Work

In America, he embraced a renewed neofuturistic dynamism, with stylized outlines of karst stone walls becoming central motifs in his cut-outs. His sculptures in various materials display a sense of plasticity, monumentality, and a blend of traditional and industrial materials. Grom created numerous installations for buildings, palaces, shopping centers, squares, sacred architecture, stained glass, and decorative mosaics. His bronze sculpture The Guard (1968) is at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Social issues and regional identity were close to his heart.

Bogdan Grom paid special attention to social issues and local identity. He began exhibiting in 1949 with a group of Slovenian artists from Trieste at the Scorpione Gallery in Trieste, followed by exhibitions in major Italian cities and participation in the Roman Quadriennale. He exhibited in Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Israel, Japan, and the United States. His works are part of permanent collections at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte in Rome, the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, the National Gallery in Belgrade, the Modern Gallery in Ljubljana, the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the White House Art Collection in Washington, and many other private collections. In 2011, he was awarded the decoration of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, for his rich creative opus, through which he consistently fulfilled the mission of an ambassador of excellence and the arts of Slovenian culture.