exhibitions

1970

• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'herman de vries. random objectivations', February 15-March 6, 1970.
  [invitation card] [pamphlet]
• Kunsthistorisch Instituut - Amsterdam
  'herman de vries. random objectivations', March 6-27, 1970.
  [catalogue] [foldout/poster]
• Galerie m - Bochum
  'herman de vries', March 24-May 23, 1970.
  [flyer] [invitation card] [poster]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'frieder nake - komputer grafiek / herman de vries - random objectivations-collages', April 5-26, 1970.
  [invitation card]

• Závodní Klub - Blansko
  'Konkrétiscká grafika', April 25-May 24, 1970.
  [catalogue] [foldout] [invitation card] [poster]
• Musée des arts decoratifs de la ville de Lausanne - Lausanne
  'Réflet des galeries-pilotes', June 21-October 4, 1970. The exhibition travelled to Grenoble.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Teufel - Koblenz
  'Sommer-Accrochage', July 1970. Participating artists Hartmut Böhm, Adolf Fleischmann, Jo Delhaut, Jan J. Schoonhoven and herman de vries.
• Exempla - Marciana
  'Mostra internazionale di poesia sperimentale', August 1970.
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'Recent werk van Balth, Bonies, Hilgemann, [...]', August 9-[?], 1970.
  [invitation card]
• Galerij Waumans - St. Niklaas/Waas
  'Kunst + Licht', in co-operation with Plus-Kern, centrum voor constructieve vormgeving, September 5-24, 1970.
• Museo del Castello - Brescia
  'La poesia degli anni 70', September 13-October 10, 1970.
  [catalogue]
• Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts - Lausanne
  '3e Salon international de galeries-pilotes', Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne; June 21-October 4, 1970. The exhibition travelled to Paris.
  [catalogue]
• Plus-Kern, centrum voor konstruktieve vormgeving - Ghent
  'Bonies, Dekkers, de vries', October 27-December 5, 1970.
  [catalogue]
• Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam
  'Klankteksten? Konkrete poëzie. Visuele teksten', November 7, 1970-January 3, 1971. Curated by Liesbeth Crommelin. Other venues Antwerp, Stuttgart, Nürnberg, Liverpool and Oxford.
  [catalogue] [LP]
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'bol & sirkel', January 1970 onwards, organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting. Venues De Tamboer, Hoogeveen (1/7-29/7/1970), Bejaardenhuis Eikenhove, Hoofddorp (7/8-30/8/1970), Galerie Boumans, Beverwijk (13/8-5/9/1970), 't Gouw, Purmerend (2/10-15/10/1970), Agnietenhof, Tiel (7/11-3/12/1970), De Waag, Dokkum (7/1-21/1/1971), De Waag, Almelo (27/1-21/2/1971), Kasteel Ehrenstein, Kerkrade (17/5-6/6/1971) and Veluws Museum, Harderwijk (10/6-23/6/1971).
  [catalogue]

1971

• Stichting De Utrechtse Kring - Utrecht
  'herman de vries. reliëfs, collages, tekeningen (inzending galeries pilotes)', March 14-April 10, 1971.
  [catalogue] [invitation card]
• Galerie Ursula Lichter - Frankfurt am Main
  'herman de vries', May 7-29, 1971.
  [flyer]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'herman de vries. random objectivations 1971', June 20-July 9, 1971.
  [invitation card]

• Heidelberger Kunstverein - Heidelberg
  'Sammlung Cremer. Kunst der sechziger Jahre', May 16-June 20, 1971.
  [catalogue] [invitation card]
• Galerie Dominik Rasser - Basel
  'Editions le cadre', June 1-30, 1971.
• Haags Gemeentemuseum - The Hague
  'Keuze uit aanwinsten van het prentenkabinet 1967-1971', July 10-August 22, 1971.
  [brochure prentenkabinet no. 33]
• Palais des Beaux-Arts - Brussels
  'Stedelijk [= Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam] '60-'70', organised under Europalia '71. Dutch Art, September 22-October 17; Foreign Art, October 20-November 22, 1971.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Heide Hildebrand - Klagenfurt
  'Salutationes', October 1-15, 1971.
  [invitation card]
• Galerie Teufel - Cologne
  'accrochage', October 5-10, 1971.
• Musée des Beaux-Arts - Liège
  'Tendances constructivistes dans l'art hollandais après 1945', organised by Europalia 1971, October 22-November 21, 1971.
  [catalogue]
• Multi-Art Gallery - Antwerp
  'Originals + Paper-Art', November 6-25, 1971.
  [invitation card] [poster]

1972

• Aktionsgalerie - Bern
  [with Sarenco] 'bilder als bilder', 1972.
  [invitation card] [press release]
• Galerie Teufel - Koblenz
  'Herman de Vries', February 2-March 24, 1972.
  [flyer]
• i.k.i. Modern Art Gallery - Düsseldorf
  [solo presentation by Modern Art Gallery, Berlin], October 6-11, 1972.

• Kunsthistorisch Instituut - Utrecht
  'Toeval', February 2-[?], 1972.
  [catalogue]
• Galleria U - Montevideo
  'Exposicion exhaustiva de la nueva poesia', February 7-April 5, 1972.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie m - Bochum
  'Neue konkrete Kunst. Zeichnungen', March 24-May 10, 1972. Participating artists Ad Dekkers, Erwin Heerich, Rob van Koningsbruggen, Jan J. Schoonhoven, herman de vries.
  [catalogue] [poster] [text]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'Struycken, en recent werk van Bonies, Dekkers, Staakman, de vries, Morellet, Calderara', July-August, 1972.
• Galerie Heseler - Munich
  'Otto Piene. Lichtballet und Künstler der Gruppe Zero', August 9-[??], 1972. During the exhibition the gallery also shows 'Künstler der Gruppe ZERO: Graphik und Multiples' including some works of herman de vries.
  [catalogue] [invitation card]
• Galleria Milano - Milan
  'Programmi Sistematici. Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Jan Schoonhoven, Peter Struycken, Herman de Vries', October 18-November 22, 1972.
  [catalogue]
• Internationale Kunstmesse Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
  Galerie Swart, Amsterdam presents Balth, Bonies, Calderara, and others, October 6-12, 1972.
  [invitation card]
• Centro d'arte Santelmo - Salo
  'Natura morte internazionale', October 21-November 11, 1972.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Teufel - Cologne
  'Strukturierte Monochromie', November 24, 1972-February 1973. Participating artists Bernard Aubertin, Hermann Bartels, Siegfried Cremer, herman de vries, Lucio Fontana and many others.
  [catalogue] [foldout]
• Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal - Leiden
  'Struktuur - een thema, een methode', December 8, 1972-January 28, 1973. Participating artists Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Peter Struycken, herman de vries, and others. Includes list of exhibited works.
  [catalogue]
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Met papier op papier', touring exhibition[?] Participating artists among others Marinus Boezem, Stanley Brouwn, Jan Dibbets, Ewerdt Hilgemann and herman de vries.
  [catalogue]

1973

• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'herman de vries. random shapes', February 4-22, 1973.
  [invitation card]

• Kunsthalle Ludwigshafen - Ludwigshafen
  'systematische programme. ad dekkers, ewerdt hilgemann, jan schoonhoven, herman de vries', Bürgermeister Ludwig Reichert Haus, February 7-March 11, 1973.
  [catalogue] [poster]
• De Vaart - Hilversum
  'Kijkkijk 73. Expositie van visuele poëzie', March 17-April 15, 1973.
  [catalogue]
• Kunsthalle Tübingen - Tübingen
  'Sammlung Cremer. Europäische Avantgarde 1950-1970, March 31-May 6, 1973. The exhibition travelled to the Frankfurter Kunstverein (October 5-November 18, 1973).
  [catalogue]
• Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
  'Programm. Zufall. System. Ein neuer Zweig am alten Konzept der Sammlung Etzold', May 4-June 11, 1973.
  [catalogue]
• Galleria Peccolo - Livorno
  'Per una collocazione della poesia concreta e visuale', June 1973.
  [catalogue]
• Cultureel Centrum Venlo
  'Collectie Tromp Meesters', August 24, 1973 onwards; other venues: Galerie De Doelen, Rotterdam (1975), Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent (1976), De Zonnehof, Amersfoort (1977).
  [catalogue]
• Studio Brescia - Brescia
  'Arte sistematica olandese. Dekkers, De Vries, Hilgemann', October 30-November [?], 1973. Other venues Galleria Primo Piano, Rome (December 5-[?], 1973) and Studio Firenze arte contemporanea, Florence (April 12-May 2, 1974).
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'grafiek, tekeningen of reliefs van balth, baumgarten, hilgemann, [...]', November 2-21, 1973.
  [invitation card]
• Rosa Essman Gallery
  'Ad Dekkerts, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries', November 6-[?], 1973.
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Varianten. Abstrakt-geometrische kunst in Nederland', touring exhibition January 27, 1973 onwards, organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting, 1973. Venues: Gemeentemuseum Arnhem (27/1-4/3 1973), Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (10/3-8/4 1973), Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (15/4-13/5 1973), Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (19/5-17/6 1973), Gemeentelijk Expositie-centrum Aemstelle, Amstelveen (23/6-22/7 1973), Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (1/9-30/9 1973), 'De Vaart', Hilversum (6/10-4/11 1973), 't Kruithuis, 's Herttogenbosch (10/11-9/12 1973), 'De Zonnewijzer', Eindhoven (19/1-16/2 1974), Gemeentemuseum Roermond (22/2-31/3 1974), Groninger Museum, Groningen (12/4-12/5 1974).
  [catalogue]

1974

• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'grote lijn- en punt-raster tekeningen', January 28-February 6, 1974 and 'chance and change situations', February 7-15, 1974.
  [foldout] [invitation card]
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'zufallsprogramme', April 27-May 25, 1974.
  [foldout]
• Lucy Milton Gallery - London
  'herman de vries', May 8-28, 1974.
  [foldout] [invitation card]
• Galerie am Wochenende - Feldkirchen
  1974.

• Landesmuseum für Kunst und Landesgeschichte - Münster
  'Sammlung Cremer. Europäische Avantgarde 1950-1970', February 24-March 24, 1974.
  [catalogue] [invitation card]
• Institute of Contemporary Art - London
  'Basically White', March 15-April 28, 1974. Exhibition organised by Lucy Milton.
  [catalogue] [invitation card]
• Galerie Jesse - Bielefeld
  'Dekkers, Hilgemann, de vries', March 17-[?], 1974.
  [invitation card] [publication]
• Studio Berggemeinde - Frankfurt am Main
  'Systematische Programme. Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries', May 31-June 30, 1974.
  [invitation card]
• kunstcentrum 'badhuis' - Gorinchem
  'Symposion '74', June 5-September 1974. Participating artists Getulio Alviani, Marinus Boezem, Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries and others; poster by Wolfgang Sprang.
  [catalogue] [poster]
• Kunsthistorisch Instituut - Amsterdam
  '"Informele Kunst" tussen Cobra en Zero', June 6-27, 1974.
  [catalogue]
• Lucy Milton Gallery - London
  'Permutations. Baljeu, Ad Dekkers, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Carel Visser, herman de vries, Wilmink', July 7-August 27, 1974.
  [foldout]
• Galerie Média - Neuchâtel
  'Art concret hollandais. Dekkers, Hilgemann, Schoonhoven, de vries', October 26-November 23, 1974.
  [foldout] [invitation card]
• Galerie U - Montevideo
  'Festival de la Postal Creativa / Sky Art', October 11-24, 1974.
• Modern Art Gallery - Antwerp
  'Construct 74 : schilderijen, objecten, reliëfs, drukken, videotapes', October 19-November 14, 1974.
• Modern Art Gallery VZW - Antwerp
  'Construct '74', October 19-Nobember 14, 1974. Participating artists Bob Bonies, Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries, and many others.
  [invitation card]
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Internationale Kleinformat-Ausstellung', November 16, 1974-January 11, 1975.
  [foldout] [invitation card]
• Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut - Frankfurt am Main
  'Das Städl zeigt. Beispiele aus der Sammlung Lenz, Kronberg', November 28, 1974-January 26, 1975. Concept: Hermann Goepfert, Susanne Müller-Hanft.
  [catalogue] [poster]
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Lijnrecht', December 9, 1974 onwards, organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting, 1975. The exhibition travelled to Nijmegen, Alkmaar, Uithoorn, Middelburg ('Art Information Festival') and many other places in the Netherlands.
  [catalogue]
• Studio Cassati - Merate
  December 21, 1974-January 10, 1975.

1975

• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - Amsterdam
  'random shapes', February 7-April 6, 1975.
  [catalogue] [exhibition view] [poster] [press release] [text]
• Hof de Doom - Welten
  til January 15, 1976.
• - Luang-Prabang
  'exposition complète de luang-prabang'.
  [poster]

• Galerie de Goede - Nijmegen
  'Taal Beeld Taal', 1975.
• kunstcentrum 'badhuis' - Gorinchem
  'Symposium Gorinchem, een portfolio', 1975.
  [catalogue]
• Biblioteca Nazionale - Florence
  'Poesia concreta 1952-1967, March-April, 1975.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Seestrasse - Rapperswill
  'Internationale Kleinformat-Ausstellung', April 5-May 17, 1975.
  [invitation card]
• kunstcentrum 'badhuis' - Gorinchem
  'visuele poëzie', April 26-May 30, 1975. Curated by Gerrit Jan de Rook.
  [catalogue in series 'kunstinformatie', 2]
• Galerie De Doelen - Rotterdam
  'Visual Poetry International', June 6-July 7, 1975. The exhibition travelled to Amsterdam and Brussels.
  [catalogue] [foldout] [poster]
• Institut Néerlandais - Paris
  'Poesie visuelle. Gravures, collages, photographies de A.A. Misson, Hans Clavin, Herman Damen, [...]', June 12-July 6, 1975. Curated by Paul De Vree.
  [catalogue]
• Musée d'art et d'histoire - Neuchâtel
  'Collections privées neuchâteloises', June 27-October 12, 1975.
• Centraal Museum - Utrecht
  'Abstrakte kunst uit eigen bezit', June 28-September 1, 1975. Participating artists herman de vries, Peter Struycken, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Carel Visser, and others.
  [catalogue]
• 't Hoogt - Utrecht
  'Internationale visuele poëzie = Visual Poetry International', July 11-August 11, 1975. Curated by Gerrit Jan de Rook.
  [foldout] [poster]
• Galerie Seebacher - Bludenz-Nüziders
  '3 Konzepte aus Holland. Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Herman de Vries', July 23-September 19, 1975.
  [foldout]
• 't Hoogt - Utrecht
  'Stempelkunst', November 1-30, 1975. Curated by Gerrit Jan de Rook.
  [catalogue]
• Instituut voor esthetica/Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam
  'Visuele poëzie', November 15-December 15, 1975 (on the occasion of Amsterdam 700).
  [publication]
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Zeichnungen', November 21, 1975-January 31, 1976.
  [foldout]
• Galerie St. Johann - Saarbrücken
  'Kleinobjekte : Originale & Multiples', November 29, 1975-January 31, 1976.
• Städtisches Museum im Prediger - Schwäbisch Gmünd
  'Rationale Konzepte 75', December 6, 1975-January 31, 1976. In cooperation with Galerie Pa Szepan and curated by Pa Szepan.
  [catalogue]
• Zona - Florence
  'Small Press Scene', December 1975-February 1976. Curated by Maurizio Nannucci.
  [catalogue]
• Bureau Beeldende Kunst Buitenland
  'Graphics From Mondriaan's Country. Bonies, Jan Dibbets, Gerhardt von Graevenitz [...] ', December 5, 1975 onwards. Curated by Gijs van Tuyl. The exhibition travelled to Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom.
  [catalogue]

1976

• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'herman de vries. recent werk', January 25-February 13, 1976. In cooperation with artists press, bern.
  [invitation card]
• kunstcentrum 'badhuis' - Gorinchem
  'herman de vries. at random', January 10-February 14, 1976.
  [catalogue in series 'kunstinformatie', 6] [list of exhibited works]
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Arbeiten 1975 und sämtliche Publikationen von und über Herman de Vries', May 8-June 11, 1976.
  [foldout]
• Galerie Magazijn - Groningen
  'herman de vries. 16 dm² - an essay + collages, tekeningen grafiek en publicaties vanaf 1961', September 19-October 11, 1976.
  [edition/publication] [flyer]
• Galerie Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
  'herman de vries. zufallsobjektivierung', October 8-November 11, 1976.
  [invitation card]
• Galerie Hermanns - Fürstenfeldbrück
  'herman de vries. arbeiten 1962-1976', November 12-December 8, 1976.
  [catalogue]

• Kunstmuseum Olten - Olten
  '"Méfiez-vous de l'art" (Sammlung Helmut Dudé)', 1976.
  [catalogue]
• kunstcentrum 'badhuis' - Gorinchem
  'Rational Concepts. English Drawings', February 21-March 20, 1976. Other venue Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft (July 10-August 16, 1976). The exhibition was also shown in an extended form in Galerie De Volle Maan, Delft.
  [catalogue]
• Palazzo Strozzi - Florence
  'Quinta Biennale internazionale della grafica d'arte', April 13-June 20, 1976.
  [catalogue]
• Other Books & So - Amsterdam
  'Stamp Art', April 27-May 15, 1976.
  [catalogue]
• Galleria d'Arte Spriano - Omegna
  'programmi sistematici. sei artisti contemporanei (Antonio Calderara, Ad Dekkers, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Jan Schoonhoven, Peter Struycken, herman de vries)', June 12-30, 1976.
• Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst - Ghent
  'Collectie Tromp Meesters', August 11-November 13, 1976.
  [catalogue]
• Château de Belfort - Belfort
  'Systèmes et Séries : estampes contemporaines', August 12-October 2, 1976. Other venue Besançon (November 24, 1976-January 10, 1977).
• Galeria Teatru Studio Palac Kultury i Nauki - Warsaw
  'System + Programm', October 2-31[?], 1976.
  [foldout] [poster]
• Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
  'Die reine Form. Von Malewitsch bis Albers', October 15-November 28, 1976. Participating artists Ewerdt Hilgemann, Gottfried Honneger, herman de vries, Ryszard Winiarski and others.
  [catalogue]
• Poëziehuis - Duiven
  'Midherfstmanifestatie', October 16-November 28, 1976.
• Galerie Jülicher - Gützenrath
  'Weiße Bilder', November 26-[?], 1976.
• Other Books & So - Amsterdam
  'Newspaper Art - Art Newspapers', November 30-December 23, 1976. Participting artists Eduard bal, Mirtha Dermirsache, Hans Koetsier, Endre Tot, Michael Gibbs, herman de vries and many others.
• De Volle Maan - Delft
  'Engelse en Nederlandse rationele tekeningen', 1976. Curated by Norman Dilworth.
  [catalogue]
• Schubladenmuseum für moderne Kunst
  'The Museum of Drawers - Herbert Distel's Schubladenmuseum für moderne Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, 1970-1976', touring from 1976 onwards.
  [catalogue]
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Toevalkunst', organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting, 1976. Venues: Etten-Leur, Wijchen, Gouda and others.
  [catalogue]

1977

• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Herman de Vries', November 12-December 8, 1977.
  [foldout] [exhibition view]
• Galerie Magazijn - Groningen
  '16dm²', 1977.
  [publication]
• Galerie D + C Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
  'herman de vries', 1977.

• Librije Hedendaagse Kunst - Zwolle
  'Kunst per post - Mail art', 1977.
  [catalogue]
• Augenladen Bernhard Sandfort - Mannheim
  'Das Museum der Fragen', 1977. Other venues: Bochum (October 21-November 26, 1978) and Berlin (1980).
  [catalogue]
• Kunsthaus Zürich - Zürich
  'Aspekte konstruktiver Kunst. Sammlung McCrory Corporation, New York', January 14-February 27, 1977.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
  'Serielle Konzepte. Bilder, Objekte, Zeichnungen', April 22-June 4, 1977.
• Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter - Høvikodden
  'Klar Form. Konstruktivistik kunst i 60 å. Utvalg fra Mc Crory-samlingen i USA', September 23-October 1977.
  [catalogue]
• Städtisches Museum Abteiberg - Mönchengladbach
  'Sammlung Etzold. Eine Auswahl für acht Räume', October 23-November 27, 1977.
  [catalogue]
• Multi Art Points - Amsterdam
  'Vermenigvuldiging/Element', October 23-November 11, 1977.
  [invitation card]
• Galerie Magazijn - Groningen
  'Overzicht eigen edities en presentatie van aanwinsten uit de vaste kollektie', December 22, 1977-January 15, 1978.
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Visuele poëzie', touring exhibition organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting and curated by F.H. Bool, M. Mourik and G.J. de Rook. Venues: public libraries in Wageningen, Enschede, Zaandam and others.
  [catalogue]
• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Het boek als beeldend middel', touring exhibition organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting, 1977. Venues: public libraries in Tilburg, Zevenaar, Zaandam and others.
  [catalogue]

1978

• Verlagsgalerie Michael Leaman - Düsseldorf
  'Zeitungskunst 2', January 25-February 23, 1978.
  [catalogue]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  'Ad Dekkers, Jan Schoonhoven, Richard Tuttle, Herman de Vries', January 26-February 14, 1978.
• Galeria Teatru Studio Palac Kultury i Nauki - Warsaw
  'Czwarty wymiar w czwroroboku [= The fourth dimension in the square]', February 11-19, 1978.
  [foldout] [poster]
• Museo di Castelvecchio - Verona
  'Poesia e prosa delle avanguardie. Esperienze di una rivista: Lotta Poetica 1971-1975', February 20-March 20, 1978.
  [catalogue]
• Galeria Dom Srodowisk Tworczych - Lodz
  'Teksty wizualne- Visual Texts', March 13-19, 1978.
  [catalogue] [poster]
• Frankfurter Kunstverein - Frankfurt am Main
  'Porträt einer Sammlung z.B. Kasack', Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus, April 7-May 7, 1978.
  [foldout]
• Kulturhuset - Stockholm
  'Konstruktivister ur McCrory-samlingen, New York. Maleri, teckning, skulptur 1911-1974', April 7-May 13, 1978.
  [catalogue]
• Haags Gemeentemuseum - The Hague
  'Nederlandse kunstenaarsboeken', April 15-May 28, 1978.
  [catalogue]
• Musée Rath - Geneva
  'Tendances constructivistes au XXe siècle. Collection McCrory Corporation, New York', June 17-September 5, 1978.
  [flyer]
• City of Groningen - Groningen
  'Zomermanifestatie', July 20-September 2, 1978. The contribution of herman de vries was a walk in Het Lieftinghsbroek (Vlagtwedde).
  [brochure]
• Museum Bochum - Bochum
  'Bernhard Sandfort. Museum der Fragen', October 21-November 26, 1978.
  [catalogue]
• Landespavillon Stuttgart - Stuttgart
  'System + Zufall (Mohr, Morellet, de vries, Winiarski), November 2-22, 1978. Organised by Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart.
  [catalogue]
• Palazzo Strozzi - Florence
  'Artists Books', Centro Libri d'Artista, December 30, 1978-January 1979.
  [catalogue]

1979

• De Vleeshal - Middelburg
  'herman de vries. "16 dm²" and "het effekt van de hagelstorm van eind juli op onze appelboom"', July 18-August 5, 1979.
  [poster] [publication]
• Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
  [with Morellet] herman de vries. enige nieuwe edities', September 28-October 18, 1979.
  [invitation card]
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'herman de vries. "the birch" und andere arbeiten', October 17-November 17, 1979.
  [foldout]
• galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
  'herman de vries. arbeiten 1974-1979', November 4-December 5, 1979.
  [invitation card] [list of exhibited works]

• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Grafik', January 16-27, 1979.
• Kunstverein Unna - Unna
  'Vierte Dimension im Viereck', January 26-February 25, 1979.
  [foldout]
• Groninger Museum - Groningen
  'Kollektie De Groot', March 25-April 22, 1979.
  [catalogue]
• Kunsthaus Zürich - Zürich
  'Zero. Bildvorstellungen einer europäischen Avantgarde 1958-1964', June 1-August 5, 1979. Curated by Ursula Perucchi-Petri.
  [catalogue] [poster]
• galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
  'Avantgarde 69', September 28-October 28, 1979.
• Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
  'Künstlerbücher', November 20, 1979-February 7, 1980.
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• Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten - Antwerp
  'Zero internationaal Antwerpen. Retrospectieve tentoonstelling', November 24, 1979-February 24, 1980.
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• Galerie Loehr - Frankfurt
  'Aspekte der 60er Jahre. Bilder, Objekte, Filme aus Belgien, der Bundesrepublik, England, Holland, Italien, USA', May 18-June 30, 1979. Participating artist Walter Leblanc, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries and many others.
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• Produzentengalerie - München
  'Künstlerbücher erster Teil', with many artists besides herman de vries, October 5-November 30, 1979. The exhibition toured to the Galerie Circulus Bonn (10.2.-29.3.1980), to the FachHochschule für Gestaltung, Würzburg (23.1.-7.2.1981|) and to the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg (23.2.-4.4.1981).
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• Nederlandse Kunststichting
  'Papier is geduldig', touring exhibition organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting, 1979. Venues: Putten, Oosterbeek, Vorden, and others.