1942

Born in Valencia, Spain

1957

Visit the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia

1958

leaves school to devote himself entirely to painting

1964

Equipo Crónica founded with Joan Antonio Toledo and Rafael Solbes. Toledo is leaving a year later the group, but Valdés and Solbes continued working together until the death of Solbes in November 1981

1965 - 1981  

in connection with Equipo Crónica Valdes is in more than 60 solo and numerous group exhibitions

1981

Valdes developed his own distinctive style

1988

goes to New York to live there for a year

1990

lives and works in New York and in Valencia

2001

moves into a new studio in Madrid

2010

Monumental Sculpture on Broadway, Broadway NY, USA

new works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

Chateau Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

Liebhaberstücke. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Mülheimer Privatsammlungen, Kunstmuseum Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany

2009

Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain

Santander, Donostia, Madrid, Spain

Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany

2008

Galería Aurora, Murcia, Spain

Fundacíon La Caixa, La Coruna, Spain

Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA