Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
- François Morellet: As regras do jogo ,Dan Galeria (R. Estados Unidos) ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- François Morellet ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- François Morellet: Les règles du jeu ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
- François Morellet: 90 ,Annely Juda Fine Art ,London, UK
- François Morellet ,Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska ,Salzburg, Austria
2015
- François Morellet: Seven Corridors ,MAC VAL ,Paris, France
- François Morellet ,Galerie Mark Muller ,Zürich, Switzerland
- François Morellet: 30 Ans, Persiste et Signe ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- François Morellet: DASH DASH DASH ,Blain Southern, Berlin ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- François Morellet ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
2014
2011
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
2024
- Group show ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- Weihnachtsausstellung: editionen, arbeiten auf papier und kleine überraschungen ,Galerie Lange & Pult, Zurich ,Zürich, Switzerland
- Electric Dreams: Art And Technology Before The Internet ,Tate Modern ,Bankside, London, UK
- Arteonics ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Electric Op ,Buffalo AKG Art Museum ,Buffalo, New York, USA
- Maintaining Its Spirit: Collection Marlies & Jo Eyck at Bonnefanten ,Bonnefanten Maastricht ,Maastricht, Netherlands
- Dimensionare lo spazio ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Prélude Eternal ,Borusan Contemporary ,Emirgan, Istanbul, Turkey
- Designers from JAD... ,EAC, Espace de l鈥橝rt Concret, Mouans-Sartoux ,Mouans-sartoux, France
- Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Black? ,Sotheby鈥檚 Brussels ,Brussels, Belgium
- 70 Years Of Art In Architecture In Germany ,MK&G Hamburg ,Hamburg, Germany
- François Morellet & Max Bill: Mathématiques modernes ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
2023
- Private Sale Selection of Works - Contemporary Art ,Sotheby's Paris ,Paris, France
- ONLINE: Sérigraphies et multiples ,Galerie Denise René, Espace Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Petits Formats 2023-2024 ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- November Group Show ,Perrotin, Dubai ,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Rêveries: Thirteen French Post-war Artists ,Studio Gariboldi ,Milan, Italy
- Printed Matters: La Chalcographie du Louvre au Consortium ,Le Consortium ,Dijon, France
- L鈥檃utre musée, the treasures of a major contemporary art collection ,Frac Bretagne ,Rennes, France
- Détour: Selected works from the FRAC Bretagne collection ,The Glucksman ,Cork, Ireland
- Cibles / Targets ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
- Order & Disorder (in collaboration with QG Gallery) ,Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels ,Brussels, Belgium
- Le noir est une couleur ,Galerie Loevenbruck ,6e, Paris, France
- Re-Inventing Piet: Mondrian and the Consequences ,Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg ,Wolfsburg, Germany
- Kinetic Art: Past And Present ,Galeria Raquel Arnaud ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Jeux d'Objectivité ,Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg ,Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Melodic Motion ,Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm ,Stockholm, Sweden
- Contrasti: Da Alighiero Boetti a Giuseppe Santomaso ,Cortesi Gallery, Lugano ,Lugano, Switzerland
- Contrasti: Da Alighiero Boetti a Giuseppe Santomaso ,Cortesi Gallery, Milan ,Milan, Italy
- La Cité Universitaire de Jean Prouve ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- Sélection Française: Partie II ,Le Consortium ,Dijon, France
- Motionless Mobility ,Galerie Lahumière ,3e, Paris, France
2022
- This far and further ,Museum Voorlinden ,Wassenaar, Netherlands
- Small Sizes 2022-2023 ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- Christmas Selection ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
- Limiti di Equilibrio ,Studio Gariboldi ,Milan, Italy
- Eat, Sleep, Paint, Repeat ,Omer Tiroche Gallery, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Hybrid Spaces ,Borusan Contemporary ,Emirgan, Istanbul, Turkey
- Showroom ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- 10 Milliards D'années ,MAH, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève ,Geneva, Switzerland
- Sélection Française ,Le Consortium ,Dijon, France
- Une collection hollandaise ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- Collection Display: Colour, Form & Line ,Museums Sheffield, Graves Gallery ,Sheffield, UK
- Traverser La Nuit: Works From The Antoine De Galbert Collection ,Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) ,Lisbon, Portugal
- A March Salon ,BorzoGallery ,Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The Critical Eye ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Repetitions ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
2021
- The Shop Show ,Baronian Xippas, Brussels (Rue de la Concorde) ,Brussels, Belgium
- Double "I" ,MAMC Saint-Étienne ,Saint-priest-en-jarez, France
- abstract-contact ,Galerie Mark Muller ,Zürich, Switzerland
- Friendship. Nature. Culture ,Daimler Contemporary ,Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
- Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951 ,Sainsbury Centre ,Norwich, UK
- Opening Perrotin Secondary Market ,Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) ,8e, Paris, France
- Landscape of Geometry II ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- Spaces Of Light: Piero Dorazio and the International Zero Movement ,Cortesi Gallery, Milan ,Milan, Italy
- Structures of Radical Will ,Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence ,Saint-paul-de-vence, France
- In Real Life ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Five Years ,Olivier Malingue Gallery ,London, UK
- Landscape of geometry ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- ONLINE: Sculptures 2021 ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
- Let There Be Light ,Galerie Denise René, Espace Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Three Colours: Red-White-Blue ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Go back to the future ,EAC, Espace de l鈥橝rt Concret, Mouans-Sartoux ,Mouans-sartoux, France
- Structures Of Radical Will ,Fondation CAB Brussels ,Brussels, Belgium
- Turi Simeti. In the Context of the European Concrete Art Movement of the 60s and 70s ,Walter Storms Galerie ,Munich, Germany
- FIAC In Galleria ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- ONLINE: Works on Paper: Abstraction ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, London ,London, UK
- Red celebrating Chinese New Year ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Group Show ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- White: Abstract Exhibition ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
2020
- Sul Margine ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- ONLINE: Compositions asbtraites ,Galerie Denise René, Espace Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Arte Moltiplicata: Grafiche, Multipli, Libri D鈥檃rtisa ,Gió Marconi ,Milan, Italy
- Small Sizes 2020-2021 ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- Le retour de la lumière: Soulages, Molnar, Ming... ,Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes ,Rennes, France
- Les Mauvaises Herbes ,Immanence, Espace d'Art Contemporain ,15e, Paris, France
- La vie Dans L'espace, Accrochage des Collections ,MRAC Occitanie ,Serignan, France
- Hyundai 50 Part II ,Gallery Hyundai ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- LX by Archeus / Post-Modern ,LX Arts NYC ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- 10 Artistes Cinétiques, 1969-2019 ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
- Highlights of the Collection ,Galeria Raquel Arnaud ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Group Exhibition ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
2019
- Petits Formats 2019-2020 ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- Parallel #19 ,Galerie Mark Muller ,Zürich, Switzerland
- Elemental ,Kasmin Gallery, New York (297 10th Av) ,Chelsea, New York, USA
- Cinétisme, Abstraction, Figuration ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
- FurkArt ephemera ,M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp ,Antwerp, Belgium
- New Worlds: Discovering the Collection ,Museum Folkwang Essen ,Essen, Germany
- Accrochage des Collections ,MRAC Occitanie ,Serignan, France
- Hakgojae Collection ,Hakgojae Gallery Space ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Group Show ,Galerie Denise René, Rive Gauche ,7e, Paris, France
- Visioni Irrequiete ,Galleria Monopoli ,Milan, Italy
- Galerie m ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Kinetic Serendipity ,Galerie Eva Meyer ,3e, Paris, France
- Roesler Hotel #29: Reflections on Space and Time ,Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Monde(s) Merveilleux ,Galerie Hervé Bize ,Nancy, France
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (avenue Matignon) ,Paris, France
- The Adventure of Colour ,Centre Pompidou Metz ,Metz, France
- Cinétisme 1re, 2e, 3e Génération ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
2018
- Shaping light ,Fondation CAB Brussels ,Brussels, Belgium
- 50 Years, 50 Artists ,Annely Juda Fine Art ,London, UK
- Suspension: A History of Abstract Hanging Sculpture 1918 鈥� 2018 ,Olivier Malingue Gallery ,London, UK
- Thomas Lenk & Friends ,Galerie Schlichtenmaier (Schloss Dätzingen) ,Germany
- Action - Reaction. 100 years of kinetic art ,Kunsthal Rotterdam ,Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Eric Seydoux: Meisters des Siebdrucks, Freund der Künstler ,Jordan-Seydoux ,Berlin, Germany
- Beyond Borders ,Fondation Boghossian ,Brussels, Belgium
- Image and Sight: Seeing in Modernism ,Wilhelm Hack Museum ,Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany
- Le dernier âge d'or de la scène française ? le nouveau réalisme et l'op art ,Galerie Denise René, Rive Gauche ,7e, Paris, France
- Pablo Picasso & la Donation Albers-Honegger: Picasso à tous les étages ! ,EAC, Espace de l鈥橝rt Concret, Mouans-Sartoux ,Mouans-sartoux, France
- Zero ,Museum of Old and New Art ,Hobart, Australia
- The Philosophical Eye ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Light in/as Image ,Daimler Contemporary ,Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
- In Tune with the World. Works from the Collection ,Fondation Louis Vuitton ,Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
- The Adventure of Colour ,Centre Pompidou Metz ,Metz, France
- Sérigraphies ,Galerie Denise René, Rive Gauche ,7e, Paris, France
2017
- Que de la sculpture ,Galerie Denise René, Espace Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- 100th Anniversary De Stijl: Echoes ,Van Abbemuseum ,Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Light / Dark ,Annely Juda Fine Art ,London, UK
- Around The World Through Tondos ,Galerie Claude Lemand ,14e, Paris, France
- From the collection: Europe 1960 鈥� Azimuth, Concrete Art, Nouveau Réalisme, Zero ,Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein ,Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Around The World Through Tondos ,Galerie Claude Lemand ,Issoudun, France
- FarbeLicht - LichtFarbe ,Galerie Renate Bender ,Munich, Germany
- An Open Mind ,Maddox Gallery, London (Maddox Street) ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Cholet-New York ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue du Pont de Lodi) ,6e, Paris, France
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
- Socle du Monde 2017 ,Herning Museum of Contemporary Art ,Herning, Denmark
- Dessins ,Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès ,6e, Paris, France
- Concrete Concerns. Teufel Collection ,Kunstmuseum Stuttgart ,Stuttgart, Germany
- La ligne d鈥檕mbre parfois se brise... ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
2016
- Close Up. Listening to the Inaudible Sound of the Work ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Joël Stein and the GRAV ,Galerie Xippas, Paris ,3e, Paris, France
- Construction_Reflection: Works from the Collection Gertraud & Dieter Bogner at mumok ,MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig ,Vienna, Austria
- On the Origin of Art ,Museum of Old and New Art ,Hobart, Australia
- The Serial Attitude ,Eykyn Maclean, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Tudo Joia ,Gomide&Co ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Antonio Calderara: A Light Without Shadow ,Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati ,Lugano, Switzerland
- Bas van Beek: Pracht und Prinzip ,Van Abbemuseum ,Eindhoven, Netherlands
- [un]expected: The Art of Chance ,Kunstmuseum Stuttgart ,Stuttgart, Germany
- Hopes of Paradise ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Sculpture, Matters, Materials, Textures... ,Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff ,Koerich, Luxembourg
- NEON: The Charged Line ,Grundy Art Gallery ,Blackpool, UK
- NEON:The Charged Line ,Grundy Art Gallery ,Blackpool, UK
- Cause The Grass Don't Grow And The Sky Ain't Blue ,Praz-Delavallade, Paris ,3e, Paris, France
- Cause The Grass Don't Grow And The Sky Ain't Blue ,Galerie Derouillon (Haut Marais) ,3e, Paris, France
- Think Outside the Box ,Haus Konstruktiv ,Zürich, Switzerland
- 12 Solos ,Blain Southern, Berlin ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Les Lumières De La Ville ,Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
- Papier Bitte! ,Galerie C, Neuchâtel ,Neuchatel, Switzerland
2015
- Group show ,Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris (rue Saint-André des arts) ,6e, Paris, France
- Petits Formats et 艙uvres Sur Papier ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- La Confusion des Genres ,Galerie Mark Muller ,Zürich, Switzerland
- A fine selection of editions, multiples and books ,Galerie La Ligne ,Zürich, Switzerland
- From Hockney to Holbein ,Gropius-Bau ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- zero: let us explore the stars ,Stedelijk Museum ,Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Presque rien (Almost Nothing) ,Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris ,3e, Paris, France
- Up In Neon ,Zane Bennett Contemporary Art ,Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Light Show ,Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) ,Sydney, Australia
- Nice to See You! 160 Works from the Collection ,Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein ,Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- The Archers of Light ,The Mayor Gallery ,Mayfair, London, UK
2014
- De Noir & de Blanc ,Galerie Oniris ,Rennes, France
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Hervé Bize ,Nancy, France
- B L A N K _ S P A C E ,Galerie m ,Duisburg, Germany
- Les Plaisirs Démodés (The Old-Fashioned Way) ,Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska ,Salzburg, Austria
- Kiel Ablaze! The Rapture of Color - The Collection 2014 ,Kunsthalle zu Kiel ,Kiel, Germany
- The Musical Eye ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Play objects. The Art of Possibilities ,Museum Tinguely ,Basel, Switzerland
2013
- Light: Dan Flavin, Francois Morellet, Keith Sonnier ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
- Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present ,Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg ,Wolfsburg, Germany
- Disturbing the Peace ,Marta Herford ,Herford, Germany
- The Sixties: Art and Culture of the 60ies in Germany ,Daimler Contemporary ,Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
- Schwarz // Weiss ,Hamish Morrison Galerie ,Berlin, Germany
- Kinetic ,Von Bartha, Basel ,Basel, Switzerland
- EM MOVIMENTO ,Galeria Raquel Arnaud ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- From Gesture to Language: Trans-Forming Practices of Art Expression ,Rockbund Art Museum ,Huangpu, Shanghai, China
- European Perspectives, The Radiant Line - Paintings, Prints, Photographs, Neon Sculpture ,Zane Bennett Contemporary Art ,Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Sky Blue Sky: Print Media by Matthew Tyson ,Riverside Art Museum ,Riverside, California, USA
- Novecento Mai Visto ,Daimler Contemporary ,Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
- Light Show ,Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery ,London, UK
2012
- Genesis of Doing ,A arte Invernizzi ,Milan, Italy
- Buzz - curated by Vik Muniz ,Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo ,Sao Paulo, Brazil
- ENSEMBLEMATIC ,S.M.A.K. Ghent ,Gent, Belgium
- Ghosts in the Machine ,New Museum, New York ,Lower East Side, New York, USA
- François Morellet & Gerhard von Graevenitz: Moving Spirits ,Sperone Westwater ,Lower East Side, New York, USA
- Minimal Myth ,Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen ,Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Pour que les murs se souviennent ,Galerie Aline Vidal ,12e, Paris, France
- Neon, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue ? ,La Maison Rouge ,12e, Paris, France
2011
- Themes and Variations ,Peggy Guggenheim Collection ,Venice, Italy
- Daimler Contemporary ,Spencer Brownstone Gallery ,Lower East Side, New York, USA
- Conceptual Tendencies 1960s to today ,Daimler Contemporary ,Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
- OpArt = Illusion ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
- OpArt ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
2010
- Geometry in the Twentieth Century: The Daimler Collection ,Fundación Malba ,Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Painting: Process and Expansion: From the 1950s till Now ,MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig ,Vienna, Austria
- Map Out ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Futsal: The Collective ,Lurixs Arte Contemporanea ,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Works from the Collection ,Galerie von Bartha Collection ,Basel, Switzerland
- Biennale for International Light Art 2010 ,Biennale fur International Lichtkunst ,Germany
Fran莽ois Morellet was a French Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1926. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Tate Modern in London. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's Paris have featured Fran莽ois Morellet's work in the past.Fran莽ois Morellet's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 40 USD to 589,175 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is 589,175 USD for 2 TRAMES DE TIRETS 0掳 90掳, sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam in 2010. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 44,864 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 9,028 USD.Fran莽ois Morellet has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in March 2025. The artist died in 2016.
Artist's alternative names: Francois Morellet
Artist's alternative names: Francois Morellet
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