Kour Pour
Bio
British-Iranian artist Kour Pour (b. 1987, Exeter, England) attended Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (BFA, 2010). Recent solo and two person exhibitions include Familiar Spirits at Kavi Gupta, Chicago, 2021; Fallow, at The Club, Tokyo, Japan; Manzareh/Keshiki/Landscape at Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, 2019; Abrash at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, 2018; Polypainting at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, 2018, and GNYP Gallery, Berlin, 2018. Select group exhibitions include Gold Standard: Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects], 2019); Decoration Never Dies, Anyway at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, 2017; and Labyrinth(s) at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, 2016. A solo exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran is forthcoming in 2022.
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibition at SHRINE 2021
Wild Garden, 2019-2020, acrylic on canvas over panel, 96 x 72 in.
Tantric Lovers, 2021, ceramic tile and jade figurines, 27 x 22.5 x 13.5 in.
Peacock Tiger, 2020-2021, block printing ink, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 94 x 76 in.
Jade Tiger, 2021, block printing ink, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 94 x 76 in
Eternal Springtime (Nowruz), 2017-2021, acrylic on canvas over panel, 96 x 144 in.
Extraction, 2021, acrylic on canvas over panel, 27 x 25.5 in.
Minimalism as Decoration, 2021, ceramic tile and carved vase, 22 x 14 x 9 in.
Minhwa Modernism, 2021, block printing ink, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 43 x 32 in.
Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue (Blue), 2018-2021, acrylic on canvas over panel, 72 x 60 in
Extraction, 2021, acrylic and oil on canvas over panel, 29.25 x 24 in.
Teatime, 2021, ceramic tile and tea set, 27 x 22.5 x 13.5 in.