After debuting in his native Turin at the Martano (1968) and Gian Enzo Sperone (1969) galleries, Griffa’s work arrived just one year later in New York and Paris, with two solo shows produced by Ileana Sonnabend (1970). Since then, Giorgio Griffa has been dedicated more than two hundred solo exhibitions at museums, public and private institutions, and galleries worldwide. They have included the Centre Pompidou in Paris, LAM in Lille, the Camden Arts Centre in London, the Fundação de Serralves in Porto, the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, the Bergen Kunsthall, the MACRO in Rome, and the GAM in Turin.
Over the years Giorgio Griffa has been invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale (1978, 1980, 2017), the Rome Quadriennale (1986, 1999), and the São Paulo Art Biennial (1977, 2021), and in the exhibitions Materials and Objects, Tate Modern, London (2019), and Time & Place at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2008).
His works have been included in numerous groups shows, including Prospekt in Düsseldorf (1969, 1973), at the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne (1970), Villa Borghese in Rome (1973), GAM Bologna (1983, 1998), and the Castello di Rivoli. His work featured in an exhibition curated by Michel Claura in Paris, Mönchengladbach, and Antwerp, eloquently titled Une exposition de peinture réunissant certains peintres qui mettraient la peinture en question (1973). Other group exhibits featuring Griffa’s work have included shows at the GAM Bologna (1983, 1998), Colours at the Castello di Rivoli, and The Botanical Mind at the Camden Arts Centre.
Griffa actively works with Casey Kaplan (New York), Xavier Hufkens (Brussels), Massimo De Carlo (Milan), and Lorcan O'Neill (Rome). Over the years he has worked with many other gallerists, including Salzano and Biasutti in Turin; Daniel Templon in Paris; Toselli, Ariete, Lorenzelli, Milione, and Guastalla in Milan; Godel, Primo Piano, Marlborough, E.Tre, Mara Coccia, Oddi Baglioni, and Marino in Rome; Samangallery in Genoa; and Annemarie Verna in Zurich.
