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Bernar Venet

(French, born 1941)

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Red and Gold with 'member function', 2009

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Square Gold with 4 Triangles, 2009

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Arc 286°, 1976

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Indeterminate Line, 1984

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Observation of Sagittarus A, 1967

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12 Straight Lines, 2010

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Indeterminate Line, 1994

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Three Indeterminate Lines, 1993

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Three Indeterminate Lines, 1994

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Undetermined Line D-2, 1989

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Two Indeterminate Lines, 2008

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9 Acute Unequal Angles, 2015

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Biography

Timeline

1941: Born in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France
1955 - 1958: Studied at the Ecole Libre and Groupe Scolaire Paul Lapie, Saint-Aubon, France
1958 - 1959: Studied art at La Villa Thiole, Nice, France
1959 - 1961: Worked as stage-director, Opera de Nice, France
1961 - 1962: Military Service, French Army, Algeria
1966: Moved to New York, USA
1988: Design Award for Sculpture, Norfolk, USA
1990: Grand Prix des Arts de La Ville de Paris, France
1991: Creates several musical compositions including Random Sound and Resonance, a made in collaboration with the army at the 4th RIMA, Fréjus, France
1996: Master in Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, USA
1997: Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria
2005: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, France

Exhibitions

2017: Bernar Venet Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Looking Forward: 1961-1984, Blain Southern, London, England (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet: Arcs, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
RAW: Portraits d’artists, French Cultural Center, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
2016: Bernar Venet Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Bernar Venet: Angles, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
RAW: Portraits d’artists, Galerie Rue Visconti, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet: Les Origines 1961-1966, L’Espace de l’art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E. (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain (solo exhibition)
Art on Board, Mathematische Fachbibliothek der TU Berlin, Germany
Focus on Sculpture in the Würth Collection, Würth Haus Rorschach, Switzerland
Arte alle Corti, Palazzo Cisterna, Turin, Italy
Opening of the New Jakobshallen Exhibition Rooms, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
The World Meets Here, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
Quand la matière deviant forme, Centre d’art contemporain intercommunal, Istres, France
2015: Bernar Venet Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Bernar Venet, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourgh (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet: metametria, Vass Collection, Budapest, Hungary (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet, Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice, Italy (installation coinciding with the Venice Biennale) (solo exhibition)
Il caos come principio sottovalutato dell’ordine (Chaos as an underestimated principle of order), Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy (solo exhibition)
Mathematica, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
A Five Month continuous Exhibition, Woolloomooloo Wharf, Sydney, Australia
More Konzeption Conception Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
’La Prom’ comme atelier, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain de Nice (MAMAC), Nice, France
Bernar Venet – Sculptures, Pilane Heritage Museum, Klövedalk, Sweden
2014: Bernar Venet Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Hypothèse du point, Espace Jacques Villiglé de Saint Gratien, Saint Gratien, France (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet, L’hypothèse de l’arc, von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea (solo exhibition)
Bernar Venet / Maquettes, Strandverket Art Museum, Marstrand, Sweden (solo exhibition)
Homage to Kurt Gödel, A tribute to abstract thinking, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany (solo exhibition)
Art by Telephone…Recalled, La Panacée, Montpellier, France
Face à l’œuvre, Fondation Maegt, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
Love Story – Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
2013: Bernar Venet at Meijer Gardens, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
Premio Internacional Julio González. Bernar Venet, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
2012: Bernar Venet: Maquettes, Grafik, Unikate, 5 Jahre Galerie im Venet-Haus in Neu-Ulm 2007 – 2012, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
Bernar Venet, 5 Jahre Galerie im Venet-Haus in Neu-Ulm, Galerie im Venet-Haus Neu-Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Bernar Venet, Art Plural Gallery Pte Ltd, Singapore
Bernar Venet Paintings:1967-2010, de Sarthe Gallery, Paradise Valley, USA
2011: Bernar Venet at the Palace Gardens, Versailles, France
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (solo)
Bernar Venet, von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Bernar Venet Sculpture Garden at Oyster Creek Park in Sugar Land, McClain Gallery, Houston, USA
2010: Hermann Park, Houston, USA, in collaboration with Robert McClain Gallery (solo)
Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France (solo)
Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain (solo)
Bernar Venet: Homage to Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Le monde de Bernar Venet, Venet in context, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (solo)
Form in Transition: Sculptors Making Prints and Drawings, Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, USA
Sculptors Celebrate the Legacy of Frederik and Lena Meijer, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Charter Township, USA
2009: L'arte è una parola, Galleria Il Ponte Firenze, Florence, Italy
Vivre l'art: Collection Venet, Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Blickachsen 7, Bad Homburg Kurpark and Castle Gardens, Germany
Von Arman bis Andy Warhol: Die Neuen Meisterwerke im Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
TILT, Musée de l'hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France
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
Schinkel Pavillon, in collaboration with Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Arsenale Novissimo, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (solo)
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (solo)
2008: Bernar Venet: Sotheby's at Isleworth, Isleworth Country Club, Orlando, USA (solo)
Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, USA (solo)
Galerie von Bartha, S-Chanf, Switzerland (solo)
Forsblom Galerie, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Bernar Venet in San Diego, USA (solo)
Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA (solo)
2007: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
Artcurial, Paris, France (solo)
Benar Venet: Sculptures in Bordeaux, France (solo)
Bernar Venet: Sculptures in Metz, France (solo)
L'Arsenal, Metz, France (solo)
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Museum Kuppersmuhle fur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany (solo)
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany (solo)
2006: Gary Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (solo)
Museum/Kunsthalle Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany (solo)
Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA (solo)
Sculptures in Forest Park, St. Louis, USA (solo)
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, USA (solo)
2005: Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, Autoportraits, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2004: Lignes indéterminées - l'espace de la perturbation, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
Sculptures on Park Avenue, New York, USA
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, France
Autoportrait, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, Nice, France
2002: Art Omi International Art Center, New York, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2001: Inauguration of the Chapelle Saint Jean, Château-Arnoux, France
Salon du Mobilier et de l'objet design, The Caroussel du Louvre, Paris, France
Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporain, Paris, France
2000: Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
1999: Blickachsen 2, Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
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, France
Skulpturen, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz Cologne, Germany
The French Connection: Nine French Artists Living in New York, Kent Fine Art, Kent, USA
Alex Katz and Bernar Venet: New and Recent Works, Dorfman Projects, New York, USA
Musée d’Art Moderne de St. Etienne, St. Etienne, France
1997: Blickachsen, Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
International 97, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, USA
Made in France 1947-1997, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1994: Retrospective, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia (solo)
1993: Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France (solo)
1992: Public Sculpture, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
1989: Art conceptuel, Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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, France
1976: Retrospective, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, USA (solo)
1974 - 1975: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
XIII Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1971: Retrospective, New York Cultural Center, New York, USA (solo)
1964: Salon Comparaisons, Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Public Collections

: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
: Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
: Esplanade de Uni Mail, Geneva, Switzerland
: Esquire Company, Seoul, Korea
: First National Bank, Seattle, Washington, USA
: Fondation Looser, Zürich, Switzerland
: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland
: Foundation Domnick, Nürtingen, Germany
: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
: Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
: He Xiangning Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
: Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
: Hood Museum of Art Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
: Ilshin Spinning Company, Seoul, Korea
: Ilwoo Foundation, Jeju Island, Korea
: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
: Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
: DaimlerChrysler Collection, Stuttgart, Germany
: Colonnade III Plaza, MEPC & Equity Properties, Dallas, Texas, USA
: City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
: Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
: Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
: Fond d’Art Contemporain des Musées de Nice, Nice, France
: The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
: Contemporary Art Center, San Diego, CA
: Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany
: The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
: Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, California, USA
: AT&T, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
: Bank Audi, Beirut, Lebanon
: Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
: Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
: Citibank Corporation, New York, New York, USA
: City of Metz, France
: Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH
: Jumex Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Literature

2004: Bernar Venet – Lignes Indéterminées – L’Espace de la Perturbation. Paris: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, 2004
2003: Kuspit, Donald. Bernar Venet : Le Sublime par les mathématiques, monographie. Paris, France: L’Yeuse, , 2003
2002: Mc Evilley, Thomas. Bernar Venet, monographie. Switzerland: Benteli Verlag; Paris: Artha, 2002
2000: Pierre, Arnauld. Bernar Venet « Le Discours et la méthode », monographie. Milan: Prearo Editore, 2000

Bernar Venet

(French, born 1941)

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Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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