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] [text] - 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. - 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] - 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] - 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] - 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. - touring exhibition
'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] - 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. The exhibition was organized by the Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt. 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 Leeuwarden and Schiedam (title of the exhibition in the Netherlands De Grote Hoop).[catalogue] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'Les réserves sortent de leur réserve', 2001. Participating artists Yannick Demmerle, Philippe de Gobert, Paul-Armand Gette, and others.[invitation card]
2002
- Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'same same - different and identic', January 25-March 3, 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 - Stuttgart
'Kunst auf Zeit : Freistempel 1993-2001', January 25-February 9, 2002. Other venue Berlin.[catalogue] - 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] [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 II1980-2002', October 27, 2002-February 9, 2003. Curated by Sabine Röder. Other venues Darmstadt and Nürnberg.[catalogue] - Fries Museum - Leeuwarden
'De Grote Hoop'. Nederlandse kunst 1960-2001', 2002. Curated by Fred Wagemans. Participating artists: herman de vries.
2003
- Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'herman de vries. textes et faits', March 8-April 30, 2003. - Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
'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]
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Paris
'Imprimés livres et maquettes', March 2003. - Centraal Museum - Utrecht
'Het kunstenaarsboek als wetenschappelijke bron', March 8-May 4, 2003. Curated by Anne van der Zwaag.[publication] - 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] - 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] - 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 - Zurich
'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] - 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.[invitation card] - 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
'sechszehn sechszehn plus', March 18-April 23, 2005. - 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. - 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. - 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
[with Jonmarc Edwards and Ewerdt Hilgemann] 'nature's twist', May 13-June 30, 2006. The part of the exhibition of herman de vries was titled 'herman de vries: '75', a journal'. - 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] - 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] - Galerie Kunst im Gang - Bamberg
'all this here. textbilder von herman de vries', September 18-October 14, 2006.[catalogue] - Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
'herman de vries. erde & gras', October 7-November 25, 2006.invitation card]
- 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. - 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.[invitation card] - Galerie Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries : return of beauty', November 9-December 22, 2007.[installation view] [invitation card]
- 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] - 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. - Agence culturelle de Bretagne - Josselin
'Par les champs et par les grèves', June 29-Septyemnber 16, 2007. - Umweltbildungszentrum - Oberschleichach
'EigenART. Künstler im Landkreis Haßberge', ca. June-?, 2007.[catalogue/publication] - Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte - Schleswig
'Zwischen Konstruktion und Reduktion, Sammlung Hupertz', Museum Schloss Gottorf, September 23-December 16, 2007.[catalogue] - Galerie Art & Essai, Université Rennes 2 - Rennes
'Approches critiques. Fragments géographiques. Oeuvres de la collection du Frac Bretagne', October 4-November 3, 2007. Artists Paul-Armand Gette, Sophie Ristelhueber, Robert Smithson, herman de vries, and others. - 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.[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', 2008.
2009
- Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo
'herman de vries - unity', February 20-June 7, 2009.[exhibition text] [invitation card] [poster] [publication] - CAIRN centre d'art - Digne-les-Bains
'herman de vries. ambulo ergo sum', May 7-June 21, 2009. In cooperation with the Museum Gassendi.[catalogue] [press release] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
Presentation at the Art Amsterdam, May 13-17, 2009. - 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. nieuw 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 (Voids). A retrospective', February 25-March 23, 2009. Curated by Laurent Le Bon. The exhibition travelled to Bern.[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.[invitation card] - 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] [folder] - 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.[invitation card] - 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.
