1924 | Born in in San Sebastian/Basque country |
1943–1946 | Studies of architecture at the University of Madrid, Spain |
1947 | Beginning of his studies at the private art academy Circulo de |
1948-1949 | Move to Paris and first exhibitions in the "Salons de Mai" |
1951 | Return to Spain |
| 1954 | A group of Franciscan monks commission him to design the four doors of their basilica at Aranzazu (Basque country) |
| 1958 | Awarded the prize of the Graham Foundation, Chicago |
1959 | First travel to the USA and first participation in the documenta in Kassel |
1960 | Beginning of a friendship with Giacometti Awarded the Kandinsky Prize by Nina Kandinsky |
1964 | Encounter with Joan Miro Awarded the Carnegie Prize for his sculpture at Pittsburgh International, Pittsburgh |
1971 | Member of the "Akademie der Bildenden Künste" in Munich |
1971-1980 | Completion and installation of sculptures consisting of steel, concrete and alabaster in Düsseldorf, San Sebastian, Madrid, Vitoria, Frankfurt |
1983 | Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London |
1984 | Founding of the Chillida Foundation |
1986-1993 | Installation and inauguration of sculptures in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Guernica, Dallas/Texas, Gijon, Sevilla, Münster und Cologne |
2000 | Opening of the museum "Chillida-Leku" in Zabalanka and handover of the steel sculpture Berlin for the new Chancellery |
| 2002 | Deceased in San Sebastián |
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