Ion Grigore is a well-known contemporary Romanian artist.
His oil paintings can be found in art collections worldwide.
The artist has completed numerous mural art commissions.
Born in 1940, Ion Grigore is a graduate of the "N. Grigorescu" Art Institute of Bucharest (1958 - 1964).
He held a position as a Professor in the Mural Painting Department at the
National University of Art, Bucharest, Romania (1964 - 2009).
Painter Ion Grigore lives and works in Bucharest, Romania.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 - February - "Muzeul Judetean Vaslui" - Sala "Arta" - Vaslui - Romania

2010 - "N.N. Tonitza" Art Galleries - Barlad - Romania

2010 - "George Cotos" Art Gallery
"The Museum of Folk Art Technique" - ("Muzeul Tehnicii Populare")
Gura Humorului - Romania. Together with Lucia Grigore.

2010 - "Hanul cu Tei" Galleries - Bucharest - Romania

2010 - "Ion Irimescu" Art Museum - Falticeni - Romania. Together with Lucia Grigore.

2009 - "Complexul Muzeal Bucovina" - Suceava - Romania

2008 - Galerie "La Passerelle" - Tours - France

2007 - "The Museum of Folk Art Technique" - ("Muzeul Tehnicii Populare") - Gura Humorului - Romania

2006 - The "Arts Gallery" - National Military Center - Bucharest - Romania

2004 - The "Cultural Center" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Bucharest - Romania

2004 - "Mihai Teliman" House of Culture - Liteni - Suceava - Romania

2004 - "Liteni High School" - Suceava - Romania

2004 - The "House of Culture" - Corni - Suceava - Romania

2003 - "Henri Coanda" Foundation - Bucharest - Romania

2003 - "Frezia" Gallery - Dej - Romania

2003 - School of Corni - Suceava - Romania

2002 - "National Museum of Art" - Iasi - Romania

2002 - "Stefan cel Mare" Museum - Vaslui - Romania

2001 - "UAP" Galleries - Chisinau - Republic of Moldova

2001 - "Ion Irimescu" Gallery - Falticeni - Romania

2000 - Retrospective - Sala Rotonda - National Theater Galleries - Bucharest - Romania

2000 - Retrospective - Chisinau - Republic of Moldova

2000 - Panciu - Romania

1998, 1997 - Arts Gallery - National Military Center - Bucharest - Romania

1995 - "Jean Louis Calderon" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

1995 - "Blue Gallery" - "Le Club" Art Center - Bucharest - Romania

1990, 1982 - Art Museum - Suceava - Romania

1990 - Museum of Folk Art Technique - Radauti - Romania

1990 - Art Museum - Gura Humorului - Romania

1989 - "Ion Irimescu" Art Museum - Falticeni - Romania

1986 - "Ion Luchian" Gallery - Botosani - Romania

1981, 1978, 1976 - City of Bucharest Gallery

1979 - Romanian Academy Library in Rome - Italy

1977 - Comedy Theater - Bucharest - Romania

1969 - "Simeza" Art Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

1967 - "Kalinderu" Art Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected from past 15 years)

2010 - "Pictori Romani in Spatiul Mediteranean" ("Romanian Painters in the Mediterranean Space")
Organized by: "GoldArt"
Biblioteca Centrala Universitara - Aula - Bucharest - Romania

2010 - "Iarna in Pictura Romaneasca" ("The Winter in Romanian Painting")
Organized by: "Societatea Colectionarilor de Arta din Romania"
Muzeul Municipiului Bucuresti - Palatul Sutu - Bucharest - Romania

2010 - 150th Anniversary - National College "Stefan cel Mare" - Suceava - Romania

2010 - "Ion Andreescu" Biennial - 7th Edition - "Art Galleries" - Buzau - Romania

2010 - "Sacrul in Arta" ("The Sacred in Art") - "Orizont" Art Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2010 - "94 de Pictori Romani Contemporani" - Organized by: Georgeta & Dragan Djordjevic
"Caminul Artei" Art Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2009 - National Exhibition of Fine Arts - Alba-Iulia - Romania

2009 - Exhibition of Romanian Painting in conjuction with "Journées de la Francophonie"
Organized by: "Soleil de l'Est" Foundation at the invitation of the Romanian Embassy in Hague - Netherlands

2009 - "O Vara la Antilesti" - "Apollo" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2009 - "Respiratii Crestine" - "Veroniki Art" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2009 - "Apele in Viziunea Artistilor" - Arts Gallery - National Military Center - Bucharest - Romania

2009 - "Arta–Un Limbaj Comun Intre Doua Culturi" ("Art–A Common Language between Two Cultures")
Suceava - Romania and Cernauti - Ukraine

2008 - Romanian Painting Exhibition - Retrospective. Organized by: "Soleil de l'Est" Foundation
Featuring a selection of its past 20 years of promoting the Romanian art.
Book release: "Presences de la Peinture Contemporaine Roumaine en France entre 1990-2008"
("The Presence of Romanian Contemporary Painters in France between 1990-2008") - "Arcade" Publishing House
"Sutu Palace" - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - Romanian Painters in France Exhibition with "Soleil de l'Est" Foundation
BRD - Groupe Société Générale - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - "Retrospective of Romanian Painting" - Presented by: "Soleil de l'Est" Foundation at the
"Taylor Foundation" - Paris - France

2008 - Exposition Annuelle "Soleil de l'Est" - "La Passerelle" Gallery
One of the gallery's rooms hosted Ion Grigore's solo exhibition.
The artist was invited for a residence at St. Jean de Braye - Tours - France

2008 - "Anii '60 - '70 Pictura Romaneasca" ("Romanian Painting of the '60s and the '70s")
"Veroniki Art" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - "Interbelicii si Continuatorii" - Partea a II-a - Organized by: "Societatea Colectionarilor de Arta din Romania"
Muzeul National Cotroceni - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - "Art Promo" - "Dalles" Hall - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - "Sacrul in Arta" ("the Sacred in Art") - Annual Exhibition - "Orizont" Art Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2008 - "Ion Andreescu Biennial" - The Art Galleries - Buzau - Romania

2008 - "Iulia Halaucescu Foundation" - Piatra Neamt - Romania

2008 - "1 Decembrie" - National Art Exhibition - Alba Iulia - Romania

2007 - "Couleurs de Roumanie" ("Colors of Romania") - organized by "Soleil de l'Est"
Maison de la Charente Maritime - France

2007 - 2-Person Exhibition together with Lucia Grigore - "Stefan Luchian" Art Gallery - Botosani - Romania

2007 - 2-Person Exhibition together with Lucia Grigore - Gallery of Falticeni City Hall - Falticeni, Suceava - Romania

2007 - 2-Person Exhibition together with Lucia Grigore "George Cotos" Art Gallery
Muzeul Obiceiurilor Populare din Bucovina (Museum of Bucovinean Folk Traditions) - Gura Humorului - Romania

2007 - 2-Person Exhibition together with Lucia Grigore - U.A.P. Art Gallery - Craiova - Romania

2006 - Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire - France

2006 - Mostra di Libro e d'Arte - Salotto delle Esposizioni dell'Accademia di Romania - Rome, Italy

2006 - "Collectors Collect: Works from Denver Private Collections" - Mizel Museum - Denver, Colorado - USA

2006 - "Romanian Contemporary Art" - organized through the "Romanian Cultural Center" & U.N.E.S.C.O.
Kiev - Ucraine and Sankt Petersburg - Russian Federation

2005 - "Religious Art" - organized through the "Romanian Cultural Center" & U.N.E.S.C.O. - Belgrad - Serbia

2005 - "Religious Art" - Craiova - Romania, French Cultural Institute and "Apollo" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2005 - "Monteoru - Art" - Art Galleries - Buzau and "Art Galleries" - Busteni - Romania

2004 - "Romanian Art" - Accademia di Romania in Roma - organized through U.N.E.S.C.O. - Rome - Italy

2004 - The "Greek Cultural Center" - Stockholm - Sweden

2004 - "Romanian Contemporary Art" - organized through the "Romanian Cultural Center" & U.N.E.S.C.O.
Moscow and Sankt Petersburg - Russian Federation

2004 - "Stefan Luchian" Art Gallery - Botosani - Romania

2004 - "Ion Andreescu Biennial" - Buzau - Romania

2004 - "Religious Art Salon" - "Artis" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2003 - "Romanian Art in European States" - organized through U.N.E.S.C.O.

2003 - "Arts Gallery" - Targu Mures - Romania

2003 - "Religious Art Salon" - "Artis" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2001 - "Sacred Art" - Religious Art and Restauration - "Apollo" Gallery - Bucharest - Romania

2001 - "National Salon of Art" - RomExpo - Bucharest - Romania

2001 - "Ion Andreescu Biennial" - Buzau - Romania

2001 - "Arts Gallery" - Herculane - Romania

2001 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - Beirut - Lebanon

2000 - "Art Contemporain et Arts Traditionnels de Roumanie" ("Contemporary and Traditional Art of Romania")
Exhibition organized by "Soleil de l'Est" with the cooperation of
"Mairie de Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire" at "Pavillon Charles X"
"Salon de l'Hotel de Ville" - France

2000 - 3-Person Exhibition together with Petre Achitenie and Ion Achitenie - Panciu - Romania

1999 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - Rome - Italy

1998 - "Atrium" Gallery - Saint Avertin, Indre and Loire - France

1998 - "Chateau de la Bourdaisiere" - Montlouis, Indre and Loire - France

1998 - "Biennale de Bauge" - Maine and Loire - France

1998 - "Amitie-Roumanie" ("Friendship-Romania") - Fussy, Cher - France

1998 - 3-Person Exhibition of Tapestry together with Lucia Grigore & Celina Grigore
Arts Gallery - National Military Center - Bucharest - Romania

1997 - "Chateauneuf" Gallery - Tours - France 1997 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - Bauge - France

1994 - "Romanian Art" - Boettcher Concert Hall - Denver Art Complex - Denver, Colorado - USA

1994 - Arts Gallery - National Military Center - Bucharest - Romania

1994 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - London - UK

1993 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - Zwolle - Netherlands

1992 - Exhibition of Romanian Art - Japan and France

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2005 - "Diploma of Excellence" awarded by the "Bucovina Cultural Foundation"

2005 - "Diploma" awarded by the "Izvoare National Foundation for Protection of the Nature and the Arts in Romania"

2005 - "Citizen of Honor Award" - City of Liteni - Suceava - Romania

2004 - "Medal of the National Order of Merit" in the field of University Teaching - Rank of Cavalier

2004 - "Prize" and "Diploma of Honor" awarded by "Niste Tarani Foundation" - Romania

2004 - "Citizen of Honor" - City of Siret - Suceava - Romania

2004 - "Diploma of Participation" - Artistic Creation - Sarata Monteoru - Buzau - Romania

2004 - "Diploma" awarded with the occasion of "The 10th Anniversary of the Henri Coanda Foundation"

2004 - "Diploma of Honor" awarded with the occasion of "The 55th Anniversary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Cultural Center"

2004 - "Diploma of Participation" - Artistic Creation - "Io Stefan Voievod" - Botosani - Romania

2004 - "Diploma of Participation" - Commemoration - "Stefan the Great 500" - Putna - Romania

2003 - "Diploma of Honor" awarded by the "Romanian Spirituality Congress" - Alba Iulia - Romania

2001 - "Diploma of Honor" awarded with the occasion of "The 125th Anniversary of the National Army Center"

2001 - "Prize for Artistic Creation" awarded by the Fine Artists' Union - Chisinau - Republic of Moldova

2000 - "Award of Excellence" awarded by "Panciu City Hall" - "Eminescu Year"

2000 - "Diploma of Honor" awarded by the "Cultural League for the Unity of Romanians Abroad"

1999 - Prize for Religious Art awarded by the "Romanian Fine Artists' Union"

1998 - Special Prize awarded by the "Bucovina Cultural Foundation"

1988 - "Grand Prize Voronet" - "Voronetiana" Festival

1981 - Prize "Omaggio a Picasso" awarded by the Cultural Center "Caravaggio" - Rome - Italy

1981 - Prize "Iosif Iser" awarded by the Romanian Academy in Rome - Italy

1980 - International Prize "Giovane Europa" awarded by the Italian Magazine "TelEuropa" - Rome - Italy

1980 - "First Prize" - "Voronetiana" Festival

1980 - "Third Prize" - Romanian National Festival

1978 - "Second Prize" - "Voronetiana" Festival

1968 - Prize for Painting awarded by the "Romanian Fine Artists' Union"

GRANTS

1966 - Perugia - Italy - Postgraduate Grant

1966 -1968 - "Storck" Postgraduate Grant

1964 - "Ion Andreescu" Academic Grant

MURAL ART COMMISSIONS

Techniques:
Wall-to-wall interior church painting "al-fresco"
Tempera on wood panels iconostases
Mozaic
Sgraffito

COMMISSIONS - RELIGIOUS PAINTING

Church "Sfintii Voievozi Mihail si Gavril"
al-fresco painting - Corni, Suceava - Romania (1999 - 2001)

Historical Monument Church "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"
al-fresco painitng - Comanesti, Suceava - Romania (1990 - 1992)

Historical Monument Church of "Sfanta Inviere" ("Holy Resurrection") - built in the 16th Century
al-fresco painting, icons and exterior mozaic - Suceava - Romania (1982 - 1988)

Church "Sfantul Ierarh Nicolae"
al-fresco painting - Baldana, Dambovita - Romania (1978 - 1980)

Church of the "Dealu" Monastery
al-fresco painting and icons - Targoviste, Dambovita - Romania (1775 - 1977)

Church "Pogorarea Sfantului Duh"
the iconostasis - Sacele, Sibiu - Romania (1972)

Church "Pogorarea Sfantului Duh"
al-fresco painting - Valea Lupului, Iasi - Romania (1968 - 1970)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED)

"Ion Grigore" - Art Album - published by: "Nemira" - Bucharest, Romania - 2011

"Ion Grigore" by Valentin Ciuca - Art Album
"ART XXI" Publishing House - Romania - 2006
Bi-lingual preface and critical commentary - Romanian and English

"The Bucovinean Village in Ion Grigore's Painting" by C. R. Constantinescu
"Sport Turism" Publishing House - Romania - 1979 - Editions in English, French and Romanian

"Presences de la Peinture Contemporaine Roumaine en France entre 1990-2008"
("The Presence of Romanian Contemporary Painting in France between 1990-2008")
"Arcade" Publishing House - Romania - 2008

"Un Secol de Arte Frumoase in Bucovina"
("A Century of Fine Arts in Bucovina") by Valentin Ciuca
"Musatinii" Publishing House - Romania - 2005

"Personalitati Romane si Faptele Lor 1950-2000"
("Romanian Personalities and Their Accomplishments 1950-2000") by Constantin Toni Dartu
encyclopedia, volume 7 - Venus Publishing House - Romania - 2003

"Enciclopedia Artistilor Romani Contemporani"
("Encyclopedia of Romanian Contemporary Artists") by Alexandru Cebuc, Vasile Florea, Negoita Laptoiu
Volume I - "Arc" Publishing House - Romania - 2000

"Idee si Sensibilitate - Directii si Tendinte in Arta Contemporana Romaneasca"
("Ideea and Sensibility - Directions and Tendencies in Romanian Contemporary Art") by Dan Grigorescu
"Meridiane" Publishing House - Romania - 1991

"Arta Romaneasca" ("Romanian Art") by Vasile Dragut and Vasile Florea
Volumes I and II - "Meridiane" Publishing House - Romania - 1982

"Omagiu Taranimii" ("Homage to the Peasants") - "Meridiane" Publishing House - Romania - 1977

Dictionarul Artistilor Contemporani
("Dictionary of Contemporary Artists") by Octavian Barbosa
"Meridiane" Publishing House - Romania - 1976

"Pictura Contemporana Romaneasca"
("Romanian Contemporary Painting") by Ion Frunzetti
"Meridiane" Publishing House - Romania - 1974

"Pictura Romaneasca in Imagini"
("Romanian Painting in Images") by Vasile Dragut, Vasile Florea, Dan Grigorescu and Marin Mihalache
first edition - 1970 - second edition - Romania - 1976

Romanian Artist Painter Ion Grigore - Exhibitions. Awards. Recognition. Bibliography.

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