BERNAR VENET BORN: 1941 BORN: IN CHÂTEAU-ARNOUX-SAINT-AUBAN, EDUCATION: LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK 1958-59 STUDIED ART AT LA VILLA THIOLE, NICE, 1955-58 STUDIED AT THE ECOLE LIBRE AND GROUPE SCOLAIRE PAUL LAPIE, SAINT- AUBON, SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2013 ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, USA SCULPTURES IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND 84 ARCS / DISORDER, JARDINS DU PALAIS DE PHARO, MARSEILLE BERNAR VENET: PAINTINGS. HOMAGE TO AL-KHAWARIZMI, ABBAZIA DI SAN GREGORIO, VENICE, ITALY LES ORIGINES, MUSÉE REGARDS DE PROVENCE, MARSEILLE, 2012 MÜCSARNOK KUNSTHALLE, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND DE SARTHE GALLERY AND LE FRENCH MAY HOST BERNAR VENET: MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES, HONG KONG BERNAR VENET: PAINTINGS: 1967 2010, DE SARTHE GALLERY, HONG KONG GALERIE FORSBLOM, HELSINKI, FINLAND BERNAR VENET IN HELSINKI, FINLANDE ART PLURAL GALLERY, SINGAPORE FLAT (WITH FRANK STELLA), RIFF ART PROJECTS, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (CONT.): FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS & SCULPTURE PARK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA 2011 SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART, SEOUL, KOREA LUDWIG MUSEUM IM DEUTSCHHERRENHAUS, KOBLENZ, GERMANY VENET-VERSAILLES, CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES, CHÂTEAU DE MARLY, MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, VALENCIENNES, BERNAR VENET IN FRANKFURT, JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE UNIVERSITÄT, FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN, GERMANY HÔTEL DES ARTS, TOULON, VON BARTHA GARAGE, BASEL, SWITZERLAND 2010 HERMANN PARK, HOUSTON, TEXAS, IN COLLABORATION WITH ROBERT MCCLAIN GALLERY GALERIE PIÈCE UNIQUE, PARIS, IVAM, VALENCIA, SPAIN, CURATED BY BARBARA ROSE BERNAR VENET: HOMAGE TO SALZBURG, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA LE MONDE DE BERNAR VENET, VENET IN CONTEXT, LES ABATTOIRS, TOULOUSE, 2009 SCHINKEL PAVILLON, IN COLLABORATION WITH GALERIE HAAS & FUCHS, BERLIN, GERMANY PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS (BOZAR), BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ARSENALE NOVISSIMO, 53RD VENICE BIENNALE, VENICE, ITALY GALERIE GUY PIETERS, KNOKKE-HEIST, BELGIUM 2008 BERNAR VENET: SOTHEBY'S AT ISLEWORTH, ISLEWORTH COUNTRY CLUB, ORLANDO, FL EATON FINE ART, WEST PALM BEACH, FL GALERIE VON BARTHA, S-CHANF, SWITZERLAND
FORSBLOM GALERIE, HELSINKI, FINLAND BERNAR VENET IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SCOTT WHITE CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN DIEGO, CA 2007 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA GALLERY HYUNDAI, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA ARTCURIAL, PARIS, BENAR VENET: SCULPTURES IN BORDEAUX, BERNAR VENET: SCULPTURES IN METZ, L'ARSENAL, METZ, WETTERLING GALLERY, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN MUSEUM KUPPERSMUHLE FUR MODERNE KUNST, DUISBURG, GERMANY FISCHERPLATZ GALERIE, ULM, GERMANY 2006 GARY LANGSFORD GALLERY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND MUSEUM/KUNSTHALLE WURTH, KUNZELSAU, GERMANY ROBISCHON GALLERY, DENVER COLORADO SCULPTURES IN FOREST PARK, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WILLIAM SHEARBURN GALLERY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 1994 RETROSPECTIVE, MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO, BOGOTA, COLUMBIA 1993 RETROSPECTIVE, MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN, NICE, 1976 RETROSPECTIVE, LA JOLLA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LA JOLLA, CA 1971 RETROSPECTIVE, NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 BERNAR VENET AT THE PALACE GARDENS, VERSAILLES, 2010 FORM IN TRANSITION: SCULPTORS MAKING PRINTS AND DRAWINGS, SAINT LOUIS MUSEUM OF ART (SLAM), ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SCULPTORS CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF FREDERIK AND LENA MEIJER, FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS & PARK 2009 L'ARTE È UNA PAROLA, GALLERIA IL PONTE FIRENZE, FLORENCE, ITALY VIVRE L'ART: COLLECTION VENET, ESPACE DE L'ART CONCRET, MOUANS- SARTOUX, BLICKACHSEN 7, BAD HOMBURG KURPARK AND CASTLE GARDENS, GERMANY VON ARMAN BIS ANDY WARHOL: DIE NEUEN MEISTERWERKE IM LUDWIG MUSEUM, LUDWIG MUSEUM IM DEUTSCHHERRENHAUS, KOBLENZ, GERMANY TILT, MUSÉE DE L'HOSPICE SAINT-ROCH, ISSOUDUN, ENCUENTROS DE PAMPLONA 72: FIN DE FIESTA DEL ARTE EXPERIMENTAL, MUSEUO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA, MADRID, SPAIN IM KLEINEN FORMAT, GALERIE SCHEFFEL, BAD HOMBURG, GERMANY 2005 MUSÉE DE L'ARLES ET DE LA PROVENCE ANTIQUES, AUTOPORTRAITS, RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, ARLES, 2004 LIGNES INDÉTERMINÉES - L'ESPACE DE LA PERTURBATION, GALERIE JÉRÔME DE NOIRMONT, PARIS, SCULPTURES ON PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 2003 BERNAR VENET :ARCS DEFINED PORTIONS OF CURVES, GALERIE SCHEFFEL AND KULTURZENTRUM ENGLISCHE KIRCHE, BAD HOMBURG, GERMANY BERNAR VENET AUX TUILERIES, JARDIN DES TUILERIES, PARIS, AUTOPORTRAIT, MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET D'ART CONTEMPORAIN (MAMAC), NICE, 2002 ART OMI INTERNATIONAL ART CENTER, NEW YORK, NY CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS,
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT.): 2001 INAUGURATION OF THE CHAPELLE SAINT JEAN, CHÂTEAU-ARNOUX, SALON DU MOBILIER ET DE L'OBJET DESIGN, THE CAROUSSEL DU LOUVRE, PARIS, CENTRE EUROPÉEN D'ACTIONS ARTISTIQUES CONTEMPORAIN, PARIS, 2000 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASÍLIA AND SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS, MUSÉE D ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 1999 BLICKACHSEN 2 SKULPTUREN IM KURPARK, GALERIE SCHEFFEL, BAD HOMBURG, GERMANY 1998-99 L'HYPOTHÈSE DU TABLEAU VOLÉ, MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 1998 GALLERIA MASSIMO MININI, BRESCIA, ITALY DIX ANS DE COMMANDES PUBLIQUES, CENTRE EUROPÉEN D'ACTIONS ARTISTIQUES CONTEMPORAIN, STRASBOURG, SKULPTUREN, GALERIE ORANGERIE-REINZ COLOGNE, GERMANY THE FRENCH CONNECTION - NINE FRENCH ARTISTS LIVING IN NEW YORK, KENT FINE ART, KENT, CT ALEX KATZ AND BERNAR VENET - NEW AND RECENT WORKS, DORFMAN PROJECTS, NEW YORK, NY MUSÉE D ART MODERNE DE ST. ETIENNE, ST. ETIENNE, 1997 BLICKACHSEN SKULPTUREN IM KURPARK, GALERIE SCHEFFEL, BAD HOMBURG, GERMANY INTERNATIONAL 97, SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY MADE IN 1947-1997, CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS, 1992 PUBLIC SCULPTURE, ADACHI-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT.): 1989 ART CONCEPTUEL, MUSÉE DE L'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, PARIS, 1978 FROM NATURE TO ART, FROM ART TO NATURE, VENICE BIENNALE VENICE, ITALY 1977 RECENT WORKS, MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE DE ST-ETIENNE, ST-ETIENNE, 1974-75 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, LONDON, UK XIII BIENAL, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL 1964 SALON COMPARAISONS, MUSÉE DE L'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, PARIS, SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: AKRON ART INSTITUTE, AKRON, OHIO THE ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN FOND D ART CONTEMPORAIN DES MUSÉES DE NICE, NICE, GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART, ATHENS, GEORGIA THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK, NY HIRSCHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, D.C MAISON EUROPÉENE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, PARIS, MUSÉE D ART ET D HISTOIRE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND