2023
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ai Weiwei and Monir Farmanfarmaian: Sacred and Profane Geometries
September 5 - October 21, 2023
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Monir Farmanfarmaian: A Mirror Garden
November 17, 2022 - April 9, 2023
Solo Exhibition
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James Barron Fine Art, Kent, CT
Mosaics
Group Exhibition
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2022
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, The Language of Symbols
Solo Exhibition
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection
Group Exhibition
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Museum of Art, Pudong, Shanghai, China
The Dynamic Eye: Op and Kinetic Art
Group Exhibition
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Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Revolve
Group Exhibition
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Photo: Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line
2021
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Mirror Works and Drawings, 2004 - 2016
Solo Exhibition
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Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Women in Abstraction
Group Exhibition
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Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Women in Abstraction
Group Exhibition
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2019
Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
Drawings and Mirror Works, 1974–2014
Solo Exhibition
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Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mirrors
Group Exhibit
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Less is a Bore
Group Exhibit
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2018
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Sunrise, Sunset
Solo Exhibition
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Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Mirror Variations: The Art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Solo Exhibition
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Bruges Triennial, Bruges, Belgium
Khayyam Fountain
Group Exhibition
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Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE
The Breeze at Dawn has Secrets to Tell You
Solo Exhibition
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​2017
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Infinite Possibility. Mirror Works and Drawings, 1974–2014
Solo Exhibition
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Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmain: Lineages
Solo Exhibition
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Institute of Arab and Islamic Art
Inaugural Exhibition
Group Exhibition
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The Armory Show, New York, NY
Haines Gallery Booth
Group Exhibition
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Art Basel Hong Kong, HK
The Third Line Gallery
Group Exhibition
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2016
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Monir Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles
Solo Exhibition
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11th Gwangju Biennale 2016, South Korea
The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?)
Group Exhibition
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The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science
Group Exhibition
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The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmain: Infinite Geometry
Solo Exhibition
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2015
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility. Mirror Works and Drawings, 1974-2014
Solo Exhibition
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Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Based on the Hexagon: The Recent Drawings of Monir Farmanfarmaian
Solo Exhibition ​
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line
2013
Haines Gallery, San Francisco
The First Family
Solo Exhibition
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Rose Issa Projects, London, United Kingdom
Monir Farmanfarmaian: Hejleh
Solo Exhibition
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons
Solo Exhibition
The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Monir Farmanfarmaian 2004-2013
Solo Exhibition
Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates
Sharjah Beinnial 11: Re:emerge, Towards a New Cultural Cartography
Group Exhibition
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Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Transparencies: Contemporary Art and A History of Glass
Group Exhibition
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CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
‘The Fold’ Absence, Disappearance and the Loss of Memory in the Work of 12 Iranian Artists
Group Exhibition
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WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian/Jef Geys
Group Exhibition
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Asia Society Museum, New York, NY
Iran Modern
Group Exhibition
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Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Poetic of Construction
Group Exhibition
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Houser & Wirth, London, United Kingdom
Trade Routes
Group Exhibition
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Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Poetics of Construction
Group Exhibition
The San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Jameel Prize 2011
Group Exhibition
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Photo: Courtesy of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
2012
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Contemporary Iranian Art from the Permanent Collection
Group Exhibition
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Zentrum Paul Klee Museum, Bern, Switzerland
Group Exhibition
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2011
The Third Line, United Arab Emirates
Kaleidoscope
Solo Exhibition
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Rose Issa Projects, London, United Kingdom
Mixed Hanging
Solo Exhibition
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Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Monir Farmanfarmaian & Zhan Wang
Group Exhibition
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Beirut Exhibition Center, Iran
Zendegi: Twelve Contemporary Iranian Artists
Group Exhibition
Traveling: The Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain; The Cantor Arts Centre, Stanford, CA; Victoria & Albert Museum, United Kingdom; The Institute du Monde Arab, Paris, France
Jameel Prize 2011
Group Exhibition
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2010
29th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
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Rose Issa Projects, United Kingdom
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Recent Works
Solo Exhibition
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Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
The Future of Tradition - The Tradition of Future
Group Exhibition
Munich, Germany
Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art
Group Exhibition
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2009
Queensland Art Museum, Australia
6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Group Exhibition
Venice, Italy
East-West Divan and Living Traditions: Contemporary Art From Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan
Group Exhibition
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2008
Leighton House Museum, London, United Kingdom
Geometry of Hope
Solo Exhibition
The Third Line, Doha, Qatar
Recollections
Solo Exhibition
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Orangery, Lower Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
The Power of the Ornament
Group Exhibition
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Group Exhibition
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Photo: Courtesy David Heald - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
2007
The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Recollections
Solo Exhibition
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Mirror Mosaics
Solo Exhibition
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Geneva, Switzerland
ING Bank Exhibition
Group Exhibition
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2006
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibition
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2002
Grey Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
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2001
The Curve Gallery, Barbican, London, United Kingdom
Iranian Contemporary Art
Group Exhibition
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2000
Center for Iranian Modern Art, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition
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1999
Center for Iranian Modern Art, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
Installation views, ‘Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility. Mirror Works and Drawings 1974-2014’, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, from 09 OCT 2014 to 11 JAN 2015. Photos: Filipe Braga, © Fundação de Serralves, Porto.
1998
Kent Fine Art, Kent, CT
Group Exhibition
1986-87
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Touring Exhibition)
Group Exhibition
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1985-86
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY (Touring Exhibition)
Group Exhibition
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Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
Group Exhibition
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Group Exhibition
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Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX
Group Exhibition
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Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Group Exhibition
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University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Group Exhibition
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Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Group Exhibition
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Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Group Exhibition
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Boca Raton, FL
Group Exhibition
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Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Group Exhibition
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Group Exhibition
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Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Group Exhibition
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Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Group Exhibition
Photo: Courtesy Todd Heisler - The New York Times
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line
1982-84
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, traveling: California of Sciences, San Francisco, CA; Minnesota Science Museum, St. Paul, MI; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Heritage of Islam
Group Exhibition
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1982
Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, Canada
Group Exhibition
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Art Students League of New York, NY
Group Exhibition
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Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Group Exhibition
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Leila Taghinia-Milani Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
1977
Galerie Denise René, Paris, France and New York, NY
Solo Exhibition
1976
Iran America Society, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibition
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Iran America Society, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition
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Modern Iranian Art, Basel Art Fair 7, Basel, Switzerland
Group Exhibition
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1975
Jacques Kaplan Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Solo Exhibition
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Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Solo Exhibition
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Jacques Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition
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Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
Takht-e-Jamshid Gallery: Blue, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition
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Ministry of Culture and Arts, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition
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Women’s Interart Center, New York City
Color, Light and Image: Works and Statements
Group Exhibition
Monir Farmanfarmaian / Lightning for Nedam 2009, Opening Crowds 10 / Photo Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line
1973
Iran America Society, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibition
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibitio
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1968
Italian Institute, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibition
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Columbia University, Center for Iranian Studies, New York, NY
Group Exhibition
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1965
Palais des Congres, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Group Exhibition
1964
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Group Exhibition
Fourth Biennale of Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition
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1963
Ecole des Beaux Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibition
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1958
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (Gold Medal)
Solo Exhibition
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First Biennale of Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibition
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Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Group Exhibition
Photo: Courtesy of the Artist
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Cornell Fine Arts Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, VA
The Carpet Museum, Tehran, Iran
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Dag Hammarskjold Towers, New York, NY
Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Hotel Intercontinental, Shiraz and Tehran, Iran
The Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, Tehran, Iran
Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Park Farah, Tehran, Iran
Queensland Gallery of Contemporary Art, Queensland, Australia
Rollins College, Florida
Royal Reception Room, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Senate Building, Tehran, Iran
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Swisscorp Bank, Geneva, Switzerland
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom