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Biography - Daniel Buren

Born

1938 Boulogne‑Billancourt, France.

Selected One Person Exhibitions

2006 Les Cabanyes de ceramica i espill, EACC – Espai d’Art Contemporani de Casttello, Spain
La Portée travail in situ, Entrée du Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France,
Plus Grand Ou Plus Petit Que/travaux in Situ, Chatreau de Tours a l’occasion su 25e anniversarie du CCC, Centre de Creation Contemporaine, Tours
2005 Coulers superposees 1982/2005 (travail situe) in: FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris
voie se voir savoir/sehen sich sehen wissen, Buchmann galerie Berlin
Le temps d’une oevre, Peinture sur medium, Bienalle de Lyon 2005
Made in Frankfurt, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt
figur/skulptur, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg
The Eye of the Storm, works in situ by Daniel Buren, The guggenheim museum New York
The Enigma of Modernity, Ludwig Museum Budapest
Behind the facts, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Les Visages colores, travaux situes (Die Farbigen Gesichter, situative arbeiten; Buchmann Galerie Koln
Exit – Ausstieg Aus Dem Bild, ZKM Karlsruhe
Parkett – 20 years of Artist’s Collaborations, Kunsthaus Zurich
2004 Support 2 – Die Neue Galeri als Sammlung, Neue Galerie Graz
Daniel Burne/Bruno Peinado Quatre fois moins ou quatre fois plus, Palais de Tokyo Paris
The Pontus Hulen Collection, Moderna Museet Stockholm
2003 Ready to Shoot Fernsehgalerie Gerry Shum, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
Les 20 ans des FRAC, FRAC Regionen Paris
Les Couleurs Les Formes, Centre Pompidou Paris
Minimalism and After II Daimler Chrysler Contemporary Berlin
2001 The GAM builds it’s Future Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Turin
1995 A Survey of Works 1966-1995, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Wall Works, Edition Schellmann, Cologne
Punishment and Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen, Bismarck
1993 Gagosian, New York, NY
Recent Pastel Drawings and Prints, Yellow Stone Art Center, Billings, MT
1992 Etudes Preparatories, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Paris, France
1991 Recent Drawings, Gaierie Roger Pillias, Paris, France
1989 Vertical Landscapes: An International Artistic Event, Musée du Quebec, Quebec, Canada
John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Massimo Minini, Italy
1988 Daniel Buren: The Reverberation, The Brooklyn Museum, NY
Metamorphoses ‑ Works in Situ, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC. Traveled to the
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseiles, France
Galeria Pietro Sprata, Chagny, France
1987 Through the Room: Situated Works, John Weber Gallery, NY
Metamorphoses – Works in Situ, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at
Amherst
1985 Lisson Gallery, London, England
1983 Renaissance Gallery, Chicago, IL
John Weber Gallery, NY
Points de Vue, Musee d’Art Moderna de la Ville de Paris
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
1983 Gallerie Eric Fabre, Paris, France
Michele Lachoway Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1982 David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1981 Kabinet fur Aktual Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
Apartment Project, Toronto, Canada
Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Molbet‑Vievielle Gallery, Paris, France
Transitorieo Lavori in Situ, Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
1980 Modulo Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Studio Tanit, Munich, Germany
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
Framed/Exploded/Defaced, Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne, Germany
The Art Institute, Detroit, MI
Punctuations, Le Nouveau Musee, Lyon, France
Exit, John Weber Gallery, NY
1979 Space and Support, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Saman Gallery, Genoa, Italy
Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris France
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
National Gallery of Victoria Museum, Australia
Padiglione D’Arte Moderna di Milano, Milan, Italy
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada
Anna Leonowena Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Lac de Geneve (Voile/Toile, Part 2), Geneva, Switzerland
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Liege, Belgium
1977‑78 Ballets Nos. 8‑14, NY
Gallerie C.M, St. Etienne, France
A L’Endroit a L’Envers, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France
West Side Highway , NY
Ballets Nos. 15‑18, NY
Change of Scenery, John Weber Gallery, NY
Following and to be Followed: a Work in Situ, Peter Nadin, NY
1976 Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Conrad Fisher Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Sale Patino Institution, Geneva, Switzerland
On Two Levels with Two Colors, Lisson Gallery, London, England
To Situate, Dan Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In a Given Location, Part 2, Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Ici‑Hier, Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Desoramais, Vanaf, Rijksmuseum, Kroller‑Mueller, Amsterdam, Holland
Ailleurs/Elders, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
Transparency, Art and Project Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy
To Transgress, Leo Castelli Gallery, NY
To Place, John Weber Gallery, NY
ICA Museum, London, England
Saman Gallery, Genova, Italy
Chez Georges, Paris, France
Galleria Mazzini, Genova, Italy
Rolf Preisig Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Rudiger Schottle Gallery. Munich, Germany
Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Place and Placement‑Work in Situ, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
13 Bleeker Street, NY
C/O Copley Gallery, a show which traveled throughout the People’s Republic of China Dans les Rues de Paris, Paris, France; Musee Pompidou de Paris, Paris, France;
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium; University Museum, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
1975 D’un Space a L’altro, Rolf Preisig, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Italy
Including Seven Walls, Barbara Cusack Gallery, Houston, TX
Seven Ballets in Manhattan, John Weber Gallery, NY
Voile/Toile, Toile/Voile, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, and the Galerie Folker Skulimer, Berlin, Germany
Avec L’Arcature, Saman Gallery, Genoa, Italy
Interventiona, Galerie 31. Paris, France
Anka Gallery, Paris, France
MTL Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Von da An, Stadtisches Museum, Monchegladbach, Germany
Kunst Akademie, Berlin, Germany
Ink on Paper, Second Version, Interfunktionel, Cologne, Germany
Passage du Bailli, Brussels, Belgium
1974 Galerie des Locataires, Budapest, Hungary
Studio Stajesvski‑Anka, Warsaw, Poland
Galerie Passage, Warsaw, Poland
Da Un Colore all’altro, Rolf Preisig, Basel, Switzerland
Passage du Bailli, Brussels, Belgium
1974 In a Given Location, Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Italy
Art Tapes 22, (video exhibition) Florence, Italy
Banco, Part 1, Brescia, Italy
Banco, Part 2, Brescia, Italy
Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 Location Shots, curated by Raimar Stange, Galerie Erna Hecev, Brussel
The Snow Show, 2006, Sestriere Turin
Public Space/Two Audiences, MACBA 0 museu d’Art Contemporani di Barcelona
Les Formes du Delai (a photo-souvenir), la box bourges, Bourges
Art Paris 06, the first artfair in the Grand Palais, Paris
2005 FRAC, Mouvement, Museum Ludwig Koln
La Collection II/III, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Marseille
Yokohama Trienalle of Contemporary Art, Yamashita Pier # 3 Warehouse, Japan
1993 Galleri F-15, Norway
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1992 Daniel Buren and Pepe Espaliu, John Weber Gallery, New York
Large Scale Prints, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Livres d’artistes, Galerie Mansart, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Just Patheti”, American Fine Arts Co., Colin Deland Fine Art, NY
1991 Prints and Concepts, Stella R Graphics, Paris, France
1990 Prints Made at Crown Point Press, Tate Gallery, London
1989 Vertical Landscapes: An International Artistic Event, Musee de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Works on Paper, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1988 John Weber Gallery,NY
Cultural Participation, Curated by Group Material, Dia Foundation, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Print Room, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Equation, Barbara Krakow, Boston, MA
Ein Traum mit schagsahne, Exhibition in honor of DAAD’s 25th Anniversary,
Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, West Germany
Zeitlos (Timeless), The Hamburg Bahnhof on Invalidenstrasse, Berlin
1987 Print in Parts, Crown Point Press, NY
For 25 Years: Crown Point Press, Museum of Modern Art, NY
1986 French Pavillion, The Venice Biennale, Venice,Italy (installation)
Oeuvres Inedites, Galerie Roger Paillias, Marseilles, France
1982 Postminimalisms, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Thoughts and Actions, Laforet Museum, Tokyo, and the
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1980 Lisson Gallery, London, England
1980 Pier and Ocean: Concepts of Space, organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain, traveling to the Hayward Gallery, London, England, and to Kroller‑Mueller
Museum, Otterloo, Netherlands
Fabrications, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Fabric into Art, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY at Old Westbury, CT
Fabrications, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1980 Selections from the John Weber Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, and the Florida International University, Miami, FL
1979 Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia
Ian Wilson, Paris, France
John Weber Gallery, NY
Word of Mouth, an artist’s meeting on the island of Ponape in the Pacific Ocean, organized by Crown Point Press,Oakland, CA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1978 Europe in the 70’s: Aspects of Recent Work, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC;
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Fort Worth Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, TX; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (1978‑79)
Two Weeks, Two Works, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland
1977 Europe in the 70’s, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1976 Paintings, Organized by Anina Nosei, The Fine Arts Building, NY
Galleries d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Printsequence, Museum of Modern Art, NY
Rooms, Institute of Arts and Urban Resources, NY
A Month of Sundays, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS1, Long Island City, NY
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris (show at the Fine Arts Building in NY)
1975 Gallerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium
PMG Self Gallery. London, England
Color as Language, Organized by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art to travel in South America
1974 The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland
Galerie La Bertesca, Dusseldorf, Germany
Eight Contemporary Artists, Museum of Modern Art, NY
Striped and Shaped Canvases, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

Awards

1986 Best Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Collections (prints)

Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Selected Bibliography

Colpitt, Frances. Space Commanders (Report from Los Angeles) Art in America, January 1990, p. 67.
Phillips, Patricia. Review of Daniel Buren at John Weber Gallery, Artforum, February, 1990. p. 133.
Felver, Christopher. Artists in Close Up, Art International, Winter 1989, p. 44.
Fehlau, Fred. Buren’s System; Situated Lithographs at Gemini G.E.L., Artweek, November 9, 1989, p. 15.
Denizot, Rene. Daniel Buren; La Lettre Ouverte, Galeries Magazine, April-May 1989, pg. 95.