DRAWING

SCULPTURE

BIO

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

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2012 Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Trace of a Fictional Third, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2011 Sightings: Diana Al-Hadid, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Play the Wolf Fifth, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, La Conservera, Murcia, Spain
Diana Al-Hadid: Water Thief, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2010 Water Thief, UCLA Hammer Museum, Hammer Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Reverse Collider, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Record of a Mortal Universe, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
2006 The Gradual Approach of My Disintegration, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
Pangaea’s Blanket (and the Slowest Descent from Grace), Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
The Fourth Room, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Immodest Mountain, Arlington Art Center, Washington, D.C.

Group Exhibitions

2013 Diana Al-Hadid and Medardo Rosso, Workshop Arte Contemporanea, Venice, Italy
2012 Invisible Cities, Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
2011 Printed Histories, 15 years of Exit Art portfolios 1995-2011, Exit Art, New York, NY
Home Alone, Adam Sender Collection, Art Basel Miami Beach, curated by Sarah Aibel, Miami, FL
Collapse, RH Gallery, New York, NY
CARAVAN, Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
Night Scented Stock, Marianne Boesky Gallery, curated by Todd Levin, New York, NY
Outdoor Excursions, BCA Center, Burlington, VT
Touchy Feely, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Lost Paradise, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
One, Another, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
Disquieting Muses, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nereden Nereye, Galeri Mana, Istanbul, Turkey
NOWNESS, Peel Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 It Ain’t Fair 2010,  OHWOW, Art Basel Miami Beach, exhibition design by Rafael de Cardenas, Miami, FL
Art on Paper 2010: the 41st Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Run and Tell That!, Syracuse University Art Galleries, curated by Eric Gleason and David Prince, Syracuse, NY
Does the City Munster Matter?, Center for Contemporary Art, Munster, Germany
The Silk Road, Saatchi Gallery, London in Lille, France Paper, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami FL
Does the Angle Between Two Walls Have a Happy Ending, Federica Schiavo Gallery, curated by Ishmael Randall Weeks, Rome, Italy
From the Incubator: Sculpture Space, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2009 Disorientation II, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, curated by Jack Persekian, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Fresh From Chelsea, University of Florida University Galleries, Gainsville, FL
Inside Walls, 432 South 5th, curated by Ryan Muller, Brooklyn NY
New Weather, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn, NY
In the Between, Tabanlioglu Architects, curated by Suzanne Egeran, Istanbul, Turkey
Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? Watou 2009, curated by Joost Declercq, Watou, Belgium.
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
Sharjah Biennial 9, Sharjah, UAE
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, Center for Arts and Culture, curated by Oliver Zybok, Montabaur, Germany
The Station 2008, Midblock East, curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman, Miami, FL
2007 Agitation and Repose, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, New York, NY
Blood Meridian, Galerie Michael Janssen, curated by David Hunt, Berlin, Germany
2006 AIM 26, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Mutiny, The Happy Lion, curated by David Hunt, Los Angeles, CA
The Sanctuary and the Scrum, Black and White Gallery, curated by David Hunt, New York, NY

Selected Books & Catalogs

2011 Slavick, Susanne. Out of Rubble. Edizioni Charta, Milano, 2011.
2010 Emerging Asian Artists. Gwangju, Korea: Gwangju Biennale Press, 2010.
2009 New Weather. Tampa, FL: USF Contemporary Art Museum, 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

2011 “Nasher Sculpture Center: Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, December 2011, Volume 30, No. 10
Lima, Benjamin. “Diana Al-Hadid: Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.” …might be good, December 2, 2011, Issue No. 179
Wolff, Rachel. “Art, Pop & People.” Modern Luxury: Manhattan, November 26, 2011
Vroom, Chris. “An Arab Spring for Art?” The Huffington Post, November 21, 2011
Simek, Peter. “Interview: Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” FrontRow, November 17, 2011
Delicado, Gonzalo Herrero and María José Marcos. “La Conservera seventh series.” Domus, November 11, 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
Díez, Gontzal. “La música secreta del rey Lobo.” Laverdad.es, October 28, 2011
Wallin, Yasha. “Tony Cragg and Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” Surface, October 24, 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.
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.
Misheff, Johnny. “Something for Everyone at the ADAA Art Show.” Elle.com: Culture, March 2, 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/ Munster 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. 28 May 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.
Williams, Maxwell. “The Collected: A Global Survey of Six Contemporary Artists, Diana Al-Hadid.” Flaunt Magazine. Issue no. 107: 102-105.
Carmichael, Kelly. “Navigating Culture and Context: Arab Artists in the West.” Contemporary Practices. vol 6: 210-217.
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.
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.
Sartori, Leonora. “Arte Eclecttica.” la repubblica delle Donne. 21, March 2009. 152-162
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.
Jeffreys, 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 The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
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
2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2006 Artist-in-the-Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
Residency with Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, NY
2005 Residency at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY

Lectures and Academic Presentations

2012 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, visiting artist lecture, May
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, visiting artist lecture, May 9
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, gallery talk, March 23, 1:00pm
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, visiting artist lecture, March 22
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, visiting artist, February 23 – 28
Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, visiting artist lecture, January 23, 6:30pm
2011 Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, visiting artist lecture, October 29
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, participant, A + E Conference, September 29
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY, visiting artist lecture, September 7
New York Studio School, New York, NY, visiting artist lecture, March 1
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, visiting artist lecture, February 28
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, visiting artist lecture, February 24
Kent State University, Kent, OH, Panelist “Art-Making in the 21st Century,” January 15
Kent State University, Kent, OH, Centennial Alumni Exhibition II: Distinguished Alumni Lecturer
2010 Williams College, Williamstown, MA,  visiting artist lecture
SUNY New Paltz , New Paltz, NY,  visiting artist lecture
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA,  July 20
Artists Speak: Across History Series:  Diana Al-Hadid.  Art in General, New York, NY, May 19
Panel Discussion: Emergence of a New World: Collecting Contemporary Art in the Middle East, The Armory Show, New York, NY, March 4
2009 “Artists on Artists: Tala Madani by Diana Al-Hadid.” BOMB magazine, 109/ Fall 2009
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, visiting artist lecture
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY, visiting artist lecture
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, visiting artist lecture
Pennsylvania State Univeristy, visiting artist lecture
2007 Kent State University, Kent OH, Blossom Program visiting artist
Syracuse University Sculpture Area Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY
2006 DePauw University, Greencastle IN, visiting artist lecture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN, visiting artist lecture
2005 SECAC Annual Conference presentation, Placeless Places and Mythological Landscapes, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City MD, visiting artist lecture

Selected Collections

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The C-Collection, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein
The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York, NY
The Saatchi Collection, London, UK

NEWS

Awards

The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2011)

Exhibitions

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, 2011
Dallas, TX, Nasher Sculpture CenterSightings: Diana Al-Hadid, October 21, 2011 – January 15, 2012 (solo)
Murcia, Spain, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, La Conservera, Play the Wolf Fifth, September 17, 2011 – January 8, 2012 (solo)
Reno, NV, Nevada Museum of Art, Diana Al-Hadid: Water Thief, September 3, 2011 – January 29, 2012 (solo)
(Upcoming) Austin, TX, Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, January 27 – March 10, 2012 (solo)
(Upcoming) Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Trace of a Fictional Third, March 10 – September 2, 2012 (solo)
(Upcoming) North Adams, MA, Mass Moca, Invisible Cities, April 14, 2012 – March 1, 2013
(Upcoming) New York, NY, Marianne Boesky Gallery, September – October 2012 (solo)

Recent Press

“Nasher Sculpture Center: Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, December 2011, Volume 30, No. 10
Lima, Benjamin. “Diana Al-Hadid: Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.” …might be good, December 2, 2011, Issue No. 179
Wolff, Rachel. “Art, Pop & People.” Modern Luxury: Manhattan, November 26, 2011
Vroom, Chris, “An Arab Spring for Art?” The Huffington Post, November 21, 2011
Simek, Peter. “Interview: Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” FrontRow, November 17, 2011
Delicado, Gonzalo Herrero and María José Marcos. “La Conservera seventh series.” Domus, November 11, 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
Díez, Gontzal. “La música secreta del rey Lobo.” Laverdad.es, October 28, 2011
Wallin, Yasha. “Tony Cragg and Diana Al-Hadid at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” Surface, October 24, 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

Lectures & Presentations

(Upcoming) Austin, TX, Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, visiting artist lecture, January 23, 6:30pm
(Upcoming) Johnson, VT, Vermont Studio Center, visiting artist, February 23 – 28
(Upcoming) Richmond, VA, Virginia Commonwealth University, visiting artist lecture, March 22
(Upcoming) Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gallery talk, March 23, 1:00pm
(Upcoming) Dartmouth, MA, University of Massachusetts, visiting artist lecture, May 9
(Upcoming) Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, visiting artist lecture, May

CONTACT

Al-Hadid Studio













For further information, please visit Marianne Boesky Gallery

 

 

o

©  2011 Copyright Diana Al-Hadid - All Rights Reserved.