Ion Grigorescu. Painted Works 1963-2017

Ion Grigorescu (b. 1945) graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts “Nicolae Grigorescu” in Bucharest in 1969 and has been a member of the Union of Plastic Artists since 1971. Since 1989, he has been a member of the PROLOG GROUP, alongside Paul Gherasim, Constantin Flondor, Horea Paștina, Christian Paraschiv, Mihai Sârbulescu, and Matei Lăzărescu. Ion Grigorescu is known as a photographer, performance artist, filmmaker, and video artist, but less so as a painter, although he “is the Romanian artist who has contributed the most to transforming painting from a traditional practice into a conceptual artistic medium” (Erwin Kessler).

He has participated in 300 group exhibitions and has had 42 solo exhibitions in Romania and abroad. Ion Grigorescu’s works have been showcased at the most important international art events, from Documenta in Kassel (2007) to the Venice Biennale (1997 and 2011), and his works are part of the collections of some of the world’s most prestigious Librarys, including the Library of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Tate Modern in London.