Biography

2024 – Solo exhibitions “Art Without Limits” at Galerie Point Rouge in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Galerie Heckel in Cavaillon (Provence).

2023 – Solo exhibition “The Art of Freedom” at Château de Gordes, Art Center, Luberon, Provence.

Summer 2022 – Group exhibition at the Bosc Castle Sculpture Park – Domazan (Gard) – Solo exhibition “My Deserts”, Forcalquier Museum (Provence), Boris Bojnev Art Center – Publication “Drawings from the 60s and Letters from Henry Miller to Jean Verame”, VOIX Editions

2021/2022 – Exhibition at Jespers Workshops – Brussels

2021 – Solo exhibition at Galerie Pascal Lainé – Ménerbes (Luberon)

2020 – Exhibition “The Verame Phenomenon” – Enseigne des Oudin – Paris

2019 – Solo exhibition “Once Upon a Time, Jean Verame” – Paris

2018 – Proposal of two monumental projects for Paris and for France

2017 – Creation of the first contemporary pictoglyph “Tierra de Señales” (Land of Signs) in the Atacama Desert in Chile

2014 – “Games and Wonders” Exhibition at the French Playing Card Museum, Issy-les-Moulineaux. Click for a preview.

2014 – Publication of the book “The Exquisite Objects of Games” (Face et Dos Editions)

2013 – Solo Exhibition “Exquisite Skeletons” – Château de la Barben (Bouches-du-Rhône).

2012 – “Bridges and Passages” Exhibition – Celles-sur-Plaine.

2011 – Saint-Gervais – Large-format outdoor photography and participation in the Apart Festival (Alpilles, Provence), group exhibition.

2007 – Inauguration of a stained-glass volume in Marseille. Publication of the book “Sublime Playing Cards” (Éditions du Félin).

2003 – Vitoria, Spain: “Ground and Sky” solo exhibition.

2002 – Art Paris, Galerie du XXe Siècle, solo exhibition.

2000 – Publication of a deck of cards for D. Boulogne. Creation of a stained-glass volume, illuminated from within and inaugurated on March 4th in front of the Meaux Town Hall. Development of a transoceanic project.

1999 – “The Book and the Desert,” French Institute in Tel Aviv.

1996 – Publication of “The Work of Jean Verame,” texts by Gérard Durozoi, Skira Editions. Tapestry and poster for the first Television Creators Festival, Aubusson. Film “Bronzes in the Desert,” Palette Production, Canal+.

1995 – Presentation of one thousand bronze sculptures at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris. These one thousand bronzes were then launched in five successive flights into the sands of the Sahara.

1994 – Exhibition in Barcelona: “Different Natures.” Oudin Gallery, Paris. “Photos of Artists.” Lannion, Photos. “Imagery.”

1993 – Paris-La Défense: “Different Natures.” Carpet and tapestry for the French Embassy in Caracas.

1992 – Four boats painted in Brittany, displayed on the pond of Saint Maurice Abbey. Oudin Gallery in Paris, bronze exhibition. Lannion, photography exhibition.

1991 – “Hot Air Balloons,” a model for the Cousteau Foundation and a model for Aeronart. Publication of a deck of cards (Dusserre Editions in Paris). Auction of the Verame car painted for the Paris-Dakar Rally.

1990 – Briet Gallery, New York: Solo exhibition of bronzes. National Library, Paris, “Colors of Life.”

CNIT La Défense Contemporary Art Foundation: “Collection of Collections.”

1989 – Multidimensional work in the Tibesti Mountains (Northern Chad). Film by Bernard Pradinaud, A2, La Cinq.

FIAC and Galerie Alain Oudin, solo exhibitions.

Publication of “Jean Verame, Tibesti, the Desert and Color,” text by Pascal Bonafoux, photographs by Jean-Claude Francolon, Skira Editions.

Publication of “The Marvelous Playing Cards of the 19th Century,” Nathan Editions.

1988 – Solo exhibition at the Campredon Museum, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. “Campredon, Art and Culture.”

1987 – Installs and erects forty-seven stones at the foot of the Alpilles mountains, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

FNAC, Montpellier, Exhibition of Photographs of Desert Works.

SAD, Grand Palais, Paris, Exhibition of Photographs.

1985 – Painted the canvas covering the Musée d’Orsay during its facade renovation. (SARI SEERI).

Maison de la Culture, Reims, solo exhibition.

Publication of “Espaces, Visions autres” (Spaces, Other Visions), text by Gérard Durozoi, Cesare Rancilio Editions.

Pixi, Paris, “Verame joue” (Verame Plays), solo exhibition.

1984 – Created a multidimensional work, at various scales, on a granite site at an altitude of 1200 meters in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, near Tafraout, Morocco. (A film produced by the company 3 Plus is dedicated to this work).

Galerie Christian Cheneau, Paris, solo exhibition.

1983 – Presented the photographs of “Sinai Peace Junction” at the Rencontres Internationales Photographiques d’Arles (Arles International Photography Festival).

1982 – Exhibited at the Galerie Viviane Esders in Paris and at New York University.

1980/81 – Painted in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, on the Hallaoui Plateau, twelve zones spread over 80 km². Hubert Piernet dedicated a film to this work: “Sinai Peace Junction”.