The broad spectrum of Sam Grigorian's oeuvre includes both lage- and small-sized décollages, paper works, using a techique he developed himself, and assemblages made of different papers and other objet-trouve'-materials. His use of form continues to gain explicitness and structural clarity in its confrontation with informel and Minimal Art, yet without sacrificing stylistic diversity. He has developed his own abstract handwriting, achieving the unmistakble syntheses of modernity and tradition.
Curriculum vitae
1957 born in Yerevan, Armenia
lives and works in Berlin since 1992
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2008
Über
Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Gallery Mazzara, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Rademakers, Amsterdam, with Marthe Waijop, sculpture
Kunst & Co, Flensburg, Germany
2005
Gallery Mazzara, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
Gallery in the University Kaiserslautern, Germany
State Gallery Eberswalde, Germany
Daimler Chrysler Haus, Berlin
2004
Gallery Hohengasse 5, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Über Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Gallery sphn, Berlin
2001
Gallery sphn, Berlin
1995
"Art has no home", Galerie Altes Rathaus, Potsdam
1993
Deutschlandhaus, Berlin; Project "One world for everybody", wallpainting 300x500cm, entrance of comprehensive school, Bernau, Germany
Group shows (selection)
2008
TH Gallery, Den Haag
2007
Armenia Modern
Art, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
c. wichtendahl galerie, Berlin
Art award Tempelhof-Schöneberg "StadtANSICHTEN" 2007
National Picture Gallery Yerevan, Armenia
Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
Gallery in the University Kaiserslautern with Pi Ledergerber, Germany
Internationale Ausstellung Nord Art 2007, Büdelsdorf
Gallery 37, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
2006
KUNSTHERBST BERLIN 06,Die Kunst im 21. Jahrhundert, boulevAR
2005
"Armenian Journey", Highway Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2004
Gallery Mazzara, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
2003
International Project "PARADISE" Berlin, Alexanderplatz
"Nicht schwarz, nicht weiss", gallery sphn, Berlin
2002
Gallery De Rijk, Den Haag with Tápies, Appel, Aleschinsky
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin with Art Auction "Artanfall"
2000
Artcontest "Transfiguration", Anniversary ofRadioorchester, Berlin
Gallery De Rijk, Den Haag, Holland
International Art Exhibition, Deichtorhalle, Hamburg
1996
Gallery Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
1989
State Gallery Armenia, Yerevan
1988
Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan
Artfairs
2006
Melbourne Art Fair 2006 with Über Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2005
Art Sydney 05 with Uber Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
10th Sydney Art on Paper Fair with Über Gallery, Melbourne
2003
Art Frankfurt, with gallery sphn, Berlin
2002
Sthlm Art Fair Stockholm with Gallery sphn, Berlin
Kunst Rai Amsterdam with Gallery De Rijk, Den Haag, NL
Art Forum Berlin with Art Auction "Artanfall"
2001
Sthlm Art Fair Stockholm with Gallery sphn, Berlin
2000
Kunst Rai Amsterdam with Gallery De Rijk, Den Haag
1995
Art Cologne
with Gallery Nothelfer, Berlin,
with Rauschenberg, Christo, Kounellis...
Works are available in private and public collections in Europe, Australia, USA, among others in New Orleans Museum of Art