Arman


1928 Born ArmandFernandez in Nice, Franc
1949 Studied,Ecole de Louvre
1950 Studied,Ecole Nationale des Art Decoratifs
1958 Arman attendsan exhibition at Iris Clert where he finds a printing error on theinvitation (Armand is written without the d) he consequentlydecides to transform his signature
1959 Arman'scareer takes on a new orientation with his "Accumulationsd'objets"
1960 Arman is oneof the founding members of a artist group called the "NouveauxRealistes," under the guidance of Pierre Restany
1964 Award:International Biennale of Prints, Tokyo
1966 Award: PremioMarzotto
1967 - 1968Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles
1972 Took Americancitizenship


Selected Exhibitions

2004
Arman:OpereRecenti, Centro d¡¯Arte Cultura and BugnoArtGallery,Venezia,ITALY
Arman:Superposition, New Art: 38th Int¡¯l Fair for Modern &Contemporary Art, Cologne, GERMANY
Arman: TheViolence and the Number, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne,FRANCE
Armanphotographe, Theatre de la Photographie et de L¡¯image, Nice,FRANCE
Collection:Cavalleria Eroica, 1987 Erected by Jing An District PeopleGovernment, Shanghai, TAIWAN
Arman:Interactives and Serious Paintings, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert,California USA
Arman:Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, MONACO
Arman:Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, SPAIN

2003
Collection:Obelisk, 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos): Inductedinto the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New OrleansMuseum of Art, Louisiana USA
Arman: Leplein de l¡¯art, Galleria Fonte d¡¯Abisso, Milano, ITALY
Arman: Arman,Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, IRAN
Arman:Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d¡¯Arte, Padova,ITALY
Arman: ASurvey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA

2002
Arman:Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, FRANCE
Arman: Workson Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, GERMANY
Arman: DixMots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, SWITZERLAND
Arman:Africarmania, Arman et l¡¯Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence,FRANCE
Arman:Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND