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Claude Viallat, is a French contemporain painter born in 1936 on may 18th, in Nimes.
 

In 1969, he was one of the founding members of the group Substrates/Surfaces.

In his recent works, Claude Viallat has returned to flat rectangular or square surfaces, favoring an outburst, internal constituent elements, placing ever greater emphasis on the ratios of density, intensity, brilliance between the colored surfaces. In addition to the growing success of his exhibitions both in France (at the Center Pompidou en 1982) and abroad (Venice Biennale en 1988), the artist devoted a good part of his life to teaching in the following art schools : Nice, Limoges, Marseilles, Nîmes (where he was director for many years), finally Paris at the National School Superior of Fine Arts of Paris. Now retired, he continues his exploratory research.

EXHIBITIONS

EXHIBITIONS

2026

​- The gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary. Carte blanche to Pierre Wat​, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, Paris, France

- Retour au Bois Orcan, Château du Bois Orcan, Noyal-sur-Vilaine, France

2023

- Et pourtant si…, Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France

- Claude Viallat, Johyun Gallery, Dalmaji, Busan, Corée du Sud 

 

2022

- Libertad de Colores, MACBA, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Buenos Aires, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentine

 

2019

- Viallat Sérigraphie, Centre Culturel Bérenger de Frédol, Caireve-les-Marguelone, France

- Claude Viallat, Libérer la couleur, Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France

- Re-commencer, La halle des Bouchers, Vienne, France

2018
- El horizonte del color, Casa Blanca - Hilton Hotel - Papaya Planet, Panama City, Panama

2017
- Painting as far as the eye can see, Casa Franca - Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Toiles, objets, filets. L'aspirateur, Narbonne, France
- In situ, Palais des archevêques, Narbonne, France
- FIAC Offsite, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France

2016
- Claude Viallat, Tributes to..., Palais Synodal, Sens, France
- Claude Viallat chez Jean Prouvé, Beauvallon, France

2014
- Claude Viallat, Der Stoff der Malerei, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
- Retrospective, Claude Viallat, Fabre Museum, Montpellier, France
- Claude Viallat, Der Stoff der Malerei, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Chateau de Ratilly, Ratilly, France
- Claude Viallat, Foundation of Contemporary Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Claude Viallat, Villa Tamaris, La -Seyne-sur-Mer, France

2013
- Als marges de la pintura, National Gallery, Andorra
- Delacroix Gallery, Tangier, Morocco
- Matmut Contemporary Art Center, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France
- Arsenal, Museum of Soissons, France
- Claude Viallat, Bullfighting, Aubais, France
- Claude Viallat, Der Stoff der Malerei, Grounds for painting, Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany

2012
- Paintings and objects, Museum of Louviers, France
- Claude Viallat, Paintings, hoops & Toros, Musée de l'hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France
- Claude Viallat aux marges de la peinture, Museum of Touquet-Paris-Plage, Le Touquet, France

2011
- Feuille à Feuille, exhibition of illustrated books, Château de Villeneuve, Vence, France
- Inauguration ceremony of the stained glass windows, Cathedral of Nevers, France
- Museum of Ferrieres, France
- House of Arts, Bages, France
- Faure Museum, Aix les Bains, France
- Arles Arena, Arles, France
- Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States
- Espace Villeglié, Saint-Gratien, France

2010
- Cultural Center of Damascus, Syria
- Chateau de Florac, Lozere, France
- Rice Fair, with Paco Ibañez, Arles, France
- La Verrière, Hermès Corporate Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

2009
- National Museum of Mali - Neighborhoods of Orange, Bamako, Mali
- Museum of Fine Arts, Brest, France
- Center La Passerelle, Brest, France

2008
- Zapettini Foundation, Milan, Italy
- L'ivresse absolu, Salomon Foundation, Annecy, France
- Claude Viallat annonce la couleur !, Maison Carré, Arènes, Mur Foster Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France
- Espace Riquet, Beziers, France
- Gajac Museum, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
- Recto-Verso, Hall of the Nîmes station, France
- Galerie des accumulations, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
- Cornouaille Hospital Center, Quimper, France

2007
- House of Arts, Malakoff, France
- Claude Viallat, Prints, Espace del arte, Château de Grèzes, France
- Municipal Museum of Saint-Gaudens, France
- Claude Viallat en Ré, Kahn Gallery, Ars en Ré, France
- Claude Viallat, Painting / Paintings, Carmel Chapel, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Le Radar, Bayeux, France
- Claude Viallat, GIANTS, Airport of Butzweilerhof, Cologne, Germany
- La haute note jaune, Van Gogh Foundation, Arles, France
- Tauromachies, Beaucaire, France
- Librairie-galerie Passe-Temps, Eymoutiers, France

Les toiles postales, Musée de La Poste, Paris, France
- 12e Rencontres d'Art contemporain, Villa saint Cyr, Bourg-la-Reine, France
- Hôpital Bicêtre, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

2006
- Tentes militaires, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Claude Viallat - 1966-1975, Galerie Jean Fournier, France
- DUPLEX - FABRIK culture, Wittersdorf, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Claude Viallat, recent works and Bullfighting, Sainte Eugénie Crypt, Biarritz, France
- Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Saint Etienne, France
- Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- European Center for Contemporary Artistic Actions, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
- University of Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
- Sac postaux, Galerie Philippe Pannetier, France
- Recto Verso, Galerie Fabrick Culture, Wittersdorf, France
- André Malraux Center, Colmar, France
- Henri Matisse, Accomplishing a Great Journey, Claude Viallat, Looking at Matisse, Château de Villeneuve, Vence, France
- Yonne Art Center, Auxerre, France
- Pont du Gard, Remoulins, France
- Hiyake Gallery, Grimaud, France
- Claude Viallat, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2005
- Galleria d'arte Marchetti, Roma, Italy
- Claude Viallat, recent works, Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
- Claude Viallat, Tribute(s) to Matisse, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau Cambrésis, France
- Galerie Helene Trintignan, Montpellier, France
- Théâtre du Hangar, Montpellier, France
- Galerie Pom Jacques, Thonon-les-Bains, France
- Les Arts murartothèque, Pessac, France
Peintures récentes et objets, Centre d'Art méditerranéen, Toulon, France
- E.S.P.A.C.E. Peiresc, Toulon, France
- Eglise Saint Augustin, Bergamo, Italy
- Galerie Philippe Kang, Seoul, South Korea
- Médiathèque Benjamin-Rabier, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
- Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont Ferrand, France
- Maison Gueffier, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
- Galerie Acentmètresducentredumonde, Perpignan, France
- Galleria Plurima, Udine, Italy

2004
- Doors and windows, Galerie Templon, Paris, France
- Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France
- Objects, Contemporary Art Gallery of the University of Toulouse, Le Mirail, Toulouse, France
- Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Hotel Beury, Center for Art and Literature, L'Echelle, France
- Claude Viallat, traveling exhibition, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Jardin Borda, Cuernava, - Museo Metropolitano, Monterrey, Merida, Mexico
- Egyptian Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece
- House of arts, Bédarieux, France
- Espace Jean Legendre, Theater of Compiègne, France
- Galerie Thérèse Roussel, media library, Perpignan, France
- Claude Viallat et le livre, Perpignan, France
- Contemporary Art Gallery, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
- L'Atelier, Galerie Eric Seydoux, Paris, France

2003
- Galerie Pannetier, Nîmes, France
- Galerie Annie Lagier, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
- Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italie
Portes, Le Vallon du Villaret, Bagnols-les-Bains, France
Cordes et filets, Musée Pierre-André Benoit, Alès, France
- Galerie frontière, Armentières, France
- Art Vailhan, Vailhan, France
Que s'est-il passé ?. « Nationale 20 », Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin, Cahors, France
- Château Haut-Gléon, Villesèque-des-Corbières, France
- Galerie Léa Grdt, Luxembourg
- Claude Viallat without frame, Jendela, Esplanade Mall, Singapour
Claude Viallat. Hommage à Clabaud, Musée Chabaud, Graveson, France
- Atelier Éric Seydoux, Paris, France

2002
- Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, United States
- Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
- Espace Gustave Fayet, Serignan, France
- Claude Viallat, Tauromachies, Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France
- Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- L'art dans les chapelles, Morbihan, France
- Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
- Museum of Modern Art of Céret, Céret, France
- Galleria Plurima, Udine, Italy
- Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy
- Chapel of the Capuchins, Aigues Mortes, France

2001
- Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
- Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Musée Henri Martin, Cahors, France
- National Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia
- Chapel des Capucins, Aigues-Mortes, France
- Galerie Hélène Trintignan, Montpellier, France
- Marseille et après..., Galerie de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France
- Galerie Eric Linard, La Garde-Adhémar, France
- Museum of MuBe, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Fundaçao cultural de Curitiba, Brazil
- Imperial Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Galerie Philippe Pannetier, Nimes, France
- Artist's Proof Gallery, Lille, France

2000

Objets, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Claude Viallat. Œuvres sur papiers (1968-1990), musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
- Festival de la Garonne, Toulouse, France
Claude Viallat. Œuvres récentes, Galerie Dortindeguey, Arles, France
Une oeuvre. Claude Viallat, Château de Villeneuve, Fondation Emile Hugues, Vence, France
Claude Viallat. Estampes, Châtellerault, France
Claude Viallat. Œuvres sur papier 1999, Galleria Peccolo, Livourne, Italy
Claude Viallat. Sélection d'œuvres récentes, Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Villeurbanne, France
Claude Viallat dans les collections du Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, IUFM, Lyon, France
Nouvelles peintures sur tissus Bucol, Galerie Le Rectangle, Lyon, France
- Galerie des Sept Collines, Vienne, France



1999
Claude Viallat. Peintures récentes, Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
Claude Viallat, Galleria Plumira, Udine, Italy
- French Institute, Galerie 121, Casablanca, Morocco
Claude Viallat. Répétitions, Shangai - Art Museum, Chengdu, Kunming City Museum, - Kunming, Heping Museum, China
- Ryhmus, Farben, Raum, St. Petri Kirche, Lübeck, Germany
- Itsutsuji Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Won Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- French Institute, Galerie Bab Kebir, Rabat, Morocco

1998
- Lea Gredt Gallery, Luxembourg
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
- Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Claude Viallat, the Nice period 1964-1967, Emile Hugues Foundation, Vence, France
- L'Echelle, Hotel Beury, Epernay, France
- Gallery of Fine Arts, Cherbourg, France
- Claude Viallat: Banners and nets, French Institute of Florence and Fiesole Musei, Italy
- Galerie Confluence, Nimes, France
- Claude Viallat, Acquisitions 1985-1998, Limousin Arthotek, Limoges, France
- Viallat, recent works, Galerie Le Sphinx, La Villedieu-du-Temple, France
- Akhnaton Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1997

- Hall du Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
- Galerie Yahia, Tunis, Tunisia
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Galerie Plurima, Udine, Italy
- Musée de la Mine, Salle des Pendus, Saint Etienne, France
- Temple de Caussade, Caussade, France
Claude Viallat. Oeuvres récentes 1990-1996, Pavillon du musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Claude Viallat. Espaces limitrophes, Musée de l'Hôtel - Dieu, Mantes la Jolie, France
Claude Viallat. Toiles récentes, Maison Coccoz, Saint Tropez, France
- Galerie Orenga de Gaffory, Patrimonio, France
- Musée Savoisien, Chambéry, France
Courses libres. Dessins de Claude Viallat, Contemporary Art Center, Le Cailar, France

- Obalne Gallery, Piran, Slovakia

1996
Claude Viallat. Objets 1974-1996, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
- Musée de la Cour d'or, Metz, France
Claude Viallat. 1986-1996, Anciens couvents des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France
- Groupe d'art contemporain, Annonay, France
- Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Musée-Château d'Annecy, France


1995
- Jean Fournier Gallery, Paris, France
- Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung, Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
- Arthotèque de Nantes, France

- Adolf & Christiane von Ribbentrop Gallery, Eltville am Rhein, Germany
- Municipal Museum of La Charité-sur-Loire, France
- Lawrence Durell Space, Museum of Sommières, France
- French Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel

1994
- Département culturel, Périgueux, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Galerie Hélène Trintignan, Montpellier, France
Claude Viallat. Objets 1973-1993, Itsutsuji Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Won Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- Musée Victor Charreton, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
- Fine Art Academy, Beirut, Lebanon
- Galerie Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse, France
- Galerie art & Essai, Université de Rennes, France
- Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
- Galerie du Cloître, Rennes, France
- École régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France
- Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan, France
- Musée municipal de Clamecy, France

1993
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Curtains for the Museum of Céret, Modern Art Museum of Céret, Céret, France
- Cantoisel Workshop, Joigny, France
- Municipal Gallery, Millas, France
- Espace Fortant de France, Sète, France
- Regional School of Fine Arts, Le Mans, France
- Centre d'initiatives artistiques de l'Université de Toulous-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France

- Larock-Granoff Gallery, Paris, France

1992
- Itsutsuji Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Universal exposition of Seville, Seville, Spain
- National Museum of Fine Art, Ankara - Museum of Fine Art of the University Mimar, Sinan, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan
- Galerie Colt, Nice, France
- Chateau d'Arsac, Margaux, France
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Montbéliard, Montbéliard, France
- Galleria Plurima, Udine, Italy
- Artefact Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Bedouin Culture Museum, Kibbutz Lahav, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Appart Gallery, Saint-Etienne, France

1991

- MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Institut français, Athens, Greece
- Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- Papiers, National Museum of Modern Art - Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
- Galerie Christine Debras & Yves Bical, Brussels, Belgium
- Pavillon Orangerie, musée de l'Évêché, centre culturel Jean Gagnant, Limoges, France
- Pinacothèque, Athens, Greece
- French Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Thessaloniki Port warehouse, Athens, Greece
- Workshop Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Arte Fiera, Cultural Association Franco-Italian of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Sup. Hors Sur Face, Regional Centre of Pedagogical Documentation, Poitiers, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France



1990
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Galerie Athanor , Marseille, France
- Galerie Oniris, Rennes, France
- Won Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- French cultural center, Seoul, South Korea
- Galerie Marthe Carreton, Nimes, France
- Galeria Cadaques, Cadaques, Spain
- Athisma Gallery, Lyon, France
- Church of Notre-Dame-des-Sablons, Aigues-Mortes, France
- Superior School of Art, Annecy, France

1989
20 ans de travail en Catalogne, Musée d'Art moderne Céret, Château de Collioure, France
- Oudayas Museum, Rabat, Morrocco
- École européenne supérieure d'art de Bretagne, Quimper, France
- Rencontres d'art contemporain, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Papiers de Claude Viallat, Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan, France
Les Filets de Claude Viallat dans Vienne, Etendards 3, Vienne, France
- Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Wentzel Gallery, Koln, Germany
- Le Rafour, Condrieu, France

1988
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- French Pavilion, 43rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
- Won Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- Casino Venier, Venice, Italy
- Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- French Institute, Cologne, Germany
- Carré d'Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nîmes, France
- Cultural center, Cairo, Egypt

1987
- Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
- Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
- Pulchri Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands

1986
- Claude Viallat. Peintures récentes, Galerie municipale d'exposition, Saint-Priest, France
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
Sur papier, Claude Viallat, centre culturel d'Annonay, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Musée d'archéologie, Cavaillon, France
Toros/Affiches Féria 1986, Galerie des Arènes, Nîmes, France
- Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France
- Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1985
Filets, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
Claude Viallat. Œuvres récentes, Galerie Zôgraphia, Bordeaux, France
Claude Viallat. Objets, Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- École Nationale Supérieure d'Art, Limoges, France

1984
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Chapelle de la Salamandre, Nîmes, France
- Institut français, Valencia, Spain
- French Institute of Scotland, Edimburg, United Kingdom
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Caia de Ahorros, Valencia, Spain
- Musée d'Art et de l'industrie, Saint-Étienne, France

1983
- Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- Won Gallery - Hankuk Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- Galerie des Ponchettes, Musée de Nice, France
- Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1982
- Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Léo Castelli Gallery, New York, United States
- Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
- Wentzel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- Rétrospective, Fine art Museum, Montreal, Canada

1981

Part I, Galerie Kamakura, Tokyo, Japan
Part II, Galerie Kamakura, Tokyo, Japan
- Ace Canada Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
- Les Viallat de Jacques Lepage, Galerie l'Atelier, Nice, France
- Ace Gallery, Venice, Los Angeles, United States

1980
- Autres travaux de 1979, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- CAPC, Entrepôt Lainé, Bordeaux, France
- Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany

1979
- Wentzel Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

1978
- Arta Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
- Maison de la culture, Orléans, France
- Galerie Vega-Manette Repriels, Plainevaux, Belgium
Œuvres nouvelles, Abbaye de Sénanque, Gordes, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
Claude Viallat. Traces, musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Chambéry, France

1977
- Les PeillesGalerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Galerie Sanguine, Collioure, France

1976
- Galerie A 16, Galerie Le Flux, Perpignan, France
Claude Viallat 1973-1975, Galerie Pierre Matisse, New York, United States
- Fine Art Palace, Brussels, Belgium
- Van der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
- Galerie CM, Saint-Etienne, France

1975
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
- Galerie Athanor, Marseille, France
12x1 Bruxelles 1975, Europalia 75, Fine Art Palace, Brussels, Belgium

1974
- Galerie Delta, Brussels, Belgium
- Galerie Malabar & Cunégonde, Nice, France
- Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
- Maison de la culture, Rennes, France

1973
- Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy
- Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France

1971
- Dis Pa Ri Tion Mul Ti Ple, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France

1968
Echantillon pour un mur, musée d'Art moderne de Céret, Céret, France

- Jean Fournier Gallery, Paris, France

1966
- Galerie A, Nice, France

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MAIN PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

- Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France

- Musée national d’art moderne - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

- Musée d’art contemporain, Marseille, France

- Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, France

- Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France

- Musée d’art moderne de Paris, France

- Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France

- Musée Picasso, Antibes, France

- Musée d’art de Nantes, France 

- Musée d’art moderne de Céret, France

- Musée Cantini, Marseille, France

- Musée d’Art de Toulon, Toulon, France

- Fondation Cartier, Paris, France

- Musée Sara Hilden, Tampere, Finland

- Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

- SMAK, Gand, Belgium

- Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Belgium

- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Canada

- MoMA, New-York, United States

- The Sezon Fondation, Tokyo, Japana

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