BIOGRAPHY

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

2011 (forthcoming) solo exhibition, Rice Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX. 

(forthcoming) solo exhibition, La Conservera Contemporary Art Center, Murcia, Spain. 

2010 (forthcoming) solo exhibition, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2008 Reverse Collider, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

2007 Record of a Mortal Universe, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

2006 The Fourth Room, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

The Gradual Approach of My Disintegration, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY

Immodest Mountain, Arlington Art Center, Washington, D.C.

Pangaea's Blanket (and the Slowest Descent from Grace), 

Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 New Weather, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL

Next Wave Festival, curated by Dan Cameron.  Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. 

In the Between, curated by Suzanne Egeran. Isantbun, Turkey.

Fresh From Chelsea, University of Florida University Gallery, Gainsville, FL. 

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY

Sharjah Biennial 9, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Unveiled: New Art From the Middle East, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 

2008 Anthology, Otero Plassart, Los Angeles, CA

Black Bile, Red Humour: Aspects of Melancholy, 

curated by Oliver Zybok, Center for Arts and Culture, 

Montabaur, Germany

The Station 2008, curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman, Midblock East, Miami, FL

2007 Agitation and Repose, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY

Blood Meridian, curated by David Hunt, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany

2006 AIM 26, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

Mutiny, curated by David Hunt, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA

The Sanctuary and the Scrum, curated by David Hunt, 

Black and White Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

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.

Sculpture Space the Book.  

2006 AIM 26. Bronx, NY: Bronx Museum, 2006.

SELECTED ARTICLES

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.

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.

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.

2005 

O'Sullivan, Michael. "New Sensations." The Washington Post on the Web. 19 August 2005.

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

2009 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 Artist-in-the-Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum. Bronx, NY