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"Bogdan Grom has used his artistic genius to weave the traditions of European art with the individuality of American creativity. His universal talent incorporates painting, sculpture, print making and work related to architecture as few artists have mastered. He and his work are a treasure for the world."

-Susan Mc Tigue
Curator Belskie Museum of Art

 
     
 
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Lukezic A., Cernigoj A., Grom B., Cesar J.
     
      Founding Members of Art Klub of Slovene Artists' in Trieste - Trst, Italy      
         
     

ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS / SAMOSTOJNE RAZSTAVE

1949 Galleria Scorpione, Trieste/ Trst
1951 Galleria Scorpione,Trieste/ Trst
1954 Galleria Rossoni, Trieste/ Trst
1955 Galleria Montenapoleone, Milan / Milano
1956 Sala Communale, Trieste/ Trst
U.S.I.S., Trst / Trieste; Palermo
Galleria La Fontanella, Rome / Rim
1957 Galleria Rossoni, Trieste/ Trst
1959 The Architectural League of New York, New York
Temple Emanu-El, Yonkers, New York
Grom in the Public Eye 1957 –1977, Fort Lee Public Library, Fort Lee
1978 Grom in the Public Eye 1957 –1977, Yugoslav Press and Cultural Center, New York
1979 Sala Communale d'Arte,Trieste/ Trst
Kraška galerija / Galleria Carsica, Veliki Repen / Rupingrande
1980 Art Expo New York: One World Festival, New York Coliseum, New York
1981 Artworks at the Wayne, Providence, Rhode Island
1983 North Salem Art Gallery, North Salem, New York
1984 North Salem Public Library, North Salem, New York
Centar za kulturu, Kotor, Črna gora / Montenegro
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
1985 Salon umetnosti kulturnog centra grada Beograda, Belgrade/ Beograd
Galerija Djuro Djaković, Sarajevo
1986 Galerija TK-Galleria TK, Trieste/ Trst
Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey
1988 Umetnička galerija, Novi Sad; Gradska galerija, Subotica; Galerija, Sombor
Galerija TK-Galleria TK, Trieste/ Trst
1989 Yugoslav Press and Cultural Center, New York
1990 Beneška galerija, Špeter / S. Pietro al Natisone, Čedad / Cividale
1992 Galerija Rika Debenjaka, Kanal ob Soči
1996 Bogdan Grom 1947-1957, TK Galerija-TK Galleria, Trieste/ Trst
1997 Museo Civico Revoltella, Trieste/ Trst
Voices of Stones and Ascending the Light, JCC, Tenafly, New Jersey
1998 Two Worlds, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
2000 Bogdan Grom. Ameriška dela, Pilonova galerija, Ajdovščina; Miheličeva galerija, Ptuj; Galerija Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota
2001 Grom. Periodo americano 1957-2000, Sala di Palazzo Costanzi, Trieste/ Trst
2008 Dva svetova. Retrospektivni izbor slik, grafik, kipov, ilustracij, arhitekturnih in oblikovalskih rešitev, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
2010 Two Worlds - Slovenian Embassy Washington DC
2012 Lights : Bogdan Grom, International Artist and Man of Karst - Trieste , Italy
2012-2013 Magazzino delle Idee, Trieste, Italy



GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection) / SKUPINSKE RAZSTAVE (izbor)

1948 Natalizia di artisti triestini, Galleria Scorprione, Trst / Trieste
1950 Razstava slikarskih in grafičnih del tržaških umetnikov, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Ausstellung von Kunstwerken der Slowenischen Maler aus Triest, Künstlerhaus, Celovec / Klagenfurt
1953 Stalna zbirka Moderne galerije-razširjena s tržaškimi umetniki, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
1954 Third International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithography, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Meisterwerke der Graphik und Zeichnung seit 1900, Schloss Arbon, Švica / Switzerland
Tržaški slikarji, Jakopičev paviljon, Ljubljana
1955 Internationa Exhibition of Children’s Books, International Youth Library- Associated Project of Unesco, München / Munich
1956 Mostra dell'Incisione Italiana Contemporanea, Galleria Opera Bevilacqua La Masa, Benetke / Venice
Quinta Mostra Nazionale d'Arte Sacra, Trst / Trieste
Settima Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rim / Rome
Art Klub, Jakopičev paviljon, Ljubljana
Outdoor Art Exhibition, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1958 Montclaire Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
International Serigraph Exhibition, Riverside Museum, New York
1963 L’Incisione Artistica Italiana d'Oggi, Padova
1975 Sculptors Association of New Jersey (SANJ), Lever House, New York
!980-1983 North Salem Art Gallery, North Salem, New York
1983 Putnam County Art Center, Mahopac, New York
1984 Bergen Museum of Art, Paramus, New Jersey
General Eletric Gallery, G. E. Corporate Head quarters, Fairfield, Connecticur
1985 16. mednarodni grafični bienale, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
1986 Arazzi Mitteleuropei. Austria, Italia, Jugoslavia, Centro culturale Rocca Borromeo, Angera, Lago Maggiore
1987 Arazzi Mitteleuropei, Arazzi Mitteleuropei. Austria, Italia, Jugoslavia, Polonia, Palazzo Venezia, Rim / Rome; Pallazzo della Permanente, Milano / Milan
Premio Internazionale Biella per l'Incisione 1987, Pallazzo Ferrero della Marmora, Biella
Fidem ‘87, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vuk- Two Centuries later, Sava centar, Beograd / Belgrade; Trsić; Mladenovac; Pariz / Paris
17.mednarodni grafični bienale, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Ryu Contemporary Art, Sakaide-City; Kawasaki
1989 Fifth International Print Biennale Varna’89, Varna
Terra ’82-88. Internacionalni simpozijum skulpture Kikinda, Galerija Ulus, Beograd / Belgrade
1990 Slovenski likovni ustvarjalci po svetu, Galerija Dolenjskega muzeja, Novo mesto; Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Narodni muzej, Beograd / Belgrade
1992 Sefard’ 92, Toledo; Tel Aviv
1994 Likovna umetnost Južne Primorske 1920-1990, Pokrajinski muzej, Koper
1995 Dualita: Aspetti della cultura slovena a Trieste, Palazzo Costanzi, Trst / Trieste
2006 Okno v svet, Galerija Artes, Nova Gorica; Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
2012 Disclosed Horizon, Cankarjer Dom, Ljubljana Slovenia



MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIROMENTAL WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY (selection) / NAJPOMEMBNEJŠA ARHITEKTURNA IN JAVNA DELA V NEW YORKU IN NJEGOVI OKOLICI (izbor)


St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, 1968, 2nd Avenue and 34th Street, New York City, New York/ Armenska katedrala sv. Vartana:
dalles de verre windows in sanctuary and baptistery, stone carvings and bronze works/ vitraj v tehniki dalles de verre v svetišču in krstilnici, klesana kamnita in bronasta dela

New York Public Library, Staten Island, New York/ Newyorška javna knjižnica:
Bralci / Readers, bronze/ bron , 1973

St. Cyril R.C. Church, New York, 1998/ Katoliška cerkev sv. Cirila:
Stations of the Cross and two sculptures and two chandeliers/ Postaje križevega pota, dva kipa in dva lestenca

JCC, White Plains, New York:
two stained glass windows, Eternal Light, Menorah (hammered copper, silver & glass), 1984 in / and Drevo življenja / Tree of life, lesena konstrukcija / wood construction, 1985 / dva vitraja, Večna luč, menora (kovan baker, srebro in steklo)

General Food Corp., Tarrytown, New York:
stainless steel sculpture, 1987 / skulptura iz nerjavečega jekla

Atrij / Atrium, 505 Corporate building, Hackensack, New York:
Kozmos, bronze and two stainless steel sculptures, 1989 / Cosmos, bron in dve skulpturi iz nerjavečega jekla

Slovenian Embassy Washington, DC / Slovensko veleposlaništvo v Washingtonu:
stainless steel/ Straža / Sentinel, nerjaveče jeklo

Desert Flower, Steel Sculpture, Polychrome, Capitol Ground, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1998

Four Byzantine glass tesserae Mosaic panels, Pennsylvania, Visitors Center, Philadelphia 2012

and additional major works in the US, in druga pomembna dela v ZDA
Phoenix, Arizona; West Palm Beach, Florida; North Riverside, Chicago, Illinois; Wichita, Kansas; Baltimore, Maryland; Exton, Pennsylvania.


 

CREDITS (selection) / GRAFAPE IN KNJIGE (izbor)

Avtor / Author of Slovenski ornamenti / Slovene Ornaments, Trst / Trieste, 1949, in mape desetih litografij / and portfolio of ten lithographs Trieste and its Karst, Trst / Trieste, 1957.
Grafike in plakati v omejenih izdajah / Graphics and posters in limited editions.
Avtor knjige / Author of Moje korenine / Le mie radici / My Roots, Mladika, Trst / Trieste 2007.
Grom- 1996, John Di Fazio, Cromwell Publishers - London, England
Grom- 2010, His Religious Art in America, Prof., Dr. Milcek Komelj, member of Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, (SAZU)


 

ILLUSTRATIONS (selection) / ILUSTRACIJE (izbor)

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens): Pustolovščine Toma Sawyerja, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1947.
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens): Pustolovščine Huckleberryja Finna, Mladinska knjiga Ljubljana, 1948.
Jerome Klapka Jerome: Trije možje v čolnu, da o psu ne govorimo, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1952.
Čudovita potovanja in dogodivščine lažnivega Barona Münchhausna, Založba tržaškega tiska EST, Trst / Trieste, 1952.
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens): Tom Sawyer, detektiv, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1957.
Alf Evers: There is no Such Animal, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia/New York, 1959.
France Prešeren: Sv Senan. Nuna in kanarček, Prešernova družba, Ljubljana, 1960.
Neodvisno delo / Freelance work for Harper Brothers, Harcourt Brace and Co., E.P. Dutton, William R. Scott, Simon and Shuster, The Vanguard Press in / and World Book Co.


 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection) / JAVNE ZBIRKE (izbor)

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rim / Rome
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Narodni muzej, Beograd / Belgrade
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Slovene National Library, Trieste, Italy
White House Art Collection, Washington D.C.
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Beograd / Belgrade
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokio / Tokyo
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Museo Revoltella, Trst / Triest
Mednarodni grafični likovni center, Ljubljana
Goriski Muzej, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
ZKB / BCCC, Opcine / Opicina, Trieste, Italy
KB 1909, Gorica / Gorizia, Italy
Private Collection in Europe, United States, South America and Japan


 
AWARDS / NAGRADE

1954 European Recovery Program (ERP) for achievement in teaching art.

1985 American Institute of Architects (AIA), Award for Excellence in Design for The Schulman Chapel, White Plains, New York

1999 Religious Architectural Award, FAITHS and FORM

2011 Lifetime Achievement Award and Medal from The Republic of Slovenia

2011 Outstanding International Achievement as an Artist - Award from the Municipality of Zgonik / Sgonico Trieste, Italy


 

FORMER AND PRESENT ASSOCIATIONS / NEKDANJE IN SEDANJE ČLANSTVO V DRUŠTVIH

Društvo likovnih umetnikov Slovenije, DLUS, Ljubljana
Art Klub, Trst / Trieste
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), New York
The American Craftsmen's Council (ACS), New York
National Association of Muralist Painters, New York
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, Tenafly, New Jersey
College Art Association, New York
AMSA-American Medallic Sculpture Association, New York
International Sculpture Center, Washington, D.C.



BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection) / BIBLIOGRAFIJA (izbor)


Bibliografija do leta 1996 je objavljena v monografiji Bogdan Grom, Cromwell Editions, London, 1996.
The bibliography until 1996 is published in the monograph Bogdan Grom, Cromwell Editions, London, 1996.
John DeFazio, Tatjana Pregl Kobe, Zoran Kržišnik, Giulio Montenero, Luciano Perissinotto, John Ross: Bogdan Grom, Cromwell Editions, London, 1996, 224 str., ilustr.
Breda Pahor: Amerika mu je dala vse možnosti, kljub temu pa ni pozabil na svoj Kras, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 24. 12. 1996, št. 280, str. 14, ilustr.
JPč: Bogdan Grom slavi osemdeseti rojstni dan, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 26. 8. 1998, št. 201, str. 8, ilustr.
Irene Mislej: Bogdan Grom. Ameriška dela, Pilonova galerija, Ajdovščina, 7. 7. – 28. 7. 2000.
Jz: Slikarjeva iskanja in hrepenenja, Družina, Ljubljana, 17. 7. 2000, št. 29, str. 7, ilustr.
Jurij Paljk: Gromova ameriška dela, Novi glas, Trst/Gorica, 27. 7. 2000, št. 28, str. 7, ilustr.
Alenka Puhar: Grom naše mladosti, Delo, Ljubljana, 31. 8. 2000, št. 202, str. 16, ilustr.
Marjeta Ciglenečki: Bogdan Grom: ptujska in ameriška dela, Tednik, Ptuj, 31. 8. 2000, št. 35, str. 4, ilustr.
Alenka Puhar: Od kraških kamnov do kanjonov, Delo, Ljubljana, 29. 9. 2000, št. 227, str. 10, ilustr.
John DeFazio, Irene Mislej, Giulio Montenero, Luciano Perissinotto, Vanja Strukelj: Grom. Periodo americano 1957 – 2000, Sala di Pallazzo Costanzi, Trieste, 10. 3. –1. 4. 2001.
Jasna Merkù: Bogdan Grom razstavlja svoja dela v Palači Costanzi, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 11. 3. 2001, št. 60, str. 17, ilustr.
Jasna Merkù: V opusu Bogdana Groma je kraški kamen zaznaven, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 29. 3. 2001, št. 75, str. 11, ilustr.
Jasna Merkù: Umetnik, ki z občutenim doživljanjem zna prodreti v globino in jo ujeti. 85 let Bogdana Groma, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 26. 8. 2003, št. 200, str. 10, ilustr.
Nataša Zotlar: Grom med Guggenheimom in veleblagovnico, Nedelo, Ljubljana, 2. 11. 2003, št. 44, str. 27, ilustr.
V pripravi dopolnilo prve monografije. Bogdan Grom na obisku, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 3. 12. 2005, št. 282, str. 14, ilustr.
Marko Tavčar: Najbrž bi bil bogatejši, če bi kako drugače delal, a delal sem, kar sem hotel!, Novi glas, Trst/Gorica, 5. 1. 2006, št. 1, str. 8, ilustr.
Vanja Strukelj, Jasna Merkù, F. Peter Rose: Bogdan Grom. Moje korenine / Le mie radici / My roots, Trst / Trieste, Mladika, 2007, 225 str., ilustr.
Robi Poredoš: Umetnik, ki ni maral ameriških galerij, 7D, Maribor, 22. 8. 2007, št. 34, str. 24-25, ilustr.
Jasna Merkù: Bogdan Grom-vsestranski ustvarjalec, temperamenten slikar, grafik in kipar, Primorski dnevnik, Trst, 26. 8. 2008, št. 202, str. 20, ilustr.

 
         
   
     
     
   
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