bernar venet - McClain Gallery

BERNAR VENET
1941
Born in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France
EDUCATION
1955–1958
1958–1959
1996
Studied at the Ecole Libre and Groupe Scolaire Paul Lapie, Saint-Aubon, France
Studied art at La Villa Thiole, Nice, France
Master in Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Bernar Venet, Custot Gallery, UAE
Angles, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Saturations, GRIBs, and sculptures, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
A Retrospective on Points, Espace Jacques Villeglé de Saint Gratien, France
Strandverket Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Art Basel, von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
84 Arcs / Disorder, Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
"GRIBS", Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Kunsthalle Müscarnok Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France
“Festival international de sculptures”, Valenciennes, France
Frankfurt Goethe-University, Frankfurt-am-Rhein, Germany
Poppy & Pierre Salinger Foundation, Le Thor, France
Hermann Park, Houston, USA, in collaboration with Robert McClain Gallery
Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France
Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Bernar Venet: Homage to Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Le monde de Bernar Venet, Venet in context, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
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
Bernar Venet: Sotheby's at Isleworth, Isleworth Country Club, Orlando, USA
Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, USA
Galerie von Bartha, S-Chanf, Switzerland
Forsblom Galerie, Helsinki, Finland
Bernar Venet, San Diego, USA
Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
Artcurial, Paris, France
Benar Venet: Sculptures, Bordeaux, France
Bernar Venet: Sculptures, Metz, France
2006
1994
1993
1976
1971
L'Arsenal, Metz, France
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum Kuppersmuhle fur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
Gary Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum/Kunsthalle Wurth, Kunzelsau, Germany
Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA
Sculptures, Forest Park, St. Louis, USA
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, USA
Retrospective, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia
Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France
Retrospective, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, USA
Retrospective, New York Cultural Center, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
"Blickachsen 9", in collaboration with the Fondation Maeght, Bad Homburg, Germany
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
Bernar Venet: Maquettes, Grafik, Unikate, 5 Jahre Galerie im Venet-Haus, Neu-Ulm 2007 – 2012, Fischerplatz
Galerie, Ulm, Germany
Bernar Venet, 5 Jahre Galerie im Venet-Haus, 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
Bernar Venet, Palace Gardens, Versailles, France
Bernar Venet, von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Bernar Venet Sculpture Garden at Oyster Creek Park, Sugar Land, McClain Gallery, Houston, USA
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
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, 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
Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, Autoportraits, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
Lignes indéterminées - l'espace de la perturbation, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
Sculptures on Park Avenue, New York, USA
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
Art Omi International Art Center, New York, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
1999
1998
1997
1992
1989
1978
1977
1975
1964
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Blickachsen 2, Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
L'hypothèse du Tableau Volé, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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
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
Public Sculpture, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Art conceptuel, Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
From Nature to Art, From Art to Nature, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Recent Works, Musée d'Art Moderne de St-Etienne, St-Etienne, France
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
XIII Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Salon Comparaisons, Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, USA
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, California
AT&T, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Citibank Corporation, New York, New York, USA
Colonnade III Plaza, MEPC & Equity Properties, Dallas, Texas, USA
Contemporary Art Center, San Diego, California, USA
DaimlerChrysler Collection, Stuttgart, Germany
Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Esplanade de Uni Mail, Geveva, Switzerland
Esquire Company, Seoul, Korea
First National Bank, Seattle, Washington
Fonds d’Art Contemporain des Musées de Nice, Nice, France
Fondation Looser, Zürich, Switzerland
Fondation Mourtala, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland
Foundation Domnick, Nürtingen, Germany
Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, USA
He Xiangning Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Ilshin Spinning Company, Seoul, Korea
Quadrat Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
Jumex Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Kultur Speicher, Würzburg, Germany
Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
McCrory Corporation Collection, New York, New York, USA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
MIT Permanent Collection, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Musée d’Art contemporain de Dunkerque, Dunkirk, France
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, France
Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Saint Étienne, France
Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
Musée du Québec, Québec, Canada
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée national d’art moderne de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
Musées Royaux de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Sztuky W. Lodzi, Lodz, Poland
Museum / Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
National Museum of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Neue Galerie im Alten Kurhaus, Aachen, Germany
North Fork Bank Collection, Melville, New York, USA
Parc de la Boverie, Liège, Belgium
Person’s Weekend Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, USA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Smalley Sculpture Garden, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sonja Henie - Niels Onstad Foundations, Hovikodden, Norway
Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongbuk, Korea
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
The New York University Art Collection, New York, New York, USA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, USA
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Von der Heydt Museum, Wüppertal, Germany
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Yuanta Financial Holdings, Taipei, Taiwan
COMMISSIONS
Archon Company, Austin, Texas, USA
Bank Al Maghrib, Agadir, Morocco
Beijing Silver Tower Real Estate Development Company, Beijing, China
City of Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
City of Belley, France
City of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
City of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
City of Denver, Colorado
Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
City of Epinal, France
City of Lille, France
City of Shenzhen, China
City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Collège & École de Commerce Emilie-Gourd, Geneva, Switzerland
Espace Fortant de France, Sète, France
Goodman Segar Hogan, The World Trade Center, Norfolk, Virginia
Hansol Company, Seoul, Korea
Jardin Albert 1er, Nice, France
Kurpark, Bad Hamburg, Germany
La Chapelle Saint Jean, Chateaux-Arnoux, France
La Cour des Comptes, Paris, France
La Défense, Paris, France
Miyagi Prefectural Library, Sendai, Japan
Place de Bordeaux, Strasbourg, France
Quai des Etats-Unis, Nice, France
Rocher de Roquebrune, Roquebrune sur Argens, France
Runnymeade Sculpture Farm, San Francisco, California, USA
Société du Métro de l’Agglomération Toulousaine, Toulouse, France
Urania Platz, Berlin, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernar Venet – Lignes Indéterminées – L’Espace de la Perturbation. Paris: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, 2004
Kuspit, Donald. Bernar Venet : Le Sublime par les mathématiques, monographie. Paris, France: L’Yeuse, , 2003
Mc Evilley, Thomas. Bernar Venet, monographie. Switzerland: Benteli Verlag; Paris: Artha, 2002
Pierre, Arnauld. Bernar Venet « Le Discours et la méthode », monographie. Milan: Prearo Editore, 2000