exhibitions
2010
- Kunsthalle Schweinfurt - Schweinfurt
'herman de vries. all this here - natur: werkgruppen und installationen', February 12 - May 16, 2010. Curated by Barbara Strieder. The exhibition was previous shown in Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau (June 28-October 25, 2009).[catalogue] [foldout] [poster] [press release] - Mies van der Rohe Haus - Berlin
'herman de vries. es ist da', July 3-September 26, 2010.[catalogue] [edition] [invitation card] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. eschenauer journal and text works', September 18, 2010-October 16, 2010.
- Centrum Sztuki Galeria EL w Elblagu Elblag
'Reminiscencje/Reminiszenzen', from January 1, 2010 onwards. Participating artists Stanislaw Drozdz, Eugen Gomringer, Gerhild Ebel, herman de vries, and others. - Kunsthalle Kiel - Kiel
'Dopplereffekt. Bilder in Kunst und Wissenschaft', January 31-May 2, 2010.[catalogue] [press release] - Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'Atlas, cartes et plans. Topographie, toponymes, territoires (Atlas, maps and plans. Topography, toponyms, territories : Atlas, maps and plans)', February 2-May 29, 2010. - Institute of Visual Arts - Milwaukee WI
'Spatial City. An Architecture of Idealism', Institute of Visual Arts in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, February 5-April 18, 2010. Other venues Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (May 23-August 8, 2010) and Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (September 1-December 31, 2010). - Johan Deumens Gallery - Haarlem
'Artists & Books : selecties & collecties', April 23-June 5, 2010. Participating artists Annesas Appel, Hans Baake, herman de vries, Hans Waanders and many others. - Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'poésies concrète visuelle', June 15-September 18, 2010. - kunsthaus rehau - institut für konstruktive kunst und konkrete poesie - Rehau
'10 Jahre ikkp – 10 Jahre Kunsthaus Rehau', June 25-September 10, 2010. - Centre culturel des Pays-Bas, Institut néerlandais - Paris
'De Geer van Velde à Rineke Dijkstra. Un panorama de l'art néerlandais dans les collections des Frac', September 23-November 7, 2010. - Bleibtreu Galerie - Berlin
'Situation 51 : herman de vries, Dan Attoe, Joseph Beuys, Mark Dion, Mario Merz', 10 November 2010-29 January 2011. - Forum Botanische Kunst - Thüngersheim am Main
'Pflanzenarsenale. Zeitgenössische Darstellungen von Medizinal-, Gift- und Drogenpflanzen', 31 October-19 December 2010.[foldout] [poster] - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes - Valenciennes
'Tenir, debout', November 5, 2010-March 6, 2011. Curated by Emmanuelle Delapierre and Marie-Claire Sellier.[catalogue] [press release] - Galerie Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
'Künstlerbücher : Helmut Dirnaichner, Ulrich Erben, François Morellet, Karin Sander, Gavin Young, herman de vries', 19 November 2010-29 January 2011.
2011
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - Amsterdam
'herman de vries', during The Temporary Stedelijk 2, March 3-May 8, 2011.[list of exhibited works] - Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire - Chaumont-sur-Loire
'herman de vries. lavande', April 8-November 3, 2011.[catalogue] [invitation card] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries', May 6-July 2, 2011.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo
'herman de vries 80 jaar', July 11, 2011-February 29, 2012. - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'herman de vries. homogeen & heterogeen', August 21-September 11, 2011.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Diepenheim
'i am - Diepenheim eert herman de vries eert Diepenheim', September 9-25, 2011. Curated by Cees de Boer. - Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Enschede
'to be / herman de vries / verzamelingen', September 9, 2011-January 8, 2012. - Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
'herman de vries. werke aus der wirklichkeit', October 14-November 26, 2011.[foldout] [list of exhibited works] - Holger Priess Galerie - Hamburg
'herman de vries. werke aus der wirklichkeit', October 14-November 26, 2011.[foldout] [list of exhibited works] - Blind Gallery - Tokyo
'herman de vries', November 18-December 17, 2011.[catalogue]
- Centre des livres d'artistes Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'pièces manquantes / appel à cotisations', February 12-June 25, 2011; 'petite histoire chuchotée d'une collection : poésies concrète, visuelle (pour mémoire)', 15th February-16th April, 2011 and 'petite histoire chuchotée d'une collection : pour information 1 (passe à ton voisin)', April 20-June 25, 2011. - Elke Dröscher Galerie - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
'Farbe als Thema', February 8-March 31, 2011. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
From 28 March to 4 April Galerie Aline Vidal shows 'ashes of joy' at the Salon de Dessin 2011, Paris. - Galerie Annex14 - Bern
'Galerie Lydia Megert – "mise au point"', April 8-21, 2011. - Galerie Ramakers - The Hague
'Into the Woods', May 1-June 12, 2011. Participating artists Armando, Klaus Baumgärtner, Sjoerd Buisman, herman de vries, and others. - Verbeke Foundation - Kemzeke (B)
'Gingko Sempervirens', May 1-October 30, 2011. - Biennale di Venezia - Venice
'Personal Structures', Palazzo Bembo, June 1-November 27, 2011.[video] - Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine - Marseille
'Arts Psychoactifs', June 23- August 27, 2011. Curated by Antoine Perpère. - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'herman de vries 80, nul=zero and contemporaries', September 9-October 22, 2011. - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam
'nul = 0 : dutch avant-garde in an international context, 1961-1966, September 11, 2011-January 22, 2012. - De Rijk Fine Art - The Hague
'nul = zero', September 17-November 12, 2011.[catalogue] - Forum Botanische Kunst - Thüngersheim
'Laubwerk - Astwerk', September 24-December 18, 2011. - Daimler - Stuttgart-Möhringen
'Raum & Urbanität & Landschaft. Walter de Maria - Ben Willikens', November 2011-Summer 2012. Except the works by Waltert de Maria and Ben Willikens, works by Michael Heizer, Richard Long , herman de vries and others were exhibited. - Galerie Borzo - Amsterdam
'Na Nul / After Zero', November 12-December 3, 2011. - Das junges Museum/Osthaus Museum - Hagen
'Mit der Natur malen', November 20, 2011-February 5, 2012. The core of the exhibition is the work 'natural relations' by herman de vries (permanently installed in the Junges Museum) and other works by the artist. Works by Timm Ulrichs, Sotirakis Charalambou, Helmut Dirnaicher and Dieter Villinger complement the exhibition.[invitation card]
2012
- Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'herman de vries. transit', March 3-April 20, 2012. - De Rijk Fine Art - The Hague
'herman de vries', March 10-April 1, 2012. In the exhibition prints, drawings, collages and reliefs from the 60s and 70s.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Galerie Conrads. - Düsseldorf
'herman de vries. "every thing is all ways significant for all"', March 16-May 5, 2012.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
[with Horst Ziegler] 'herman de vries. neue arbeiten', April 29-May 20, 2012.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Diepenheim
Official opening 'De Tuinen van Diepenheim', May 26, 2012.[lecture] - Art Affairs Gallery - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. drawings 2012 & two stones', September 7-October 27, 2012. - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
Galerie Aline Vidal presents herman de vries at the FIAC 2012, October 18-21, 2012 and in the Jardin Des Plantes/National Museum Of Natural History. - Galerie Vayhinger - Radolfzell
'herman de vries. diversity in unity', October 6, 2012-January 10, 2013.
- M HKA - Antwerp
'Spirits of Internationalism. 6 European Collections 1956-1986', January 20-May 6, 2012. Curated by Bart De Baere, Jan De Vree, Anders Kreuger. - Locus Solus - Antwerp
'Klare Taal (Hommage aan Riekje Swart)', January 28-February 25, 2012. Curated by Frank Gribling.[poster] - NEST - The Hague
'Out of Control', January 29-March 4, 2012.[poster] - Marta - Herford
'Asche und Gold. Eine Weltenreise', January 28-April 22, 2012. Part of the exhibition (without herman de vries) toured to Bedburg-Hau.[catalogue] [poster] - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art - Biel/Bienne
'Review - Werke aus der Kunsthaus-Sammlung CentrePasquArt', April 1-June 17, 2012. Curated by Betty Stocker and Irène Zdoroveac; participating artists M.S. Bastian, Daniel Berset, Roman Buxbaum, herman de vries, and others. - Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo
'Verlangen naar volmaaktheid - 21 jaar verzamelen door het Kröller-Müller Museum', April 1- October 28, 2012.[brochure] [catalogue] - Städtische Galerie - Delmenhorst
'Ab in die Ecke!', May 5-August 12, 2012.[catalogue] [foldout] - Espace de l'Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'L'art concret, né en Europe', May 20-end of 2012.[presse release] - Fonderie Kugler - Geneva
'Blank Book Makers. In Memoriam Michael Gibbs', June 2-17 June, 2012. Curated by Izet Sheshivari and Ramaya Tegegne; particapating artists Andy Warhol, Jan Voss, Dieter Roth, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Brokken Zijp Foundation of modern and contemporary Art - Liempde
'herman de vries and contemporaries. Works on paper, Artists Books and Artists Publications (1959 – 2011)', July 2012.[press release] - Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix - Les Sables d'Olonne
'Explorateurs. Oeuvres du CNAP Centre National des arts plastiques', July 8-November 10, 2012.[catalogue] [press release] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'Ton, Steine, Erden. Helmut Dirnaichner, Hamish Fulton, Romuald Hazoumé, Karin Sander, Giuseppe Spagnulo, herman de vries', September 15-October 27, 2012.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Centre de Ressources Lecture-Ecriture - Mulhouse
'Créa'Fictions (1/3)', October 16-December 19, 2012. - Centre des Livres d'Artistes CDLA - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'"Confusion will be my Epitaph". Enrichissements de la collection 2011-12', October 27, 2012-March 16, 2013.[foldout] - SETUP - Utrecht
'Nature and early visual computer-generated art in the Netherlands (before 1980)', October 27-November 11, 2012. Curated by Darko Fritz; artists: Compos 68 (Jan Baptist Bedaux, Jeroen Clausman and Arthur Veen), Michael Fahres, Lambert Meertens and Leo Geurts, Samuel Meyering, herman de vries, Victor Wentink. - Domaine de Chamarande - Chamarande
'Spécimens. Collections, croisements, sentinelles', November 25, 2012-March 31, 2013. - M HKA - Antwerp
'Nieuwe kunst in Antwerpen 1958-1962. Maar het zelf zien', December 7, 2012-February 10, 2013. Curated by Jan Ceuleers, in cooperation with Ronny Van De Velde.[catalogue] [invitation card]
2013
- Sans niveau ni mètre, Cabinet du livre d'artiste - Rennes
'herman de vries', January 23-March 7, 2013.[invitation card] [journal] [publication] - Elke Dröscher-Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
[with Manfred Holtfrerich, Ingolf Timpner] 'Blatt für Blatt', March 19-May 11, 2013.[foldout] - Kunstverein Reutlingen - Reutlingen
'herman de vries. the undefined – everywhere', October 20, 2013-January 19, 2014.[flyer] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [press release] - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
[with Carlijn Mens] '"traces". herman de vries en Carlijn Mens', November 8-December 15, 2013. Opening speech by Lisette Pelsers, Kröller Müller Museum. The artists also showed work on the campus of Wageningen University.[list of exhibited works] [opening speech] [press release] - Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum - Eindhoven
'herman de vries. boeken en edities = herman de vries. books and editions', library exhibition, November 10, 2013-January 10, 2014. At the opening the publication die wiese / the meadow 1986-2013 will be presented. Opening speech by Cees de Boer.[invitation card] [opening speech]
- De Vishal - Haarlem
'De kunst van het verzamelen. Keuze uit de collectie van Sjoerd Buisman', January 5-February 10, 2013. - Museum van Bommel van Dam - Venlo
'Collectie Manders – Naar eenvoud en verstilling', January 27-May 20, 2013.[catalogue] - Osthaus Museum - Hagen
'Junges Museum : Indigo – Ocker – Zinnober. Warum Farben Namen haben', January 27-July 14, 2013. - galerie mueller-roth, Stuttgart
'Papier - Linie und Fläche', February 9-March 23, 2013. - Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg
'Gebaute Bilder. Werke aus der Sammlung Hupertz = Constructed Images. Works from the Hupertz Collection', February 10-May 26.[flyer] - La Maison Rouge - Paris
'Sous influences', February 15-May 19, 2013. Curated by Antoine Perpère.[catalogue] [press release] [video] - Pavillion du Carré de Baudouin - Paris
'all this here / tout est là', March 8-May 19, 2013. Curated by Pauline Guelaud. - Museum für Konkrete Kunst - Ingolstadt
'S(ch)ichtwechsel! Neue Blicke auf die Sammlung', March 17-May 26, 2013. - Le Théâtre des Sablons - Neuilly-sur-Seine
'L'arbre qui ne meurt jamais', March 22-June 30, 2013.[catalogue] - FRAC Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur - Marseille
'Esthétique du livre d'artiste. Collections et inventaires', March 23-May 26, 2013. Curated by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Exhibition based on the collection of the FRAC (Livres, Éditions et Multiples d'artistes). - Musée de la Folie Marco - Barr
'Ma p'tite folie contemporaire', May 2-June 24, 2013. - FRAC Bretagne - Rennes
'Ulysses, l'autre mer', May 17-August 25, 2013. - Galerie DIX9 - Paris
'#FFFFFF #000000', May 22-June 22, 2013. Curated by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou and the Cabinet du livre d’artiste. - De Rijk Fine Art - The Hague
[artists of the gallery], May 27-July 14, 2013. Participating artists Bernd Neuhaus, Armando, Ad Dekkers, herman de vries, and many others.[flyer] - Venice Biennale - Venice
'Personal Structures', Palazzo Bembo, June 1 - November 24, 2013. Curated by Karlyn de Jongh and Sarah Gold. - The Belfry, St. John on Bethnal Green - London
'Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaigh/Tha tìm, am fiadh, an Coille Hallaig', 6-11 June, 2013. - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea - Porto
'Viagem ao fim da cor. livros e obras impressas', July 6-November 3, 2013. Participating artists Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, James Lee Byars, herman de vries, and many others. - Artothèque du Limousin - Royère de Vassivière
'L'art en lieux > l'espace d'un jardin. Collections de l'Artothèque du Limousin', at the "L’Atelier", place de la Mayade, Royères-de-Vassivière, June 28-September 15, 2013. In cooperation with the Centre des livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche.[poster] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'Original Drawings on Paper', September 13-October 18, 2013. - Immanence, espace d'art contemporain - Paris
'B.A.B.E — The Best Artists Books and Editors', September 20-October 26, 2013. - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam
'Ik hou van Holland. Nederlandse kunst na 1945', September 21, 2013-September 6, 2015.[catalogue] [poster] - Galerie Hoffmann/Ausstellungshalle Ossenheim - Friedberg-Ossenheim
'es werde farbe', September 28/29, 2013-April 5/6, 2014.[flyer] [invitation card] - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'Oplagen, 1/X , 2/X , ... X/X , X = 1 , 2 , ... X : Alicja Werbachowska, Aline Eras, Andre Pielage, [...]', September 29-October 27, 2013. - Galleria Stein - Milan
'Zero Avantgarde 1965-2013', October 16, 2013-January 11, 2014. Curated by Nanda Vigo in collaboration with Galleria Christian Stein.[catalogue] [invitation card] - les Abattoirs - Médiathèque - Toulouse
'Remuer ciel et terre. Alighiero e Boetti, Marinus Boezem, Christian Boltanski, [...]', November 8, 2013-February 8, 2014. In cooperation with the centre des livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. - Kranenburgh - Bergen
'Wonder', November 12, 2013-March 16, 2014.[list of exhibited works] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Zeitlos gut!, November 23, 2013 – January 8, 2014. - Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Diepenheim
'Mina, reconstructie van een decennium', December 14, 2013 – March 2, 2014. Curated by Gijs Assmann and Hanne Hagenaars. Installation by Miek Zwamborn with participating artists: Sjoerd Buisman, Anne Geene, herman de vries, and others.
2014
- Cité Internationale des Arts - Paris
[with Benoît Pype] 'minimae', April 30-June 25, 2014. Curated by Aurélie Tiffreau. - FS.ART - Berlin
'chance & change', May 2-June 27, 2014 (until August 1, 2014). - Kunsthalle Schweinfurt - Schweinfurt
'aus der heimat, erdausreibungen 1992-1993, in Galerie², May 18-October 19, 2014. Presentation of the work 'aus der heimat' (1992), donated by herman de vries.[catalogue] - World Soil Museum-ISRIC - Wageningen
'Bodem en Kunst', May 23-July 11, 2014 (by appointment). Besides earth rubbings, archive material of herman de vries' research in Wageningen will be on view. - Red Clover - Nakameguro/Tokyo
'earth', September 5-21, 2014. - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam
'all', September 20, 2014-January 25, 2015. Curated by Colin Huizing.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [press release] [publication] [reviews] [video] - De Ketelfactory - Schiedam
'no thing', September 20, 2014-January 25, 2015.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [press release] [publication] [reviews] [video] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'from stock : herman de vries', September 25, 2014-January 24, 2015.[list of exhibited works] - Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Diepenheim
'the poet in his poetry', Ottenhuis Diepenheim, October 9-19, 2014. Exhibition on the occasion of the inauguration of 'the waterlilies. remembering gustav theodor fechner (1801-1887)' [= de waterlelies. herinneringen aan gustav theodor fechner (1801-1887)] at peckedam manor on the nijenhuis estate, diepenheim, october 10, 2014.[folder] [publication] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'herman de vries. zero is the gate', November 22, 2014-January 17, 2015.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works]
- Galerie Vayhinger - Radolfzell
'Second Nature', February 15-April 13, 2014. - Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'Remuer ciel et terre', February 21-June 14, 2014. A collaboration between le Centre des livres d’artistes and les Abattoirs – FRAC Midi-Pyrénées. The exhibition takes as a starting point Luke Howard’s On the modification of clouds, a text published in 1803 in which the author lays the foundation for cloud classification. - Usina del Arte - Buenos Aires
'Manifestation Caravana Negra', February 25-May, 2014. Created by the French designer Stéphane Plassier. - Maison du Bocage - Sains-du-Nord
'L'Herbier : marcher, classer, nommer le paysage', March 3-August 31, 2014. Group exhibition organized by the Écomusée de l'Avesnois, with herman de vries, Frédéric Fourdinier, Sébastien Gouju, Richard Long and Mira Sanders. - Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'Choices. Works on paper', March 8-May 3, 2014. - Museum Meermanno, Huis van het Boek - The Hague
'Van Picasso tot Sol LeWitt. Het kunstenaarsboek na 1950', March 15-July 13, 2014. Curated by Hans and José Brokken. - PUNTWG - Amsterdam
'nothing to see nothing to hide = nothing to say nothing to conceal', March 25-29, 2014. Curated by Frank Mandersloot. Artists' books and printed matter. - NO SHOW MUSEUM
'No Show Museum' is an independent online archive dedicated to the documentation, preservation and presentation of the art of nothing. - Ecole supérieure du professorat et de l'éducation - Vannes
'Description et collecte', April 3-May 30, 2014. - Forum Botanische Kunst - Thüngersheim am Main
'Löwenzahn', April 12-June 29, 2014. - Musée Gassendi - Digne-les-Bains
'Le pas et la page. Approches de la nature dans le livre d'artiste', April 17-September 16, 2014. Curated by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix in co-operation with the FRAC PACA. Selection of works by John Bevis, Sjoerd Buisman, Andrea Caretto, Laurie Clark, Thomas A. Clark, herman de vries, susanne de vries, and others. The exhibition travelled to Marseille (March 21-June 6, 2015). - Camberwell Space - London
'Against Nature. Print exhibition exploring geography, the geographical, natural histories and landscapes', April 22-May 30, 2014. Curated by Finlay Taylor, participating artists Franz Ackermann, Jasone Miranda Bilbao, Sarah Bodman, herman de vries, and others. - Benediktinerstift Admont - Admont
'KÜNSTLERBÜCHER _ ARTISTS' BOOKS. Internationale Exponate von 1960 bis heute', May 1-November 2, 2014. Curated by Michael Braunsteiner and Barbara Eisner-Braunsteiner. Selection from the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, and other museums in Germany and Austria. - Les Jardins du Luxembourg - Paris
May 15-June 21, 2014, organized by Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris. Participating artists A.C.M, Philippe de Gobert, herman de vries, Honoré d'O', Bwenoîot Pype, Stéphane Thidet, Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson, Jean-Luv Vilmouth. - Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'Choices. Large Scale', May 22-July 12, 2014. - Espace François-Mitterrand - Guingamp
'Paysages contemporains. Oeuvres de la collection du Frac Bretagne', June 14-July 27, 2014. - La maison rouge - Paris
'Le Mur. La collection Antoine de Galbert', June 14-September 21, 2014. - Espace de l'Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'10 ans de la Donation Albers-Honegger', opening June 20, exhibition on view June 21, 2014 onwards. Curated by Fabienne Fulchéri, Alexandra Deslys and Claire Spada.[catalogue] [invitation card] - MARTa Herford - Herford
'Freundliche Übernahme. Künstler zeigen ihre Sammlung', June 28-October 5, 2014. - Von Gimborn Arboretum - Doorn
'OPENthewoods#arboretum Videokunst in het Von Gimborn Arboretum', July 5-6, 2014.[flyer] - aceartinc. - Winnipeg, Man.
Tree'n. A Manitoba Craft Council Exhibition', August 8-30, 2014. Participating artists herman de vries, Sol Desharnais, Karen Hare, Takashi Iwasaki, and others.[catalogue] - Holger Priess Galerie - Hamburg
'On Paper - Zeichnungen von Künstler der Galerie', September 2014. Works by Martin Assig, Stephan Balkenhol, Jochen Flinzer, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Claudia Pegel, Peter Rösel, David Tremlett and herman de vries. - Bonnefanten Hedge House Foundation - Wylre
'The Mystic Gardener', September 11-November 2, 2014. Curator exhibition: Paula van den Bosch, curator Bonnefantenmuseum in collaboration with Maurice van Valen. - Leopold Hoesch Museum - Düren
'10 Jahre Hubertus Schoeller Stiftung', September 14-November 23, 2014.[collection catalogue] - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - New York
'ZERO. Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s', October 10, 2014–January 7, 2015. Curated by Valerie Hillings, with Edouard Derom. The exhibition travelled to the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.[catalogue] [list of exhibited works] [press release] - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'10 jaar Wit. 40 kunstenaars op 10 bij 10', October 10-November 16, 2014. Participating artists Alicja Werbachowska, Aline Thomassen, Alrik Stelling, and others.[invitation card] - Padiglione delle Arti - Marcon (Venice)
'Around Zero', October 10-November 30, 2014. Curated by Luca Beatrice and Willy Montini; participating artists Nobuya Abe, Agam, Getulio Alviani, Bernard Aubertin, Hermann Bartels, herman de vries and many others.
[catalogue] - Museum im Kulturspeicher - Würzburg
'Weiß - Aspekte einer Farbe in Moderne und Gegenwart', November 8, 2014-February 22, 2015. The exhibition comes from the Ruppert Collection in the Museum im Kulturspeicher. 15 pictures and objects included in the exhibition form the basis for this project and are by artists such as Andreas Christen, Ad Dekkers, Leo Erb, Norbert Kricke, Jan Schoonhoven, herman de vries and Günther Uecker. - Swiss National Library - Bern
'Unikat – Unicum. Artists' books from the Prints and Drawings Department', November 22, 2014-February 28, 2015. Curated by Susanne Bieri and Andrea Giger.[program]
2015
- Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'herman de vries. imprimés, livres et autres publications', February 10-June 6, 2015. - CAIRN Centre d'art - Digne-les-Bains
'herman de vries - à mes pieds', April 1-June 21, 2015. Curated by Nadine Gomez.[press release] [publication] [video] - Biennale di Venezia - Venice
'herman de vries. to be all ways to be', May 9-November 22, 2015. This year herman de vries will represent the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition will be curated by Cees de Boer and Colin Huizing and is commissioned by the Mondriaan Fund. - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Library - Amsterdam
'natural relations. artists' books by herman de vries from the collection of frank mandersloot', May 26-June 18, 2015. - Kröller Müller Museum - Otterlo
'herman de vries. toevalstekeningen 1970-1975', June 6-September 20, 2015. Curated by Lilian Seegers.[catalogue] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'Summer Show I : herman de vries', June 15-August 31, 2015. - Lieu d'Art Contemporain - L.A.C. - Narbonne
'herman de vries - L'Art Zéro', June 21-September 13, 2015. During this period also work by Ger van Elk and Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson is shown. - Museum Van Bommel van Dam - Venlo
'herman de vries 1960 – 1995. kunstenaarsboeken, collages, gemengde technieken en video', September 20, 2015-January 10, 2016. Curated by Hans and José Brokken-Zijp and showing works and artists' books from the Brokken Zijp Foundation of Art (BFA).[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [publication] - Sparkassengalerie - Haßfurt
'Ideenreich', September 23-November 6, 2015. The exhibition is part of the project "Kunststück!" 2015. Participating artists Ludwig Heinrich, herman de vries, Heinz und Jannina Hector, and others. - edition und galerie hoffmann - Friedberg
'herman de vries. zufall : werke von 1965 bis 2015', October 17/18, 2015-March 13, 2016.[foldout] - Galerie im Saal - Eschenau
'herman de vries. zeichnungen', October 18-November 8, 2015. - Erasmus House - Jakarta
'herman de vries. basic values', November 9, 2015-January 17, 2016. Curated by Roel Arkesteijn. The exhibition travelled to Amsterdam (March 26-April 17, 2016) and to Sittard (June 12-September 4, 2016).[catalogue 2018] [handout] [poster] [publication] [video] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. venice and beyond', November 14-December 19, 2015. - BorzoGallery - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. Finissage Venice Biennial', November 26-29, 2015.
- Huis der Provincie - Arnhem
'Aanwinsten 2013-2014', January 7- March 18, 2015. - FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Marseille
'Le Pas et la Page. Approches de la ville et de la nature dans le livre d’artiste', March 21-June 6, 2015. In cooperation with Musèe Gassendi, Digne-les-Bains. Curated by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix and Pascal Neveux. The exhibition was also on view in Digne-les-Bains (2014).[catalogue] [poster] [press release] - Martin-Gropius-Bau - Berlin
'ZERO - the international art movement of the 1950s and 1960s', March 21-June 8, 2015. Organized by the ZERO foundation in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Martin-Gropius-Bau. Part of the exhebition has beeen shown from october 2014 onwards in New York.[catalogue] [newspaper] - Forum Botanische Kunst - Thüngersheim am Main
'different - identical', March 28-May 10, 2015. Double exhibition with Galerie im Saal, Eschenau (April 12-May 3, 2015). Participating artists Martin J. Allen, herman de vries, Sylvia Peter.[catalogue] [foldout] - Rijksmuseum Twenthe – Enschede
'De Gouden Eeuw van Twenthe', April 18 onwards. - Salle d’exposition de l'Hôtel Rivet – Esban
'Être et Avoir #2. La collection de Hubert Duprat / La collection de Natacha Pugnet et Fabien Faure', April 30-May 29, 2015. - Palazzo Mora – Venice
'Personal Structures. Crossing Borders', May 9-November 22, 2015. - Cortesi Gallery - London
'Atmosfera ZERO. Great Expectations #2', May 16-July 18, 2015. Curated by Marco Meneguzzo. - Kallmann Museum - Ismaning
'Waterbound – Vom Leben mit dem Wasser', May 22-August 30, 2015. Exhibition in cooperarion with the Neue Galerie, Dachau.[catalogue] [foldout] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Our Artists, Our Friends - 40 Jahre Galerie Geiger', May 23-July 11, 2015.[catalogue] - BorzoGallery - Amsterdam
'Jan Henderikse & Zero', June 6-July 11, 2015. Works by Jan Henderikse and herman de vries, Armando, Henk Peeters, Jan Henderikse, and many others. - Museum IJsselstein - IJsselstein
'Uit liefde voor hout van MIJ, van IJsselsteinse meubelindustrie tot Gerrit Rietveld en herman de vries', June 20-September 27, 2015. - Kunstvereniging Diepenheim - Diepenheim
'Veldwerk. 25 Jaar Kunstvereniging Diepenheim', June 27-September 6, 2015.[catalogue] - Château de Rentilly - Marne-sur-Seine
'My first Summer in the Sierra – Works from the Centre national des arts plastiques', June 28-December 6, 2015. Curated by Sébastien Faucon and Xavier Franceschi.[catalogue] - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - Amsterdam
'ZERO. Let us explore the stars', July 4-November 8, 2015. Curated by Margriet Schavemaker; with work by herman de vries, Arman, Armando, Bernard Aubertin, Pol Bury and many others.[catalogue] [folder] [poster] - Kunstenfestival Watou - Watou
'In de luwte van de tussentijd [= in the lee of the in-between]', July 4-August 30, 2015.[catalogue] - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg - Ravensburg
'Ich bin eine Pflanze. Naturprozesse in der Kunst', July 11-November 8, 2015. Curated by Nicole Fritz; participating artists Stephan Balkenhol, Joseph Beuys, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Young Collector's Choice 15', July 18-August 22, 2015. Participating artists Rupprecht Geiger, Heinz Mack, Daniel Spoerri, herman de vries and others.[catalogue] - QuadrART Dornbirn - Dornbirn
'Ansichten XXIII "natural affairs"', September 5-November 1, 2015. Curated by Christel Schüppenhauer; presented artists herman de vries, Ulrike Arnold, Ragna Robertsdottir, Karin Sander, and others.[catalogue] - Cortesi Gallery - Lugano
'À bout de soufle', September 10-October 1, 2015. Curated by Ilaria Bignotti; participating artists Alighiero Boetti, Agostino Bonalumi, Dadamaino, Lucio Fontana, Walter Leblanc, Heinz Mack, Giulio Paolini, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, herman de vries. - Kröller Müller Museum - Otterlo
'Longing for Happier Times. Mediakunst uit de collectie van het Kröller-Müller Museum', September 19, 2015-January 3, 2016. Participating artists Willie Doherty, Mario Garcia Torres, Jan Fabre, Cai Guo-Qiang, Matt Mullican, Hetty Huisman en herman de vries. - Falmouth Art Gallery - Falmouth
'SoilCulture: Deep Roots', organized by the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, September 19-November 21, 2015. Participating artists Paolo Barrile, Mel Chin, herman de vries, Richard Long, Ana Mendieta and Claire Pentecost. The exhibition will tour to Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University 16 January-19 March 2016.[poster] [publication] - Stadtgalerie Bamberg - Villa Dessauer - Bamberg
'Sagen und Zeigen | Schrift in der Kunst', September 26-November 8, 2015. Curated by Karl Notburga; participating artists Michaela Eichwald, Jochen Flinzer, Eugen Gomringer, Michael Hakami, Albert Hien, Nanne Meyer, Dietmar Pfister, herman de vries, and others.[poster] - Nieuw Dakota - Amsterdam
'NulNu', October 11-November 8, 2015. Organized by Yssel Centre for Contemporary Art (YCCA) and curated by Anna Oele; participating artists Annesas Appel, Lu Xinjian, herman de vries and Henk Peeters.[catalogue]] [flyer] [invitation card] [poster] - Orangery of the Belvedere - Vienna,
'Mehr als ZERO - Hans Bischoffshausen', October 8, 2015-February 14, 2016.[catalogue] - Agence d'Attractivité de l'Alsace - Colmar
'Natures et Paysages', October 12, 2015-July 10, 2016 - Beaux-Arts Mons - Mons
'Parade sauvage', October 17, 2015-January 24, 2016. - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Zeitlos Gut!', October 31-December 31, 2015. - Frac-Artothèque du Limousin/Galerie "Les Coopérateurs" - Limoges
'Iconographie. L'oeuvre comme collection d'images, November 20, 2015-March 5, 2016. Works from the collections of the Centre des livres d'artistes, of the Frac and the Artothèque du Limousin. Participating artists Jean-Daniel Berclaz, Christian Boltanski, Philippe Clerc, Claude Closky, herman de vries, and many others. - Fort 1881 - Hoek van Holland
'Zicht op Zee', November 14-December 14, 2015. Curated by Triple A Projects, The Hague. - Galerie Wit - Amsterdam/Wageningen
'Galerie Wit at Witteveen #8', November 19-December 5, 2015. Participating artists herman de vries, Nan Groot Antink, Joos van de Plas, Flos Pol.[list of exhibited works] - AEROPLASTICS contemporary - Brussels
'Dark Ages', November 20, 2015-January 9, 2016. Participating artists herman de vries, Carlos Aires, Francis Alys, Ryuta Amae, and many others. - Kranenburgh - Egmond
'Silence out loud', December 15, 2015-June 12, 2016. Exhibition curated by Joost Zwagerman. Participating artists herman de vries, Ad Dekkers, Amie Dicke, Anke Roder and many others.[catalogue]
2016
- Holger Priess Galerie - Hamburg
'herman de vries. Kohleausreibungen', January 24-April 2, 2016 (the exhibition was extended until April 23). - Ernst Barlach Haus - Hamburg
'herman de vries. sculptures trouvées', January 24-May 16, 2016.[catalogue] [foldout] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein - Hamburg
'herman de vries. Aspekte des Werkes : Farbstiftzeichnungen', January 26-March 26, 2016. - Fondazione Berardelli - Brescia
'herman de vries "Bilder als Bilder" 1971-1972', February 12-26, 2016.[catalogue] - galerie mueller-roth - Stuttgart
'herman de vries - selected works', March 4-May 14, 2016.[list of exhibited works] - Framer Framed - Amsterdam
'herman de vries - basic values', March 26-April 17, 2016. Curated by Roel Arkesteijn. Also on view in Het Domein, Sittard (June 12-September 4, 2016).[catalogue 2018] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [poster] [video] - Galleria Michela Rizzo - Venice
[with Silvano Tessarollo] 'Nulla nasce dal nulla di Silvano Tessarollo con un intervento di Herman De Vries', June 2-July 16, 2016. - Museum De Domijnen - Sittard
'herman de vries - basic values', June 12-September 4, 2016. Curated by Roel Arkesteijn. Previously seen in Jakarta and Amsterdam.[catalogue 2018] [edition] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [poster] - Museum für Konkrete Kunst - Ingolstadt
'herman de vries. stein erde holz', June 26-October 9, 2016. The exhibition travelled to the Städtischen Galerie in Bietigheim-Bissingen (October 22, 2015-January 8, 2017). - Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen - Tuttlingen
'herman de vries. no beginning no end', September 10-October 16, 2016. Curated by Anna Maria Ehrmann-Schindlbeck.[catalogue] [edition] [list of exhibited works] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'herman de vries. all in one - one in all', October 8-November 26, 2016.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen - Bietigheim-Bissingen
'herman de vries. stein erde holz', October 22, 2015-January 8, 2017. The exhibition was also on view in Ingolstadt. - Kornhaus Galerie Weingarten - Weingarten
'herman de vries. arbeiten auf papier', October 28-December 11, 2016.[catalogue] [list of exhibited works] - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'Schaufenster Sohm VI - herman de vries', November 8, 2016-May 7, 2017.[leaflet]
- Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'what is waste? what is art? what is life?', January 8-February 6, 2016. Participating artists Dianna Cohen, Maarten vanden Eynde, Ryohei Kawanishi, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Jan Eric Visser, herman de vries and Izaak Zwartjes.[invitation card] [leaflet] - Galerie d'art Albert Bourgeois - Fougères
'Dedans/Dehors', January 16-March 25, 2016. - Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University - Plymouth
'SoilCulture: Deep Roots', organized by the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, January 16-March 19, 2016. Participating artists Paolo Barrile, Mel Chin, herman de vries, Richard Long, Ana Mendieta and Claire Pentecost. The exhibition was also on view in the Falmouth Art Gallery from September 19-November 21, 2015.[catalogue] - Museo Marino Marini - Florence
'Top Hundred Maurizio Nannucci', February 2-April 23, 2016. In collaboration with Museion, Bolzano. Participating artists herman de vries, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Carl Andre, and many others.[catalogue] - CAPC Bordeaux - Bordeaux
'De quelques publications d'artistes – Collection du Cdla', February 4-May 1, 2016. The exhibition is organized by the Centre des livres d'artistes from Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in cooperation with the CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux. - Badischer Kunstverein - Karlsruhe
'Concerning Concrete Poetry', February 5-April 3, 2016. Curated by Andrew Hunt and Anja Casser; participating artists Jiři Valoch, Paul De Vree, herman de vries, Emmett Williams, and many others.[leaflet] - Kunstverein KISS Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen - Abtsgmünd-Untergröningen
'Fünfzig Zigarren für das Licht der Zukunft', March 5-September 25, 2016. Participating artists herman de vries, Uli Aigner, Art&Language, and many others. - Kunstverein Dachau
'Es ist angerichtet! Der Geruch und die Kunst = Dig in! Scent and Art', March 31-April 24, 2016. Curated by Camilla Nicklaus-Maurer.[catalogue] - Gorcums Museum - Gorinchem
'Floralia', April 2-September 11, 2016. Participating artists Armando, herman de vries, Daan van Golden, and others. - Galerie Schoots + Van Duyse - Antwerp
'Zero and Now', April 23-June 19, 2016. Participating artists Adolf Luther, Armando, Bernard Aubertin, herman de vries, and others. - Galerie Lemaire - Amsterdam
From 13 to 15 May tribal art galleries in the centre of Amsterdam organised the yearly 'Amsterdam Trail', this time together with contemporary art galleries. Work of herman de vries was on show in Galerie Lemaire. - Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'Unterwegs / on journeys', June 4-July 30, 2016. Participating artists herman de vries, Rosemary Laing, Boris Mikhailov and Sascha Weidner. - Galerie Witteveen - Amsterdam
'Ritme & Regelmaat, 70 jaar abstractie in de kunst, 1945 - 2015', June 18-July 16, 2016. Curated by Diana Wind; participating artists herman de vries, Bernard Aubertin, Ad Dekkers, Jan Hendrikse, and others. - Galerie Nanna Preußners - Hamburg
'System und/mit/oder Zufall', June 30-August 6, 2016. Participating artists Werner Dorsch, Gerhard Hotter, Michel Jouet, Jo Schöpfer and herman de vries. - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Young Collector's Choice 16', July 2-August 13, 2016. Participating artists herman de vries, Bernard Aubertin, Hans Jörg Glattfelder, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Heinz Mack, and others. - Museum De Buitenplaats - Eelde
'Into Nature', July 2-September 18, 2016. As part of the exhibition series 'Into Nature' the museum exhibits work by Wolfgang Laib, Kim Habers and herman de vries.[guide] - Schloß Oberschwappach - Oberschwappach/Knetzgau
'Pflanzenwelten II', July 5-August 28, 2016. Participating artists herman de vries, Horst Ziegler, Rainer Nepita, Helmut Droll, and others. - Lewis Glucksman Gallery. University College Cork - Cork
'I Went to the Woods. The artist as wanderer', July 23-November 6, 2016. Curated by Chris Clarke and Pádraic E. Moore. Artists: Anna Bak, Brendan Earley, Fiona Kelly, Juha Pekka Matias Laakkonen, Richard Long, Helen Mirra, Ria Pacquée, herman de vries, Walker & Walker.[catalogue] - Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden - Edinburgh
'I still believe in Miracles. Celebrating 30 Years of Inverleith House, 1986 to 2016', July 23-October 23, 2016. Artists include Lawrence Weiner, Richard Wright, Richard Tuttle, herman de vries and Andy Goldsworthy. - 4th Land Art Biennial Mongolia 360° - Ulaanbaatar
'Catching the Axis. Between the Sky and the Earth', August 21-September 10, 2016. Participating artists Jacek Tylicki, herman de vries, Yoko Ono, Mabelle Williams and others.[catalogue] - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart - Stuttgart
'[un]erwartet. Die Kunst des Zufalls', September 24, 2016-February 19, 2017. - kunstraumlangenlois p.p. - Langenlois
'harvest', October 2, 2016-March 5, 2017. Curated by Peter Foolen. Participating artists herman de vries, Thomas A. Clark, Alec Finlay, and others.[invitation card] - MAMCO Musée d'art moderne et contemporain - Geneva
'Cabinet of Concrete Poetry', October 12, 2016—January 29, 2017. In collaboration with Zona Archives, Florence (Maurizio Nannucci). - La Casa Encendida - Madrid
'El curso natural de las cosas = The Natural Flow of Things', October 14, 2016-January 8, 2017. Curated by Tania Pardo. Participating artists Adolfo Schlosser, herman de vries, Fernando García o Fernando Buenache, and others.[catalogue] [video] - Zentrum für Kunst und Medien ZKM - Karlsruhe
'Kunst in Europa 1945–1968. Der Kontinent, den die EU nicht kennt', October 22, 2016-January 29, 2017. Curated by Eckhart Gillen and Peter Weibel. Works by herman de vries, Marc Adrian, Yaacov Agam, Kurd Alsleben, and many others. - Wellcome Collection - London
'Making Nature: How we see animals', December 1, 2016-May 21, 2017. Organised around four themes – 'Ordering', 'Displaying', 'Observing' and 'Making' – this exhibition questions the approach of 'learning through looking', charts the changing fashions of museum displays alongside society's changing attitudes to the world around us, examines the search for an authentic encounter with nature, and looks at how humans have intentionally altered other organisms. - Galerie Petr Žaloudek - Prague
'zero.0.nul', December 2, 2016-January 14, 2017. Selected works by Bernard Aubertin, Hermann Goepfert, Jan Henderikse, Oskar Holweck Heinz Mack, Christian Megert, Uli Pohl, Jean Tinguely, herman de vries and Herbert Zangs.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Musée Soulages - Rodez
'Tant de Temps! 50 artistes contemporains au musée Soulages', December 3, 2016-April 30, 2017. Participating artists besides herman de vries, Christian Boltanski, Robert Filiou, Gerhardt Richter, Bill Viola and many others.[catalogue] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Zeitlos gut!', December 3, 2016-January 14, 2017. Selected works by Armando, Bernard Aubertin, Hans Jörg Glattfelder, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Heinz Mack, Christian Megert, Georg Karl Pfahler, Daniel Spoerri and herman de vries.[invitation card]
2017
- LABS Gallery - Bologna
'herman de vries', January 14-March 4, 2017. - Groundwork Gallery - Kings Lynn
'herman de vries. on the stony path', March 9-July 1, 2017. Curated by Veronica Sekules.[foldout] [invitation card] - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg - Ravensburg
'herman de vries. from earth: oberschwaben', March 18-June 11, 2017.[catalogue] [invitation card] [video] - FS.Art - Berlin
'herman de vries. from zero to zero', April 29-June 30, 2017.
[invitation card] - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León - León
herman de vries. chance and change', June 17, 2017-February 4, 2018. Curated by Kristine Guzmán. - Galerie Conrads - Düsseldorf
'herman de vries. different & identic, works 1973-2016', September 8-October 15, 2017. - Cortesi Gallery - London
'herman de vries. the return of beauty', September 19-November 18, 2017. Curated by Francesca Pola.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Galerie Žaloudek - Prague
'herman de vries', December 8, 2017-January 13, 2018.
- Ludwig Galerie in Schloss Oberhausen - Oberhausen
'LET'S BUY IT! Kunst und Einkauf. Von Albrecht Dürer über Andy Warhol bis Gerhard Richter', January 22-May 14, 2017.[catalogue] - Museum Voorlinden - Wassenaar
'De tussentijd', April 1-November 5, 2017. Works by Arturo Hernández Alcázar, Song-Ming Ang, Massimo Bartolini, Joseph Beuys, herman de vries and many others from the collection of Museum Voorlinden.[catalogue] [exhibition texts] - Ausstellungshaus Spoerri - Hadersdorf am Kamp
'Kunst durch die Blume', April 1-October 29, 2017. Participating artists among others Daniel Spoerri, Katharina Duwen, Rozbeh Asmani, Rudolf Bonvie and herman de vries [from May 27 onwards].[catalogue] - Musée Gassendi - Digne-les-Bains
'Pierres des visions', April 1-September 4, 2017. Participating artists among others Andy Goldsworthy, Paul-Armand Gette and herman de vries.[poster] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'colour your world: a choice from the AA collection', April 8-29 April 2017. Curated by Alexandra Siebelink; participating artists Pieke Bergmans, Sjoerd Buisman, Ad Dekkers, Norman Dilworth, Ewerdt Hilgemann, herman de vries and Thomas Pihl. - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art - Herning DK
'Socle du Monde Biennale 2017', April 21-August 27, 2017. Curated by Mattijs Visser, Jean-Hubert Martin and others. Each of the 5 curators will create their individual chapter, based on a work by Manzoni, while the 'outdoor' chapters with permanent installations will be curated by the complete team. herman de vries and 61 artists will participate. - Plantentuin Meise - Meise
'Reisverslagen van botanische expedities: tussen kunst en wetenschap', April-November 19, 2017.[catalogue] - Daimler Contemporary - Berlin
'Serielle Formationen. 1967/2017. Re-staging of the first German Exhibition of International Tendencies in Minimalism', June 3— November 5, 2017. Curated by Renate Wiehager, curators in 1967: Paul Maenz and Peter Roehr. Participating artists Carl Andre (USA), Enrico Castellani (I), Jan Dibbets (NL), Dan Flavin (USA), Hermann Goepfert (D), Kuno Gonschior (D), Hans Haacke (D), Ewerdt Hilgemann (D), herman de vries (NL/D), and many more.[catalogue] [introductory text] [invitation card] - Altana Kulturstiftung - Museum Sinclair-Haus - Bad Homburg
'Nach der Natur. Material, Form, Struktur', June 25-September 10, 2017. Participating artists Mirko Baselgia, Wolfgang Laib, Giuseppe Licari, Mario Reis, Rikuo Ueda, herman de vries and others. - Espace de l'Art Concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Carlos Cruz-Diez & la Donation Albers-Honegger / Dialogues concrets', June 25, 2017-May 27, 2018. - Museum Kunst der Westküste - Alkersum/Föhr
'Pure Nature Art. Naturmaterialien in der zeitgenössischen Kunst', June 25, 2017-January 7, 2018. Participating artists Bethan Huws (GB), Christiane Löhr (DE), Alastair Mackie (GB), David Nash (GB, Abb.), Regine Ramseier (CH) and herman de vries (DE/NL). - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Young Collectors Choice 17', July 17-August 19, 2017. Works by Hans Jörg Glattfelder, Heinz Mack, Christian Megert, Marcello Morandini, Richard Neuz, Otto Piene, herman de vries and others.[invitation card] - Het Nieuwe Instituut - Rotterdam
'Finders Keepers. The Life of Things', September 7, 2017-February 11, 2018. About collectors, collecting and collections, curated by MacGuffin. - Galerie Franz Swetec - Düsseldorf
'Acchrochage – Skulpturen, Bilder, Grafiken', September 17-November 18, 2017. Artists in the exhibition: Hermann Bartels, Rupprecht Geiger, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, herman de vries and others. - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - München
'SHOWCASE - Künstlerbücher aus der Sammlung der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek', September 20, 2017-Jabnuary 7, 2018. Participating artists Hans Bellmer, Eduardo Paolozzi, Louise Bourgeois, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Art Circle - London
'The Essence of Things', September 30-October 8, 2017. An installation of works by artists associated with Minimalism and Post Minimalism statements in the 1960s and 1970s, featuring Bernd Lohaus, Carl Andre, Franĉois Morellet, herman de vries, and others, curated by Daniel Marzona. - Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'Papier journal', October 4, 2017-January 27, 2018. Participating artists Christian Boltanski, Danier Buren, herman de vries and others and journals als Aspen Magazine, fandangos and more. - Musée national de Céramique - Sèvres
'L’expérience de la Couleur' October 13, 2017-April 2, 2018. Participating artists herman de vries and among others Sonia Delaunay, Gérard Fromanger and Yves Klein.[catalogue] - Holger Priess Galerie - Hamburg
'schwarzweiss', November 1, 2017-January 20, 2018. Selected works by Martin Assig, Stephan Balkenhol, Alan Charlton, Jochen Flinzer, K.R.H. Sonderborg, David Tremlett, herman de vries and others. - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Zeitlos Gut!', November 26, 2017-January 6, 2018. Participating artists Bernard Aubertin, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Daniel Spoerri, herman de vries, and others.[invitation card]
2018
- Galerie Wit - Wageningen
[with Anne Geene] 'Natuurlijk!', April 22-May 27, 2018.[list of exhibited works] - Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen in der Weserburg-Museum für moderne Kunst - Bremen
'herman de vries. Taken from Nature: Artists Books, Editions, and Works on Paper. Works from the Collection of the Brokken Zijp Foundation of Art', May 4-October 21, 2018.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'herman de vries - erde, asche, blut', May 6-June 30, 2018.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] - Art Affairs - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. gavdos 34° 50', 24° 05' E : journal - plants - earth - stones', June 29-September 1, 2018. - Cortesi Gallery - Milan
'herman de vries. all all all', September 12-November 30, 2018. Curated by Francesca Pola.[catalogue] [invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [press release] - Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden - Luang Prabang
'herman de vries. one in all - all in one', October 2018.[leaflet] - Galerie Block C - Groningen
'herman de vries. oplage 0', October 13-November 13, 2018. The exhibition is part of the 'Week of the Artists' Book'.[invitation card] [list of exhibited works] [poster] - BorzoGallery - Amsterdam
'herman de vries. - ultimate free -', November 23-December 29, 2018.[folder] [list of exhibited works]
- GRID Grafisch Museum - Groningen
'Ongebonden. Kunstenaarsboeken 1/3', February 11-May 20, 2018. Participating artists: Sophie Calle, Henriëtte van Egten, Hans Eijkelboom [...] herman de vries, Emmett Williams. - BorzoGallery - Amsterdam
'EH 80 Ewerdt Hilgemann', February 21-March 1, 2018. Ewerdt Hilgemann, a brief overview of his oeuvre on the occasion of his 80th birthday with works by friends Ad Dekkers, Marinus Boezem, Bob Bonies and herman de vries.[folder] - Museum Giersch - Frankfurt am Main
'Freiraum der Kunst - Die Studiogalerie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt 1964–1968', March 18-July 8, 2018.[catalogue] [flyer] - ENSA - Limoges
'Premier Rang : catalogues en tous genres', March 26-April 17, 2018. In cooperation with the Centre des livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Participating artists Laurence Aëgerter, herman de vries, Ewerdt Hilgeman and others. - Musée Gassendi - Digne-les-Bains
'Sacrées, Montagnes sacrées - Le musée traversé, Orient < > Occident', March 29-October 28 2018. Participating artists George Brecht, James Lee Byars, herman de vries, Paul Armand Gette and others.[poster] - Galerie Aline Vidal - Paris
'De(s) Rives', April 7-21, 2018. Touring exhibition, organized by Galerie Aline Vidal on the island of Saint-Louis, Paris; participating artists Benoît Pype, Thibault de Gialluly, Philippe De Gobert, herman de vries, and others.[folder] - Üblacker-Häusl - Munich
'Neue konkrete Kunst – Farbe, Raum, Rhythmus', April 11-May 6, 2018. Participating artists herman de vries, Ilse Aberer, Edgar Diehl, Werner Dorsch and others. - Upstream Gallery - Amsterdam
'From ZERO to 2018', April 14-May 19, 2018. Participating artists Ad Dekkers, Constant Dullaart, herman de vries, Jan Robert Leegte, Jan Schoonhoven, Marc Bijl, and Rafaël Rozendaal.[leaflet] - Mucem — Musée des civilisations et de la Méditerranée - Marseille
'Or', April 24-September 10, 2018. Participating artists herman de vries and Gilles Barbier, Isabelle Barruol, Louise Bourgeois, and many others.[catalogue] - Cortesi Gallery - London
'Light and Movement in European Post-War Art', May 22-July 20, 2018. Exhibition coordinator Ottavia Fontana, participating artists Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Jan Henderikse, Walter Leblanc, Heinz Mack, herman de vries, and others. - edition und galerie hoffmann Friedberg
'vielschichtig', May 26/27-November 18, 2018. Participating artists Hartmut Böhm, Ad Dekkers, Eberhard Fiebig, herman de vries, and others.[foldout] - Museum Würth - Künzelsau
'Äpfel und Birnen und anderes Gemüse. Die Obstbilder von Korbinian Aigner im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth', June 18, 2018-January 6, 2019.[catalogue] [foldout] - Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Enschede
'ars longa, vita brevis', from June 23, 2018 onwards. The new collection presentation of Rijksmuseum Twenthe will be held with a main focus on 'the human condition'. The Human Life in nine episodes with nine artists to participate in this project: Bart Hess, L.A. Raeven, Berend Strik, Philip Vermeulen, Anne Wenzel, Peter Zegveld, Karin Arink, Armando and Silvia B. Anne Wenze; selected the work '108 pound of lavendel'. - De Domijnen - Sittard
'Eén. Recente aanwinsten voor de collectie hedendaagse kunst', September 16-December 2, 2018. Participating artists among others Melanie Bonajo, Ricardo Brey, Mark Dion, Joseph Semah en herman de vries, curator Roel Arkesteijn. - Aram Khachaturian Museum - Yerevan (Armenia)
'Soundlines of Contemporary Art', September 25-October 25, 2018. The exhibition is part of the International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Armenia 2018 (ICAE2018). Participating artists Rossella Biscotti, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Maurizio Cattelan, Loris Cecchini, herman de vries, and many others.[press release] - CBK - Groningen
'het Boek der Natuur. Kunstenaarsboeken over het belang van de natuur', October 13-November 17, 2018. Participating artists among others Martin Brandsma, Sjoerd Buisman, Hamish Fulton, Anne Geene, herman de vries and Luuk Wilmering. Curated by Henk Woudsma. The exhibition is part of the 'Week of the Artists' Book'. - Hirschwirtscheuer/Würth - Künzelsau
'Von A bis Z - Künstlerbücher in der Sammlung Würth 2018', October 18, 2018-May 5, 2019. Participating artists Dieter Roth, Eduardo Chillida, Güther Uecker, Hans Arp , herman de vries, and many others. The exhibition was also on view in Galeri Würth, Hagan (Norway) from November 21, 2021-September 4, 2022.[catalogue] [flyer] - ifa-Galerie - Stuttgart
'Lehmarchitektur heute. Ein traditioneller Werkstoff für die Zukunft', October 19, 2018-January 6, 2019. - Galerie Kunst im Gang - Bamberg
'Räume für Bäume', November 17-December 8, 2018. Participating artists Karl Bohrmann, Lucia de Figueiredo, Barbara Klein, herman de vries a.o.[invitation card] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Zeitlos Gut!', December 2, 2018-January 5, 2019. Selected works by Bernard Aubertin, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Christian Megert, herman de vries and others.[invitation card]
2019
- Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar - Alkmaar
'herman de vries. voor jullie voeten', June 1-September 1, 2019.[catalogue] [invitation card] [poster] - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'herman de vries. textfelder', October 13-November 23, 2019.[catalogue] [invitation card] - Lindenau-Museum - Altenburg
'herman de vries – all all all : werke 1957–2019', October 13, 2019-January 1, 2020 (extended till March 26, 2020). Exhibition to accompany the awarding of the Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019 to herman de vries.[catalogue] [foldout] [poster] - Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam
presentation of 10 white objects from the collection Joke & Dick Veese, November 2019-November 2020. - Gallery of Contemporary Art and Architecture - České Budějovice
'herman de vries – real', November 28-December 21, 2019. Curated by Michal Skoda.
- Galerie Mueller-Roth - Stuttgart
'Gruppenausstellung', January 24-March 30, 2019. Works by artists of the gallery: François Morellet, Manfred Mohr, herman de vries, Reto Boller, Daniel Mijic and Gala Adam. - De Ketelfactory - Schiedam
'Stil', January 26-July 14, 2019. Participating artists Steven Aalders, Jasper van Aarle, Marina Abramovic, Philip Akkerman, herman de vries and others.[publication] - Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Enschede
'De naakte waarheid' [= The Naked Truth], January 26-June 16, 2019. Participating artists Marina Abramovic, G.H. Breitner, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Jan Sluijters, herman de vries, Andy Warhol and many others.[catalogue] - Centre des livres d'artistes - Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
'Ruisseaux, rivières, fleuves et étendues d'eau', January 30-June 22, 2019. Participating artists Simon Cutts, Ian Hamilton Finlay, herman de vries, Lawrence Weiner and many others. - Holger Priess Galerie - Hamburg
'natural', January 31-March 9, 2019. Works by Martin Assig, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Roman Kochanski, Wolfgang Müller, Claudia Pegel, Peter Rösel, David Tremlett and herman de vries. - Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich - Zürich
'Ding / Unding. The Artist's Book Unbound', February 13-April 14, 2019. Curated by Lena Schaller.[flyer] [press release] - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam
'Manzoni in Holland', February 16-June 2, 2019. Curated by Colin Huizing; participating artists besides Manzoni: Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Armando, Marinus Boezem, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie - Karlsruhe
'Writing the History of the Future (The ZKM Collection)', February 23-March 28, 2019. Works by Jesús Rafael Soto, Manfred Mohr, herman de vries, Olaf Metzel, Ian Hamilton Finlay and many others. - Galerie Wit - Wageningen
'Four visions on the landscape : Jerry Veldhuizen, Roman Peter, Eric Snell, herman de vries', March 30-April 28, 2019. - Palazzo Pretorio Museum - Prato
'Nel segno di Leonardo - opere dalla Collezzione Carlo Palli = Leonardo Effect - Works from the Carlo Palli collection', April 5, 2019-June 30, 2019. Participating artists Ay-O, Anna Banana, Massimo Barzagli, Mirella Bentivoglio, herman de vries and many others.[catalogue] - Espace de l'art concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Gérard Traquandi & la Donation Albers-Honegger : contrepoint', April 6, 2019-April 5, 2020 (extended till May 31, 2020). - Société d'électricité - Brussels
'Calculated chance', April 25-June 29, 2019. Participating artists herman de vries, Robert Filliou, Christian Jankowski, Ellsworth Kelly, Manfred Mohr, Frieder Nake, Peter Struycken and others. - Library of the Château de la Borie - Solignac
'Eppur si muove! / And Yet She Moves!', June 8-August 4, 2019. Works by herman de vries, Nicolas Lamás, Rodrigo Matheus, Benoît Maire, and others. - Cortesi Gallery - London
'Relief: a new perspective in Post-War Art', June 11-August 23, 2019. Works by Agostino Bonalumi, Jorge Eielson, Jan Henderikse, Walter Leblanc, Heinz Mack, Gianfranco Pardi, Ivan Picelj, Grazia Varisco and herman de vries. - Museum Tot Zover - Amsterdam
'De Laatste Aai', June 13, 2019-January 19, 2020. Works of among others Martin uit den Bogaard, Tineke Schuurmans, Tinkebell, Stephan Vanfleteren and herman de vries. - Galerie Ludorff - Düsseldorf
'Summer Guests: de vries | Van Ofen | Vermeersch', June 14-August 31, 2019. - De Rijk/Chabot Fine Art - The Hague
'Summer Exhibition', July 4-August 25, 2019. Works by Cor van Dijk, Bob Bonies, Keisuke Matsuura, herman de vries and others. - Galerie Geiger - Konstanz
'Young Collector's Choice 19', July 7-August 24, 2019. Participating artists Daniel Spoerri, Otto Piene, herman de vries, Rupprecht Geiger and others. - Espace de l'art concret - Mouans-Sartoux
'Bis repetita placent', July 7-November 10, 2019. Participating artists Berger&Berger, André Cadere, herman de vries, Richard Long, Jean-Christophe Norman, Eleonora Strano, Daniel Van de Velde, and others. - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen
'Dazwischen', July 21-December 23, 2019. Participating artists Man Ray, Josef Albers, Arman, herman de vries, Jesús Rafael Soto and others. - city hall - Saint-Paul-la-Roche and other places
L’ Herbe dans tous ses états', July 26-September 12, 2019. Works by Paul-Armand Gette, herman de vries, Richard Long, Maurizio Nannucci, Jean Le Gac and many others from the collection of the Centre des livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. The artists' books by herman de vries are on view in the city halls of Saint-Paul-la-Roche, Saint-Priest-les-Fougères, Jumilhac-le-Grand, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and Angoisse.[flyer] - Cortesi Gallery - Lugano
'Art on Paper', September 2-October 31, 2019. Participating artists Ivan Picelj, Angela Lyn and herman de vries. - Château Rentilly - Bussy-Saint-Martin
'D', September 20-December 22, 2019. Exhibition of works from the Frac île-de-france collection, curated by Xavier Franceschi, with Willem de Rooij, herman de vries, Olivier Debré, Philippe Decrauzat, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, and many others. - Stadtgalerie Bamberg, Villa Dessauer - Bamberg
'Natur als Argument', September 29-November 10, 2019. Participating artists besides herman de vries, Till Krause, Klara Hobza, Thilo Westermann and many others[flyer] - Galerie Petr Žaloudek - Prague
'3-2-1.. zero/feuer! Bernard Aubertin, Otto Piene, herman de vries', October 4-November 9, 2019. - Stichting ACEC - Apeldoorn
'Showcase II Kunst over landschap - landschap over kunt', curated by Paul de Kort, invited artists Bram Kuypers, Birthe Leemeijer, herman de vries, Jeroen van Westen en Anne Ausloos. - Museo de La Rioja - Logroño
'Sin moldes. Escultura en la colección MUSAC', October 11-December 15, 2019. Exhibition in cooperation with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC) with participating artists as Lara Almarcegui, Eugenio Ampudia, herman de vries and others. - Lawn - Leeds
'Ground', October 25, 2019-January 20, 2020. A group show curated by Daine Howse with works by Roger Ackling, Laurie Clark, Thomas A Clark, Tacita Dean, herman de vries, and others. - Victoria & Albert Museum - Amsterdam
'Landscape and Language in Artists' Books', November 5, 2019-April 4, 2021. - Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA - Bordeaux
'Narcisse ou la floraison des mondes', December 7, 2019-March 21, 2020.[catalogue] [flyer] [press release]
