Biography

Octav Grigorescu

Born 1933 in Bucharest, Romania, died 1987 in Bucharest, Romania). Lived and worked in Bucharest, Romania.

Octav Grigorescu graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest in 1958, where he taught until his death.

Selected exhibitions

2024
Atelierele Pangratti, Strada Ermil Pangratti, Bucharest, RO

2023
Lost in the Moment That Follows, Ways of Collecting: Ovidiu Șandor Collection, Kunsthalle Prague, Prague, CZ

2021
Secret Wing, Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale 2021, Timisoara, RO
Electric Crossroads, Bubble ‘n’ Squeak, Brussels, BEL
Octav Grigorescu, Muzeul de Arta, Constanța, RO

2020
LORA TAU and other stories, Galeria Plan B, Berlin, DE
This part that seemingly needs to get out through a place in my body, organised by Salonul de proiecte at Spike, Berlin, DE

2019
Displacement and Togetherness, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Strombeek-Bever, BE

2018
Une saison roumaine, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
COUNTERPOINT. An Octav Grigorescu – Georgeta Naparus Retrospective,
National Museum of Contemporary Art (M.N.A.C.), Bucharest, RO

1984
The National Museum of Art, Bucharest, RO

1983
The Biennial of European Graphic Art, Baden-Baden, DE

1980
The Venice Biennale, IT

1971
Edinburgh Art Festival, UK

1969
Pratt Institute, New York, US

1968
The Venice Biennale, IT

1965
Quatrième Biennale, Paris, FR

1960
The National Museum of Art, Bucharest, RO

Awards and distinctions

1983
Cavaliere al merito della Repubblica Italiana

1966
”Ion Andreescu” Prize, Romanian Academy

Bibliography

Exhibition catalogues and monographs
  • 1996
    Octav Grigorescu. Ölbilder, Aquarelle. Hamburg: Galerie Ernst Michael Winter

    1985
    Cosoveanu, Dorana. Octav Grigorescu. Bucharest: Editura Meridiane