CV

Born 1982
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA


EDUCATION
MFA, Claremont Graduate University,  Claremont, CA, 2008
BA, Art,  University of California - Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA, 2005

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Pins and Needles, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2012 Empty Vessels, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY  
2011 Les Femmes D'Alger, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY 
2009 Recent Work, Link Contemporary, Claremont, CA
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Peggy Phelps Gallery (CGU), Claremont, CA

TWO PERSON EXHIBTIONS
2013 Asad Faulwell and Chris Johanson, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2009 Living History: Asad Faulwell and Matt Lipps, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (works selected by Dean Valentine and Marc Selwyn)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013  Rogue Wave, L.A. Louver, Venice Beach, CA
Art13, Lawrie/Shabibi Booth, London, UK
Chockablock, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA (Curated by Kristina Newhouse)
The New World, Wignall MOCA, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Curated by Roman Stollenwerk)

2012 The Oppenheimer Collection @ 20, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
About Face, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Disorder, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
To Live and Paint in L.A., Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (Curated by Max Presneill and Jason Ramos)
Visions from the New California, Kala, Berkeley, CA



2011 Incredulous Zealots: 4 Painterly Interrogations from LA, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK 
On Tap, Bowmont Art Partners, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Franklin Sirmans, Dean Valentine, Ali Subotnick)
Heroes and Villains, Lawrie/Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Pieceable Kingdom, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA (curated by David Pagel)
Emerging Voices from Iran and Diaspora, Miami, FL (curated by Kashya Hildebrand)
(Dis)Locating Culture, Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (curated by Reem Al-Alusi)
ArtDubai, Dubai, U.A.E.
Staging Identity, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland

2010 Gathering Together, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York , NY 
Tilt, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA 
ArtDubai, Dubai, U.A.E.

2009 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Whittier College Gallery, Whittier, CA
LA to Tehran: Mapping the Transnational State of Iranian Contemporary Art, The Guild, New York, NY
Let There be Light, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
GPS, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA

Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Banality of Good, Claremont Graduate University Main Gallery, Claremont, CA

2008 New Work, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
10 Artists Under 30, Sullivan-Goss Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Fresh Mix, Link Contemporary, Claremont, CA (curated by Amber Noland)
Interactions, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Hybridgity, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Dismantling Data, 98ten Fine Art, Irvine, CA
Us vs. Them, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
8 under 28, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA


Select Public Collections

The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
The Franks-Suss Collection, London UK