84, ‘81)
- John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (also ‘90, ‘88, ‘84, ‘81)
- 1991
- Manuel Neri: Drawings, Part I, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
- Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 1990
- Manuel Neri: Bronzes, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, 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
- 1988
- Manuel Neri, A Personal Selection, Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
- James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1987
- Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
- 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
- 1983
- Manuel Neri, Sculpture and Drawings, Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC
- 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)
- 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 (also ‘71,‘68, ‘66)
- 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
- 1970
- St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA
- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- 1969
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- 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
- 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
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