Amir Nikravan

Amir Nikravan (b.1983 in Los Angeles, CA) is an Iranian-Mexican-American Queer artist living in Los Angeles. He graduated with an MFA in 2011 from the University of California Irvine and a BFA in 2004 from the San Francisco Art Institute. Nikravan has had solo exhibitions at Tyler Park Presents,  Nathalie Karg (New York), Vigo (London), Various Small Fires (Los Angeles), Jonathan Viner (London), and Arndt Gallery (Berlin/Singapore). His work has also been included in group exhibitions at venues such as The Saatchi Gallery (London), The Pit (Los Angeles), Luce Gallery (Turin) and Museo Capodimente (Naples) among others. His work is in numerous private collections in these locations and notable public collections include the Marciano Art Foundation, Zabludowicz Collection, the Langson IMCA and the Palm Springs Art Museum. His work has been reviewed in publications such as Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, The Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Nikravan serves as the Chair of the Undergraduate Fine Art program at Art Center College of Design.