Maro Gorky was born in New York in 1943, elder daughter of the distinguished American painter of Armenian origin, Arshile Gorky. Her first lessons in painting took place with her father as a child. After her father's death, Maro Gorky's family moved to Europe and she went to schools in France, America, Spain, Italy and England.
Gorky took her Baccalauréat at the French Lycée in London in 1960 and then studied at the Slade School of Art in London, where she graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art in 1965. In 1967 she married the artist Matthew Spender and the following year they moved to Italy. They have lived in the Siennese countryside ever since. They have two daughters, born in the early seventies, and four grandchildren. Gorky began to exhibit her work in the early eighties and has held exhibitions in London, Milan, Venice, Florence, Volterra, Pietrasanta, Carrara and Los Angeles.
Exhibition history
1982
London, The Wraxall Gallery
1986
Passau, Die Galerie am Steinweg
1988
London, The Albemarle Gallery
1989
London, Sarah Long, Art International
1990
Long & Ryle, London
1991
Galleria Daverio, Milan
1992
Long & Ryle, London
1994
Long & Ryle, London
1997
Long & Ryle, London
1999
Carrara, ex Banca d’Italia,
2000
Venezia, Galleria Percorsi d’Arte 90
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
Pietrasanta, Chiesa di Sant’Agostino
Firenze, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
2001
Volterra, Logge del Palazzo Pretorio
Carrara, Centro Espositivo delle Erbe
2002
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2003
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2004
Los Angeles, Silvia Bezdikian Fine Arts
2005
Massa Carrara, Castello Malaspina
2006
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries
2008
Museo Civico Archeologico, Fiesole
2009
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2012
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2013
Spineto, Castello a Monte
2015
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2023
London, Long & Ryle, Art International
2024
Archivio Lante, Bagnaia, Viterbo
2024
London, Saatchi Gallery, Flowers: Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture