Selected biography
Ion Grigorescu was born in 1945 in Bucharest, Romania. He lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. In 2011 he represents Romania at the Vennice Biennale. Ion Grigorescu’s work was also exhibited in important shows such as the Venice Biennial 1997, Italy, In Search of Balkania at Neue Galerie in Graz 2002, Austria, In the Gorges of the Balkans at Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel 2003, Germany, the Documenta 12 in Kassel 2007, the Berlin Biennale and Les Promesses du Passé in Pompidou Center Paris 2010, Out of Place Tate Modern 2011 as well as the retrospective In the Body of the Victim 1969–2008 at Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw curated by Kathrin Rhomberg.

Solo shows
2010
Oedipus The Wanderer, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany

2009
In the Body of the Victim 1969 – 2008, The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

2008
Ion Grigorescu, Galleria Artra, Milano, Italy

2006
Ion Grigorescu, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt
Ion Grigorescu - Am Boden, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg 

Group shows
2011
Out of Place, Tate Modern, London, GB

2010
6. Berlin Biennale for contemporary art, KW Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V., Berlin, Germany
Agents Provocateurs, HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany
Le Promesse du Passé/The Promises of the Past, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Gender Check. Feminity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe, The Zacheta Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Warszawa, Poland
Masqué, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Österreich

2009
Lili Dujourie, Ludlow 38, Goethe Institut Manhattan, New York, USA

2007           
Ottobre. Uscita, Desiderio e Memoria, Galleria Artra, Milan 
Documenta 12, Documenta, Kassel 
Prague Biennale 3, Prague Biennale, Prague 
Geta Bratescu - Ion Grigorescu. Resources, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest 
Art of the possible, Lunds konsthal, Lund 

2006    
Videozone 3, Videozone - International Video-Art Biennial, Tel-Aviv 
Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel 
47th October Salon, Oktobarski Salon / October Salon, Belgrade 
Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich 
Autopoesis, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava 
5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel 
Grey Zones, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig 
GREY ZONES, The Brno House of Art - Central Building, Brno 
Kontakt - ... aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe, MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig im MQ, Vienna 
NowHere Europe - Trans:it. Moving Culture Through Europe, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest 

2005           
The IX Baltic Triennial of International Art – BMW, The Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius 
BMW, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius  
East Art Museum, KEOM Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen 
Paradoxos: Incorporar a Cidade - Romanian Artists, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon  
On Difference #1 - Lokale Kontexte - Hybride Räume, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart 

2004           
The First Balkan Biennial. Cosmopolis 1 Microcosmos X Macrocosmos, Thessaloniki Biennale of
Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 
Romanian artists (and not only) love the Palace?!, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest 
5. Ceintje Biennale, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje 
Revolutions Reloaded, Artra, Milan 

2003           
In den Schluchten des Balkan - Eine Reportage, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel 
Prophetic Remix, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest 
Periferic 6, Periferic Biennial, Iasi 

2002           
in search of Balkania, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 

2001           
Transcafe, Galeria Noua, Bucharest 
doublelife - Identität und Transformation in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Generali Foundation, Vienna 

1998           
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA,
Los Angeles, CA