ASAD FAULWELL

I will have a piece in "Common Bonds" at the UCSB AD&A Museum.  The show examines the ways in which artists and architects explore how fellowship and communion are engendered and portrayed.  The show features work by Gregory Ain, Roberto Benavidez, Karon Davis, Fritz Eichenberg, Asad Faulwell, Ja'Tovia Gary, Pablo Helguera, James Hill, Peter Hujar, Joseph S. Melchione, Ruben Ochoa, Aminah Robinson, Julius Shulman, Jean Swiggett, Pipo Ngyugen-Duy, Richard B. Taylor, Juane Quick-to-See, and Kara Walker and will open January 12th, 2019 and run through December 8th, 2019.

For more information visit http://www.museum.ucsb.edu/news/feature/742

I am very happy to announce that the UC- Santa Barbara Art, Design & Architecture Museum has a acquired my lithograph "Djamila" for the permenant collection.

http://www.museum.ucsb.edu/

My lithograph "Djamila" has been acquired for the permenant collection by The Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, KS.  "Djamila" was produced with Bedrock Art Editions in Kansas City, MO.

For more info..

http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=ulrichmuseum&p=/index

http://www.bedrockarteditions.com/asad-faulwell/

I will have a piece in "Unexpected Encounters" at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.  The exhibition is a sampling of works acquired by the museum over the last ten years.  The show opens on June 2nd and runs through August 12th. 

https://www.nelson-atkins.org/events/unexpected-encounters/

My recently completed lithograph "Djamila" has been purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.  "Djamila" is a 21 plate variable edition lithograph made in collaboration with Bedrock Art Editions.  I am thrilled to have the piece included in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins.

http://www.bedrockarteditions.com/faulwell-dajmila-2018/

detail of "Djamila"

My painting from 2009 "Iran: Pillars" will be included in a group show at LACMA called "In the Fields of Empty Days".  The show opens May 6th and runs through September 9th.  "Iran: Pillars" was acquired by LACMA last year, this is the first time it will be shown at the museum.  

For more information about the exhibition go to http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/fields-empty-days

The show was reviewed in the L.A. Times by Christopher Knight http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-iranian-art-lacma-20180604-htmlstory.html

To purchase the catalogue with essays by LACMA curators Linda Komaroff, Sandra Williams and others go to

https://www.thelacmastore.org/collections/in-the-fields-of-empty-days/products/in-the-fields-of-empty-days-the-intersection-of-past-and-present-in-iranian-art

I am very pleased that Pillars:Iran is now part of the permanent collection at LACMA.  The piece will also be included in a group show at LACMA opening in 2018.

http://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/harpersbazaararabia.com/art/artists/lacma-buys-painting-by-iranian-artist-asad-faulwell

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-executive-order-on-immigration-837734

Very happy to have Les Femmes D'Alger #52 in The Oppenheimer Collection at Nerman MOCA.  The painting is 72" x 180" and will be included in my forthcoming solo show at Bill Brady Gallery before heading to its permenant home at The Nerman.

I am very happy to have a piece in Misappropriations:New Acquisitions at OCMA.  The show features a selection of works recently acquired by the museum and is curated by Dan Cameron.  Other artists in the show are Abetz/Drescher, Ricci Albenda, Edgar Arceneaux, Libby Black, Mari Eastman, Ala Ebtekar, Jim Lambie, Rodney McMillian, Jason Middlebrook, Kristen Morgin, Cady Noland, David Rathman, David Scher, Ed Templeton, Jeffrey Vallance, and Millie Wilson.  The show opens February 15th and closes on May 24th.

 Les Femmes D Alger #37 48 x 36 2014

I am very happy to announce that Les Femmes D'Alger #37 is now a part of the permanant collection at The Orange County Museum of Art.  The piece was acquired by the museum last month.

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I will have several pieces in a two person show with Chris Johanson at The Nassau County Museum of Art opening March 9th.  The Nassau County Museum of Art is located in Roslyn Harbor, NY just outside of New York City.

For more information check out http://asadfaulwell.blogspot.com/2013/02/asad-faulwell-and-chris-johanson-nassau.html

I will be having my first museum solo exhibition at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS.  I was just in a group show at the Nerman celebrating the museum's Oppenheimer Collection and am very excited to be working with the Nerman on this solo show.  The show is called "Pins and Needles" and will feature 9 medium to large scale works from 2010-2012.

THE OPENING HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER. 

for more information go to my blog http://asadfaulwell.blogspot.com/2013/02/pins-and-needles-at-nerman-museum-of.html

http://kcstudio.org/2013/02/modern-art/

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/15/4120747/cultural-traditions-inspire-shows.html

Install shots

I will have work in Chockablock at The University Art Museum in Long Beach.  The show is curated by Kristina Newhouse and runs from January 26th - April 15th.

I will have work in The New World at The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art.  The show is curated by Roman Stollenwerk and runs from January 22nd - March 16th

Review of The New World in IE Weekly http://ieweekly.com/2013/02//pick-of-the-week-events/the-new-world/