exhibitions
2000
- De Boterhal - Hoorn
'Buitenste-binnen; Binnenste-buiten', January 16-March 26, 2000. herman de vries made an installation with appels: 'hommage aan de bangert (108 kisten appels)'.[foldout] [poster] - Centre for Artist Books (VRC) - Dundee
'herman de vries & the eschenau travelling press', February 5- March 26, 2000. - Gustav-Regler-Zentrum - Merzig
Opening of the 'hortus liberatus', 5 May 2000.[invitation card] - Pfalzgalerie - Kaiserslautern
[with Helmut Dirnaichner] 'herman de vries. hunderte von erden', May 28-August 13, 2000.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'herman de vries', October 5-November 25, 2000. Exhibition on the occasion of the publication of herman de vries. Work by herman de vries was also shown during FIAC Paris, 25-30 October 2000.[invitation card] [publication] - Art Affairs Gallery - Amsterdam
'Kunstmatige natuurlijke netwerken : Roman Signer en herman de vries', December 6, 2000-January 7, 2001.[catalogue]
- Centre PasquArt - Biel/Bienne
'Au centre l'artiste. Zwischen Selbstbefragung und Selbstinszenierung = Entre introspection et mise en scène', January 1-February 27, 2000.[publication] - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg
'Tomorrow for Ever', January 28-March 18, 2000. Participating artists James Lee Byars, Ian Hamilton Finaly, Wolfgang Laib, herman de vries, and others.[invitation card] - Kulturhaus/Altes Rathaus - Potsdam
'endlich - unendlich' in Mathematik und Kunst, February 6-March 4, 2000. Curated by Dietmar Guderian.[catalogue] - Europäisches Kultur- und Informationszentrum - Haus Dacheröden - Erfurt
'Segmente. Aufforderung zur Identität', February 24-March 26, 2000.[catalogue] - FRAC Bourgogne - Dijon
'Mises en jeu', March 11-April 14, 2000. - Refusalon - San Fransisco
'i.k.v. high touch - high tech, crossing the divide' April 6-29, 2000. Organized by the Kala Art Institute. - Botanische Tuinen Universiteit Utrecht - Utrecht/Doorn
'Tuin van verbeelding. Von Gimborn Arboretum', May 12 mei-October 15, 2000.[catalogue] [foldout] - Haus für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst - Zurich
'Von Albers bis Paik. Konstruktive Werke der Sammlung DaimlerChrysler', May 13-July 30, 2000. Curated by Elisabeth Grossmann.[catalogue] - Prins Hendrik Stichting, tehuis voor oud-Zeevarenden - Egmond aan Zee
'Zeegezichten', May 21-June 30, 2000. Curated by André Groeneveld and Hans de Vries.[catalogue] - Museum zu Allerheiligen - Schaffhausen
'Fleurs. Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst und Naturkunde', May 28-July 30, 2000. Curated by Markus Stegman.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Städtische Galerie Alte Reichsvogtei - Schweinfurt
'Positionen - Deutsche Kunst nach 1945', June 13-[?], 2000.[catalogue] [poster] - Espace de l'Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Art concret : Alan Charlton, Ad Dekkers, Robert Mangold, Jan Schoonhoven, herman de vries, [...]', July 2-November 12, 2000.[catalogue] [invitation card] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Keine zwei Eier sind gleich', September 15-October 28, 2000. - Castello di Santa Maria Novella - Florence
'Dopopaessagio', October 7-December 10, 2000. - KW 14 - 's Hertogenbosch
'Een ceder in mijn tuin', October 27-November 26, 2000. Curated by Marjan Teeuwen.[catalogue] - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon - Dijon
'Bricolage?', December 2, 2000-February 26, 2001. - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
'Kunstraum Deutschland', organised by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA). The exhibition is still travelling around the world.[catalogue]
2001
- Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'herman de vries. journale', January 26-March 17, 2001. - Musée Gassendi - Galerie du CAIRN - Digne-les-Bains
'herman de vries : les choses mêmes', May 18-July 15, 2001.[catalogue] [installation view] [invitation card] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'herman de vries', June 1-August 31, 2001. - Centre des Livres d'Artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'the eschenau summer press & temporary travelling press publications', June 29-August 19, 2001. - Museum für Konkrete Kunst - Ingolstadt
'herman de vries. texte und tatsachen', September 8-October 7, 2001. Lecture by Cees de Boer.[catalogue] [invitation card] [lecture] [poster] - Galerie Elke Dröscher - Hamburg
'herman de vries. es ist immer anders - erdausreibungen + blätter der letzten jahre', October 2-November 10, 2001.
- Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'words and landscape : Robert Barry, Jan Smejkal, herman de vries, Lawrence Weiner', January 13-March 3, 2001. - Museum Kunst Palast - Düsseldorf
'Die Sammlung Ingrid und Willi Kemp : Fokus Farbe: informel - konkret - figurativ', February 3-April 1, 2001.[catalogue] - Gallery Surge - Tokyo
'Three Minutes Silence ... A new dialogue between human being, nature and technology', April 15-May 6, 2001.[catalogue] - Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci - Vinci
'Leonardo in Azione e Poesia = Leonardo in Action & Poetry', April 15- , 2001.[catalogue] - Schirn Kunsthalle - Frankfurt am Main
'Frankfurter Kreuz : Transformationen des Alltäglichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst', June 16-August 12, 2001. - Domaine départemental de Trévarez - Saint-Goazec
'La Bretagne collectionne l'art de notre temps. Les vingt ans du Frac Bretagne : L'expérience du paysage', July 1-September 16, 2001.[catalogue] - Remba Gallery - Los Angeles CA
'From Holland : small is beautiful', July 19-September 1, 2001. Remba Gallery hosts Art Affairs, Amsterdam. - Städtisches Museum Göttingen - Göttingen
'Persönlich - Kunst nach 1960 aus der Privatsammlung Alexander Baier', July 22-September 9, 2001. - Musée des Beaux-Arts - Pau
'Oeuvres d'arbres', September 19, 2001-January 7, 2002.[catalogue] [foldout] - Kunsthal Charlottenborg - Copenhagen
'Fra de Hollandse Lavlande = From the Low Countries, Reality and Art 1960-2001', October 11-December 9, 2001. Curated by Fred Wagemans. Other venues Fries Museum, Leeuwarden and Schiedam (title of the exhibition in the Netherlands De Grote Hoop).[catalogue] [flyer] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Les réserves sortent de leur réserve', 2001. Participating artists Yannick Demmerle, Philippe de Gobert, Paul-Armand Gette, and others.
2002
- Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts - Lausanne
'herman de vries. différent & identique (eschenau sutra)', February 2-April 21, 2002.[catalogue] [invitation card] [poster] [publication] - Collège Les Rochers Sévigné - Vitré
'herman de vries', March 1-29, 2002. - Galeriehaus Kunst im Gang - Galeriehaus für zeitgenössische Kunst - Bamberg
'herman de vries. erde asche blut', November 16, 2002-January 31, 2003.[invitation card]
- Kabinett - Burckhardt Leitner contructiv - Stuttgart
'Kunst auf Zeit : Freistempel 1993-2001', January 25-February 9, 2002. In order to incorporate art into everyday life and thereby overcome the modern separation of art and consumer culture, the firm Burckhardt Leitner constructiv tries to open up new paths. Instead of using the anonymous franking stamps of the post office, artists design individual company postmarks with motifs that change every quarter. Other venue Berlin.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'same same - different and identic', January 25-March 3, 2002. Participating artists Monika Brandmeier, Stéphane Couturier, Peter Dreher, Gabi Hamm, Beat Streuli, Mitsue Togawa, herman de vries.[invitation card] - Kunsthaus Rehau, Institut für konstruktive kunst und konkrete poesie – archiv eugen gomringer - Rehau
'"Stoffe ..." : Hella Nohl, herman de vries, Martin Krampen', April 5-June 1, 2002.[poster] - Hofgarten - Düsseldorf
'Hell-gruen 2002. 30 Kunstwerke im und um den Düsseldorfer Hofgarten', May 11-October 6, 2002.[catalogue] [foldout] [invitation card] - Mendel Museum - Abbey St. Thomas - Brno
'The Genius of genetics. A Celebration of Gregor Mendel Through Science and Art', May 21, 2002-May 21, 2003.[catalogue] - Galerie Parade - Amsterdam
'Zero in Galerie Parade', June 1-30, 2002.[flyer] - Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum - Hagen
'Museutopia - Schritte in andere Welten. Eine Ausstellung zum 100jährigen Jubiläum der Folkwang-Idee Museutopia', June 11-October 15, 2002. Curated by Michael Fehr, Thomas W. Rieger and Birgit Schulte.[catalogue] - Belfort/Stadhuis - Aalst
'Papier, beeld en basis. Het boek als beeldend middel', June 15-September 8, 2002. Exhibition on the occasion of the 6th Papierbiënnale.[catalogue] - Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Krefeld
'Sand in der Vaseline. Künstlerbücher II 1980-2002', October 27, 2002-February 9, 2003. Curated by Sabine Röder. Other venues Darmstadt and Nürnberg.[catalogue]
2003
- Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'herman de vries. textes et faits', March 8-April 30, 2003.[invitation card] - Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
'herman de vries. vor euer föaß', May 4-June 1, 2003.[invitation card] [poster] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries', September 12-October 24, 2003. - Staatliche Akademie Comburg - Schwäbisch Hall
'herman de vries. bücher, plakate, einladungen und the eschenau summer press & temporary travelling press publications', September 29-November 2, 2003. The exhibition was presented by Marcus Neufanger & Johannes Seibt, Schwäbisch Hall.[invitation card] [poster] - Roche-Rousse and Bois Sacré
Inauguration of the 'sanctuary of roche-rousse and the bois sacré' near Digne-les-Bains on October 18, 2003.
- Centraal Museum - Utrecht
'Het kunstenaarsboek als wetenschappelijke bron', March 8-May 4, 2003. Curated by Anne van der Zwaag.[publication] - Hunter College - New York
'Seeing Red Part II. Contemporary Nonobjective Painting', March 12-April 26, 2003. Curated by Michael Fehr (Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen) and Gabriele Evertz (Hunter College).[catalogue 2004] [folder] - Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders - Bergisch Gladbach
'Holland Konkret : Joost Baljeu, Bob Bonies, Fons Brasser, Sjoerd Buisman [...] herman de vries', March 16-April 27, 2003.[invitation card] - Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Paris
'Imprimés livres et maquettes', March 28-May 17, 2003. - RLB-Kunstbrücke - Innsbruck
'Zero. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg', April 8-May 9 (extended until June 15), 2003. Fourteen artists with a selection of twenty-five works. Conception Hannah Weitemeier.[catalogue] [poster] - Neues Museum Weserburg - Bremen
'Kunstenaarsboeken et al. Künstlerpublikationen aus den Niederlanden', April 13-August 25, 2003. - Galerie Incontro - Zürich
'Psychonautische Landkarte 2 = A Trip into Psychonautic Art : 60 Jahre lsd', April 18-May 11, 2003.[publication] - Museum für neue Kunst - ZKM Museum - Karlsruhe
'The Daimler Art Collection- 100 Positionen aus über 60 Jahren Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin', May 24-August 10, 2003. The exhibition travelled to Detroit MI, to South Africa, Japan, Brazil, Singapore.[publication] - Zonnehof - Amersfoort
'Tree Time. Trees and their particular meaning = Bomen en hun bijzondere betekenissen', June 21-September 28, 2003. - WKV - Württembergischer Kunstverein - Stuttgart
'Entdecken - Fördern - Handeln', July 12-October 12, 2003. - Kunstenaarscentrum Bergen - Bergen
'De kerf verbeeld. Impressies van een nieuw landschap', August 31-September 28, 2003. Curated by Marianne van Gils.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'zero / concept art from the 60s & 70s : objects, paintings, works on paper', September 6-October 19, 2003. - Städtische Galerie im Buntentor - Bremen
'no art - no city! Stadtutopien in der zeitgenössischen Kunst', September 20-October 26, 2003. Curated by Florian Matzner.[catalogue] - Städtische Galerie ada - Meiningen
'Hexen in der Bildenden Kunst der Gegenwart', November 14, 2003-April 19, 2004. The exhibition travelled to Bad Wildungen. - De Verbeelding - Zeewolde
'Look and Feel. Kunst landschap natuur', 2003.[publication] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Incarné de textes (1963-2003)', 2003. - Kloster Bebenhausen - Bebenhausen
2004
- Espace de l'art concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Honegger', March 1-August 31, 2004. - Chapelle des Calvairiennes - Mayenne
'Peinture Nature, oeuvres des collections des Frac Bretagne et Pays de la Loire', March 5-April 9, 2004. - Museum of Contemporary Art - Zagreb
'Zero. Europska vizija 1958. do danas. Zbirka Lenz Schönberg = Zero. The European Vision 1958 Until Today. The Lenz Schönberg Collection', April 29-June 20, 2004. Thirty-two artists with a selection of ninety-nine works.. Curator Snjezana Pintaric.[catalogue] [poster] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'4 positions : herman de vries, Lilian Cooper, Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver, Katrin Korfmann', May 15-August 26, 2004. - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles CA
'Beyond Geometry. Experiments in Form 1940s-70s', June 13-October 3, 2004. Curated by Lynn Zelevansky. The exhibition travelled to Miami FL.[catalogue] - Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Brieuc - Saint-Brieuc
'La mer sans arrêt', June 26-Septemnber 26y, 2004. - Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo
'Vrije Ruimte/Another Space', September 4-December 12, 2004. - Seedamm Kulturzentrum - Pfäffikon
'Aus der Natur : herman de vries, Richard Long, Giuseppe Penone, Mario Reis', September 5-October 31, 2004.[audio CD] [invitation card] [poster] [publication] - Kunsthalle Erfurt im Haus zum roten Ochsen - Erfurt
'Von Bonifatius bis Beuys oder: vom Umgang mit heiligen Eichen - Künstler des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts zur Baum- und Eichensymbolik', September 12-October 24, 2004.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum - Hagen
'Die Farbe hat mich II (nicht nur rot) - Neuerwerbungen 2000-2004 für die Sammlungen des Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museums Hagen', September 12-November 14, 2004. - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'Licht, lucht, aarde en de kringloop der dingen', September 30-November 4, 2004. - Le Triangle - Rennes
'Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure', November 5-December 23, 2004. - Bleibtreu Galerie - Berlin
'Situation 19', November 23, 2004-January 15, 2005.
2005
- Galerie In Vorm - Dordrecht
'herman de vries : joy - the process of being', January 9-March 28, 2005. - Centre des Livres d'Artistes - Saint Yrieix-la-Perche
'herman de vries : les livres & les publications', April 8-July 3, 2005. The exhibition was organized on the occasion of the publication of the catalogue raisonné.[catalogue] [catalogue raisonné] [invitation card] - Keramikwerkstatt im Steigerwald - Fabrikschleichach
[with Ulrike Günther] 'herman de vries : bilder und objekte', April 17-May 1, 2005. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
[with François Morellet] 'herman de vries', September 15-October 29, 2005.[catalogue] [invitation card]
- galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'zeigen', March 5-16, 2005. Participating artists John Baldessari, Hartmut Böhm, Marinus Boezem, François Morellet, herman de vries and many others.[CD] [invitation card] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'sechszehn sechszehn plus', March 18-April 23, 2005. Participating artists Hartmut Böhm, Marinus Boezem, François Morellet, herman de vries and many others. - Zentrale SoS Botschaft und Ausstellungsraum - Vienna
'State of the Art', April 29-June 29, 2005. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'plein feux', June 2-July 23, 2005. - Château de Chambord - Chambord
'Chassez le naturel ...', June 25-November 3, 2005.[brochure] - De Nieuwe Kerk - Amsterdam
'Wereld Natuur Kunst : Staatsbosbeheer in de Nieuwe Kerk', July 2-October 23, 2005. Participating artists Giuseppe Penone, Joseph Beuys, Jae Hoon Lee, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Museum im Kulturspeicher - Würzburg
'Heimspiel - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Region', July 23-October 16, 2005.[catalogue] - Haus für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst - Zurich
'Utopie réalisée. Presentation de l'Espace de l'Art Concret', August 25-October 30, 2005. - Casa del Mantegna - Mantova
'Guardare, raccontare, pensare, conservare. quattro percorsi del libro d'artista degli anni '60 ad oggi', September 7-November 28, 2005.[catalogue] - Centre des Livres d'Artistes - Saint Yrieix-la-Perche
'Variation(s) II : livres et publications d'artistes 1962-2005', September 17-December 23, 2005. - Resy Muijsers Contemporary Art - Tilburg
'Art + I', October 30-December 29, 2005.[invitation card] - Espace de l’Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Autour de groupe ZERO hier et aujourd’hui', November 11-[?], 2005. - Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg - Strasbourg
'Le Livre au risque des artistes', November 15, 2005-February 1, 2006.[catalogue] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Ça en jette! 2005.
2006
- Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'herman de vries 75', May 6-June 25, 2006. - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'nature's twist' jonmarc edwards, ewerdt hilgemann, herman de vries', May 13-June 30, 2006. The part of the exhibition of herman de vries was titled 'herman de vries: '75', a journal'.[invitation card] - Steigerwald
Inauguration of the project 'spuren' around the Steigerwald on July 15, 2006 on the occasion of herman de vries' 75th birthday.[documentation] [invitation card] [app available] - Galerie im Skulpturenpark der Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung - Neumünster
'herman de vries. "Aus der Wirklichkeit" - Künstler zwischen Wissenschaft, Philosophie und Kunst', July 30-August 27, 2006. - Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
'herman de vries zu ehren : die sammlung susanne de vries 1958-1972', September 10-October 8, 2006.[catalogue] - Schloß Oberschwappach - Knetzgau
'herman de vries zu ehren : werke 1974-2006', September 10-October 8, 2006.[catalogue] [list of exhibited works] - Galerie Alte Reichsvogtei - Schweinfurt
'aus der heimat. "eschenau-journal" und Fotodokumentation des Projektes "spuren" im Steigerwald der Journalistin Katharina Winterhalter', September 14-October 15, 2006.[catalogue] - Museum im Kulturspeicher - Würzburg
'taschengewitter. künstler und künstlerbücher der eschenau summer & temporary travelling press', September 16-October 15, 2006.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Galerie Kunst im Gang - Bamberg
'all this here. textbilder von herman de vries', September 18-October 14, 2006.[catalogue] [list of exhibited works] - Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
'herman de vries. erde & gras', October 7-November 25, 2006.
- Museum der Moderne, Mönchsberg - Salzburg
'Zero. Künstler einer europäischen Bewegung. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg 1956-2006', January 21-March 26 (extended until July 2), 2006. Thirty-two artists with a selection of ninety-nine works. - Städtischen Galerie im Buntentor - Bremen
'3 m unter Normal Null. 12 Künstler aus den Niederlanden', January 22-February 26, 2006. An exhibition to commemorate 30 yeras of Galerie im Winter (Elise and Hermann Jacobs).[catalogue] - Espace de l'Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'art multiple', January 29-June 11, 2006.[catalogue] - Centre PasquArt - Biel/Bienne
'Branding. Das Kunstwerk zwischen Authentizität und Aura, Kritik und Kalkül', April 2-May 28, 2006. Curated by Dolores Denaro. - Museum der Stadt Ratingen - Ratingen
'Impulse. Informel und Zero in der Sammlung Ingrid und Willi Kemp', April 9-June 5, 2006. Curated by Marie-Luise Otten.[catalogue] - Museum Kunst Palast - Düsseldorf
'Zero. Internationale Künst-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre', April 9-July 9, 2006. Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Heike van den Valentyn, Mattijs Visser and Lorand Hegyi. The exhibition travelled to the Musée d'Art Moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne (September 15, 2006-January 15, 2007).[catalogue] [foldout] - Jan van Eyck Academie - Maastricht
'Concrete poëzie, Fluxus en conceptuele kunst : een boekenfictie', May 20-21, 2006. Part of the research project 'The Tomorrow Book'. Curator Marc Goethals. - Musée d'art moderne et contemporain - Saint-Étienne
'ZERO. Avant-garde internationale des années 1950-1960', September 15, 2006-January 15, 2007.[catalogue] - Museum für Konkrete Kunst - Ingolstadt
'Die Neuen Tendenzen - Eine europäische Künstlerbewegung 1961-1975', September 29, 2006-January 7, 2007. The exhibition travelled to Düren.[catalogue] - Galerie Art & Essai - Rennes
'Approches critiques. Fragments geographiques : oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Bretagne', October 4-November 6, 2006. - Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej - Warsaw
'Les Éditions Incertain Sens. Exhibition of artists' books, December 20, 2006-February 18, 2007. Curated by Leszek Brogowski. - City Hünfeld
'Das befreite Wort im offenen Buch der Stadt Hünfeld', 125 text-images on houses and objects. Curated by Jürgen Blum and the Stiftung Museum Modern Art Hünfeld.[catalogue]
2007
- limArt - Tokyo
'herman de vries', May 1-13, 2007. - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries : return of beauty', November 9-December 22, 2007.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works]
- De Rijk Fine Art - The Hague
'10 jaar Galerie-Kunsthandel De Rijk', January 20-March 4, 2007. - Musée royal de Mariemont - Morlanwelz
'herman de vries, lefevre jean claude, oxo - pascal le coq, hans waanders, éric watier', January 20-March 16, 2007.[catalogue] [installation view] [poster] - Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof - Delft
'Contour.Continuïteit. Heden en Verleden', March 4-May 13 (May 28), 2007. Curated by Jan Hein Sassen, Jaap van den Ende.[catalogue] [list of exhibited works] - Parc Saint-Léger/Centre d'art contemporain - Pougues-les-Eaux
'A vous de jouer', April 5-May 2, 2007. - ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus - Bad Homburg
'An die Natur I', April 27-August 19, 2007.[catalogue] - Neue Galerie - Graz
'bit international – [Nove] tendencije : Computer und visuelle Forschung. Zagreb 1961–1973', April 28-August 26, 2007. Curated by Darko Fritz and continued at the ZKM, Karlsruhe (February 23, 2008-January 18, 2009).[brochure] [publication] - Espace culturel Paul Bedu - Milly-la-Forêt
'Témoins Silencieux', June 23-August 26, 2007.[poster] - Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Melle 2007 - Melle
'Eau, air, terre. La sagesse du jardinier', June 24-September 2, 2007.[list of exhibited works] - Agence culturelle de Bretagne - Josselin
'Par les champs et par les grèves', June 29-Septyemnber 16, 2007. - Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte - Schleswig
'Zwischen Konstruktion und Reduktion, Sammlung Hupertz', Museum Schloss Gottorf, September 23-December 16, 2007.[catalogue] - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne - Lausanne
'Du Nord. Collections du XVe siècle à nos jours', October 19, 2007-January 6, 2008. - Villa du Parc - Annemasse
'Paysages divers', November 23, 2007-January 26, 2008. - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - Amsterdam
'Kunstenaarsboeken uit de collectie', December 4, 2007-January 6, 2008.
2008
- Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
'herman de vries- neue arbeiten', [?]-October 26, 2008. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'herman de vries', September 25-November 7, 2008. - Wateringse Veld - The Hague
Opening 'bomenmuseum'[= tree museum], October 2, 2008.[catalogue (2011)] [invitation card]
- SDC de L'université de Poitiers - Poitiers
'la rose et l’ímprimé : representations de plantes à l’époque moderne', January 21-March 14, 2008.[catalogue] - ZKM Museum - Karlsruhe
'bit international. [Nove] tendencije. Computer and Visual Research. Zagreb 1961-1973', February 23, 2008-January 18, 2009.[brochure] [publication] - Atelier Cantoisel - Joigny
'Contemporaine. Objet - La Peinture', May 24, 2008-January 15, 2009. Artists André Heurtaux, Annie Paule Thorel, Claude Rutault, Emmanuelle Villard, herman de vries, and others. - City Hall Strasbourg - Strasbourg
'Accrochage d'oeuvres dans les locaux de l'Hôtel de Ville', June 7, 2008-December 17, 2009. - ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus - Bad Homburg
'An die Natur II', June 1-August 3, 2008.[poster] - Galerie Hans Mayer - Düsseldorf
'YESTERDAY - TODAY - TOMORROW', August 19-September 25, 2008. Participating artists Kader Attia, Rina Banerjee, Bill Beckley, herman de vries, and others. - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'kleuren van aarden : Jan Hein van Rooy, Oswaldo Santana, herman de vries', August 26-31, 2008. - Kunstmuseum Bern - Bern
'"I'm Full of Byars" James Lee Byars - Eine Hommage', September 12, 2008-February 1, 2009. Curated by Susanne Friedli. The exhibition travelled to Midsummer.[catalogue] - Borzo modern & contemporary art - Amsterdam
'Relief & Construction', October 18-November 29, 2008. - Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius - Vilnius
'Collections sans frontières - FOYER: Langage et espace à la frontière', November 5, 2008-January 18, 2009. - Sperone Westwater - New York
'Zero in New York 1957-1966', November 6-December 20, 2008. Curated by David Leiber and Mattijs Visser.[catalogue] [installation view] [video] - Lendroit Galerie - Rennes
'Revues d'artistes, une sélection', November 7-December 19, 2008. Exhibition held at the Lendroit Galerie and the Cabinet du livre d'artiste both in Rennes and at the Galerie des Urbanistes, Fougères. Curated by Marie Boivent.[catalogue] [dossier] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Pour l'été', 2008. - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Höhe Breite Tiefe: Wand und Bodenstücke', September 12-October 31, 2008. participating artists Erwin Heerich, François Morellet, herman de vries, Giuseppe Spagnolo, and others.
2009
- Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo
'herman de vries - unity', February 20-June 7, 2009.[exhibition text] [invitation card] [poster] [publication] - Musée Gassendi - CAIRN centre d'art - Digne-les-Bains
'herman de vries. ambulo ergo sum', May 7-June 21, 2009.[catalogue] [invitation card] [press release] - Museum Schloss Moyland - Bedburg-Hau
'herman de vries. all this here - natur: werkgruppen und installationen', June 28-October 25, 2009. Curated by Barbara Strieder. The exhibition travelled to Schweinfurt (February 12-May 16, 2010). - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'herman de vries. recent werk', August 23-September 13, 2009. - Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
[with Young-Jae-Lee] 'Erde & Ton', December 5, 2009-January 30, 2010.
- Slewe - Amsterdam
'Why patterns? January 8-February 5, 2009. Participating artists Steven Aalders, Merina Beekman, Domenico Bianchi, herman de vries and many others. - La galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine - Marseille
'Galerie Aline Vidal à La galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine', February 6-26, 2009. - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'Drei. Das Triptychon in der Moderne', February 7-June 14, 2009.[catalogue] - La Maison Rouge – Paris
'Figures d’artistes', February 21-[?], 2009. - Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris
'Vides. Une rétrospective / Voids. A retrospective', February 25-March 23, 2009. Curated by Laurent Le Bon. The exhibition travelled to the Kunsthalle Bern (September 13-October 11, 2009).[catalogue] - Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur - Cologne
'Karl Blossfeldt. Pflanzenstudien und verwandte Positionen', March 13-June 7, 2009. Curated by Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Rajka Knipper and Claudia Schubert. - e-flux - New York
'Unbuilt Roads', April 11-May 16, 2009. Presented by Hans Ulrich Obrist based on the publication Unbuilt Roads : 107 Unrealised Projects (Hatje Cantz 1997).[catalogue 1997] - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam
'Kunst uit Huis V. Ron Klein Breteler collection', May 24-August 23, 2009. - Museum am Ostwall - Dortmund
'Museum in Bewegung. Rückblick - Ausblick', May 27-June 27, 2009. - Centres des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'U235 deuxième : la collection, enrichissements 2008 - 2009', May 29-September 5, 2009. - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen
'Das Quadrat in der Sammlung', June 28-December 23, 2009.[catalogue] - Musée du Louvre - Paris
'Le Louvre invite Umberto Eco : Mille e tre', July 11, 2009-February 8, 2010. Curated by Umberto Eco.[catalogue] [foldout] - ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus - Bad Homburg
'An die Natur III. Die Altana Kunstsammlung', August 22-November 1, 2009. Curated by Johannes Janssen. The exhibition travelled to the Langen Foundation, Neuss and the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig. - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Sammler - Beobachter - Grenzgänger : Poetische Hommage an Humboldt', September 19-October 31, 2009. Participating artists Thom Barth, Marinus Boezem, Hamish Fulton, Maurizio Nannucci, Karin Sander, herman de vries, Georg Winter.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'Konkret. Die Sammlung Heinz und Anette Teufel im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart', October 3, 2009-January 10, 2010.[catalogue] - Kunstpalast Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
'Begegnungen mit Künstler. Fotos von Willi Kemp von 1960 bis 2009', October 30, 2009-January 10, 2010.[catalogue] - Mercer Union - A Centre For Contemporary Visual Art - Toronto
'We interrupt this program', November 6-December 12, 2009. Curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan with Steven Leiber and Ted Purves.[catalogue] - Kunsthalle Schweinfurt - Schweinfurt
'Fokus Franken. Triennale Schweinfurt für zeitgenössische Kunst', November 13, 2009-February 14, 2010.[catalogue] - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'41 Kunstenaars over vijf jaar Wit', November 22-December 20, 2009. - X Initiative New York - New York
'In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists', December 10, 2009-January 31, 2010. Curated by Victor Brand, Andrew Roth, Philip Aarons. The exhibition travelled to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London (25 January–25 March 2012).[publication] - Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung - Bonn
'1/1 ...... 1/100 - Editionen aus Deutschland, den Niederlanden und der Schweiz', December 5, 2009-January 24, 2010. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Pour Noël', 2009. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'How to change your life in a day', 2009.
