Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 1922 in Qazvin, Iran) was the first Iranian artist to have a solo exhibition at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US (2015). Other exhibitions include; Jameel Art Centre, Dubai, UAE (2023); High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2021); Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (2021); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2018); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2019); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US (2019); Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, US (2018); Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal (2014), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, US (2017); Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, US (2017); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (2013); Farmanfarmaian participated in the 1964 and 2009 Venice Biennales, and represented Iran in the 1958 Venice Biennale, where she was awarded the Gold Medal for her contribution.

Farmanfarmaian's works are housed in numerous major public collections including; The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Cornell Fine Arts Museum,  US; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA; The Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, US; Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, US; Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, US; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, US; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France; M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, US; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US; Monir Museum Negarestan Museum Park Gardens, Tehran, Iran; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Museum of Modern Art, Tehran, Iran; Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran; Queensland Gallery of Contemporary Art, Queensland, Australia; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US; Tate Modern, London, UK; Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran; Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, US; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.