Bernar Venet

* 1941 born in Châteaux-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

1958 Studies for one year at the Villa Thiole, Nice
1958 employed as stage designer by the Nice city Opera
1964 participates in the Salon comparaisons in the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris
1971 cessation of artistic production
1974 teaches art and art theory at the Sorbonne, Paris. Represents
         France at the XIII São Paolo Biennial, Brazil
1976 renews artistic poduction
2005 awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

lives and works in New York and the south of France

solo exhibitions (selection)

2022
Bernar Venet: 1961 - 2021, Tempelhof Berlin

2016
Bernar Venet: Art on Board the Beauty of Math, Berlin Mathematical School, Germany

2015
Bernar Venet: Mathematica, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin Germany

2013
Bernar Venet: Meijer Gardens, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
Bernar Venet: Premio international Julio Gonzáles. Institut Valencia d´Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Bernar Venet: Paintings. Homage to Al Khawarizimi, Abbazia San Gregorio, Venice, Italy

2012
Sculpture in Aukland, New Zealand
Le French May Hosts Bernar Venet: Monumental Sculptures, Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Museum of Arts Piazzas, Hong Kong
Bernar Venet in Helsinki, Finland

2011
Bernar Venet at the Palace Gardens, Versailles, France

2010
Le monde de Bernar Venet - les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
Bernar Venet - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
Effondrement 24 Arcs - Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris

2009
Bernar Venet - ' The Arc Hypothesis' at the Arsenale Novissimo, Venice, during the 53rd Venice Biennale
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin
Germany Scott White Contemporary Art in cooperation with the San Diego Unified Port District, Southern California

2008
Bernar Venet at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida

2007
Bernar Venet, Maquettes-Grafik - Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
Bernar Venet, Drawing with Steel - Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan
Bernar Venet, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Bernar Venet, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
Line Drawings with Steel - Bernar Venet - National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon

2006
Gary Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Sculptures in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

2005
Sculptures in the city of 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 the City of Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

2004
Sculptures in the city of Liège, Belgium
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
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, USA

2003
Autoportrait, Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
Sculpture, Promenade des Anglais / 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

2002
Museum Ludwig, Koblenz
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art & Sculpture Garden, Salzburg

2001
Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris
Opening of the Chapel at Saint-Jean, Châteaux-Arnoux
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris

2000
Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou,Carjac
Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach Florida

1999
Konstructiv Tendens, Stockholm
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Geneva
Art Affairs, Amsterdam
Mücsarnok, Budapest
Centro Cultural Recolety, Buenos Aires

1998
Chac-mool Contemporary Fine Art, Los Angeles
Centre Culturel Français, Turin
Galleria Persano, Turin
Galerie Karsten Greve, Milano
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
Venet im Schützmattpark, Basel
Musée d'Art Moderne de St- Ètienne, St. Ètienne

1997
Art & Public – Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva
Venet in Geneva, Golf Club de Domaine Impreial, Glande
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Musée de Quebec, Quebec
Galerie Karsten Greve, Milano
Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble

1996
Venet sur le Rheingarten, Rheingarten, Cologne
Deux Galeries Karsten Greve, Cologne
Espace Fortant de France, Séte
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Venet sur l'Avenue Franklyn Roosevelt, Brussels
Lipworth International Fine Art, Boca Raton Florida

1995
La Lune en Parachute, Epinal
Galerie Karsten Greve, FIAC, Paris
Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Kowloon

1994
Boca Raton Museum of Modern Art, Boca Raton Florida
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Venet aux Champ de Mars, Paris
Galerá Tovar & Tovar, Bogotá
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá

1993
Atelier 340, Brussels
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigfshafen
Musée dArt Moderne et dArt Contemporain, Nice
Galerie Jacqueline Moussion, Paris

1992
Person's Weekend Museum, Tokyo
Gallery, 360°, Tokyo
Studio Oggetto, Milano

1991
Galerie Daniel Templon
Galería Theo, Barcelona
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
Galerá Oscar Ascanio, Càracas
Brent Sikkema Fine Arts, New York
Galerie Eric Vab de Weghe, Brussels
Galerie Bjorn Ressle, Stockholm
Theo Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles

1990
Theospacio, Madrid
Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva
Castelli Gallery, New York
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris

1989
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Troyes
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Roanld Greenberg Gallery, Saint-Louis, Missouri
Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute
Galleria Van der Velde, Anvers

1988
Galleria Primo Piano, Rome
Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham MI
Galerie Michèle Chomette, Paris
Daniel Templon, Galerie Une & Deux, Paris
Galerie Daniel Templon, Chicago International Art Exhibition
Chicago Salle Favart, Paris
Opéra de Paris, Contemporary Ballet Graduation, Paris

1987
Castelli Uptown, New York
Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles Museum
Quadrat – Moderne Galerie, Bottrop
Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva

1986
Daniel Templon, Galerie Une & Deux, Paris
Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute
Castelli Uptown, New York

1985
Galerie Littmann, Basel
Musée Départmental des Vosges, Èpinal
Galerie Denise René – Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf

1984
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve-d'Ascq ARCA, Marseille
Galerie Denise René – Hans Mayer, ART Basel, Basel
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Châteauroux
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
Studio Marconi, Milano
Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers

1982
Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles
The Bonlow Gallery, New York
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris

1981
Galerie Denise René – Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf

1979
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles

1978
Galerie Denise René – Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Galerie Association, Nice
Special Projects at PS1, Long Island City, New York

1977
Galerie Denise René – Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Sonia Hennie – Niels Onstad Foundations, Hovikodden
Galerie Nancy Gillespie – Elizabeth de Laage, Paris
Galerie Daniel Templon. Paris
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, St.-Ètienne
Galerie Bruno Bischofsberger, Zurich

1976
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover

1975
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Galerie Daniel Templon Paris
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro
XIII Biennial, São Paulo
Galleria Nuovi Strumenti Arte Contemporanea, Brescia
Galerie Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart

1974
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Milan
Galleria la Seconda Scala, Rome

1973
Foksal psp Gallery, Warsaw

1972
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Milan
Galerie Bruno Bischofsberger, Zurich

1971
New York Cultural Center (retrospective), New York
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Milan
Loeb Student Center, New York University Peter Caws PhD. Lecture on: Structure As a Necessary and Sufficient Condition of Intelligibility (performance), New York
X-One Gallery, Anvers
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne

1970
Denise René – Hans Mayer Editions, Düsseldorf
Studio Santandrea, Milan
Kunsthaus, Hamburg
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York

1969
Newark College of Engineering, Newark

1968
Judson Church Theatre “Relativity's Track“ (performance), New York

1966
Galerie Jacques Matarasso, Nice

1964
Galerie Ursula Girardon, Paris