GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY BERNAR VENET b. 1941, France. Lives in New York, USA Throughout his career, Bernar Venet has made pioneering contributions to the discourse of sculptural prac- tice and has emerged one of the most significant artists of his generation. Notable highpoints include a solo exhibition Venet à Versailles at The Palace of Versailles, Château de Marly, France (2011), following which the French postal service issued a commemorative stamp of the art- ist’s 22-metre Vertical Arcs that were included in the exhibition. In 2012, a major retrospective of his work as shown at the Müscarnok Museum in Budapest, Hungary. A biographical note on Bernar Venet now included in the Larousse Dictionary, which became available to the public in June 2012. The same year, he was ap- proached by car luxury manufacturer Bugatti to design a unique, one-of-a-kind Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. He is the recipient of several awards including the International Julio González Sculpture Prize (2013), a Com- mandeur dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture in France (1996), Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris (1989) and in early 2005 Venet was awarded France’s highest decoration, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, for his enhancement to the reputation of France through arts. In 2012 a Venet’s tallest work 88.5° Arc x 8 (27 metres tall) sculpture was permanently installed on the Gibbs’ Farm near Auckland. Gow Langsford Gallery has represented Bernar Venet since 2006. Left: Exhibition view, 84 Arcs / Désordre, jardins du Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Arcs and Angles, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Angles, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 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 (MAC), Lyon, France Bernar Venet, The Conceptual Years, 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 Bernar Venet: Arcs, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY Bernar Venet à Bastogne: Angles, gravures et charbon, 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, 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 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 Hypothèse du point, Espace Jacques Villeglé de Saint Gratien, Saint Gratien, France Bernar Venet, L'hypothèse de l'arc, von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland Bernar Venet, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea 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 Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Art Plural Gallery, Singapore 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 2011 Bernar Venet in Sugarland, 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 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, Korea Artcurial, Paris, France 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 Gow 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 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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, Allemagne Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg, Allemagne 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 Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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,