Kourosh Beigpour is an LA-based, award-winning graphic artist and type designer. He received his BFA in 2003 from the Tehran University of Art, one of Asia’s oldest and most prestigious art schools, and earned an MFA in International Contemporary Art and Design from Limkokwing University in 2011.
Beigpour’s work in typography and graphic design has been published in more than twenty countries worldwide. His portfolio reflects a strong creative energy and a distinctive visual language, with a particular focus on Persian and Arabic typography and identity design, expressing his deep appreciation for Iran’s millennia-old art and cultural heritage.
He has designed for a wide range of clients, including Google, The Broad, The J. Paul Getty Museum, University of California Irvine (UCI), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Canada Type, Powerhouse Museum, DoppelHouse Press, and The Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.
In 2023, Beigpour’s set of six limited-edition screenprints, The Mandal Series, was acquired by the permanent collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Kourosh Beigpour CV
EDUCATION
2023-2024 TypeWest, Postgraduate Program in Type Design, San Francisco, CA, USA
2009-2012 Limkokwing University, MA in International Contemporary Art and Design, Malaysia
1999-2003 Art University, BA in Textile and Fashion Design, Tehran, Iran
AWARDS AND ACQUISITIONS
2024 Stanford University, Silicon Project Fellowship Recipient, San Francisco, CA, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Acquisition to the Permanent Collection
2023 Communication Arts, Typography Award, USA
2022 ADC (Art Directors Club), Merit Award, Type Design Competition, USA
2020 Typewknd, Reviewers Committee Member, USA
SOTA Catalyst Awards, Judging Committee, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017 Granshan Type Design Competition, Special Mention, Munich, Germany
2008 Selected for the 5th Generation of Iranian Graphic Designers, Iran
TALKS AND LECTURES
2024 Stanford University, Face/Interface, From Script to Screen: The Digital Journey of the Laki Language, USA
University of California, Irvine (UCI), The Mirror of the Sun: An Introduction to Rūmī’s Encounter with Shams, California, USA
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Tracing Lines: A Journey Through Art, Memory, and Inspiration, USA
University of Texas at Austin, Up & Down: Tracing the Art Within, USA
2023 Stanford University, Face/Interface, Farsi Type in Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA, USA
TypeCon, Farsi Type in Los Angeles, Portland, OR, USA
Farhang Connect, Mystical Origins of Persian Calligraphy, August 12, California, USA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Type-Face: The Iranian Diaspora in Global Perspective (with Amir Arzanian), California, USA
2019 TypeCon, Dots and Dot Positioning in Arabic Script Based on Nastaliq, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Posht-e Baam Magazine, No. 1, The Words Which Became Letters: An Interview with Nasser Ovissi, Tehran, Iran
2018 12th Biennial of Iranian Studies Conference, A Present Retrospective, University of California, Irvine, USA
2014 California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), “Anybody Who’s a Word, Who’s a Spirit…”, November 5, Los Angeles, CA, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2025 ADVOCARTSY, Portraiture Now: Iranian Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2024 San Diego Museum of Art, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World, San Diego, CA, USA
ADVOCARTSY, Vintage Modern (Summer Group Exhibition), Los Angeles, USA
2023 Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum, Tehran Type Week, Tehran, Iran
ADVOCARTSY, Resilience (Summer Group Exhibition), Los Angeles, USA
ADVOCARTSY, Mandal (Solo Exhibition), Los Angeles, USA
Peru Design Biennial, Peru Design Biennial, Lima, Peru
2022 ADVOCARTSY, Iranian Mint: A Contemporary Art + NFT Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
Posterists in the World, Posterists in the World, Cusco, Peru
Azad University, Poster Design Group Exhibition, Yazd, Iran
2021 Peru Design Biennial, Peru Design Biennial, Lima, Peru
B.I International Poster Art Biennale, B.I International Poster Art Biennale, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Niavaran Cultural Center, The 3rd International Annual Design Exhibition (Group Poster Exhibition), Tehran, Iran
2018 Dena Gallery, Hafiz, the Tongue of the Hidden (Group Poster Exhibition), Tehran / Tabriz, Iran
ATypI 2018, Granshan Type Design Competition Winner, Antwerp, Belgium
University of California, Irvine, A Present Retrospective (Solo Poster Exhibition), California, USA
Marfa Film Festival, Video Animation with Naghme Farzaneh, Texas, USA
2017 Dena Gallery, A Sleeping Tent, A Piece of Art (Mixed Media) Group Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
City View, 10th Annual San Francisco Fundraising, San Francisco, USA
MiM Gallery, Art Show by Moms Against Poverty, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Iran-Shahr Café Gallery, Iranian Artists Forum, Yalda Night’s Poster Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
Lublin Biennial, 2nd International Poster Biennale (ISPB), Lublin, Poland
Niavaran Cultural Center, 3rd Grand Festival of Art for Peace (Group Poster Exhibition), Tehran, Iran
Shirin Gallery, Jahan Pahlevan Takhti (Mixed Media), Group Art Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2014-2015 Levantine Cultural Center / AAMN, Local / Not Local: Arabic & Iranian Typography Made in California, Los Angeles & Dearborn, USA
2014 Wen Yiduo Art Gallery, HuangGang, New Form International Invitation Graphic Design Exhibition, China
Iranian Artists Forum, A Selection of 35 Years of Contemporary Iranian Book Cover Design, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artists Forum, The Exhibition of Felicity Festival Posters, Tehran, Iran
2012 Iranian Artists Forum, The Exhibition of Felicity Festival Posters, Tehran, Iran
2011 Xinhua Art District / AAAD, New Form International Graphic Design Exhibition – Poster, Fuzhou, China
The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Tragedy (Solo Poster Exhibition), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10th OtwArta Wystawa, Plakat Irański, Łódź, Poland
2010 Spazio Thetis, Felicity Project: Change Your City, Change Your Life, Venice, Italy
Kord Art Gallery, Neshane Be Sar (Logo & Logotype), Sanandaj, Iran
2009 Saba Culture and Art Institute, 3rd International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran
Laleh Gallery, Poster Design Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artists Forum, The First Fadjr International Visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artists Forum, 6th Image of the Year, Tehran, Iran
2008 Moscow International Biennial of Graphic Design, 8th Golden Bee, Moscow, Russia
RCM Art Museum, Eyes on China, Bless China, China
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, 4th Asma-ul Husna Typography Biennial (Selected), Tehran, Iran
Saba Culture and Art Institute, Selected of 25 Years of Iranian Theatre Posters, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artists Forum, The Annual Book of Iranian Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran
2007 2nd International Poster and Computer Animation Competition, “Anti AIDS–Ukraine”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Saba Culture and Art Institute, 2nd International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artists Forum, 3rd Asma-ul Husna Typography Biennale, Tehran, Iran
2006 Galerie HaDivadlo Brno, 34th Brno Biennale: Identity, Brno, Czech Republic
Saba Culture and Art Institute, Selected Posters of 5th Generation Graphic Designers of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2004 Saba Culture and Art Institute, New Methods of Persian Calligraphy, Tehran, Iran
2003 Niavaran Gallery, Painting – Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2002 Art University of Tehran, Painting – Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
Shafagh Gallery, Painting – Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2001 Barg Gallery, Painting – Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
2000 Barg Gallery, Painting – Group Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Nadegar-e Honar Publication, Tehran Type Week, Tehran, Iran
2021 Hamshahri Publication, Century of Stone and Diamond, Tehran, Iran
Hamshahri Magazine, Special Issue on Graphic Design in Iran, Tehran, Iran
2020 Elmi-Farhangi Publication, One Hundred Years of Graphics in Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2015 Paris Publication, Naamomken 02: Literature, Critic & Philosophy, Paris, France
Milkan Publication, “Jahan Pahlevan” Takhti, Tehran, Iran
2014 Local / Not Local: Arabic & Iranian Typography Made in California, Los Angeles, USA
Mirdashti Publication, A Selection of 35 Years of Contemporary Iranian Book Cover Design, Tehran, Iran
2013 Creative-Inspiration.co.uk, Persian Typography Designs, United Kingdom
CreativeRoots.org, Persian Typography Designs
TypographyServed.com, Persian Typography, USA
Etapes.com, Un Regard sur l’Écriture Persane, France
2010 Felicity: Change Your City, Change Your Life, Venice, Italy
Tasvir Magazine, Nos. 60–65, 6th Image of the Year, Tehran, Iran
Fardabeh Publication, Neshane Be Sar (Logo & Logotype): Selected Graphic Design of Kermanshah Province, Iran
2009 Saba Culture and Art Institute, The Book of the 3rd International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran
Ciball-e Honar Publication, Iranian Logotypes, Tehran, Iran
Shahr Publication, The Book of Poster Design Group Exhibition (Morakab), Tehran, Iran
2008 Yassavoli Publication, The Book of the 3rd Annual Typography Poster of Asma-ul Husna, Tehran, Iran
Nazar Publication, The Annual Book of Iranian Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran
2007 Saba Culture and Art Institute, Multimedia of the 2nd International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran
2006 Haft Rang Publication, The Book of Selected Posters of the 5th Generation of Iranian Graphic Designers, Tehran, Iran
Rasm Publication, 3rd Book: Years of Student Graphic (Sign), Tehran, Iran
SPIN spol. s r.o., The Identity Catalogue (Multimedia), Brno, Czech Republic
2003 Negima Publication, Tutia and the World’s Citizen No. 3 (Poetry Workshop Book), Tehran, Iran
Goharan Magazine, Specialized Poetry Quarterly (Nosrat Rahmani Special Issue), Tehran, Iran
BOOKS
2017 Jordan Center for Persian Studies, An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry (with Elham Gordi), USA
2016 Asni Publication, Home Trees — Translation of Mike Finley’s poems (with Elham Gordi), translated from English to Persian, Tehran, Iran
H&S Media, I Blink and You Are a Peacock (with Sheida Mohamadi) — Photography and poem, UK
2015 H&S Media, Paradox (with Ebrahim Nabavi), UK
H&S Media, Augmented Chapters of Poems — A collection of poems, UK
2013 H&S Media, Complete Book of Witchcraft — Illustration by Sepideh Mjarad Takestani, UK
2012 H&S Media, A Sterile and Strange Dream: With Six Fingers and Two Heads, and Parallel Memories Hanging from Its Ears, UK
3-hour audio CD (Music by Farzad Golpayegani), UK
H&S Media, Rainbow: A Look at Vinyl Album Covers from Iran, UK
2005 Safir-e Elm Publication, Thursday, Seven Steps Under the Ground — A collection of poems, Tehran, Iran
INTERVIEWS
2024 Tajrobeh Magazine, No. 31, Our Roots Lie in Greater Iran — Interview with Hossein Ganji, July 21, Tehran, Iran
Applied Arts Magazine, Stroke of Genius — Interview with Aria Novodedlik, May 3, USA
Shargh Newspaper, I Seek Experience — Interview with Hossein Ganji, March 12, Tehran, Iran
2022 ShoutoutLA.com, Meet Kourosh Beigpour, Graphic Artist & Font Designer, April 25, USA
2021 VoyageLA.com, Rising Stars: Meet Kourosh Beigpour, May 27, USA
2018 Tehran Review Magazine, No. 155, Graphic Designer and Typographer — Interview by Samira Fazel, October, Tehran, Iran
Medium.com, The Grammar of Arabic — Thomas Jockin, July 30, USA
AestheticusMedia.com, Persian Inspirations — Ben Mirzaei, January 26, UK
2016 KRIN Radio Iran 670, Interview by Mandana Zandian, April 16, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 Radio Tabbouli, Local / Not Local: Arabic & Iranian Typography Made in California — Arielle Zionts, July 15, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Radio Tabbouli, Local / Not Local: Arabic & Iranian Typography Made in California — Maece Seirafi & Pouya Jahanshahi, June 3, Los Angeles, CA, USA
TypeEd, The Calligraphic Styling on Kourosh Beigpour — Rachel Elnar, May 1, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 NTV7, The Breakfast Show, August 5, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
