| 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 |