Born: 1925, Madrid, Spain (came to America in 1942)

EDUCATION

Museum Art School, BFA, Portland, OR 1951
Studied lithography, etching, silkscreen under William Givler and Louis Bunce 1947-1951
Apprentice to sculptor Frederick Littman, Portland, OR 1945-1950
Studied woodcutting and engraving with Lloyd Reynolds, Portland, OR 1947

AWARDS

Governor’s Award for the Arts, State of Oregon 1991
First National Bank of Oregon, Portland, OR, Award 1975
Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Award 1958, 1963
Norman Davis Purchase Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1961
Oregon Chapter, AIA, Fine Arts Award 1961
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Cabell Award, Oregon Ceramic Studio, Portland, OR 1953
Urban League, Equal Opportunity Award, Portland, OR

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

“Shepherds,” Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1999
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1986,1992,1996,1998
Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987, 1988
“Drawing Retrospective,” Salem Art Association, Salem, OR 1988
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1985
Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Oranges/Sardines, Los Angeles, CA 1982
Portland State University, Portland, OR 1981
Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR 1981
Governor’s Ceremonial Office, State Capitol, Salem, OR 1981
Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, OR 1979
Corvallis Art Association, Corvallis, OR 1975, 1978
Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1976
Statewide Services, University of Oregon Museum of Art 1969
Southwest Community College, Coos Bay, OR 1968
Westhills Fellowship, Portland, OR 1968
Ten Year Retrospective, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1967
Ceye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1962
Image Gallery, Portland, OR 196 New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1960
Artist Gallery, Seattle, WA 1958
College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1957
Reed College, Portland, OR 1955, 1956, 1958
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1952, 1958

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Big Blocks,” North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2002
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002
“The Visual Chronicles of Portland (A Timeline Tour),” North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2001
“Early Works by Oregon Artists, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2000
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA 1998
“Sculpture Exposition,” Clackamas Community College, Molalla, OR 1998
“Prints and Drawings,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
“Notes From All Over: Messages From The Interior,” Hoffman Gallery,
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR 1997
“Manuel Izquierdo/ John R. Stahl, ”Cannon Beach Art Association, Cannon Beach, OR 1996
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995
“Carved and Incised: Contempory Block Prints,” Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA 1995
“Mountain High X,” Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR 1995
“Jet Dreams: Art of the Fifties in the Northwest,” Tacoma Art Museum, WA 1995
“Portland Collects,” Portland Art Museum, OR 1993
“Then and Now: Work by Artists Represented in the Permanent Collection,” Salem Art Association, Salem, OR 1993
“Visiting Artists Series,” Art Center, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR 1993
“Northwest Art: A Narrative/Figurative View,” Valley Museum of Northwest Art,
La Conner, WA 1993
Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR 1992
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 1992
“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1991
Northwest Print Council Print Portfolio, traveling exhibition 1989
“Forty Oregon Printmakers,” Oregon State Arts Commission (catalogue) 1988
“Northwest Artists,” Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986
Pacific Northwest College of Art 75th Anniversary Portfolio, Wentz Gallery, Portland, OR 1985
Mt. Hood Community College, Art Mall Gallery, Gresham, OR 1980, 1983
Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA 1983
Northwest Prints Inaugural Exhibition of the Northwest Print Council (traveled one year) 1982
Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1982
Wesleyan International Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 1980
“Regional Photography and Printmaking,” traveling exhibition, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 1979-1980
Print Exhibition, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1979
Yellowstone Print Club Invitational Show, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT 1978
Northwest Sculptors, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1975
Sculpture Invitational, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1975
Sculpture for Public Places, Portland Art Museum, OR 1974
Art of the Pacific Northwest, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C 1973-1974
Summer Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, OR 1971
Artists Equity Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Portland, OR 1968
Westhills Fellowship, Portland, OR 1968
Artists West of the Mississippi, Denver Art Museum, CO 1966
Sculpture Invitational, Erb Memorial Student Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1965-1967
Pacific Coast Invitational, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA 1963
Ceye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1962
Image Gallery, Portland, OR 1962
New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1960
Artists of Oregon, Ruthmore Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1959
Oregon Centennial Paintings and Sculpture, Portland, OR 1959
National Ceramic Sculptural Invitational, Oregon Ceramic Studio, Portland, OR 1958

COMMISSIONS

Catholic Center, Portland, OR
Department of Corrections, State of Oregon, Salem, OR
Esco Corporation, Portland, OR
Far West Federal Bank, Portland, OR
Far West Federal Bank, Tacoma, WA
Harsch Investment Corp., Portland, OR
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR
Oregon Centennial Forestry Pavilion, A.I.A. Pavilion, Oregon Centennial, 1959
NIKE, Portland, OR
Northwest District Association, Portland, OR
One Main Place Building Lobby, Portland, OR
Oregon Dental Services Plaza, Portland, OR
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Portland Development Commission, Portland, OR
Pettygrove Square, City of Portland, OR
Schnitzer Family Center,
Temple Beth Israel, Portland, OR
St. Mary’s Catholic High School, Portland, OR
St. Philip Neri Church, Portland, OR
Summit View Fountain, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Muserum, Tacoma, WA
U.S. National Bank, Baker, OR
U.S. National Bank, Salem, OR
Urban League, Equal Opportunity Award, Portland, OR
Vancouver Library, Vancouver, WA
Wallace Park, Portland, OR
Winkler Development, Portland, OR

COLLECTIONS

Cannon Beach Arts Association, Canon Beach, OR
Catholic Center, Portland, OR
City of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, OR
City of Portland, Parks Department, OR
Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR
Claremont Resort Hotel, Oakland, CA
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Department of Corrections, State of Oregon
Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Esco Corporation, Portland, OR
Far West Federal Bank. Portland, OR
Far West Federal Bank, Tacoma, WA
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA
First National Bank of Oregon, Portland, OR
Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Harsch Investment Corp., Portland, OR
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Northwest District Association, Portland, OR
One Main Place, Portland, OR
Oregon Dental Services, Portland, OR
Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, OR
Oregon State University, Valley Library, Corvallis, OR
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Pihas, Schmidt & Westerdahl, Portland, OR
Philadelphia Art Museum, PA
Portland Art Museum, OR
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Portland Development Commission, Portland, OR
Portland State University, OR
Reed College, Portland, OR
Rochester Art Museum, NY
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
Santa Barbara Art Museum, CA
Schnitzer Family Center, Temple Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum, WA
St. Mary’s Catholic High School, Portland OR
St. Philip Neri church, Portland, OR
Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, Portland, OR
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
University of Portland, OR
U.S. National Bank, Baker, OR
U.S. National Bank, Portland, OR
Vancouver Library, Vancouver, WA
West One Bank, Portland, OR
Winkler Development, Portland, OR

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Professor of Art, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1951-1997
Visiting Professor, University of California at Davis 1982
Instructor, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1974
Instructor, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 1956-1960
Artist-in-Residence, Reed College, Portland, OR 1954-1956
Member of The Metropolitan Arts Commission 1987-88

PUBLICATIONS

Haught, Nancy, “Quiet Places,” The Oregonian, September, 2000
Row, D.K., “Izquierdo on Izquierdo,” The Oregonian, September 1998
Allan, Lois, Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia 1997
Rennie, Doug, “City Beckons: Stray Awhile,” The Oregonian, March 1997
“Feature: Cover Art,” Oregon Symphony, January 1997
Ellison, Victoria, “3-D Calligraphy from a Master Sculptor,” The Oregonian, November 1997
“Laura Russo Gallery,” Our Town, November 1996
Kangas, Matthew, “Vigorous Elegance,” Manuel Izquierdo: Recent Sculpture, 1996
Friedman, Ann, “Carving a Niche,” The Bellingham Herald, August 1995
Johns, Barbara, Jet Dreams, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, exhibition catalogue, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA 1995
Love, Glen A., The World Begins Here: An Anthology of Oregon Short Fiction, Oregon State University Press 1993
Weinstein, Joel, “Izquierdo Transforms Woodcuts into Fantasy,” The Oregonian, February 1993
Gragg, Randy, “Galleries,” The Oregonian, December 1992
Gragg, Randy, “Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, December 1992
Barry Debby, “Manuel Izquierdo, Point of Reference,” NW Gallery Art Magazine, 1990
Chieger, Bob, “Public Art Northwest.” Northwest Examiner, July 1987
Johnson, Barry, “Critic’s Choice,” The Oregonian, 1986
Johnson, Barry, “Critic’s Choice: A&E,” The Oregonian, 1986
Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR 1986
“It Just Parachuted In,” The Oregonian, April 1987
Guenther, Bruce, 50 Northwest Artist’s Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA 1983
Burress, Charles, “A Touch of Northwest Class at The Claremont,” The Oregonian, July 1983

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