OVERVIEW

Kour Pour （b. 1987, Exeter, UK）is an American artist of British and Iranian descent.
Working restlessly across different artistic processes, media, and cultural references, Pour explores global art histories and the various constructs inherent in their creation. Meticulously hand-painted canvases coincide with enormous carved block prints and architectural, shaped paintings to create an artistic language that dynamically fuses conceptual depth with the rigor of craft. Engaging with visual languages across geographies and periods of time, such as Persian carpets and Japanese ukiyo-e prints, Pour highlights the hybrid and layered narratives of cultural exchange often overlooked in favor of the singular and simple art histories that are canon today. Pour’s exploration of art history is intimately linked with his exploration of identity. He advocates for its understanding not as a static and singular state defined by fixed categories, rather as a complex, fluid, and nuanced idea that evolves over time. Pour’s practice is anchored by a strong connection to his life, and his bodies of work stem from personal moments. Although he was born and raised in England, he was often asked, “where are you from?” That question has become the driving force of Pour’s investigations into the world.  In recent year, he takes participation held solo exhibitions in Aga Khan Museum（Toronto / Canada）, Gallery 1957（London / UK）and Kavi Gupta Gallery（Chicago / USA）. Collected by the Orange County Museum of Art（California / USA）. 

HISTORY

2025
‘Kour Pour: Cosmic Diagrams‘, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada 
2022
‘New Homes, New Places’, Gallery 1957, London, UK
2021
‘Familiar Spirits’, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA
‘Wild Garden’, Shrine/Sargent’s Daughters, New York, USA
2020
‘Fallow’, THE CLUB, Tokyo, Japan
2019
‘Returnee’, THE CLUB, Tokyo, Japan
‘Manzareh/Keshiki/Landscape’, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco, USA
2018
‘Abrash’, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
‘Polypainting’, Gnyp Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Polypainting’, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
2016
‘Onnagata’, Feuer/Mesler, New York, USA
‘Onnagata’, Gnyp Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015
‘Samsara’, Depart Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
2014
‘Ozymandias’, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
‘UNTITLED’, Contemporary Art Library, New York, USA

2024
‘Spirit House’, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, USA
‘Myth In Motion’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2023
‘Soft Edge of the Blade, Vol. 2’, Zaal Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022
‘Flowers of Time’, Hongan-ji Dendo-in, Kyoto, Japan
2021
‘A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean’, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2020
‘Glitch: Art and Technology Exhibitions’, Margo Veillon Gallery, AUC Tahrir Square, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
2019
‘LA Painting’, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, USA
‘Centennial: 100 Years of Otis College Alumni’, Ben Maltz Gallery Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA
2018
‘Mossavar-Nameh’, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran, Iran
2017
‘Decoration Never Dies, Anyway’, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan
‘Horror Vacui, or The Annihilation of Space’, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
‘Earthquakes and The Mid-Winter Burning Sun, Kazuo Shiraga & Kour Pour’, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco, USA
2016
‘Labyrinth(s)’, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
2015
‘Painting Show – Part One’, Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
‘From Above’, Di Donna, New York, USA
2014
‘The Go Between’, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
2012
‘In The Making’, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, USA
‘Wet Paint 4’, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida, USA
Orange County Museum of Art, California, USA
Crocker Art Museum, California, USA
Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire, USA
Yageo Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 
Art Jameel Collection, Dubai, UAE
Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Bunker Artspace, Florida, USA 

WORKS

NEWS

Kour Pour's solo exhibition ‘Kour Pour: Cosmic Diagrams’ will be held at AGA KHAN MUSEUM in  Toronto, Canada

Kour Pour’s solo exhibition ‘Kour Pour: Cosmic Diagrams’ will be held at AGA KHAN MUSEUM in Toronto, Canada from February 25, 2025 – February 22, 2026. Step into shared visions of the cosmos with the Canadian museum debut of Los Angeles-based artist Kour Pour’s celestial installation. On display in the Museum Collections Gallery, ‘Kour Pour:

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Art Basel Hong Kong'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. We are presenting a group exhibition curated around the theme of “Landscape Becomes Abstract”. Through its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong over the last several years, the gallery has continued to cultivate discourse that draws connections between modern, postwar, and

Kour Pour & Rember Yahuarcani ‘Myth In Motion’

KOTARO NUKAGA (Roppongi) is pleased to present ‘Myth in Motion’, a two-person exhibition featuring Kour Pour, a Los Angeles-based artist born in 1987 who has captured an international audience from a young age, and Rember Yahuarcani, an artist born in 1985 from the Uitoto Nation in South America, who is participating in the 60th Venice