Amir Nikravan is an Iranian-Mexican-American Queer artist living in Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited in the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and is in numerous private collections in these locations. Notable public collections include the Marciano Art Foundation, Zabludowicz Collection, the Langson IMCA, and the Palm Springs Art Museum.
EDUCATION
2011 MFA, Studio Art, University of California Irvine
2004 BFA, Painting and Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Passing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
2019 Neutral Rainbow, Vigo, London, UK
2018 World of Interiors, Various Small Fires, LA, CA
2017 Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Aggregate, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
Masks, Arndt Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
LISTE 20, Jonathan Viner Gallery, Basel, SW
2014 Merge Visible, Various Small Fires, LA, CA
Sites, Arndt Gallery, Berlin, DE
2012 Gemini, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Internal, Contemporary Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2010 Thresholds, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, LA, CA
AWARDS
2019 California Community Foundation and Getty Institute Fellowship
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 SFAI Alumi Exhibition, 120710, Berkely, CA, Curated by Josh Hash
2020 Labyrinth, EPOCH, Curated by Peter Wu
2019 Amir Nikravan and Duncan Macaskill, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017 Shifting Landscape, Sophia Contemporary, London, UK
2016 Tomorrow Never Comes, SAMEK Museum, Lewisburg, PA
Boys and Girls Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, NY, NY
1:1, Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles
2015 Surface of Color, The Pit, Los Angeles
2014 The Go Between: Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museum Capodimente Naples, Italy
Talk Like Sex, TBD Gallery, New York, New York
Amir Nikravan and Wes Noble, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Group Show, Brand New Gallery Milan, Mexico City
2013 Folding Time Rhymes, Greene Exhibitions, LA,CA
Fil Rouge, Curated by Lucie Fontaine, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Second Story, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
Kelly Cline and Amir Nikravan, Workspace, Art Platform LA
Nothing Comes From Nothing, Las Cienegas Projects,LA, CA
2010 Hollowing, Infernoesque, Berlin,
Breathe, Curated by Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Ground Control, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2009 Drawing Show, House on Genesee, Hollywood, CA
2008 Summer Guests, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Li, S Jennifer, Amir Nikravan: Review, Art in America, June 2018
2017 Cofre, Ian, “AMIR NIKRAVAN: Rational Design,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 5,
Singer, Jill, “Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational Design’ Is This Week’s Must-See Exhibition,”
Sight Unseen, September 18, 2017
“Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational Design’ at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York,” Blouin ArtInfo,
September 12, 2017
Ruiz, Alan, “Non-Representational Things”, CTXT, Fall 2017
Indreisek, Scott, “Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational’ Freestanding Paintings”, Out Magazine,
May 5, 2017
2016 Lesser, Casey, “15 New York Group Shows You Need to See This July,” Artsy.com,
June 28, 2016
Neuendorf, Henri, “Top 10 Shows on the LES and Surrounding Neighborhoods
This Summer, arnetnews.com, July 4, 2016
2015 Pew, Gwen, “Amir Nikravan: Mask,” Timeout.com, November, 2015
Ahn, Abe, “Forging Queer Indentity with Abstraction,” Hyperallergic.com, October 19th,
Will, Rachel, “Piasa Brings Emerging Artists of Los Angeles to Paris in New Exhibition,
BLOUINARTINFO.com, June 15th, 2015.
Zimskind, Lyle, “Art Attack: LA Galleries are Invading New York,” Los Angeles
Magazine, March 5th, 2015
Steinhauer, Jillian, “The Armory Show in 23 Superlatives,” Hyperallergic, March 4th,
2015 Peers, Alexandra and Ryan Steadman, “An Opinionated Guide to the Art Fair Avalanche
of NY’s Armory Week,” The New York Observer/Culture, March 3rd, 2015.
Boucher, Brian, “Plan Your Armory Week 2015 With Our Guide to the Best Art on Show,
artnetnews, March 2nd, 2015.
Penner, Degen, “Art Scene Booms in Hollywood: Inside L.A.’s New Gallery Row,” The
Hollywood Reporter, January 9th, 2015.
2014 Ollman, Leah, “Amir Nikravan Paintings at Home in Intellectualized Hall of Mirrors,” LA
Times, October 24th, 2014.
Wagley, Catherine, “When Creating Paintings, Amir Nikravan Tries to Miimic
Photoshop,” LA Weekly, October 15th, 2014.
Hunt, Amanda, “The Specter of Representation,” in Amir Nikravan (Los Angeles:
CRTXT, 2014).
Steffan, Patrick, “Accept and Follow the Void,” in Amir Nikravan (Los Angeles: CRTXT)
2011 Akel, Joseph, “Amir Nikravan: Internal” in Amir Nikravan: Internal (Los Angeles:
Workspace editions, 2011).
EDUCATION
2011 MFA, Studio Art, University of California Irvine
2004 BFA, Painting and Drawing, San Francisco Art Institute
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Passing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
2019 Neutral Rainbow, Vigo, London, UK
2018 World of Interiors, Various Small Fires, LA, CA
2017 Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Aggregate, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
Masks, Arndt Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
LISTE 20, Jonathan Viner Gallery, Basel, SW
2014 Merge Visible, Various Small Fires, LA, CA
Sites, Arndt Gallery, Berlin, DE
2012 Gemini, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Internal, Contemporary Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2010 Thresholds, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, LA, CA
AWARDS
2019 California Community Foundation and Getty Institute Fellowship
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 SFAI Alumi Exhibition, 120710, Berkely, CA, Curated by Josh Hash
2020 Labyrinth, EPOCH, Curated by Peter Wu
2019 Amir Nikravan and Duncan Macaskill, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017 Shifting Landscape, Sophia Contemporary, London, UK
2016 Tomorrow Never Comes, SAMEK Museum, Lewisburg, PA
Boys and Girls Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, NY, NY
1:1, Ashes/Ashes, Los Angeles
2015 Surface of Color, The Pit, Los Angeles
2014 The Go Between: Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museum Capodimente Naples, Italy
Talk Like Sex, TBD Gallery, New York, New York
Amir Nikravan and Wes Noble, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Group Show, Brand New Gallery Milan, Mexico City
2013 Folding Time Rhymes, Greene Exhibitions, LA,CA
Fil Rouge, Curated by Lucie Fontaine, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Second Story, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
Kelly Cline and Amir Nikravan, Workspace, Art Platform LA
Nothing Comes From Nothing, Las Cienegas Projects,LA, CA
2010 Hollowing, Infernoesque, Berlin,
Breathe, Curated by Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Ground Control, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2009 Drawing Show, House on Genesee, Hollywood, CA
2008 Summer Guests, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Li, S Jennifer, Amir Nikravan: Review, Art in America, June 2018
2017 Cofre, Ian, “AMIR NIKRAVAN: Rational Design,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 5,
Singer, Jill, “Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational Design’ Is This Week’s Must-See Exhibition,”
Sight Unseen, September 18, 2017
“Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational Design’ at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York,” Blouin ArtInfo,
September 12, 2017
Ruiz, Alan, “Non-Representational Things”, CTXT, Fall 2017
Indreisek, Scott, “Amir Nikravan’s ‘Rational’ Freestanding Paintings”, Out Magazine,
May 5, 2017
2016 Lesser, Casey, “15 New York Group Shows You Need to See This July,” Artsy.com,
June 28, 2016
Neuendorf, Henri, “Top 10 Shows on the LES and Surrounding Neighborhoods
This Summer, arnetnews.com, July 4, 2016
2015 Pew, Gwen, “Amir Nikravan: Mask,” Timeout.com, November, 2015
Ahn, Abe, “Forging Queer Indentity with Abstraction,” Hyperallergic.com, October 19th,
Will, Rachel, “Piasa Brings Emerging Artists of Los Angeles to Paris in New Exhibition,
BLOUINARTINFO.com, June 15th, 2015.
Zimskind, Lyle, “Art Attack: LA Galleries are Invading New York,” Los Angeles
Magazine, March 5th, 2015
Steinhauer, Jillian, “The Armory Show in 23 Superlatives,” Hyperallergic, March 4th,
2015 Peers, Alexandra and Ryan Steadman, “An Opinionated Guide to the Art Fair Avalanche
of NY’s Armory Week,” The New York Observer/Culture, March 3rd, 2015.
Boucher, Brian, “Plan Your Armory Week 2015 With Our Guide to the Best Art on Show,
artnetnews, March 2nd, 2015.
Penner, Degen, “Art Scene Booms in Hollywood: Inside L.A.’s New Gallery Row,” The
Hollywood Reporter, January 9th, 2015.
2014 Ollman, Leah, “Amir Nikravan Paintings at Home in Intellectualized Hall of Mirrors,” LA
Times, October 24th, 2014.
Wagley, Catherine, “When Creating Paintings, Amir Nikravan Tries to Miimic
Photoshop,” LA Weekly, October 15th, 2014.
Hunt, Amanda, “The Specter of Representation,” in Amir Nikravan (Los Angeles:
CRTXT, 2014).
Steffan, Patrick, “Accept and Follow the Void,” in Amir Nikravan (Los Angeles: CRTXT)
2011 Akel, Joseph, “Amir Nikravan: Internal” in Amir Nikravan: Internal (Los Angeles:
Workspace editions, 2011).