Asad Faulwell
2008 MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA,
2008 BA, Art, University of California - Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA, 2005
Faulwell was one of fifteen artists chosen for the Joan Mitchell MFA grant. The Annual MFA Grant Program was created in 1997 to help MFA painters & sculptors in furthering their artistic careers and to aid in the transition from academic to professional studio work upon graduation.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in April 1993 as a not-for-profit corporation following the death of Joan Mitchell in October 1992. The Foundation strives to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to aid and assist the needs of contemporary artists and to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities.
Coagula #96 COVER STORY: Asad Faulwell, the Coagula Interview
ARTSCENE Feburary 2009 Continued and Recommended Exhibtions
Asad Faulwell paints decorative, floral arabesques reminiscent of Islamic textiles, manuscripts and ceramics, which serve as the armature for cut-out black and white press photos of key figures within the turbulent social and political history of the Middle East. In addition to such public figures as Sadat (Egypt), King Abduall (Jordan), Faulwell creates homages to three less public women bombers who fought in the Battle of Algiers. The brightly colored surface designs are seductive and sensuous, creating a tension between the insistence of the political figures and historical events. The results are both pleasing and provocative (Link Contemporary Art, Claremont).