exhibitions
1980
- Galerie Magazijn - Groningen
'herman de vries. varens/ferns. publikaties en edities', September 6-October 4, 1980.[foldout] - Kunsthistorisch Instituut - Groningen
'herman de vries. publicaties', September 6-October 12, 1980.[invitation card] [poster] - Groninger Museum - Groningen
'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', September 7-October 13, 1980.[catalogue] [invitation card] [poster] - Galerie Swart - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. earth museum vol. I', September 9-October 1, 1980.
- AAB Museo Laboratorio di Arti Visive - Brescia
'Tendenze e sviluppi della ricerca poetico-visuale', January 5-31, 1980. Curated by Matteo D'Ambrosio.[catalogue] - Hoofdkantoor PTT - Arnhem
'Mail-art project, Art in the City', May 16-June 4, 1980. Other venue Nijmegen.[foldout] - Cultureel Centrum - Venlo
'Een keuze uit de verzameling Tromp Meesters', July 18-August 10, 1980.[poster] - Hayward Gallery - London
'Pier + Ocean. Construction in the Art of the Seventies', May 8-June 22, 1980. Curated by Gerhard von Graevenitz. Part of the exhibition travelled to Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo (July 13-September 8, 1980).[catalogue] [poster] - Kärntner Landesgalerie - Klagenfurt
'Sammlung Hildebrand. Bilder, Plastiken, Objekte, Zeichnungen', May 14-June 30, 1980.[catalogue] - Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller - Otterlo
'Pier + Ocean. Constructie in de kunst van de jaren zeventig', July 13-September 8, 1980. Curated by Gerhard von Graevenitz.[catalogue] [poster] - edition & galerie hoffmann - Friedberg
'Arbeiten mit Papier', August 30-[?], 1980. - Landespavillon Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart
'Aktuelle Kunst aus den Niederlanden', October 5-30, 1980. Organized by galerie d + c mueller-roth, Stuttgart.[catalogue] [invitation card] [poster] - Metronom, Espai del Centro Documentació d'Art Actual - Barcelona
'Exposició de tramesca postal = Mail art exhibition', 13 October-21 November 1980.[catalogue] - Galerie Teufel - Cologne
'konstruktion - struktur - konstellation - aspekte in der zeichnung, europa seit 1945', November 8, 1980-end January 1981. Participating artists Joseph Albers, Hans Arp, Jan Schoonhoven, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Galerie Studio Berggemeinde - Frankfurt am Main
'10 Jahre Studio Berggemeinde', 1980.[catalogue]
1981
- Het Apollohuis - Eindhoven
'herman de vries', May 9-31, 1981.[publication] [invitation card] [text] - Gemeentelijk Van Reekum Museum - Apeldoorn
'herman de vries. postal messages 1978/1979', May 9-31, 1981.[invitation card] [publication] - Groninger Museum - Groningen
'Aanwinsten : Peter Struycken en Herman de Vries', August 27-September 27, 1981. - La Gomera
herman de vries. 'here', September 1981-September 1982 and the exhibition will never be closed.[invitation card] [publication : Kunstinformatie 36]
- I.C.C. - Antwerp
'Mail Art Festival', September 25-November 1, 1981.[foldout] - De Volkskrant - Amsterdam
'Internationale mail art expositie', October 16-November 6, 1981.[poster] - galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Lapidar', October 23-November 28, 1981.[catalogue] - Foto-medium-art Galerie Solidarity - Wroclaw
'Konstrukcja w Procesie = Construction in Process in the art of the 70s'', October 26-November 25, 1981. Other venues: Forum Galerie, Lodz, Dziekanka Galerie, Warsaw and others.[foldout] [poster] - Galerie Heide Hildebrand - Klagenfurt
'Aus dem Depot der Galerie Hildebrand "Europäische Kunst 1960-1970"', October 29-November 20, 1981. - Galerie Seebacher - Bludenz-Nüziders
'Traum', December 3, 1981-January 20, 1982. Other venues Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck.[catalogue]
1982
- Galerie Hildebrand - Klagenfurt
'herman de vries. blätter', September 16-October 1, 1982.[foldout] - Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
'les très riches heures de herman de vries', October 20-November 20, 1982.[foldout]
- Groninger Museum - Groningen
'Kunst van Nu in het Groninger Museum : aanwinsten 1978-1982', 1982. Other venue: Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven.[catalogue] - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'Die Handzeichnung der Gegenwart II. Neuerwerbungen seit 1970', May 15-July 25, 1982.[catalogue] - Cultureel Centrum Venlo - Venlo
'Collectie Tromp Meesters, keuze Woody van Amen', July 16-August 15, 1982. - Kunsthalle Bremen - Bremen
'Natur - Landschaft - Kunst. Bilder, Zeichnungen, Photographien, Bodenskulpturen, Objekte mit Abbildungen', September 5-October 24, 1982.[catalogue] [invitation card]
1983
- Het Apollohuis - Eindhoven
Premiere of 'belladonna', film by herman de vries, bb grögel and susanne jacob, steve leitner and vince de vries.[publication] [invitation card] - Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
[with Michael Biberstein] 'from earth', 1983.[brochure] - Creatief Centrum 'De Mariënburg' - Arnhem
'asiatische und eschenauer texte', December 5-23, 1983.[foldout]
- Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
'editionen der galerie', January 12-February 12, 1983. - De Kijkschuur - Acquoy
'Fotografie binnen een beeldend concept', June 4-July 24, 1983. - Diputacion Provincial - Pontevedra
'Obxectos postal = Mostra Mail Art', August 1, 1983.[catalogue] [poster] - Pfalzgalerie - Kaiserslautern
'Zeichnen Konkret in Deutschland heute', August 21-September 25, 1983. The exhibition travelled to the Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg (1984).[catalogue] - Frankfurter Kunstverein - Frankfurt am Main
'Kunst nach 45 aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz', October 7-November 27, 1983.[catalogue] - Haags Gemeentemuseum - The Hague
'Informele kunst in België en Nederland 1955-'60 : parallellen in de Nederlandstalige literatur', November-December 1983. Curated by Henk Peeters. The exhibition travelled to Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp (February 4-March 25, 1984).[catalogue]
1984
- galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'natural relations I - die marokkanische sammlung', May 25-June 23, 1984.[invitation card] [publication] - Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
'Herman de Vries', September 16-October 20, 1984.[foldout] - edition & galerie hoffmann - Friedberg
'herman de vries. Arbeiten von 1979-1984', September 22-October 25, 1984.
- galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'A Point - 1984, aus den Ateliers', March 9-May 12, 1984.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Galerie Julius Wijffels - Leeuwarden
'Gary Woodley, herman de vries, Jiri Valoch', May 6-June 9, 1984.[invitation card] - Stichting 'De Kijkschuur' - Acquoy
'Beelden aan de Linge', June 4-September 9, 1984.[catalogue] - Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
'Zeichnungen, Grafik', June 29-July 14, 1984.
[foldout] - Halle 13 Messe Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
'Von hier aus. Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf', September 29-December 2, 1984. Organised by the Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst Düsseldorf and curated by Kasper König.[catalogue] [poster] [text] - Galerie Zapiecek - Warsaw
'Small is beautiful', December 17, 1984-[?].
1985
- Augenladen - Mannheim
'herman de vries. skizzenkoffer I & II', June 28-July 25, 1985.[flyer] - galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries', October 19-November 30, 1985. - Galerie Lydia Megert - Bern
'herman de vries', November 23-December 21, 1985.[foldout]
- Groninger Museum - Groningen
'Natuurbeleving in de beeldende kunst', January 19-February 17, 1985. - Creatief Centrum 'De Mariënburg' - Arnhem
'De waardering van toeval in de kunst', April 1-20, 1985. - Städtisches Museum Abteiberg - Mönchengladbach
'Zeichnungen und Grafiken aus der Sammlung Etzold', April 14-May 27, 1985. - Bibliotheque publique d’information Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris
'Livres d'artistes', June 12-October 7, 1985. - Groninger Museum - Groningen
'Zomertentoonstelling', June 30-September 8, 1985. - Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum - Salzburg
'Bilder und Objekte aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung', July 24-October 13, 1985.[catalogue] [poster] - Galerie Felison - Velsen
'Uit een verzameling', September 2-30, 1985. Curated by Jan Zumbrink.[foldout/poster] - galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Der Sprung über den Graben', December 7, 1985-February 1, 1986.
1986
- Coracle Press Gallery - London
'Herman de Vries', July 18-September 10, 1986.[invitation card] - Galerie Inge Romberg - Borken
'herman de vries', September 27-November 2, 1986. - Cairn Gallery - Nailsworth
'herman de vries', October 4-31, 1986.[invitation card] - Bibliotheks- und Informationszentrum - Haßfurt
'herman de vries. from earth', October 20-November 14, 1986.[poster]
- FRAC Bourgogne - Dijon
'Première présentation d'un choix d'oeuvres', January 27-March 29, 1986. - Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum - Eindhoven
'Ooghoogte/Eye Level Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum 1936-1986', June 14-November 9, 1986.[catalogue] - Salle de la Fabrique - Avallon
'Choix d'oeuvres de la collection du Frac Bourgogne', July 10-September 1, 1986. - Wilhelm-Hack Museum - Ludwigshafen am Rhein
'Abstrakt-Konkret. neuerwerbung', August 17-September 9, 1986.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Louisiana Museum for Modern Art - Humlebaek
'Konstruktivisme - i Louisianas samling efter gaven fra The Riklis-McCrory Collection', August 23-October 5, 1986.[catalogue] - Etnografski Muzej - Belgrade
'Kulture Istoka - vizuelna umetnost Zapada XX veka', September 1986.[catalogue] - Städtisches Museum Abteiberg - Mönchengladbach
'Sammlung Etzold - Ein Zeitdokument', October 12, 1986-April 20, 1987.[catalogue] - edition & galerie hoffmann - Friedberg
'Die Ecke - The Corner - Le Coin', October 25, 1986-March 1, 1987. Other venues Buchberg (Gars am Kamp), Sitten and Ingolstadt.[catalogue] - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'Fröhliche Wissenschaft - Das Archiv Sohm', November 22, 1986-January 11, 1987. Curated by Thomas Kellein, Hanns Sohm.[catalogue] - Wilhelm-Hack Museum - Ludwigshafen am Rhein
'Von zwei Quadraten. Wilhelm Hack zum Gedächtnis', November 29, 1986–January 18, 1987.[catalogue] - Volkshochschule - Wuppertal
'Kultur-Natur', December 3-20, 1986. - Alvar Aalto Museum - Jyväskylä
'Art in Bookform', December 20, 1986-January 25, 1987. Curated by Maurizio Nannucci, Pier Luigi. Other venue Pori.[catalogue] - Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg
'Kunstförderung des Landes Baden-Württemberg. Erwerbungen 1983, 1984 und 1985'. Venues: Ulmer Museum, Ulm (March 13-April 20, 1986), Kunstverein Rastatt, Rastatt (May 16-June 8, 1986), Städtische Galerie Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg (July 1-August 5, 1986), Stadthalle Ellwangen, Ellwangen (August 14-September 14, 1986) and Kreismuseum Schloß Bonndorf, Bonndorf (September 25-October 17, 1986).[catalogue] - Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg
'Das andere Land. Ausländische Künstler in der Bundesrepublik', 1986. Venues Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Museum Bochum, and museums in Frankfurt, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Munich, Hannover, Ludwigshafen, Luxemburg.[catalogue] [invitation card]
1987
- Via Lattea Salon voor moderne kunst - Arnhem
'herman de vries', May 11-June 10, 1987.[foldout] - Bezirksbüro Unterfranken der Grünen - Schweinfurt
'herman de vries. from earth', September 21-[?], 1987.
- Wilhelm-Hack Museum - Ludwigshafen am Rhein
'Mathematik in der Kunst der letzten dreißig Jahre', February 7-March 29, 1987. Curated by Bernhard Holeczek and Dietmar Guderian; artists: Josef Albers, Lucien den Arend, Georg Baselitz, Max Bill, Hartmut Böhm, Bob Bonies, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] [invitation card] - FRAC Bourgogne - Dijon
'Le carré', April 13-June 20, 1987. - Frankfurter Kunstverein - Frankfurt am Main
'Goepfert und Zero/Zero und Goepfert', April 29-May 31, 1987.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Gutenberg Museum - Mainz
'Auf ein Wort! Aspekte visueller Poesie und visueller Musik', May 30-August 31, 1987. Other venues in Mainz Brückenturm Galerie, Institut Français and PGM Architektenteam.[catalogue] [poster] - Rathaushalle Hildesheim - Hildesheim
'Natur. Zweites internationales Mail-art-projekt eines Kunstkurses des Goethegymnasium Hildesheim', June 1-21, 1987. - Kunstraum Buchberg in Schloß Buchberg - Gars am Kamp
'Kunst und Ökologie', September 13-October 4, 1987. - Atelier/Galerie de l'E.N.A.D. - Limoges
'La Biennale de la paix', September 16-October 16, 1987. - Galerie Wack - Kaiserslautern
'Künstler der Zero-Bewegung', September 19-October 19, 1987.[invitation card] - Musée Municipal Clamecy - Clamecy
'Abstraction géométrique', October 1987. The exhibition travelled to Musée des Ursulines, Mâcon, October 30-November 30, 1987. - Castello di Arechi - Salerno
'Estetica diffusa', October 18-November 18, 1987. - Via Lattea Salon voor moderne kunst - Arnhem
'Art & Carry', November 28-December 24, 1987. - Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof - Delft
'Rijksaankopen 1986', November 28, 1987-January 31, 1988.[catalogue] - Scottish Arts Council
'The Unpainted Landscape'. Curated by Simon Cutts. The exhibition travelled to McLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr (January 10-February 7, 1987), Pier Arts Centre, Stromness (March 7-28, 1987), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (April 11-May 17, 1987), Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen (May 30-June 24, 1987), Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (July 7-August 8, 1987), Crawford Centre for the Arts, University of St. Andrews (August 21-September 20, 1987).[catalogue] [invitation card] [poster/foldout]
1988
- Via Lattea Salon voor moderne kunst - Arnhem
'the eschenau summer press publications', July 27-August 18, 1988.[foldout] [invitation card] - Groninger Museum - Groningen
'Werken van de Nuovi Futuristi, Joost van den Toorn en herman de vries', July 30-August 28, 1988.
- Institut Nérlandais - Paris
'Jan Schoonhoven Rétrospective', January 12-February 28, 1988. Other venue Musée de Peinture, Grenoble (April 28-June 7, 1988).[catalogue] - Stadsgalerij - Heerlen
'Het boek en de kunstenaar', January 31-March 13, 1988. Curated by Anke van der Laan and Johan Deumens. Also on view in Galerie Asselijn, Amsterdam (April 2-May 5, 1988).[catalogue] [invitation card] - Gemeentemuseum Helmond - Helmond
'De Horizon Voorbij', March 6-May 15, 1988. Participating artists Armando, Bram Bogart, Bruno Ceccobelli and others. - Galerie Asselijn - Amsterdam
'Het boek en de kunstenaar', April 2-May 5, 1988. Curated by Johan Deumens. - Meistersingerhalle - Nürnberg
'Fahnen zu ost-west III', April 28-[?], 1988.[catalogue] - Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst - Zürich
'Minimalistische Tendenzen. Sammlung Sybil Albers', April 30-September 30, 1988.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Musée Municipal Clamecy - Clamecy
June 11-September 30, 1988. - Galerie Hubertus Schoeller - Düsseldorf
'Gruppe Zero', September 16-November 16, 1988.[catalogue] - Stiftung für konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen
'Internationale konkrete und experimentelle Texte aus der Sammlung Max Bense', September 23-November 18, 1988.[catalogue] [foldout] - Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus - München
'Zero. Vision und Bewegung. Werke aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg', September 28-November 6, 1988. Forty-eight artists with a selection of seventy-three works. Conception Hannah Weitemaier and Helmut Friedel.[catalogue] [poster] - Centro Internazionale Multimedia - Salerno
'Natura - Mater', September 25-October 10, 1988 at the Auditorium Scuola Lanzalone. Participating artists Mario Callens, Luisella Carretta, Domingo Cisneros, herman de vries, Lili Fischer and Ugo Marano. - Sala Baumann - Terrassa/Barcelona
'Art Postal Choc', October 1-15, 1988.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Städtisches Museum - Gelsenkirchen
'Kunst der 60er Jahre in Gelsenkirchen', November 5, 1988-January 8, 1989. Participating artists Robert Adams, Walter Leblanc, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Gerhard Richter, herman de vries, and many others.[catalogue] - Centraal Museum - Utrecht
'Vertrekpunt: nul. Nul, Zero en Nieuwe Realisten uit bezit van de Nederlandse musea', December 15, 1988-February 5, 1989.[catalogue] [invitation card]
1989
- Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis - Groningen
'herman de vries. my poetry is the world', May 3-28, 1989.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum - Hagen
'herman de vries. natural relations. eine skizze', August 14-September 17, 1989. The exhibition travelled to Arnhem and Silkeborg.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [publication] [text]
- Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum - Hagen
'Aus dem Würfelmuseum. Zur kritik der konstruktiven Kunst', January 27-March 25, 1989.[catalogue] - Kunstforeningen - Copenhagen
Nutidskunst. Fra Jytte og Jarl Borgens samling', February 10-March 5, 1989. Other venue: Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, Silkeborg (March 18-May 14, 1989).[catalogue] - galerie d + c mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Gedankenstrich', April 8-June 30, 1989. - Rathaus - Fellbach
'Mit freundlichen Grüssen ... die ungewöhnliche Kunstsammlung Westermann', April 12-May 5, 1989. - Stiftung für konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen
'Aus der Sammlung Sybil Albers-Barrier', June 4-September 10, 1989. - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'Accrochage', June 10-July 1, 1989. - Musée des Beaux-Arts - La Chaux de Fonds
'Choix d'oeuvres de la collection du Frac Bourgogne', June 17-August 17, 1989. - Central Artists' House - Moscow
'Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung in der bildende Kunst von 1958 bis heute', July 7-August 4 (extended until September 30, 1989. Thirty-six artists with a selection of 106 works. Conception Hannah Weitemeier.[catalogue] [poster] - Maison du Livre, de l'Image et du Son - Villeurbanne
'd.i.s.c.o.t.h.è.q.u.e. ... Expériences sonores d'artistes', October-November 1989.[catalogue] - Galerie Inge Romberg - Borken
'Fünf Jahre Galerie Inge Romberg', November 18-[?], 1989. - Victoria Miro Gallery - London
Broken Lines', December 6, 1989-February 16, 1990.[catalogue]
