[1] After completing his military service, Venet returned to Nice, where he established his studio and continued to explore painting with tar, creating art with coal, and photography.

"[5] Subsequently, Venet became familiar with the work of Arman and some of the New Realists in Paris, such as César Baldaccini, Raymond Hains and Jacques Villeglé, and started sculpting with cardboard.

He exhibited alongside New Realists and pop artists' works in the Salon Comparisons at the Paris Museum of Modern Art.

[citation needed] In 1966, during a two-month visit to New York City, Venet was influenced by minimalism, consequently incorporating this style into his art (cfr.

In 1967, Venet moved to New York and shared fellow artist Arman's studio, at 84 Walker Street (formerly Jean Tinguely's).

[8] Venet’s work has become known internationally, with sculptures exhibited in Belgium, America, Japan, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Canada and more recently New Zealand.

[11] That same year, the luxury car maker Bugatti invited Venet to create a one-off artwork to be applied to a Veyron Grand Sport.

[18] In 2022, in his first exhibition with Waddington Custot, Hypotheses, Venet presented a new collection of his large-scale Angles series, alongside drawings and smaller sculptures.