Niloufar Fallahfar
Born 1991, Karaj, Iran
Lives and works in Michigan State, United States of America
Contact information:
Instagram: @niloufarfallahfar
Gmail: niloufarfallahfar@gmail.com
EDUCATION
- 2026 MFA Candidate in Studio Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- 2015 B.A in painting at Soore University, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITION
- 2025 Hidden Lines, ChairStation Organization, Lansing, MI
- 2024 LOSS! , gallery 101, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University , MI, USA
- 2021 Inadequate Narration , Bavan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2026 To Remember, You Must First Forget, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA, (Curated by Parisa Ghaderi, forthcoming)
- 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (forthcoming)
- 2026 8th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech University School of Design, Ruston, LA, (Juror: Bridget Bray, forthcoming)
- 2026 Selected Artist, SELECTS 2026 Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Jill Sarver Rossi,forthcoming)
- 2026 Finalist Exhibition, Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (Juror: Saya Woolfalk,forthcoming)
- 2025 President’s Arts & Culture Reception (Invited Exhibition), Cowles House, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2024-2025 Art in the Legislature, (competitive juried exhibition) Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI
- 2025 But Just Now…, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2025 3-Dimensional, Group Exhibition, Art Scene West Gallery, San Diego, CA, Selected artist; work featured, Not for Sale (NFS)
- 2025 9th FIGURATIVE International Juried Art Competition (Finalist) – Online Exhibition, Teravarna Art Gallery (February–March 2025), Not for Sale (NFS)
- 2025 Home, Online International Exhibition, juried by Katarina Bishop, Founder of Azalea Arts, (March 1 – May 1), Not for Sale (NFS)
- 2024 Preface, Gallery 101, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2023 Conglomeration, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2021 Il Etait Une Fois, Galerie Nouchine Pahlevan, Paris, France
- 2020 Teer Art Fair (Online Exhibition), Bavan Gallery booth, Tehran, Iran
- 2020 Fiction, Velocity, Vision, Bavan Gallery (Online Exhibition), Tehran, Iran
- 2019 Episode 03: Hidden, Mohsen Gallery, (Juror: Behrang Samadzadegan), Tehran, Iran
- 2014 Small Size Work, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- 2013 Small Size Work, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
FESTIVALS
- 2025 Annual ArtPrize, Devos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2018 Annual Versus Art Contest, Tehran, Iran
- 2017 Sixth Biannual Damonfar Biennial, Tehran, Iran
- 2015 Annual Versus Art Contest, Tehran, Iran
- 2015 Fifth Biannual Damonfar Biennial, Tehran, Iran
ACADEMIC SERVICE
- 2025 Graduate Student Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Art, Art History and Design, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Appointed by Department Chairperson to serve, as one of two graduate students, on committee charged with restructuring graduate program. Acted as a representative of and co-liaison to fellow graduate students. Attended bi-weekly meetings.)
- 2025 Juror, University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
- 2025 Art, Art History, and Design Professional Development Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2025 Asian Art Community Award, West Michigan Asian American Association, Grand Rapids, MI (announced during the International ArtPrize Competition Halftime Show in recognition of outstanding contribution to Asian Art and community engagement)
- 2025 Top 20 Finalist, City Center District, International ArtPrize Competition, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2025 Artist Seed Grant, International ArtPrize Competition, Grand Rapids, MI (competitive award for emerging artists and designers to help them cover the costs of creating and presenting their work at the annual ArtPrize international art competition in Grand Rapids, MI)
- 2025 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (competitive award to support thesis work during Fall 2025)
- 2025 Ovissi Foundation Artistic Program Award, Ovissi Foundation, VA (competitive award in support of artists of Iranian heritage, focusing on Iranian art and culture)
- 2025 Ahmad Shafaie Artist Support Award (Selected Recipient), Diaspora Arts Connection, San Francisco, CA (Selected for the award; unable to receive funds due to visa-related donor restrictions.)
- 2025 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Residency, Johnson, VT
- 2025 Summer Support Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2024 Research Enhancement Award, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2024 Art, Art History, and Design Professional Development Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, MI
- 2024 Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Graduate Fellowship, College of Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University, MI
- 2024 CAL Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2024 COLA Fellowship, College of Teaching programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2024 Summer Support Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- 2023 Art, Art History, and Design Professional Development Fellowship, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
ARTIST-TALKS
- 2021 Artist-talk, in conjunction with the Inadequate Narration solo exhibition, Posted on the Instagram of Bavan Gallery, Iran
- 2020 Online artist-talk in the form of a studio visit, posted on the Instagram of Bavan Gallery, talking about inspirations and process, Iran
- 2018 Artist-tal, in conjunction with “Episode 03: Hidden” group exhibition (with curator Behrang Samadzadegan and artists, also published in Zard Magazine, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
INTERVIEWS
- 2021 Seven Questions for Niloufar Fallahfar on “Inadequate Narration”, Interview by Ramin Saeedian, Honargardi, March 2021. Available at: https://honargardi.com/?p=24052
- 2021 The Connection Between Image and Form, Published on HonarOnline, March 2021. Available at: https://www.honaronline.ir
PUPLICATION
- 2025 Artist close up, Contemporary Art Magazine, Number 28, March edition, USA.
- 2024 Women Artists On the Rise, Winner; Publication feature, Fall Edition 2024, USA.
- 2021 Painting on Inequitable Discontinuities and Riemannian Spaces: A Reading of Niloufar Fallahfar’s Exhibition, Essay by Mehdi Rafie. Available at: www.academia.edu
- 2019 Honar-e-Tajrobeh Magazine, Essay by Mahsa Parvizi, Tehran, Iran
- 2016 Featured works of Niloufar Fallahfar (exhibited at Mohsen Gallery), Zard Magazine, Tehran, Iran.
- 2015 Fifth Damonfar Painting Biennial, Damonfar Gallery, First Edition. Juror: Aydin Aghdashloo, Tehran, Iran.