Marcos Grigorian

Armenia, b.1925-2007

Marcos Grigorian graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1954. Grigorian held many solo exhibitions in Yerevan, New York, Paris, London and Venice. In 1954, Grigorian opened one of Tehran’s first modern art galleries, and, in 1955, he was appointed Head of the Graphic Department at the Ministry of Culture and Art in Tehran. In 1956, he represented Iran in the Venice Biennale, and in 1958, organized the first national Tehran Biennal.