BERNAR VENET
Born in 1941, Bernar Venet stands as a trailblazer in conceptual art and became a prominent figure in the global art scene. Throughout his extensive career, he has fearlessly delved into various artistic mediums, including painting, drawing, sound, sculpture, poetry, film, and performance. While his acclaimed body of work spans over six decades, what is less widely known is the significant role photography has played in his artistic journey since its inception in the 1960s in the South of France.
For Bernar Venet, photography takes on a distinctly conceptual and experimental nature. Indeed, it was through photography that he was able to immortalize his inaugural piece, "Performance dans les détritus," in 1961. Whether capturing portraits with a black mirror or exploring the formal abstraction in his 1963 Macadam series, from scientifically inspired ready-made shots to series like Photofax and Saturations, Venet positions experimentation as the cornerstone of his photographic approach.
However, what distinguishes his work even more is his commitment to integrating the medium into a comprehensive conceptual framework. Connecting the principle of equivalence within his photographic creations to the entirety of his oeuvre appears crucial in comprehending his art. Venet's photography, characterized by a fusion of the discernible and the subtly perceptible, a play with materials and reliefs, and an engagement with the immaterial and ephemeral, manifests an insatiable desire to push the boundaries of the medium. His aim is a continuous interrogation, an ongoing exploration, to better grasp the essence of the art that photography encapsulates. This practice, which could be defined as "radical photography," echoing influences from German Subjective Photography, American New Bauhaus, and New Objectivity, naturally finds its place in the gallery's program.
EXHIBITIONS AT THE GALLERY
Coming soon (2024)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Bernar Venet, Diffeomorphism and Discontinuity, Perrotin (joint exhibition accross all three Paris galleries), Paris, France
2022
- Bernar Venet: Gravity, Kasmin, New York, USA
- Bernar Venet: Hypotheses, Waddington Custot, London, UK
- Bernar Venet, 1961-2021: 60 Years of Performance, Painting and Sculpture, Kunsthalle Berlin, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany
2021
- L'hypothèse de la gravité, Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France
- Bernar Venet: Another Language for Painting, He Art Museum, Guangdong province, PRC
- Bernar Venet: Reliefs, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany
- Bernar Venet: Anamorphosis, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Les origines: 1961 et 1963, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France
- Reliefs, Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Etienne, France
2020
- Éléments de Mobilier, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Paris, France
- Trajectory, Von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
- Bernar Venet: Angles, Gallery 508, Seoul, South Korea
2019
- Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Bernar Venet. In Relation: Performance/Sculpture/Painting, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
- Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- Indeterminacy, Blain|Southern, Berlin, Germany
- Ceysson & Bénétière, Luxembourg
- The Straight Line and the Pictorial Memory of the Gesture, Kasmin, New York
- Indeterminate Hypothesis, Kasmin, New York
2018
- L'Hypothèse du Point, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- L'Hypothèse de l'Angle, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Bernar Venet, Retrospective 2019-1959, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France
- Bernar Venet, The Conceptual Years 1966-1976, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
- Bernar Venet. D’encre et de papier. Estampes originales 1971-2017, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
2017
- Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- l’Orangerie, centre d’art contemporain, Bastogne, Belgium
- RAW: Portraits of Artists, French Cultural Center, Boston, MA
- Looking Forward: 1961-1984, Blain|Southern, London, UK
- Bernar Venet at Cliveden, 10 sculptures at Cliveden National Trust, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK (organized in conjunction with Blain|Southern and the National Trust)
2016
- Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
- RAW: portraits d’artistes, Galerie rue Visconti, Paris, France
- Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
- Bernar Venet: Les origines 1961-1966, L'Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
2015
- Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
- Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg
- Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
- Il caos come principio sottovalutato dell'ordine (Chaos as an underestimated principle of order), Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
- Mathematica, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2014
- L'Hypothèse du point, Espace Jacques Villeglé de Saint Gratien, Saint Gratien, France
- Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
- Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
- Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Strandverket Art Museum, Marstrand, Sweden
- Wetterling Gallery, Gothenbrg, Sweden
- Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
- De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
2013
- Sculptures in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- 84 Arcs / Désordre, jardins du Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France
- Bernar Venet: Paintings. Homage to Al-Khawarizmi, Abbazia di San Gregorio, Venice, Italy
- Les origines, Musée Regards de Provence, Marseille, France
- Ace Gallery, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California
2012
- Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
- Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- de Sarthe Gallery and Le French May host Bernar Venet: Monumental Sculptures, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
- Bernar Venet: Paintings: 1967 - 2010, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
- Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2011
- Bernar Venet in Sugar Land, Oyster Creek Park, Sugar Land, Texas
- Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
- Venet à Versailles, Château de Versailles, Château de Marly, France
- Fondation Poppy & Pierre Salinger, le Thor, France
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France
- Bernar Venet in Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
- Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
- Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
- Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
2010
- Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, in collaboration with Robert McClain Gallery
- Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France
- Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (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, France
- Bernar Venet, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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, Orlando, Florida
- Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Galerie von Bartha, S-Chanf, Switzerland
- Forsblom Galerie, Helsinki, Finland
- Bernar Venet in San Diego, California
- Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
- Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
2007
- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Artcurial, Paris, France
- Bernar Venet : Drawing with Steel, Busan Musem of Art, Busan, South Korea
- Bernar Venet: Sculptures in Bordeaux, France
- Bernar Venet: Sculptures in Metz, France
- L'Arsenal, Metz, France
- Centre européen d'actions artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
- Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
- Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
2006
- Gary Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- Museum / Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
- Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
- Sculptures in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
- William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2005
- Sculptures in Cergy-Pontoise, France
- Centre d'Art contemporain intercommunal d'Istres, France
- Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, Autoportraits, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
- Sculptures in Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Sculptures on the Loop, Chicago, Illinois
- Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004
- Sculptures in Liège, Belgium
- Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
- Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
- Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
- Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
- Sculptures on Park Avenue, New York
- Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
- Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sculptures in downtown Denver, Colorado
2003
- Autoportrait, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
- Sculpture, Promenade des Anglais / MAMAC, Nice, France
- Equation/Saturation, Galerie des Ponchettes / MAMAC, Nice, France
- Stein Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
- Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
- Schloss Herberstein, St. Johann, Austria
- Centre d'art Patrick des Gachons, Fraïssé-des-Corbières, France
- 1961-1963, Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
- Poésie-Performance, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Sculptures in Luxembourg
- Galerie La Cité, Luxembourg
- Bernar Venet aux Tuileries, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
- Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Chac Mool Gallery, West Hollywood, California
- Eaton Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Sculptures in Kennedy Park, Miami, Florida
2002
- Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
- Galerie Art of this Century, Paris, France
- Poetry- Performance, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
- Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
- The Fields at Art OMI International Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York
- Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Anthony Grant, Inc., New York
- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2001
- Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
- Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, Florida
- Furniture, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
- Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
- Galerie Hans Mayer, Berlin, Germany
2000
- Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Centre d'Art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France
- Salle des Ecritures, Figeac, France
- Teatro Nacional de Brasília, Brazil
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Geneva (MAMCO), Switzerland
- Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
- Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil
1999
- Centro Cultural de Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Improvisé - Inachevé - Non-Formulé, Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
- Kunst im Bethmannhof, Galerie Scheffel, Frankfurt, Germany
- Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
- Konstructiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
- Musée d'Art Moderne de St. Étienne, St. Étienne, France
- Venet in Schutzenmattpark, Basel, Switzerland
- Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
- Galleria Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy
- Galleria Persano, Torino, Italy
- Centre Culturel Français, Torino, Italy
- Chac-Mool Contemporary Fine Art, West Hollywood, California
1997
- Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France
- Le Nouveau Musée / Institut de Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
- Galerie Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy
- Musée du Québec, Québec, Canada
- Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
- Venet in Geneva, Golf Club du Domaine Imperial, Gland, Switzerland
- Art & Public- Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
- Lipworth/Hartman International Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1996
- Lipworth/Hartman International Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
- Venet on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Brussels, Belgium
- Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
- Espace Fortant de France, Sète, France
- Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
- Venet on the Rheingarten, Cologne, Germany
1995
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Alisan Fine Arts, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
- Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris FIAC, France
- Trajectoires divergentes, La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France
1994
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
- Galeria Tovar & Tovar, Bogotá, Colombia
- Venet on the Champ de Mars, Paris, France
- Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
- Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1993
- Galerie Jacqueline Moussion, Mobilier Sculptural, Paris, France
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
- Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- André Emmerich Gallery, New York
- Atelier 340, Brussels, Belgium
1991
- Fred Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Galerie Bjorn Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
- Galerie Eric Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium
- Brent Sikkema Fine Arts, Black, Black and Black, (photography) , New York
- Galeria Oscar Ascanio, Caracas, Venezuela
- Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
- Galeria Theo, Barcelona, Spain
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1990
- Galerie Daniel Templon, La ligne à vif (performance), Paris, France
- Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
- Castelli Gallery, New York
- Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
- Theospacio, Madrid, Spain
1989
- Galerie Van de Velde, Anvers, Belgium
- Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
- Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Ronald Greenberg Gallery, Saint-Louis, Missouri
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Centre d'art contemporain, Noir/Noir 1963, (photography), Troyes, France
1988
- Graduation (contemporary ballet), Opéra de Paris, Salle Favart, Paris, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Chicago International Art Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
- Daniel Templon, Galerie Une, Paris, France
- Daniel Templon, Galerie Deux, Paris, France
- Galerie Michèle Chomette, Noir-Noir, Photos 1963, Paris, France
- Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
- Galleria Primo Piano, Rome, Italy
1987
- Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
- Quadrat Museum - Moderna Gallery, Bottrop, Germany
- Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Castelli Uptown, New York
1986
- Castelli Uptown, New York
- Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
- Daniel Templon, Galerie Une, Paris, France
- Daniel Templon, Galerie Deux, Paris, France
1985
- Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Musée Départemental des Vosges, Épinal, France
- Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1984
- Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
- Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
- Show with Dan Graham, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Centre d'art contemporain de Châteauroux, Châteauroux, France
- Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
- ARCA, Marseille, France
- Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1982
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- The Bonlow Gallery, New York
- Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981
- Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1979
- ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California
- Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
- Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1978
- Special Project at PS1, Long Island City, New York
- Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1977
- Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
- Musée d'Art et d'industie, Saint-Étienne, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Galerie Nancy Gillespie - Elizabeth de Laage, Paris, France
- Sonja Hennie - Niels Onstad Foundation, Hovikodden, Norway
- Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1976
- Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
- La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
1975
- Galerie Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart, Germany
- Galleria Nuovi Strumenti Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
- XIIIth Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil
- Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Great Britain
1974
- Galleria la Seconda Scala, Rome, Italy
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
1973
- Foksal psp Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1972
- Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
1971
- Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany
- X-One Gallery, Anvers, Belgium
- Loeb Student Center, New York Univeristy, Peter Caws PhD. Lecture on: Structure as a necessary and sufficient condition of Intelligibility (performance), New York
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
- New York Cultural Center (Retrospective), New York
1970
- O.K. Harris Gallery, New York
- Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
- Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
- Studio Santandrea, Milan, Italy
- Denise René - Hans Mayer Editions, Düsseldorf, Germany
1969
- Newark College of Engineering, Newark, New Jersey
1968
- Judson Church Theater, Relativity's Track (performance), New York
1966
- Galerie Jacques Matarasso, Nice, France
1964
- Galerie Ursula Girardon, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- Art in Oisterwijk, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
- Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2021
- Modern Masters, Gallery 508, Seoul, South Korea
- Monumental Sculpture at Château Saint-Maur, Château Saint-Maur, Saint Tropez, France, organized in conjunction with Waddington Custot
- Revenir vers le futur, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- From the Mundane World. Launch Exhibition of He Art Museum, He Art Museum, Shunde, Guangdong, PRC
2020
- ASHK x HKAGA Sculpture Exhibition, Hong Kong Asia Society, Hong Kong
- Light After Darkness, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
2019
- Fini & Confini, Museo del Paesaggio de Torre di Mosto, Venice, Italy
- Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Gigantisme: Art et Industrie, Halle AP2, Dunkirk, France
- Le presentiment de mon indiscipline. Dialogue autour de la ligne avec Bernar Venet, Galerie Anne-Sarah Benichou, Paris, France
- Hommage à Vicky Rémy, organized by Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, chez Jean Prouvé, Grimaud, France
- Donaugalerie 2019, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany
2018
- De Calder à Koons, Bijoux d’artistes: La collection idéale de Diane Venet, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
- Art & Jewelry, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
- Enchanté, Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque (LAAC), Dunkirk, France
- 10 Ans à Luxembourg, Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
- Wealth. Black is Gold, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
- A propos de Nice : 1947 – 1977, in conjunction with “The French May”, Hong Kong
- Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Art & Coal - Homage to Jannis Kounellis, MKM Museum Küppersmühle of Modern Art, Duisburg, Germany
- Open Outcome – New Works from the Collection, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
- Tempus Fugit, Galeria Cayon, Madrid, Spain
2017
- Rites of Spring, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York
- A propos de Nice : 1947-1977, MAMAC, Nice, France
- Black, White…, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
- It is Just a Beginning, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
- Twenty Years at 23rd and 10th, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
- Nicolas Aubagnac | 20 ans, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
- Nice All Over, Galerie Helenbeck, Nice, France
- Lettres Ouvertes, de la calligraphie au street art, Institut des cultures d'Islam, Paris, France
- Estampes modernes & contemporaines - De Pablo Picasso à Bernar Venet, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
2016
- The World Meets Here, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
- Sculptures, matières, matériaux, textures…, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Foetz, Luxembourg
- Focus on Sculpture in the Würth Collection, Würth Haus Rorschach, Rorschach, Switzerland
- Art on Board, Mathematische Fachbibliothek der TU Berlin, Germany
- Opening of the New Jakobshallen Exhibition Rooms, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Arte alle Corti, Palazzo Cisterna, Turin, Italy
2015
- The Viewing Room, Ressle | Chun, New York
- Bernar Venet – Sculptures, Pilane Heritage Museum, Klövedalk, Sweden
2014
- Art by Telephone… Recalled, La Panacée, Montpellier, France
- Flux: Collective Exhibition, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
- Quand la matière devient forme, Centre d'art contemporain intercommunal, Istres, France
- Group Show – Gallery Selection, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong
- Sculptures du Sud, Villa Datris, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
- Art et Vin, Château d’Astros, Vidauban, France
2013
- Lines - A Brief History, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
- Sculptures and Reliefs from the Collection Siegfried and Jutta Weishaupt, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
- Temptation of the Diagram, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Blickachsen 9, in collaboration with the Maeght Foundation, Bad Homburg Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany
- In the Mirror of Reality, La Galleria Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Les formes de la pensée/peintre et philosophie, un récit, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul, France
- Frieze Masters 2013, Regent’s Park, London, UK
- WHITE, Dickinson, New York, NY, USA
2012
- À l'origine, Nice, Marlborough, Monaco
- Winter's Selection, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Collectionner aujourd'hui, Collection Philippe Piguet, Centre d'art contemporain de Saint Restitut, St Restitut, France
- Drawing Now Paris, 6th Edition, Paris, France
- Beaufort 04, De Haan - Wenduine, Belgium
- Manifesta 9: The Deep of the Modern, Genk, Belgium
- (Un)folding Patterns, Dorsky Gallery, New York
- Musée de l'Annonciade, St. Tropez, France
- Sculpted Matter, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- Lucy Lippard's Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object, Brooklyn Museum, New York
- Off the Beaten Track, Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
- Dreidimensional! Zeitgen össische Bildhauerei im Kurpark, Laufzeit der Skulpturenausstellung im Kurpark, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
- FLAT: Bernar Venet & Frank Stella, Riff Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
- Escaut: rives, derives: festival de sculpture contemporaine, Valenciennes Biennale, Valenciennes, France
- Blickachsen 8 Rhein Main, Frankfurt, Germany
- Arte in Movimento, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Venice, Italy
- L'Art Contemporain et la Côte d'Azur, Un territoire pour l'expérimentation, 1951-2011, Musée Fernand Léger, Biot, France; Fondation Venet, Le Muy, France.
- Spring Catalogue, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- La peinture autrement, Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot, France
- Le temps de l'action / Acte I, Une recherche sur l'histoire de la performance sur la Côte d'Azur de 1951 à nos jours, Villa Arson, Nice, France
- Inventer des mondes singuliers, 3e Biennale de sculpture, Ville de Yerres, France
- Small Medium Large, Donjon de Vez, France
2010
- Sculptors Celebrate the Legacy of Frederik and Lena Meijer, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Anti-Icon, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Encuentros de Pamplona 1972: Fin de fiesta del arte experimental, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela de Pamplona, Spain
- Form in Transition: Sculptors Making Prints and Drawings, Saint Louis Museum of Art (SLAM), St. Louis, Missouri
2009
- Vivre l'art: Collection Venet, Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- The Collectors Eye, Museum Würth, Künzelsau-Gaisbach, Germany
- Blickachsen 7, Bad Homburg Kurpark and Castle Gardens, Germany
- Confines / Valencia 09. Histories of the Frontier: Abstract Lines, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
- 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, France
- New York in Amsterdam, Art Affairs, New York
- 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
- L'arte è una parola, Galleria Il Ponte Firenze, Florence, Italy
- When Ideas Become Form, Galerie Dorothea Van Der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
2008
- To Infinity and Beyond: Mathematics in Contemporary Art, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
- The Secret Garden: An Exhibition of Sculpture at Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
- Borås Internationella Skulpturfestival, Borås, Sweden
- Design Matters, Twenty First / Twenty First, New York
- Summer Show, Max Lang Gallery, New York
- Group Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
- The 30th Anniversary Show: PART 1, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
- Bloodline, The Evolution of Form, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Minimal and Conceptual Art in Europe: The Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection, Zwirner & Wirth, New York
- Love at First Sight: New Acquistions from the Würth Collection, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Drawn By Sculptors, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
- Diagonal, Galeria Cayon, Madrid, Spain
- Ruptures et Héritages, Les Années 70, Musées royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
- The Winter Salon - Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York
2007
- Uecker, Chillida, Venet und andere, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
- Artist Records, John Armleder / Art Basel, Geneva, Switzerland
- All Summer Group Show, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
- Numerica, Palazzo della Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
- Le jardin de la géométrie, L'Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
2006
- Math Counts, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
- La Force de l'Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Summer Sculpture, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Le noir est une couleur, Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul, France
- Black and Blue, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Art au quotidien: habiter l'art, Espace de l'Art Concret-Donation Albers-Honegger, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Bang Bang!, Musée international des Arts modestes, Sète, France
- Motion on Paper, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
- Peintures / Malerei, Centre Pompidou, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
- Contemporary Prints, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Invitation to Modern Art, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2005
- D'une image qui ne serait pas du semblant. La Photographie écrite. 1960-2005, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
- Apriori, 25 Jahre Galerie, Uhr, Germany
- Le droit à l'auto-contradiction, Galerie Satellite, Paris, France
- Gestures, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Mouvement Intuitif Bis, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels, Belgium
- New Editions, Art of This Century, New York
- Dix-Sept artistes à 17 ans, Centre international de poésie, Marseille, France
- Dimensions, Winston Wächter Fine Arts, New York
- Minimalism and After IV, Sammlung Daimler Chrysler, Berlin, Germany
- Open2005 8: International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice, Italy
- La Photographie en parallèle, dans la collection de la Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
2004
- Monocromos. De Malevich al presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Water-Sand-Space. A cultural dialogue, Museum fur Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
- L'Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- La Sculpture américaine, Donjon de Vez, France
- Intra-Muros, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, Nice, France
- L'ambassade de France, Tunis, Tunisia
- National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Ground - Field - Surface, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Outside In: Sculpture for the Natural World, curated by Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Happy Birthday!, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France
2003
- Water-Sand-Space. A cultural dialogue, Stadtische Galerie Museum Schlosstrasse, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Metal and Paper, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Leckerbissen, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
- 7 Lieux, 7 Matières, Les Matériaux de la Sculpture, Le Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Chateau de l'Empéri, Salon de Provence, France
2002
- What about Hegel (and You), Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
- Water-Sand-Space: A cultural dialogue, The Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
- Quinze Variations sur un même thème. De Max Bill à John Cage, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- 1968-1977 L'art en cause(s), CAPC, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
- Gesture, Neuhoff Gallery, New York
- Heintz's Wonderland, Aspect de la sculpture contemporaine. Switzerland
- The 30th Anniversary of Exhibition, Carl Scholsberg Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, California
- Art Box - Collection Franco Nucci, Centre A. Capizzano, Rome, Italy
- Miami Basel Art Fair - Robert Miller Gallery, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Miami, Florida
- Les Quais de la sculpture, Bordeaux, France
- Galerie Eric Linard, Val des Nymphes, France
2001
- Cordero King Venet, In The Same Space, Victor de Circasia curator, Museo dell'Automobile, Torino, Italy
- Neue Kunst in alten Gärten, Hanover, Germany
- West Palm Beach Art Fair, Buschlen Mowatt Galeries, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Miami Basel Art Fair, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Miami, Florida
- Kirkland International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2001, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, West Palm Beach, Florida, and Kirkland, Washington
- Les Quais de la sculpture, Bordeaux, France
- The Armory Show 2001, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Pier 88/220, New York
- The Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden
- After the Beginning and Before the End: Instruction Drawings, from the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, Bergen Art Museum, Norway
- Time, Suspend your Flight, Bergen Art Museum, Norway
- Open 2001, Venice, Italy
- Sculptures Avenue Foch, Le Havre, France
- 10 Ans, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bouvet Ladubay, France
- Arte Abstraco y La Galerie Denise René, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Spain
- Collections d'Artistes, Yvon Lambert Foundation, Avignon, France
- Konstruktiv-konkrete Kunst-Bilder und Skulpturen - gesammelt in 25 Jahren, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
- Stöffel Collection, Stöffel Sculpture Park, Köln, Germany
2000
- Time, Suspend Your Flight, Bergen Kunst Museum, Bergen, Norway; travels to Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
- From Albers to Paik - OEuvres constructives de la Collection DaimlerChysler, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland
- Objet de l'art, art de l'objet, Galerie Beaubourg, Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Vence, France
- May in New York, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, New York
- Le musée du xxe siècle de Michel Ragon, Hôtel du Département de la Vendée, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
- On Paper : A Large Selection, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Making Choices- Useless Science, MoMA, New York
- Fahrvergnügen / Play While You Wait, American Fine Arts Co., New York
- Stock from the Last Century (2) : 1980-2000, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Holland
- Le Paradoxe d'Alexandre, Un Parcours: 1960-2000, Galerie Alexandre de la Salle, Château de Carros, Carros Village, France
- Nice Movements - Contemporary French Art, Musées des Beaux Arts de Mâcon, France
- L'Art contemporain à Parly 2, Le Chesnais, France
- Ligne(s) de conduite, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Eye of the Storm, curated by Victor de Circasia, Torino, Italy
- Donald Judd & Bernar Venet - Mobilier/Furniture, Biennale International Design Festival, Saint-Etienne, France
- Dallas Art Fair, Muschlen Mowatt Galleries, Dallas, Texas
- Riva Yares 2000 - The First 35 Years, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Tacit Messangers, Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York
- Bienal International de Arte de Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- After the beginning and Before the End, Instruction drawings, from the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, Detroit, Michigan
1999
- Passions de France, Centre Culturel Français de Turin, Torino, Italy
- Geometry as Form - Structures of Modern Art from Albers to Paik, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
- Heroines & Heroes II, The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York
- Passions de France, curated by Enrico Pedrini, Galleria francese, Rome, Italy
- MAM- Hors les Murs, Museu de Art Moderno do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Travelling to: Museo Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Parque da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil
- Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000, Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
- China Contemporary Sculpture Annual, The He Xiangning National Art Gallery, Shenzhen, China
- A Broad View, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Une histoire parmi d'autres, Collection Michel Poitevin, FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Dunkirk, France
- La nature imite l'art, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Eric Linard - L'Éditeur du val des nymphes, Centre Rhénan d'Art Contemporain Alsace, Altkirch, France
- Geometrisk Abstraktion XVIII, Konstructiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
- Dix ans de commandes publiques, Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporains, Strasbourg, France
- L'hypothèse du tableau volé, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
- Concettual Europeo 1966-1976, quattro teorie - Bernar Venet, Art & Language, Victor Burgin, Hanne Darboven, Fondazione Katinca Prini, Genoa, Italy
- Skulpturen, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln, Germany
- Dessins et Gravures, Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
- Räume der Kunst, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
- The French Connection - Nine French Artists Living in New York, Kent Fine Art, Kent, Connecticut
- Alex Katz and Bernar Venet - New and Recent works, Dorfman Projects, New York
1997
- The Magic of Numbers, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Gottfried Honegger, François Morellet, Bernar Venet 1975-1997, Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Villeurbanne, France
- Un Musée-Imaginé par des Artistes, L'Espace de l' Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Made in France 1947-1997, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- From the Ground Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
- International 97, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
- Group exhibit, The Fields Sculpture Park, Art OMI, Nassau, New York
- Livres d'Artistes - l'Invention d'un Genre 1960-1980, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Galerie Mansart, Paris, France
- Ont-ils du métier? - Propositions pour l'art vivant, Galerie Denise René, Espace Marais, Paris, France
- KölnSkulptur 1, SkulpturPark Köln, Germany
- Small & Beautiful - The Issue of Scale, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
- 1997 Collector's Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Hommages à la peinture, ARTGO, Brussels, Belgium
- A Theater of Art, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
- The Pleasure of Reading, John Gibson Gallery, New York
- The Ceramic Project, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1996
- 1849 Presque Rien - Next to Nothing 1996, Galerie Michèle Chomette, Paris, France
- Malibu in July - Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Malibu, California
- Styki Contact Prints, Galeria Foksal SBWA, Warsaw, Poland
- Abstraction - Language du XXe siècle, L'ATELIER, Pignans, France
- Landfall Press : Twenty-Five Years of Printmaking, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois
- Contemporary Master Prints, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, East Hampton, New York
- Shimérique Polymère, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
- 50 Ans d'Art Construit, Hôtel du Département, Strasbourg, France
1995
- Seoul Biennale, Gallery Hyundai / Galerie Navarra, Seoul, Korea
- Passions Privées, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Skultura Montreal 95, Marisa del Ré Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Cologne Art Fair, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Germany
- Mots et Concepts- Carte blanche à Ghislain Mollet-Viéville, Galerie de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Veme Biennale de Sculptura, Marisa del Ré Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Exposition Inaugurale, L'Atelier Soardi, Nice, France
- Geometrisk Abstraktion X/V, Konstructiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
- Comme dans une image, Gilbert Brownstone & CIE, Paris, France
- Vue du Collectionneur, L'Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Objets d'Artistes, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France
- Summer Exhibition, Constantine Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
- Crossover, Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1993
- Contemporary Masters - painting and sculpture of the 60's, 70's and 80's, Margaret Lipworth Fine Arts, Boca Raton, Florida
- L'esprit Dada ou la fin de la Composition - homage à Marcel Cahn, Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Une certaine idée de la Méditerranée, Salon d'Art Contemporain de Montouge, France
- Differentes Natures, Arche de La Défense, Paris-La Défense, France
- Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition, Malibu, California
- JOHN CAGE, L'indeterminazione; GUISEPPE CHIARI, La Paraconsistenza; BERNAR VENET, La Monosemia; ART & LANGUAGE, La Performativita, A cura di Enrico Pedrini, Leonardi V-Idea, Genoa, Italy
- L'Exposition d'Automne, Bouvet Ladubay, Galerie d'Art, Saumur, France
1992
- Conceptual Art, Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan
- Tinguely zu Ehren, Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland; Galerie Littmann, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Table Sculpture, André Emmerich Gallery, New York
- A recent survey of Contemporary works on paper, Gallery Stendhal, New York
- Art and Language, Bernar Venet, Larry Weiner, Galerie Artcade, Nice, France
- "Manifeste" - 30 ans de création en perspective, 1960-1990, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Le cri et la raison, Espace de l'Art Concret Château de Mouans Sartoux, France
- Atelier de France, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
- Barends Collections, Bergkerk, Deventer, Netherlands
- Plastik, Galerie der Spiegel, Köln, Germany
- La Freccia Evolutiva dell'irreversibilita, Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy
- Annex France, Galleria Inga-Pin, Milan, Italy
- L'Art Renouvelle la Ville. Urbanisme et Art Contemporain, Musée National des Monuments Français, Paris, France
1991
- L'Art renouvelle la Ville : L'Art Contemporain et l'Urbanisme en France, Yokohama Business Park, Yokohama, Japan, (Tei Pei); Musée des Monuments Français, Paris, France
- Passions Privées, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Saint-Priest, Saint-Priest, France
- Small Sculpture/In an Inner Space, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Musée Rêvé, Trésors Contemporains des Musées de Provence, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
- Geometry in Abstraction, Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, California
- La Sculpture Contemporaire après 1970, Foundation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France
- Collection Jacques Hachuel "Esculturas", Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, Spain
- L'OEuvre Photographique Considérée comme un Etat de Sculpture, Galerie Michèle Chomette, Paris, France
- Open Mind: The Le Witt Collection, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
- Among Friends: Contemporary Works on Paper, (travelling show throughout the state of Michigan), Muskegon Museum of Art; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; The Michael and Barbara Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College, Transvers City; Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing; Lee Hall Gallery at Northwestern Michigan University, Marquette; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
- Pluriel 1, Denise René Espace Marais, Paris, France
- SEIS, Six Sculpteurs, Theospacio, Madrid, Spain
- TONDO : Modernité et Spiritualité, Centre Culturel de l'Yonne, Auxerre, France
- L'Art Renouvelle la Ville -L'Art Contemporain et Urbanisme en France, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- Geométrie Méridienne, Château Coquelle, Rosendael, France
- SOL LEWITT & BERNAR VENET, Galeria Tovar & Tovar, Bogotá, Colombia
1990
- L'Art renouvelle la ville: L'Art contemporain et l'urbanisme en France, Musée des Arts de Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Musée National d'Art, Osaka, Japan; Centre Cuturel des Jeunes de Sendai, Sendai, Japan; Musée des Art de Fukuoka, Japan; Musée des Arts Contemporains de Sapporo, Japan; Musée Départemental d'Art, Yamanashi, Japan
- L'Art Français de 1945-1990, Fondation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France
- Presencios 2000 : Minimal Art, Theospacio, Madrid, Spain
- Art Conceptuel/Formes Conceptuelles, Galerie 1900-2000; Galerie de Poche, Paris, France
- L'Art Conceptuel, une Perspective, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada
- Twenty Years of Landfall Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Modern Master's Multiples, Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Bernar Venet and Tom Wesselman, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, California
- Dibujos de Escultores, Estudio Theo, Madrid, Spain
- L'Ecole de Nice et ses Mouvements, Fine Arts Museum of Taipei, Formosa, Japan
- Passage d'un Collectionneur : Collection de Thierry et Isabelle Rougier, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Troyes, France
- Les Abstractions autour des années 1970-1980, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
- Works on Paper, Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York
- Collection des Collections, Fondation d'Art Contemporain, CNIT, Paris-La Défense, France. Musée et Monuments de France, le Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, France
1989
- Words, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- Prints by Sculptors, Landfall Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Structures Idéales, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
- Exhibition Diomede, The Clocktower Gallery, New York; Seattle; Los Angeles; Moscow
- Géométrie Méridienne, Château Coquelle, Dunkirk, France
- Early Works, Ghislain Mollet-Viéville, Salon de Mars, Champ de Mars, Paris, France
- XIe Biennale de Sculpture, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Out of Doors, André Emmerich Gallery, Top Gallant Farm, Quaker Hill, New York
- Exposition Inaugurale, Fondation Daniel Templon, Musée Temporaire, Fréjus, France
- Fer, JGM Galerie, Paris, France
- Exposition Inaugurale, Galerie Philippe Kriwin, Brussels, Belgium
- L'Art Conceptuel, une Perspective, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Drawing Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1988
- In Black and White, Zack-Schuster Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
- Contemporary Abstract Sculpture, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles
- Group Show, Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
- Drawings, Bruno Facchetti Gallery, New York
- 1969-1988, Castelli Graphics, New York
- IVeme Biennale europénne de la sculpture, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Jouy-sur-Eure, France
- Minimal Art, Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- Objets sensibles, OEuvres du Musée départemental des Vosges, Épinal, France; Centre d'art contemporain, A linea, Nancy, France
- Dessins, La Serre, École des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Étienne, France
- La couleur seule, l'expérience du monochrome, Musée Saint-Pierre - Art contemporain, Lyon, France
- Le chiffre - 1960-1988, Carré des Arts, Parc Floral de Paris, France
- SMS Portofolios, Rheinhold Brown Gallery, New York
- Porcelain : Past Forms/Present Tense, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
- East Side - West Side, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
- Il Concettual freddo, Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy
- Selection from the permanent collection, The MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles, California
- Minimal et Conceptuel, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1987
- Mathematik in der Kunst der letzen dreissig Jahre, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Drawings, Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri
- From private collections, Paintings and Drawings, 1980-87, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
- 87, Le FRAC s'expose. FRAC Marseille, France
- Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France
- Dessins majeurs, Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
- École de Nice, Galerie de la Salle, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
- Group Show, Galleri 16, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Second Stage of Modernism : Art from 1945 to present, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Minimal Art - Art Conceptuel, Galerie Christian Cheneau, Paris, France
- Carrino, Uecker, Venet, Galleria Primo Piano, Rome, Italy
- Esprit, Salama-Caro Gallery, London, England
- Panorama du XXe Siècle, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- Salon d'Octobre, Ville de Brive, France
- La Collection du Musée de Saint-Étienne, Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France
1986
- Sculpture, Lang and O'Hara Gallery, New York
- Architecture Fantastique, Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris, France
- Art Conceptuel, Ghislain Mollet Vieville, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
- Museum - Theatrum Sapientiae - Animabile, Ryszard Stanislawski Exhibition, Museum Sztuki Lodz, Poland
- Group Show, Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
- Art from Two Continents, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
- Emminent Immigrants, Newhouse Gallery, New York
- 22 OEuvres de la Collection d'Art Contemporain du Musée Départamental des Vosges, Espace FRAC, Dijon, France
- Dialogues Passé-Présent, Foundation Veranneman, Belgium
- Works on Paper, Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York
- SPONCOM, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Art of the 80's, Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
- Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France
- L'autre Musée, Brussels, Belgium
- Itinéraires, F.R.A.C., Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
1985
- Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
- Art du XXe siècle, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
- Le Style et le Chaos, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
- Carte Blanche à Daniel Templon, Centre Culturel Le Parvis, Tarbes, France
- Twelve Artists in Space, O'Hara Museum Karachicki and Walter Hill Foundation, Seoul, Korea
- Livres d'Artistes, Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
- New Art-New York, ARCA, Marseilles, France
- S.M.S. Portfolios, The New Museum, New York
- Sculptures, Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France
1984
- Art et Mathématique, Musée Municipal, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
- L'Écriture dans la Peinture, Villa Arson, Nice, France
- The Cosmic Image in the Art of 20th Century, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
- New Media II, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
- Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Wisconsin
- Extra Murros, Jardin des Plantes, Lille, France
- Préfiguration d'une Collection d'Art Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, France
- Nice, l'Art Contemporain au Musée, Galerie des Ponchettes and Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
- Constructivism in the Geometric Tradition, Indianapolis Museum of Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
- Conceptual - Antropologia, Graffiti studio Carrieri Martina Franca, Italy
1983
- Rupture pas Rupture, Centre Culturel Le Parvis, Tarbes, France
- Constructivism in the Geometric Tradition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
- XXVIIIe Salon d'Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France
- To Print, Walton Becket Gallery, New York
- L'Art en France dans les années 60, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
- Codici e marchingegni, 1482-1983, Citta di Vince, Italy
- Cosmic Images in the Art of the 20th Century, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
- Terminal New York, Brooklyn, New York
- Cercle, Carré,Triangle, Atelier de Recherche Esthétique, Caen, France
- Regard sur l'École de Nice, Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
1982
- Statements, Leading Contemporary Artists from France, Delahunty Gallery and Carol Taylor Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California, Hines Gallery, Seattle, Washington
- Twelve Contemporary French Artists, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
- Group Show, Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Venice, California
- Constructivism in the Geometric Tradition, Denver Art Museum, Denver; New Orleans Museum, New Orleans (1983), Louisiana; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
- Collection B. Lamarche Vadel, Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
- Summer Show, Bonlow Gallery, New York
- XXVIIe Salon d'Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France
- Film- Polski Construction in Process, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
1981
- Dada prima/Dada/Dada dopo, Palazzo della Regione, Mantera, Italy
- Constructivism in the Geometric Tradition, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Atkin Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Bernar Venet et Pincemin, Chapelle de la Charité, Arles, France
- Libros d'artista/Artists' Books, Metronom, Barcelona, Spain
- Art 12'81", The International Art Fair, Galerie Denise Réne - Hans Mayer, Basel, Switzerland
- Artists' Books, Zone, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Baroque 81, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Construction in Process in the Art of the Seventies, Stowarzyszenie Twoecow, Kultury in Lodz, Poland
- Quatre Américains: Larry Bell, Christo, Owen Morel, Bernar Venet, Micheline Hendrick Delattre, Brussels, Belgium
- New York Art Today, N.-K. Stockholm and Kunst Museum Göteborg, Sweden
- Lapidar, Mueller-Roth Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
1980
- Printed Art : A View of Two Decades, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Walls!, The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Group Show, Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Venice, California
- Il Mezzo Nula, Comune di Figano Olona, Vareze, Centro Documentazioni visive (Piazza Gramsci), Italy
- Nice à Berlin - Nizza in Berlin, Berliner kunsther Program - DAAD - Berlin, Germany
- Les Américains aux Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Relief Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20.Jahrhundert, Westphalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Muster, Germany; Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland
- Art 11'80, The International Art Fair, Galerie Denise René-Hans Mayer, Basel, Switzerland
- Le défi à la Peinture, 1950-1980, Espace Cardin, Paris, France
- European trends in Modern Art, 1950-1980, Espace Cardin, New York
1979
- A Great Big Drawing Show, P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York
- Words, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
- The Record as Artwork, The Kitchen, New York
- Les Artistes Pilotes d'aujourd'hui, Foire de Paris, France
- Le Tondo de Monet à nos jours, Musée de l'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix, Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
- Le Parole e le Immagini, Rotonda di via Besana, Milan, Italy
- L'Art et l'Argent, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
- Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition, McCrory Corporation Collection, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; McCrory Corporation Collection, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, - Texas; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
- Shaped Paintings, Visual Arts Museum, New York
1978
- Numerals 1924-1977, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut;
- University Art Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, California; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Illinois; Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania; The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Avant-Garde Russe, Avant-Garde Minimaliste, Galerie Nancy Gillespie - Elisabeth de Laage, Paris, France
- Audio Works, Artists' Space, New York
- L'Art Moderne dans les Musées de Province, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- The Record as Artwork, The Fort Worth Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
- Panorama da arte francesa 1960-1975, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
- Aspect de l'Art en France, Art 9'78, Schweizer Muster Messe, Basel, Switzerland
- Avant-Garde der 70 en Jahre, Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Daniel Templon - 10 ans, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Sesta Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, Florence, Italy
- Acquisitions 1974-1978, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hanover, New Hampshire
- Artists' Books, Centro libri d'artista, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
1977
- Open to New Ideas, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
- Private Images-Photographs by Painters, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
- A propos de Nice, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Dessins Contemporains, Européens et Américains, Gallery Nancy Gillespie - Elisabeth de Laage, Paris, France
- Trois villes, trois collections d'Art Contemporain, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France; Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France; Musée d'Art et d'Industire, Saint Étienne, France; Musée d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Words, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York
- Bookworks, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Photnotions II, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
- Biennale de Paris, une anthologie : 1958-1967, Salle de la Fondation
- Nationale des Arts Plastiques et Graphiques, Paris, France; Seibu Museum, Tokyo, (1978) Japan
- Works and Projects of the Seventies, PS1, Long Island City, New York
- Work from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Un Cardine Storico : Il Concettuale, Galleria Unimedia, Genoa, Italy
- Recent Acquisitions : Selected Works 1974-1977, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
- Dokumenta VI, Kassel, Germany
1976
- Panorama de l'Art Français, Museum of Modern Art, Athens, Greece; Damascus, Syria
- Malen-Schreiben-Malen, Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Grafica delle arti sperimentali, Biblioteca Comunali di Monza, Italy; Palazzo Strozzi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
- SoHo-Downtown-Manhattan, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany; and le Louisiana Museum, Denmark
- 20 Jahre, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
- A stroll through the Museums and Foundation of the Riviera, Mitsukoshi Stores in Kobe, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
1975
- Empirica, Commune di Rimini, Rimini, Italy; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Castelveccio, Verona, Italy
- Third International Open Encounter on Video, C.A.Y.C., Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Ferrara, Italy
- Tendencies of Contemporary Art, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
- Gengogte Radhus, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Records as Artwork, Galerie Ricke, Köln, Germany
1974
- XIIIe São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil
- Matematica, Galleria l'Obelisco, Rome, Italy
- L'Art au Présent, Galerie Daniel Templon, Palais Galliera, Paris, France
- Art Video Confrontation 74, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Project 74, kunsthalle, Köln, Germany; Museum Göttigen, Germany
- Record as Artwork, Françoise Lambert Gallery, Milan, Italy
- Eroffnungsausstellung, Le Bertesca Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
1973
- Art Conceptuel et Hyperréalisme, Collection Peter Ludwig, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ARC 2, Paris, France
- Artist's Books, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972
- Douze and d'Art Contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Eucuentro 1972, Pamplona, Spain
- Aspects de l'Avant-Garde en France, Nice Theater, Nice, France
1971
- Art System, C.A.Y.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Collection de M. & Mme. B.,Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- VIIth Paris Biennal, Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France
- Concept-Théorie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Arte Concettuale, Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
- Performance Lecture by Peter Caws, at Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York
1970
- Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects, New York Cultural Center, New York
- Exposition Franco-Italienne, Palais de l'Europe, Menton, France
- Informations, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Conceptual Art/Land Art/Arte Povera, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy
- Kunst nach Planen, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
- Artists and Photography, Multiple Gallery, New York
- Painting and Sculpture Today, Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio
- Recorded Activities, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Festival of Contemporary Art, Municipal Museum of Art, Yokohama and Sun Building Art Gallery, Morioka, Japan
1969
- Moratorium, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
- New York Art 1969, Miami University, Ohio
- Conception-Konzeption, Stadiches, Museum Schloss Morsbrolch, Leverkusen, Germany
- Performance with Vito Acconci, John Perreault, and Arakawa, The Theater, New York
- Art by Telephone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
- Art Selon Plan, Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland
- New Acquisitions, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
- Language 3, Dwan Gallery, New York
- Number 7, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
- Sygma, Bordeaux, France
- Art in the Mind, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
1968
- Language (Two), Dwan Gallery, New York
- Prospect 1968, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, West Germany
- New York Art 1968, University of Rochester, Rochester
- E.A.T., Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- New Acquisitions, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
- Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1967
- Salon Comparaisons, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Nature Moderne, Palais des Glaces, Paris, France
- Un Architecte, un Peintre, un Photographe, Galerie Knoll International, Nice, France
1966
- Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Festival des Arts Plastiques, Nice France
- Impact, Musée de Céret, France
1965
- Salon Comparaisons, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Ivème Biennale de Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Prix LeFranc, Galerie du Crous, Paris, France
1964
- Salon Comparaisons, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
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 des Beaux Arts, Lyon, 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, IA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum Sztuky W. Lodzi, Lodz, Poland
Museum / Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
National Museum of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Neue Galerie im Alten Kurhaus, Aachen, Germany
New York Public Library, New York, NY
The New York University Art Collection, New York, NY
North Fork Bank Collection, Melville, NY
Parc de la Boverie, Liège, Belgium
Person's Weekend Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Quadrat Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey
Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Sara Hildén Fundation, Tampere, Finland
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Olympic Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Smalley Sculpture Garden, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Sonja Henie - Niels Onstad Foundations, Hovikodden, Norway
Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongbuk, South Korea
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Von der Heydt Museum, Wüppertal, Germany
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
Wheelock Properties, Scotts Square, Singapore
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Yuanta Financial Holdings, Taipei, Taiwan
HONORS
2022 - Prix de l'artiste de l'année de l'AFMI (American Friends of Museums in Israel), à New York
2019 - Prix François Morellet pour sa poésie
2017 - 26e Prix de la Culture de la Fondation culturelle Montblanc
2016 - Lifetime Achievement Award de l'International Sculpture Center (États-Unis)
2013 - Prix international Julio González de l'IVAM
2012 - Une notice biographique sur Bernar Venet est incluse dans le Dictionnaire Larousse
2011 - La Poste de la République française émet un timbre commémorant l'exposition de l'artiste au château de Versailles.
2006 - Prix Robert Jacobsen de sculpture de la Fondation Würth, en Allemagne
2005 - Le 1er janvier, le gouvernement français lui décerne l'ordre de Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
2005 - L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie crée le prix Venet d’or.
1997 - Membre de l'Académie européenne des sciences et des arts, dont le siège est à Salzbourg, en Autriche
1996 - Commandeur dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, décerné par le ministre français de la culture
1989 - Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris, décerné par Jacques Chirac, maire de Paris
1988 - Design Award pour sa sculpture à Norfolk, VA, États-Unis
1979 - Bourse de la "National Endowment for the Arts"