Born 1981 in Aleppo, Syria.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005
MFA Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2003
BFA Sculpture, Kent State University, Kent, OH
BA Art History, Kent State University, Kent, OH
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, 2013
2012
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, September – October, 2012
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, March 10 – September 2, 2012
Austin, TX, Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, January 27 – March 10, 2012
2011
Dallas, TX, Nasher Sculpture Center, Sightings: Diana Al-Hadid, October 21, 2011 – January 15, 2012
Murcia, Spain, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, La Conservera, Play the Wolf Fifth, September 17, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Reno, NV, Nevada Museum of Art, Diana Al Hadid: Water Thief, September 3, 2011 – January 29, 2012
Dallas, TX, Nasher Sculpture Center, October 21, 2011 – January 15, 2012
2010
Los Angeles, CA, Hammer Museum, Water Thief, May 15 – August 15, 2010
2008
New York, NY, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Reverse Collider, September 4 – October 9, 2008
2007
New York, NY, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Record of a Mortal Universe, October 19 – November 21, 2007
2006
New York, NY, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, The Gradual Approach of My Disintegration, November 9 – December 30, 2006
Philadelphia, PA, Vox Populi, The Fourth Room, September 2006
Washington, D.C., Arlington Art Center, Immodest Mountain, April 4 – June 3, 2006
Greencastle, IN, Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University, Pangaea’s Blanket (and the Slowest Descent from Grace), October 6 – November 5, 2006
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Venice, Italy, Workshop Arte Contemporanea, Diana Al-Hadid and Medardo Rosso, June – July 2013
2012
North Adams, MA, Mass Moca, Invisible Cities, April 14, 2012 – March 1, 2013
2011
New York, NY, Exit Art, Printed Histories: 15 years of Exit Art portfolios 1995-2011, December 16, 2011 – January 31, 2012
Miami, FL, Adam Sender Collection, Art Basel Miami Beach, Home Alone, curated by Sarah Aibel, November 29 - December 4, 2011
New York, NY, RH Gallery, Collapse, November 1, 2011 - January 13, 2012
Sharjah, Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Center, CARAVAN, October 14, 2011
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Night Scented Stock, curated by Todd Levin, September 14 – October 22, 2011
Burlington, VT, BCA Center, Outdoor Excursions, curated by Gregory Volk, August 26 – December 3, 2011
Los Angeles, Human Resources, Touchy Feely, August 13 – September 3, 2011
New York, NY, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Lost Paradise including Diana Al-Hadid, Mathias Kessler, and Julião Sarmento, July 7 – August 6, 2011
New York, NY, The Flag Art Foundation, One, Another, curated by Stephanie Roach, June 29 – September 2, 2011
Thessaloniki, Greece, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki – State Museum of Contemporary Art, Disquieting Muses, June 23 – September 4, 2011
Istanbul, Turkey, Galeri Mana, Nereden Nereye, May 28 – July 23, 2011
Houston, TX, Peel Gallery, NOWNESS, January 7 – February 12, 2011
2010
Miami, OHWOW, Art Basel Miami Beach, IT AIN’T FAIR 2010, Exhibition design by Rafael de Cárdenas, December 2 – December 5, 2010
Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Art Galleries, *Run and Tell That! New work from New York, November 9, 2010 –January 9, 2011
Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Art on Paper 2010: The 41st Exhibition, November 7, 2010 – February 6, 2011
London and Lille, France, Saatchi Gallery, The Silk Road, October 20, 2010 – January 16, 2010
Miami, Florida, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Paper, May 8 – June 26, 2010
Rome Italy, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Does the Angle Between Two Walls Have a Happy Ending, (curated by Ishmael Randall Weeks), April 29 – June 15, 2010
2009
Abu Dhabi, UAE, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Disorientation II, (curated by Jack Persekian), November 21 – February 20
Gainesville, FL, UF University Galleries, Fresh From Chelsea, August 24 – December 4, 2009
Tampa, FL, USF, Contemporary Art Museum, New Weather, November 6, 2009 – March 6, 2010
Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival, (curated by Dan Cameron), September 15 – December 19, 2009
Istanbul, Turkey, In the Between, (curated by Suzanne Egeran,) September 10 – October 10, 2009
Watou, Belgium. Watou 2009, Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?, (curated by Joost Declercq,) July – September 2009
New York, NY, Academy of Arts & Letters, Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, March 12 - April 5, 2009
United Arab Emirates, The Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Biennial 9, March 16 – May 16, 2009
London, UK, The Saatchi Gallery, Unveiled: New Art From the Middle East, January 30 - May 9, 2009
2008
Los Angeles, CA, Otero Plassart, Anthology, November 22, 2008 – January 23, 2009
Montabaur, Germany, Center for Arts and Culture, Black Bile, Red Humour: Aspects of Melancholy, (curated by Oliver Zybok,), Fall 2008
Miami, FL, Midblock East, The Station 2008, (curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman,) December 3 – December 7, 2008
2007
New York, NY, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Agitation and Repose, (curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ), June 26 – August 17, 2007
Berlin, Germany, Galerie Michael Janssen, Blood Meridian, (curated by David Hunt, Galerie Michael Janssen), April 27 - May 26, 2007
New York, NY, Henry Street Settlement, Changing Climate, Changing Colors-24 contemporary Muslim Artists, curated by Mareena W. Daredia and Martin Dust
2006
Bronx, NY, Bronx Museum AIM 26, March 23 – July 2, 2006
Los Angeles, CA, The Happy Lion Mutiny, (curated by David Hunt), October – November, 2006
New York, NY, Black and White Gallery, The Sanctuary and the Scrum, (curated by David Hunt), June 22 - July 29, 2006
Utica, NY, Sculpture Space, The Small Sculpture Show
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2011
Slavick, Susanne. Out of Rubble. Milan: Edizioni Charta, 2011.
Caravan. Sharjah: Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Center, 2011
2010
Emerging Asian Artists. Gwangju, Korea: Gwangju Biennale Press, 2010.
2009
New Weather. Tampa, Florida: USF Contemporary Art Museum Publishing, 2009.
In the Between, Istanbul, Turkey: Egeran Art Advisory, 2009.
Visionaire 57: 2010. New York, NY: Visionaire Publishing, 2009.
New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. London, UK: Transglobe Publishing, 2009.
Provisions. Sharjah, UAE: Sharjah Biennial and Bidoun, 2009.
Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East. London, UK: Saatchi Gallery, 2009.
2008
Zybok, Oliver. Black Bile, Red Humour -- Aspects of Melancholy in Contemporary Art. Germany: Die Deutsch Bibliothek, 2008.
2006
AIM 26. Bronx, NY: Bronx Museum, 2006.
SELECTED ARTICLES
2012
"Diana Al-Hadid, Janelle Iglesias Receive Joan Mitchell Foundation Awards," VCU Arts, January 19, 2012
Kleiman, Alexandra. “The Sociology of Towers,” Artlog, January 10, 2012
2011
Lima, Benjamin. “Diana Al-Hadid: Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.” …might be good, December 2, 2011, Issue No. 179.
Vroom, Chris. “An Arab Spring for Art?” The Huffington Post, November 21, 2011
Simek, Peter. “Interview: Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” Front Row, November 17, 2011
Marcos, Maria Jose, “La conserva seventh series”, Domus, November 10, 2011
Furey, Meg. “Art Review: Sightings: Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” Pegasus News, November 3, 2011
Block, Jenny. “Fine Lookin’ Piece: Diana Al-Hadid’s ‘Gradiva’s Fourth Wall’ at the Nasher.” Dallas Observer. November 1, 2011
Lord, Christopher. “Caravan art exhibition looks back with heart.” The National, October 31, 2011
Robinson, Gaile. “Nasher ‘Sightings’ sculpture drips with contradiction.” Star-Telegram, October 29, 2011
Diez, Gontzal, “La música secreta del rey Lobo.” Laverdad.es, October 28, 2011
Mira, Mara, “La música secreta del rey Lobo.” Laverdad.es, October 28, 2011
Norman, Lee Ann, "Fragmented Heaven on Earth," Artslant, July 17, 2011
Cohen, David, "Ghost in the Machine: Diana Al-Hadid in Lost Paradise at Marianne Boesky," artcritical.com, July 2011
Jablon, Samuel. “Diana Al-Hadid.” BOMBLOG, June 27, 2011
Mohseni, Yasmine. “Travels through Space and Time.” Canvas, May/June 2011, p. 124-133
Trigg, Sarah. “Studio Check: Diana Al-Hadid.” ModernPainters, Summer, 2011.
Nazhand, Nazy. “Middle East Report.” Artnet.com. May 24, 2011.
Adam, Georgina. “Art Dubai attracts global audience.“ The Art Newspaper, April 2011.
“Art Dubai Projects to Feature New Work by More than 75 Artists in 2011 Edition.” Art Daily, January 23, 2011.
2010
Drexler, Jolanda. “Does City/Münster matter?” Kunstforum International Magazine, Issue 205, October 2010.
Sims, Kendra. “Diana Al-Hadid Builds Upside-down Cities,” The Berkshire Eagle, September 30, 2010.
“Q&A with Artist Diana Al-Hadid,” Hammer Museum, September 1, 2010.
Ollman, Leah. “Diana Al-Hadid at the Hammer Museum.” Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2010.
“Diana Al-Hadid’s First One-Person Museum Exhibition Opens at the Hammer” artdaily.org, May 16, 2010.
Massingill, Paul. “Sculptor Combines Something Old, Something New.” Daily Bruin, May 12, 2010.
Carmichael, Kelly. "Navigating Culture and Context: Arab Artists in the West." Contemporary Practices. vol 6
Peers, Alexandra. "Bridging the Gulf in the Arab World." Art in America. February 2010 no 2: 27-28.
Young, Jessica Bryce. "Bright Young Things Fresh From Chelsea: 21 Young NYC Artists." Orlando Weekly. January 27, 2010.
Williams, Maxwell. "The Collected: A Global Survey of Six Contemporary Artists, Diana Al-Hadid." Flaunt Magazine. Issue no. 107: 102-105.
2009
Haroon, Layla. "Past pictured in the context of present." GulfNews.com, December 11, 2009
Raheja, Lauren. “BAM’s Next Wave Art Showcases Artists Across Disciplines.” BrooklyntheBorough.com. December 7, 2009.
Sheikholeslami, Ali and Ayesha Daya. “Abu Dhabi Prepares for Louvre With Giant Gorilla, Beirut Jigsaw.” Bloombergnews.com. November 27, 2009.
Boucher, Katie. “Feast for the Senses.” The National. November 19, 2009.
Kwon, Liz Yisun. “Art & Space: Diana Al-Hadid.” Bob. May 2009: 138-141.
Reisenfeld, Robin. “The Labyrinth in the Tower: A Conversation with Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture. March 2009: 24-31.
Barakat, Alexander. “Baring the Middle East.”
Review of Unveiled: New Art The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. Canvas. March-April 2009: 178-181.
Murphy, Adrian. “Diana Al Hadid.” Brownbook. March-April 2009: 46-47.
Lovatt, Estelle. “Saatchi: Unveiled-New Art from the Middle East.”
Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. JewishComment.com. 26 February 2009.
Tarbush, Suzannah. “London serves up a lively menu of Mideast culture.” Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. The Saudi Gazette on the Web. 9 February 2009.
Dorment, Richard. “Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East at the Saatchi Gallery.” Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. Telegraph on the Web. 4 February 2009.
Ward, Ossian. “Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East.” Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. Time Out London on the Web. 3 February 2009.
Tomforde, Anna. “Islamic art a ‘taboo buster.’” Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. The Brunei Times on the Web. 31 January 2009.
Selva, Meera. “London’s Saatchi Gallery shows Middle Eastern Art.”
Review of Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. The International Herald Tribune on the Web. 29 January 2009.
Tom. “Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East.” Review of Unveiled:
New Art From The Middle East, at The Saatchi Gallery. SpoonFed.
29 January 2009.
Wolf, Rachel. “Artists to Watch.” ARTnews. January 2009: 86-87.
2008
Thorpe, Vanessa. “Record crowds for China art show.” The Observer on the Web. 14 December 2008.
Douglas, Sarah. "Alive and Kicking." Review of The Station 2008,
curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman. Artinfo. 5 December 2008.
Douglas, Sarah. "Weekend Picks: Luis Gispert in Miami." Artinfo. 4 December 2008.
Stillman, Nick. “Reviews.” Review of Reverse Collider, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Artforum. December 2008: 303-304.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Diana Al-Hadid: Reverse Collider.” Review of Reverse Collider, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New York Times. 3 October 2008: E35.
Baker, R. C. “Best in Show.” Review of Reverse Collider, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The Village Voice. 1-7 October 2008: 43.
Cohen, David. “Frozen Instants of Failure.” The New York Sun. 18 September 2008: 23.
Cohen, David. “Painting's Post-Feminist Form & Sculpture's Matron Saint.” The New York Sun. 17 September 2008: S3.
Grosz, David. “Diana Al-Hadid in New York.” Review of Reverse Collider, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Artinfo. 5 September 2008.
2007
Sharpe, Emily. “Diana Al-Hadid: Pulling Out All the Stops.” Review of All the Stops, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The Art Newspaper. 6 December 2007: 10.
Curcio, Seth. "Diana Al-Hadid." Review of Record of a Mortal Universe, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. Daily Serving. 19 November 2007.
“Diana Al-Hadid.” Review of Record of a Mortal Universe, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The New Yorker on the Web. 19 November 2007.
Wolff, Rachel. "Artist Diana Al-Hadid's Stairway to Heaven." Review of Record of a Mortal Universe, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. New York Magazine on the Web. 7 November 2007.
Al-Hadid, Diana. “Diana Al-Hadid.” NY Arts Magazine on the Web.
November-December 2007.
Powers, Sophia. “Citadel of Fancy.” Review of Record of a Mortal Universe, by Diana Al-Hadid, at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. ArtSlant. 28 October 2007.
Cotter, Holland. “Agitation and Repose.” Review of Agitation and Repose, at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. The New York Times on the Web. 10 August 2007.
Baker, R.C. "Best in Show." Review of Agitation and Repose, at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. The Village Voice. 1-7 August 2007: 55.
Falconer, Morgan. “Morgan Falconer’s Round-up of Summer Shows
in New York.” The Saatchi Gallery Online. 1 August 2007.
Cohen, David. “Curating a Common.” Review of Agitation and Repose,
at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. The New York Sun on the Web. 26 July 2007.
2006
Stone, Billy. “Going Down to Chinatown.” Los Angeles Entertainment Today. 10-16 November 2006: 6.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “For Hopeful Artists, the Search to Be Just Themselves.” Review of AIM 26, at the Bronx Museum. The New York Times on the Web. 9 April 2006.
Rockwell, Steve. “A Stir in Richmond, Virginia.” D’Art International on the Web. Winter-Spring 2006.
2005
O’Sullivan, Michael. “New Sensations.”
The Washington Post on the Web. 19 August 2005.
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Grant for Painters & Sculptors
2010
Nucci Award, USF Graphicstudio, Tampa, FL
Nimoy Foundation Award to support artist residency at USF Institute for Research in Art
2009
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
United States Artists Rockefeller Fellow
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Sculpture, New York, NY
2007
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2006
Residency at Artist-in-the-Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
Residency with Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, NY
Residency at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2005
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro