His first exhibition dates from 1968. Among other galleries, he worked with Gian Enzo Sperone, Martano, Salzano and Biasutti in Turin; Ileana Sonnabend in New York and Paris; Daniel Templon in Paris; Toselli, Ariete, Templon, Lorenzelli, Milione and Guastalla in Milan; Samangallery in Genoa, Godel, Primo Piano, Malborogugh, E.Tre, Mara Coccia, Oddi Baglioni, Marino and Lorcan O’Neill in Rome; Casey Kaplan in New York.
He has taken part in a long list of national and international exhibitions which, in a moment of expansion of other media in contemporary art, attest the strong persistence of painting as a living research action rather than a mean of conservation or restoration or nostalgia for the past.
Among other events, he has exhibited at: Prospekt in Düsseldorf in 1969 and in 1973, Processi di pensiero visualizzati in 1970 at the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne, Contemporanea in the Villa Borghese car park in Rome in 1973, the exhibition curated in the same year by Michel Claura in Paris, Mönchengladbach and Antwerp, with the significant title: Une expositson de peinture réunissant certains peintres qui mettraient la peinture en question. He was present at the São Paulo Biennial in 1977; the Venice Biennale in 1978. 1980 and 2017; at the Rome Quadriennale in 1986 and 1999; L’informale in Italia at the GAM in Bologna in 1983; Un’avventura internazionale at the Castello di Rivoli in 1993; Arte Italiana Ultimi quarant’anni at the GAM Bologna in 1998; Le soglie della pittura in the Rocca Paolina in Perugia in 1999; Time & Place at the Moderna Museet Stockholm in 2008.
His recent solo shows include some important exhibits in main museums: Golden ratio at MACRO in Roma in 2010 curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, A retrospective 1968-2014 curated by Andrea Bellini at Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève in 2015, Painting in the fold curated by Andrea Bellini and Martin Clark at Bergen Kusthall in 2015, Giorgio Griffa curated by Bice Curiger at Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles in 2016, Quasi tutto curated by Suzanne Cotter and Andrea Bellini at Fundação de Serralves Porto in 2016, A Continuous Becoming, curated by Martin Clark at Camden Arts Centre London in 2018, Giorgio Griffa giorgio griffa - merveilles de … curated by Sébastien Delot at LAM Lille.
Installation view, Giorgio Griffa, A continuous becoming, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2018,
Photo: Mark Blower
Giorgio Griffa in museums and permanent collections
Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM), Torino Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Torino
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Roma
Museo Arte Gallarate (MA*GA), Gallarate Museo del Novecento, Milano
Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milano
Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), Roma
Tate Modern Gallery, London
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Centre d’Art Contemporain (CAC), Genève
Lille métropole musée d’art moderne d’art contempoain et d’art brut (LAM), Lille, France
Mudam Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean VAF-Stiftung, Germany
Obayashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Les Mérveilles de l’inconnu, Lille métropole musée d’art moderne d’art contempoain et d’art brut (LAM), Lille
Tutti i pensieri di tutti, Spoleto
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Temporary space, London
Giorgio Griffa: The 1990s, Casey Kaplan, New York
Giorgio Griffa: The 1980s, Casey Kaplan, New York
A Continuous Becoming, Camden Arts Centre, London
Annemarie Verna Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Giorgio Griffa: The 1970s, Casey Kaplan, New York
Works on Paper, curated by Andrea Bellini, Fondazione Giuliani, Roma
Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, Arles
Quasi Tutto, curated by Andrea Bellini and Suzanne Cotter, Serralves Museum, Porto
Painting in the Fold, curated by Andrea Bellini and Martin Clark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
A Retrospective 1968 - 2014, curated by Andrea Bellini, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Genève
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Roma
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Fragments 1968 - 2012, Casey Kaplan, New York
Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin
MACRO, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Roma
Galleria Rafael Perez Hernando, Madrid
Baguashan Gallery, Taiwan
Gehua Art Gallery, Beijing
Studio Guastalla, Milano
Galleria Giuseppe Marino, Roma
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano
Galleria 2000 & Novecento, Reggio Emilia
Galerie Philippe Pannetier, Nimes
Barbara Behan Contemporary Art, London (with Marco Gastini e Paolo lcaro)
Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg
Museo della Permanente, Milano
lnstitut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
Galleria Giampiero Biasutti, Torino
Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim
Galleria 2000 & Novecento, Reggio Emilia
Studio Guastalla, Milano
Galleria Plurima, Udine (with Claude Viallat)
Bethmann Bank, Frankfurt A.M.
Galerie Walter Storms, München
CESAC, ex Convento dei Cappuccini, Caraglio, Cuneo
GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino
Galleria Giancarlo Salzano, Torino
Galerie Boycott, Brussels
Galerie Appel und Fensch, Frankfurt
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano
Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
Palazzo Racani-Aroni, Spoleto
Galleria Maestri Incisori, Milano Galleria Extra Moenia, Todi
Galerie Appel und Ferrsch, Frankfurt
Qualche numero per Martina, home exhibition at Martina Corgnati, Milano
Galerie Luise Krohn, Badenweiler
Santa Maria delle Croci, Loggetta Lombardesca, Pinacoteca Comunale, Ravenna
Galerie Appel und Fercsch, Frankfurt
Galleria Oddi Baglioni, Roma
Galleria Turchetto, Milan
Galleria Martano, Torino
Galerie Luise Krohn, Badenweiler
Galleria Nuova 2000, Bologna
Galleria dei Banchi Nuovi, Roma Galleria Il Sole, Bolzano
Galeria Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano Studio Bonifacio, Genova
Stiidtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham
Galleria Martano, Torino
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Cologne
Galleria L’isola, Roma
Galleria Nuova 2000, Bologna
Galleria La Palena, Genova
Galleria Plurima, Udine
Galerie Walter Storms, München
Galerie Artline, Den Haag Galleria Martano, Torino
Galleria Il Centro, Napoli
Galleria Il Sole, Bolzano
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano
Studio G7, Bologna
Galerie Luise Krohn, Badenweiler
Galleria Taide, Salerno
Galerie Annemarie Vema, Zürich
Galerie Walter Storms, München
Galleria Primo Piano, Roma
Galleria Martano, Torino
Samangallery, Genova
Kunstverein, Braunschweig
Galerie W. Storms, Villingen
Galerie Mantra-NRA, Paris Expo Arte, Bari
Galerie Artline, Den Haag
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zürich
Galleria Lorenzelli, Milano
Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf
Galleria E. Tre, Roma
Galleria del Milione, Milano
Samangallery, Genova
Galleria Malborough, Roma
Galleria Banco, Brescia
Galerie Art in Progress, München
Galleria Primo Piano, Roma
Galleria Claudio Bottello, Torino
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zürich
Kunstraum, München
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Galleria La Bertesca, Genova
Galerie Mikro, Berlin Studio
Lia Rumma, Napoli
Galleria Daniel Templon, Milano
Galleria dell’Ariete, Milano
Galleria Daniel Templon, Milano
Studio 3/Bi, Bolzano
Galleria Sperone, Torino
Galleria Godel, Rome
Galerie Annemaria Verna, Zürich
Galerie Ricke, Köln
Galleria Multipli, Torino
Galleria Toselli, Milano
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Galerie Sonnabend, Paris
Galleria Sperone, Torino
Galleria Martano, Torino
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree, Camden Arts Centre, London
Scrivere Disegnando - When Language Seeks Its Other, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Genève, Switzerland
Materials and Objects, Tate Modern, London
Consonances, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France
Passione - 12 progetti per l’arte italiana, curated by Daniela Ferrari and Denis Isaia, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Viva Arte Viva, 57th International Art Exhibition, Arsenale, Venice
Colori, Castello di Rivoli/ GAM, Turin
All Means Are Sacred, M WOODS, Beijing
Imaginarii, with Gianni Colombo and Davide Balula, Fondazione Carriero, Milan
Artists and Poets, curated by Ugo Rondinone, Secession, Vienna
Never Look Back When Leaving, Casey Kaplan, New York
Histories II: Works from the Serralves Collection, Serralves Museum, Porto
39greatjones, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
Don’t blame anyone, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
No.17, Casey Kaplan, New York
Turin sperimentale 1959-1969, Sala Bolaffi, Turin
Il Grande Gioco - Forme d’arte in Italia 1947-1989, Museo di Lissone, Lissone; Rotonda di via Besana Milano; GAMeC Bergamo
Collezione del contemporaneo, Accademia San Luca, Roma
Il museo privato. La passione per l’arte contemporanea nelle collezioni bergamasche, GAMeC, Bergamo
Hot Spots, Rio de Janeiro / Milan-Turin / Los Angeles 1956 bis 1969, Kunsthaus, Zürich
Temi & Variazioni - Dalla grafia all’azzeramento, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia
Pensare pittura. Una linea internazionale di rieerca negli anni 70, Museo Villa Croce, Genova
Segni italiani del ‘900, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Praha
Pittura aniconica, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova
Time & place Turin-Milan 1958-1968, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Viaggio in ltalia, Italienische Kunst 1960 bis 1990, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum, Graz
Vier Family & Friends, Centre d’Arte Contemporain, Bretigny
Global books, Les livres d’artistes de Gervais Jassaud, Bibliotheque Carnegie, Reims
Pittura analitica I percorsi italiani 1970-1980, Museo della Permanente, Milano
Il velo, Filatoio, Caraglio
Pittura 70 - Then and now, Italian Cultural Institute, London
Museo Museo Museo, GAM, Palazzo Torino Esposizioni, Torino
VlSioni 20 artisti a Sant’Agostino, Bergamo
Un secolo di arte italiana - Opere della Fondazione VAP, MART, Rovereto
Il disegno dell’arte italiana dal1945 al1975, Fondazione Bandera, Busto Arsizio
Pittura ‘70. Pittura pittura e Pittura analitica, Fondazione Zappettini, Chiavari
L’incanto della pittura, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova
AAVV: 30, Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
La grande svolta anni ‘60, Palazzo della Ragione, Padova
Le figure mancanti, Palazzo Bricherasio, Bricherasio, Torino
Il tempo della profezia, Chiostro di San Domenico, Casale Monferrato
Turin 1902-2002, Manifatture Aristocratiche, Palazzo Cavour, Torino
Mosaico Stazione Ponte Marnmolo, Metropolitana, Roma (permanent installation)
Figure astratte, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Roma
Le soglie della pittura, Rocca Paolina, Perugia
Proiezioni 2000, Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma
Le vie e la ricerche, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Marino
Arte in Italia negli anni 70, La Salerniana, Ex Convento di San Carlo, Erice
Absolut Mail Art, Fondazione Arte e Cultura, Milano
Turines Kiinsder in Stungan, Galerie Under Tunn, Stultgan
Arte Italiana, Ultimi quarant’anni. Pittura, GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
Malgré tout, la pittura, Ex Lanificio Bona, Carignano; Maison des Am, Thonon Evian
Viaggio in Italia 1998-2000, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova
Una situazione torinese, Fondazione Calderara, Vacciago, Novara
Gefillhe der Konstruktion, Museum Ragalderhus, Schwarz; Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi
Pittura italiana da collezioni italiane, Castello di Rivoli, Torino
D’une exposition de peinture reunissant certains peintres qui mettraient la peinture en question, 16 Place Vendome, Paris; Stadtische Museum, Monchengladbach; Internationaal Culturell Centrum, Antwerpen
Iononrappresentonullaiodipingo. Arico, Battaglia, Griffa, Verna, Studio La Città, Verona
Glossario, Galleria Qui Arte Contemporanea, Roma
Prospect 73, Stiidtiscbe Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf
Contemporanea, Parcheggio Villa Borghese, Roma
Italy two / art around ‘70, Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia
Critica in atto, Incontri, Palazzo Taverna, Roma
L’azione concreta, Fossati, Gastini, Griffa, Nannucci, Parmigiani, Villa Olmo, Como
Processi di pensiero visualizzati Junge italianische Avantgarde, Kunstmuseum, Luzern
Acireale 70, Palazzo Comunale, Acireale
Salon International des Galeries Pilotes, Museé Cantonal, Lausanne; Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
