Born Mexico City, August 19, 1938
Died Venice, California, December 27, 2008
Education San Jose State College, 1961-1963
  San Francisco Art Institute, 1963-1964
   
   
   
Civic Monuments
   
2002 The Great Bronze Doors, for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
2001 "Prologue," addition to the FDR Memorial - Washington DC
1999 Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial - Kansas City, Missouri
1997 Duke Ellington Monument - New York City
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial - Washington D.C.
1994 Plumed Serpent - City of San Jose, California
1986 Joe Louis Memorial - Detroit, Michigan
1984 Olympic Gateway - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, California
   
   
   
Public and Private Commissions
   
2007 "Blessed Basil Moreau" Basilica of Notre Dame University, Indiana
2006 "Glass Panels," School of Architecture, University of Southern California
2005 "Garden Panels," Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Unobskey, San Francisco, California
2003 "Torso," Rodeo Drive, City of Beverly Hills, California
1994 "Door," Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Unobskey, San Francisco, California
1991 "Source Figure," First Interstate World Center, Los Angeles, California
1990 "Wall," Andy Williams Residence, Branson, Missouri
1987 "San Jose Fountain," U.S. Courthouse/Federal Bldg., San Jose, California
1985 "Kentucky Derby Plaque," Kentucky Derby Festival
1984 "Column," 72 Market St. Restaurant, Venice, California
1983 "Column," Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, California
  "Four Crocker Fountains," Los Angeles, California
1981 "Retrospective Column," Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1980 "Garden Pool," Michael's Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA
1978 "Dance Columns," Wright-Runsted Building, Seattle, Washington
  UCLA Murphy Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles, CA
  "Dance Door," for Marcia & Frederick Weisman Residence, Beverly Hills
  Donated to the Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles, CA
   
   
   
Architectural Projects
   
1995 Huston-Graham House, Venice, California  & adjacent studio in progress
  Design of UCLA Doumani Sculpture Garden, California
1994 Santa Fe City Center Project, Mexico City
  Co-Design with Jon Jerde,  for Reichman Intl. (unbuilt)
1979 Doumani House, Venice, California
   
   
   
Award & Coin Design
   
2006 "Spirit of California" Award
2003-present American Jazz Museum Award
  Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award
  "Lo Maximo" Award, Homeboy Industries
2001 Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award
2001-present Carousel of Hope Award
1997-present The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
  The Latin Jazz Award
1994-present The California Governors’ Award for the Arts
  The John Huston Award for the Artists Rights Foundation
1985-present National Medal of Arts, presented by the President of the United States
  Spirit of Liberty Award, presented by the People for the American Way
1984 Olympic Silver Dollar for the United States Mint ($4 million minted)
   
   
   
Public Art Direction
   
1987 Ronald Reagan Building, Los Angeles, California with Beckett Development
1985 Mitsui Bank Tower, Home Savings Bank Tower, Los Angeles, California, for A.C. Martin Architects
   
   
   
Recipient
   
2005 Hope of Los Angeles Award, Latino Heritage Month, City of Los Angeles
2004 Estrellas de Nuestra Cultura Award, Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles
  Lifetime Achievement Award of the 24th Roses and Lemon Awards, Downtown Breakfast Club
2003 Commander of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1993 ACLU Freedom of Speech Award
  California Governors’ Award for the Arts
   
   
   
Selected Public Collections
   
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Kunstmuseum, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
Museum of Art, Rotterdam, Holland
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
   
   
   
Board of Trustee
   
2000-present Advisory Board, Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles
1998-present San Francisco Art Institute, California
1997-present Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Santa Monica, California
1993-2000 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1985-present Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, California
   
   
   
Selected Solo Exhibitions
   
2008 Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2007 Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California
2006 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
  Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2005 Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
  Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
2004 Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
2001 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
2008 Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1999 Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan
  City of Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
  Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
  Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
1998 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, California
  Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1997 Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
  Galeria OMR, Mexico City
1996 Gagosian Gallery, New York
  Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, California
  Remba Gallery, West Hollywood, California
  Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles
  Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
  San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
  Gagosian Gallery, New York
1993 Building Arts Gallery, Venice, California
  FIAC'93, Galerie Neuendorf, Grand-Palais, Paris, France
1992 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  48 Market Street Gallery, Venice, California
1991 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles
  Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt, Germany
  Galerie Fahnenmann, Berlin, Germany
  Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles
  48 Market Street, Venice, California
1989 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1988 Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1985 48 Market Street, Fragments Exhibition, Venice, California
1984 Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
  ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles
1982 Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
  Joslyn Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
  Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1981 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  School of Visual Arts, New York
  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1980 Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1979 Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany
  Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York
1978 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1977 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
  John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1976 Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
  Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
  Gimpel Fils, London, England
1975 Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  Felicity Samuel Gallery, London, England
  Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
  Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Basel Art Fair
  Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1974 Felicity Samuel Gallery, London, England
  Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
  Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
  Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
  Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
  Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
1972 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas,Texas
  Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany
  Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1971 Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1970 Galerie Mollenhoff, Cologne, Germany
  Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
  Galerie Rene Block, Berlin, Germany
  Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
1969 Kornblee Gallery, New York
  Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1968 Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
  Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
  Kornblee Gallery, New York
1967a Galerie Thelen, Essen, Germany
  Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1966 Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1964 Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, California