Biography
Born in Paris (France) 25 March 1938. Lives and works in situ. Daniel Buren is one of the most renowned artists on the international art scene and indeed one of the most productive. Upwards of 1,600 exhibitions, one third of them solo exhibits, have been held on all continents. He nurtures a special relationship with Japan where ever since 1970, when he participated in the 10th Tokyo Biennale, he has produced several permanent public pieces and more than 60 exhibitions. Of note is the extraordinary involvement of the Kanransha gallery in Tokyo, which held a dozen exhibitions of Daniel Buren's work between 1982 and 1993. |
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1960-61 Firstpublic commission of murals for a hotel on St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands). To date more than 180 exhibitions have followed since in the USA. | ||
1965 Grand Prix at the Paris Biennale. Prix Lefranc de la Jeune Peinture (prize for young painters) | ||
1966-67 Events staged by the foursome Buren, Mosset, Parmentier & Toroni | ||
1967 First"affichages sauvages" (fly-posting) in the streets of Paris | ||
1968 First solo exhibit at Galerie Apollinaire, Milan | ||
1968/1969/1971/1976 Participated in "Prospect" , Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
1969 Interruption, exhibition-presentation of 8 films on a Scopitone at the Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris | ||
1970 Participated in the "10th Tokyo Biennale" International Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan) | ||
1970 "Affichages sauvages" (fly-posting) in the Paris, Tokyo and New York subways First video work with the Gerry Schum gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1971 "Eine Manifestation", first solo exhibition in a museum, Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach (Germany) "Peinture-Sculpture", work censored at the "VIth Guggenheim International" exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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1972 /1977 / 1982 Participated in the Documenta, Kassel, Germany | ||
1972 / 1974 / 1976 / 1978 / 1980 / 1984 / 1986 / 1993 / 1997 / 2003 / 2007 Participated in the Venice Biennale | ||
1973 / 2006 Solo exhibitions at the MOMA, Oxford, UK | ||
1975-1982 First "Cabane Éclatée" ("splayed cabin") for the Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
1975 / 1979 / 1980 / 1983 / 1998 / 1999 / 2004 / 2005 Toile/Voile-Voile/Toile, boat races followed by museum displays of sail-canvasses in Berlin, Geneva, Lucerne, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Tel-Aviv, Seville and Grasmere. | ||
1976 Three simultaneous exhibitions in the Netherlands: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo | ||
1982 / 1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 2000 / 2005 / Performances of Couleurs Superposées in Genazzano, Tokyo, Berne, Eindhoven, Venice, Villeneuve d’Ascq, New York and Paris. | ||
1983 Beginning of a close collaboration (more than 10 exhibitions, personal and group) with the Kanransha Gallery, Tokyo. | ||
1986 « Les deux plateaux, sculpture in situ », public commission for the Central Court of the Palais Royal in Paris Golden Lion for best pavilion at the 42nd Biennale in Venice |
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1989 Solo exhibitions at the Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and the ICA in Nagoya (Japan) | ||
1990 "Living Treasure" prize bestowed by New Zealand | ||
1991 « International Award for Best Artist » The Bad Wurtemberg Land, Stuttgart Germany | ||
1992 Grand Prix National de Peinture, Paris | ||
1994 « Déplacement-Jaillissement : d’une fontaine les autres », public commission for Place des Terreaux, Lyon, France « Sens dessus-dessous, travail in situ et en mouvement » ("work in situ and in motion"), commissioned by Lyon Parc Auto for the Celestins parking lot in Lyon, France (prize for finest parking lot in Europe received in Budapest, Hungary |
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1996 Transparence de la lumière, solo exhibition at the Mito Art Tower (Mito, Japan) 25 Porticoes : la couleur et ses reflets ("color and its reflections"), public commission for Odaiba Bay, Tokyo, Japan | ||
2002 Le Musée qui n’existait pas ("The museum that didn't exist"), solo exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris, France | ||
2003 « Transitions : works in situ », solo exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota (Japan) | ||
2004-2006 Six exhibitions in China (Beijing, Jinan, Hangzhu and Tianjin) | ||
2005 The eye of the storm , solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Participated in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama. | ||
2007 Curator of « L’emprise du lieu », joint exhibition at Domaine Pommery, Reims, France Stage designer for the Sophie Calle exhibition at the French Pavilion of the Venice Biennale |