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bernard venet was born in château-arnoux-saint-auban in the south of france in 1941. he was influenced by art since childhood. at the age of 17, vinay moved to nice and worked as a stage set designer at the nice opera house. in 1963, he devoted all his energy to artistic creation and created his first sculpture without a specific shape, "heap of coal." in 1966, vinay settled in new york. over the next fifty years, he created a large number of works based on mathematical and scientific texts, becoming one of the pioneers of conceptual art.

in recent years, most of his sculptural actions have been based on the theme of lines, whether they are straight lines, polylines (angles), arcs (radians), or lines that have escaped geometric attributes, all of which are called "uncertain lines."

vinay's artistic career was marked by a series of notable milestones. in 1994, jacques chirac, then mayor of paris, invited vinet to exhibit twelve sculptures from his series "uncertain lines" on the champs elysées. after the success of the installation, venet embarked on a global exhibition tour. in 2008, sotheby's invited vinay to exhibit 25 of his large-scale sculptures. in 2010, a 30-meter-tall sculpture commissioned by french president nicolas sarkozy and created by venet was unveiled to celebrate the 150th anniversary of nice's return to france. in 2011, the world-famous palace of versailles in france invited vinet to hold a solo exhibition of his magnificent sculptures. in 2019, wiene's nearly 200-foot-tall "gigantic arc" on the e411 highway between namur, belgium, and luxembourg was completed. it has been hailed as europe's "largest public art work." in 2023, vinnet made a major return to the paris art scene, holding exhibitions in three spaces of the perrotin gallery and exhibiting a double arc installation in place vendôme.

in 1970, wiener's first retrospective was held at the lange museum in krefeld, followed by a retrospective at the new york cultural center in 1971. in 1977, he participated in documenta 6, as well as important art events such as the paris, venice and são paulo biennales. vinet has exhibited at the kunsthalle küpsmer in duisburg, germany, the museum of modern art in busan, south korea, the valencian institute of modern art in spain, the budapest museum in hungary, the museum of modern and contemporary art in nice, france, and the museum of modern art in lyon, as well as in 2022 a large-scale retrospective exhibition was held at the berlin palace of fine arts in 2006.

his works can be found in more than 70 museums around the world, including the museum of modern art in new york, the guggenheim museum in new york, the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden in washington, d.c., the pompidou center in paris, the kunsthalle in hamburg, and the museum of modern and contemporary art in geneva. and other well-known institutions. bena venet also has commissions for auckland, austin, bergen, berlin, bodrum, bonn, denver, new ulm, nice, norfolk, paris, seoul, shenzhen, tokyo and toulouse monument sculpture.

vinay has received numerous honors, including chevalier of the french legion of honor, the 2013 julio gonzález international sculpture award, the 2016 lifetime achievement award from the international sculpture center in washington, the 2017 montblanc culture prize, the 2019 françois morele award, became a fellow of the royal society of sculptors in london in 2020, and recently received the 2022 artist of the year award from the american friends of the israel museum. the vinnet foundation was established in july 2014 to protect the artist's former residence, collections and works of the artist in lemy, france.