AMIR H. FALLAH
Photo by Joshua K Flynn.
ABOUT THE Artist
Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran; lives and works in Los Angeles) received his BFA in Fine Art & Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA in Painting from UCLA. His work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally, with solo shows at the Fowler Museum (Los Angeles), Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson), South Dakota Art Museum, Schneider Museum of Art, San Diego ICA, and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.
Fallah is the founder and former creative director of the art and design publication Beautiful/Decay (1996–2013). He has received numerous honors, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2015), the Northern Trust Purchase Prize at EXPO Chicago (2019), the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship (2020), and an Artadia Award (2020).
His work is held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the de Young Museum (San Francisco), the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Jorge M. Pérez Collection (Miami), the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art (Athens), the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art (China), the Smart Museum of Art (Chicago), the Crocker Art Museum (California), and many others.
Photo by Joshua K Flynn.
RMCAD + PUBLIC EVENTS
Artist TALK + Exhibition reception
Thursday, NOVEMBER 13, 2025
6:00 pm MT | Doors open at 5:30 pm
Exhibition reception immediately following the artist talk
Mary Harris Auditorium
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
1600 Pierce Street, Denver, CO 80214
This event is free and open to the public and offered both in-person and livestreamed.
Free refreshments are provided in person.
Amir H. Fallah. Guardian, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 60 inches. 2022. Courtesy of Nazarian/Curcio Los Angeles and the artist.
RMCAD Only Events
One-on-one Meetings with Amir H. Fallah
Friday, November 14, 2025
Space is limited. Students must apply to participate.
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 6, 2025
RMCAD online and on-ground students have the exciting opportunity to share their work with visiting artist Amir H. Fallah in 20-minute meetings. If selected, students get feedback on their own work from this accomplished visiting artist.
STUDENT-LED Q+A SESSION
Friday, November 14, 2025
11:45 am - 12:45 pm Mountain Time
More details coming soon.
Student-Led Q&A Sessions are casual, in-person conversations open to RMCAD students, faculty, and staff. Guided by student voices, these discussions generate valuable professional advice for all students.
Students! Apply to be a moderator for this event HERE!
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 6, 2025