Marcos Grigorian

1925. Born in Kropotkin, Russia

• All
• Shows (45)
• Move (8)
• Education (3)
• Awards (4)
• Art Fairs (4)
• Biennials (2)

• 1940

• 1940

  Moved to Tehran at the age 15

• 1948

  Studied at Alborz College and Kamal-al-Molk Art School

• 1950

• 1950

  Studied at Academia di Belle Arti, Rome

• 1951

  Solo show, Fiorani Gallery, Rome

• 1952

  "ENIT Prize", The Youth Cultural Olympics, Rome

• 1952

  Group show, "International Art Show", National Tourist Center (ENIT), Rome

• 1953

  Award winner of first prize in painting and graphics, National Show of Academies, Milan

• 1953

  Solo show, Raymond Duncan Gallery, Paris

• 1953

  Solo show, Galleria II Pincio, Rome

• 1953

  Group show, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome

• 1954

  Returned to Iran

• 1954

  Opening the Galerie Esthétique, Tehran

• 1954

  Solo show, Iran - America Society, Tehran

• 1954

  Graduated from Accademia di Bella, Rome

• 1954

  

• 1955

  Returned to Rome

• 1956

  Group show, "Jury Selection", Venice

• 1956

  Group show, Museum of Modern Art Ca’ Pesaro, Venice

• 1956

  Participated in the Venice Biennale

• 1958

  Iranian delegate and an International Jury member, Venice Biennale

• 1958

  Organized the First Tehran Biennial Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Art

• 1958

  First Prize Winner and Honorable Presence in the First Tehran Biennial

• 1959

  completing a succession of enormous murals centering on the topic of the Holocaust

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• 1960

• 1960

  Started to act in several Iranian films

• 1960

  Film, "Calm before Storm", directed by Khosrow Parvizi

• 1960

  Solo show, "Holocaust Show", Misaghieh Film Studios, Tehran

• 1961

  Film, "Desert Wolf", directed by Saeed Nivandi

• 1962

  Moved to New York City and started a new phase of his artistic career

• 1962

  Film, "The Key", Directed by Mahmud Nozari

• 1962

  Film, "The Last Passage", Directed by Khosrow Parvizi

• 1962

  Film, "The White Gold", Directed by Jamshid Sheybani

• 1963

  Group show, "Invitation 1963", Walker Art Center, MN

• 1964

  Group show, "Earthworks", Jason Gallery, New York

• 1966

  Group show, "Recent Acquisitions 1966", Museum of Modern Art, New York

• 1966

  Film, "Big City", Directed by Robert Ekhart

• 1970

• 1970

  Winner of a Silver medal at the New York International Art Show

• 1970

  Returned to Tehran and began teaching at the Fine Art University of Tehran

• 1971

  

• 1971

  Solo show, Iran-America Society, Tehran

• 1972

  Film, "The Man in Storm", Directed by Khosrow Parvizi

• 1974

  Co-founder of the Community of Freelance Painters and Sculptors, Tehran

• 1974

  Group show, "Blue Works", Independent Artists Group, Show Hall, Tehran

• 1975

  Solo show, Litho Gallery, Tehran

• 1975

  Group show, "Volume and Environment", Iran-America Society, Tehran

• 1976

  Film, "Professional", Directed by Qodratollah Bozorgi

• 1977

  Solo show, Saman Gallery, Tehran

• 1977

  Moved to USA at the age of 52

• 1978

  At the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Nelson Rockefeller admired Marco's "Earthworks" and later acquired four of his works

• 1980

• 1980

  Returned to New York

• 1980

  Established Arshile Gorky Gallery, named after the Armenian abstract expressionist painter

• 1981

  Solo show, Gorky Gallery, New York

• 1985

  Solo show, Gorky Gallery, New York

• 1988

  

• 1989

  Moved to Armenia

• 1989

  Traveled to Russia at the invitation of the Union of Russian Artists, visiting Moscow and Leningrad

• 1989

  Solo show, "Moscow and Leningrad Solo Exhibits"

• 1990

• 1990

  Solo show, "Moscow and Leningrad Solo Exhibits"

• 1991

  Solo show, "Earthworks", Organized by Union of Artists, Yerevan

• 1993

  Founded the "Museum of the Middle East" in Yerevan

• 1994

  Group show, "Armenia, Past and Present”, Bochum Museum, Germany

• 1999

  Group show, "Stream of Fire", Royal National Gallery, Nicosia and Amman

• 2000

• 2000

  Participated in Gyumri Biennial (Armenia) as well as the Georgian Show

• 2000

  Group show, "Continental Shift", Ludwig Forum, Aachen

• 2000

  Solo show, "Earthworks", Old Gallery, Tbilisi

• 2001

  Solo show, "Armenian Carpets by Grigorian", Near East Museum, Yerevan

• 2001

  Group show, "Iranian Contemporary Art", Barbican Center, London

• 2001

  Group show, "Armenian Contemporary Art", National Art Gallery of Armenia

• 2001

  Group show, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York

• 2002

  Group show, "Between Word and Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture"

• 2002

  Created a series of twelve 6×10 feet panels was later published in the Gate of Auschwitz

• 2003

  Show, Grey Gallery, New York

• 2004

  Solo show, "Fifty Years Retrospective", National Museum of Art, Yerevan

• 2006

  Group show, "Layered Lives: Iranian Armenian Identity", Brunei Gallery, London

• 2007

  Passed away in Yerevan, Armenia

• 2010

• 2011

  Solo show, "Earthworks", Leila Heller, New York

• 2016

  Solo show, "Marcos Grigorian "Earthworks "", Plus 2, Tehran

• 2019

  Art fair, Abu Dhabi Art, Represented by Leila Heller Dubai, Abu Dhabi

• 2020

• 2021

  Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Leila Heller Dubai, Dubai

• 2022

  Solo show, "Marcos Grigorian's Artworks", Sahar K Boluki Fine Art Gallery, Toronto

• 2023

  Group show, "The Storyteller", Leila Heller Gallery, New York

• 2023

  Group show, "A Selection of Contemporary Iranian Artists", Art Center, Tehran

• 2024

  Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai

• 2024

  Group show, "World Builders: Artist as Architect", Leila Heller Gallery, New York

• 2024

  Solo show, "A Retrospective Marcos Grigorian", TMoCA, Tehran

• 2025

  Group show, "Four Items, Four Horizons from Freedom to Individuality", Mah Art Gallery, Tehran

• 2025

  Group show, "L'Iran en Affiches", Galerie Nicolas Flamel, Paris

• 2025

  Group show, "Infinite Geometry", Mellal Gallery, Tehran

• 2025

  Art fair, Abu Dhabi Art, Represented by Leila Heller Gallery, Abu Dhabi

• 2026

  Group show, "Rome–Tehran: Parallel Avantgardes", Ab Anbar Gallery, Tehran