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Arman Biography
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1928 |
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Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France
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1949 |
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Studied, Ecole de Louvre
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1950s |
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Studied, Ecole Nationale des Art Decoratifs
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1958 |
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Arman attends an exhibition at Iris Clert where he finds a printing error on the invitation (Armand is written without the d) he consequently decides to transform his signature
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1959 |
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Arman's career takes on a new orientation with his "Accumulations d'objets"
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1960 |
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Arman is one of the founding members of a artist group called the "Nouveaux Réalistes," under the guidance of Pierre Restany
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1964 |
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Award: International Biennale of Prints, Tokyo
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1966 |
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Award: Premio Marzotto
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1967 - 1968 |
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Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles
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1972 |
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Took American citizenship
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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A Retrospective, Le Violon Bleu, London
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2004
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Opere Recenti, Centro d’Arte Cultura and BugnoArtGallery, Venice, Italy
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2004
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Superposition, New Art: 38th Int’l Fair for Modern & Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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The Violence and the Number, Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne, France
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2004
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Arman photographe, Theatre de la Photographie et de L’image, Nice, France
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2004
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Collection: Cavalleria Eroica, 1987 Erected by Jing An District People Government, Shanghai, Taiwan
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2004
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Interactives and Serious Paintings, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California, USA
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2004
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Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Monaco
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2004
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Peintures, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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Collection: Obelisk, 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos): Inducted into the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana USA
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2003
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Le plein de l’art, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, Milano, Italy
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2003
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Arman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, Iran
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2003
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Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d’Arte, Padova, Italy
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2003
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A Survey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
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2002
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Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
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2002
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Works on Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, Germany
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2002
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Dix Mots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, Switzerland
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2002
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Africarmania, Arman et l’Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France
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2002
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Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
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1984
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Objekte und Bilder 1959-1973, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
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| Links to further information |
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