Bernar Venet French, b. 1941

Bernar Venet, born in 1941 in Château-Arnoux, is today a key figure on the international art scene. After moving to New York in 1966, he now lives in Le Muy, in the south of France, where the Venet Foundation hosts major exhibitions every summer.
From his early radical experiments in Nice to the conceptual directions he embraced upon arriving in the United States, his bold artistic stance quickly earned him recognition alongside the leading figures of Minimal and Conceptual Art.

Although he is best known for his monumental corten steel sculptures, his practice spans a wide range of disciplines — including painting, performance, poetry, sound, design, and photography — reflecting the breadth and richness of his creative journey.

His work is held in the collections of over one hundred prestigious institutions worldwide, such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the MoMA and the Guggenheim Museum (New York), the LACMA (Los Angeles), and the National Museum of Modern Art (Seoul).
Venet has also completed numerous public commissions across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.