Bernar Venet


1941 Born at Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
1991 Creates several musical compositions including Random Sound and Resonance, a made in collaboration with the army at the 4th RIMA, Frejus
2002 Performance - poetry - film - music at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
2005 Bernar Venet is promoted to the grade of Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur


Selected Exhibitions

2005
Musee de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, Autoportraits, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France

2004
Lignes indeterminees - l'espace de la perturbation, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France
Sculptures on Park Avenue, New York

2003
Bernar Venet aux Tuileries, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
Autoportrait, Musee d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France
Bernar Venet ¡°Arcs ? defined portions of curves¡±, Galerie Scheffel and Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg (GER)

2002
Art Omi International Art Center, New York, NY
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

2001
Inauguration of the Chapelle Saint Jean, Chateau-Arnoux, Franc
'Salon du Mobilier et de l'objet design,' at the Caroussel du Louvre, Paris, France
Centre Europeen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporain, Paris, France

2000
Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paulo, Brazil
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musee d¡¯Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

1999
'L'hypothese du Tableau Vole,' Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
¡°Blickachsen 2¡± Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER)

1998
Galleria Massimo Minini Brescia
Dix Ans de Commandes Publiques, Centre Europeen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporain Strasbourg, France
L'hypothese du Tableau Vole, Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain Geneva, Switzerland
Skulpturen, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz Cologne, Germany
The French Connection- Nine French Artists Living in New York, , Kent Fine Art Kent, CT
Alex Katz and Bernar Venet - New and Recent Works, , Dorfman Projects New York, NY
Musee d¡¯Art Moderne de St. Etienne, St. Etienne, France

1997
International 97', Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, NY
Made in France 1947-1997, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
Blickachsen Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER)

1994
Retrospective, Museo de Arte Moderno Bogota, Columbia

1993
Retrospective, Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain Nice, France

1992
Public Sculpture, Adachi-ku, Tokyo

1989
Art conceptuel, Musee 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, Musee d'Art Moderne St-Etienne

1976
Retrospective, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla, CA

1974 - 1975
Institute of Contemporary Arts London, England
XIII Bienal Sao Paulo, Brazil

1971
Retrospective, New York Cultural Center

1969 - 1970
Retrospective, Haus Lange Krefeld

1966
Impact I, Museum of Ceret

1964
Salon Comparaisons, Musee de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Paris, France