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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

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