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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1924. Born in Qazvin, Iran
1930
- 1930
Moved to Tehran
1940
- 1944
Studied at the University of Tehran at the Faculty of Fine Arts
- 1945
Moved to New York
- 1946
Studied at Parsons The New School for Design
- 1948
Studied at Cornell University, New York
1950
- 1950
Member of the New York Art Students' League
- 1956
Group show, Palais de Congrès, Monte Carlo, Monaco
- 1957
Returned to Iran
- 1958
Participated in the Venice Biennale
- 1958
Won a gold medal for her work in the Iranian Pavilion in the Venice Biennale
- 1958
Participate in the "1st Tehran Biennial"
- 1958
Won a gold medal in the 1st Tehran Biennial
- 1959
Solo show, Fine Art Department of the University of Tehran, Tehran
1960
- 1962
Untitled 1962 - 1964
Participated in the Venice Biennale
- 1964
Won a gold medal from Venice Biennale
- 1966
Participated in the Venice Biennale
- 1966
Won a gold medal at Venice Biennale
- 1966
Solo show, Italian Institute, Tehran
- 1967
Received award in Monaco Festival
- 1968
Solo show, Italian Institute, Tehran
1970
- 1973
Solo exhibtion, Iran-America Society, Tehran
- 1975
Solo exhibtion, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- 1976
Solo exhibtion, Iran-America Society, Tehran
- 1976
The Wall 1976 - 1977
Commissioned an installation for the Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran
- 1977
Solo show, Organised by Denise Rene at her gallery, Paris
- 1978
Moved to New York
1980
- 1981
Commissioned an installation for the Dag Hammarskjold Building, New York
- 1982
Group show, "The Heritage of Islam", New York
- 1985
Group touring show, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
- 1986
Group show, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2000
- 2003
Returned to Tehran
- 2004
Reestablished her studio and resumed working with some of the same craftsmen she had collaborated with in the 1970s
- 2005
Floating Hexagone 2005 - 2006
Show, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran
- 2006
Commissioned an installation for the Victoria & Albert Museum's Jameel Collection
- 2009
Participated in the Venice Biennale
- 2009
Participated in the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
- 2009
Commissioned an installation for the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
2010
- 2010
Participated in the 29th Bienal de Sao Paulo
- 2011
Documented in the book, "Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Cosmic Geometry" Damiani Editore & The Third Line
- 2014
Solo show, "Infinite Possibility: Mirror Works and Drawings", Serralves Museum, Porto
- 2014
"Monir", directed by Bahman Kiarostami
- 2015
Solo show, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
- 2015
Untitled 2015 - 2017
Iran has opened its first museum dedicated to a solo female artist – Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian in Negarestan Garden
- 2018
Art fair, Abu Dhabi Art, Third Line Gallery, UAE
- 2018
Art fair, Art021 Shanghai, Third Line Gallery, Shanghai
- 2018
Art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, Represented by Haines Gallery, Florida
- 2018
Art fair, Art021 Shanghai, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, Shanghai
- 2018
Art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, Represented by Haines Gallery, Miami Beach
- 2018
Art fair, Abu Dhabi Art, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, Abu Dhabi
- 2019
Group show, "From Where To Where", Saless Gallery, Tehran
- 2019
Art fair, Frieze New York, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, USA
2020
- 2020
Art fair, Fog Fair, Represented by Haines Gallery, San Francisco
- 2020
Group show, "There Is Fiction In The Space Between - Online Viewing", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2020
Art fair, Frieze Art Fair London, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, London
- 2020
Art fair, Art Basel, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, Basel
- 2021
Group show, "A Boundless Drop To a Boundless Ocean", Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando
- 2021
Solo show, "Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Mirror-Works & Drawings (2004–2016)", James Cohan, New York
- 2021
Art fair, FIAC, Represented by James Cohan, Paris
- 2021
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2021
Art fair, Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles, Represented by Haines Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2021
Group show, "Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians", Asia Society Museum, New York
- 2021
Group show, "Blaze Across the Firmament", Haines Gallery, California
- 2021
Group show, "A Pop-up Group Exhibition", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2021
Group show, "Notes on How to Care for Your Plants - Online Viewing", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2021
Group show, "Modernisms", The NYUAD Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi
- 2022
Group show, "Life Altering", Boston University Art Galleries, Boston
- 2022
Group show, "A Selection of Modern Works from The Laal Collection", O Gallery, Tehran
- 2022
Solo show, "The Language of Symbols", James Cohan, New York
- 2022
Group show, "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection", The Currier Museum, Manchester NH
- 2022
Group show, "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection", Smithsonians Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
- 2022
Group show, "Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1: An Exercise in Looking", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2022
Solo show, "Mirror Garden", High Art Museum, Atlanta
- 2023
Art fair, Art Dubai, Represented by The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2023
Group show, "Masters of Mondern Art", Ech Gallery, Tehran
- 2023
Group show, "Some Seasons: Fereydoun Ave and the Laal Collection", Art Jameel, Dubai
- 2024
Art fair, Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles, Represented by Lisson Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2024
Art fair, Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles, Represented by James Cohan, Los Angeles
- 2024
Group show, "Delicately Does It", Aicon Contemporary, New York
- 2024
Group show, "Mot Collection: Eye to Eye", The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
- 2025
Group show, "Fragments of Persian Modernity", Foundry, Dubai
- 2025
Group show, "Finding My Blue Sky", Lisson Gallery, London
- 2025
Group show, "According to the Women's Report", Sohrab Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Group show, "The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line", The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
- 2025
Group show, "Wonderstruck", Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland
- 2025
Art fair, Abu Dhabi Art, Represented by Aria Gallery, Abu Dhabi
- 2026
Laila Tara H and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian"Hir o Vir", Hatch Gallery, Paris
- 2026
Solo show, "Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian", Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Stockholm