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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
| 2015 | OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 | The Fates, Secession, Vienna, Austria |
| Diana Al-Hadid, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH | |
| Diana Al-Hadid: Regarding Medardo Rosso (two-person exhibition with Medardo Rosso), Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2013 | Diana Al-Hadid: Nolli’s Orders, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH |
| Diana Al-Hadid, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (Traveling to SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA) | |
| 2012 | The Vanishing Point, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY |
| Trace of a Fictional Third, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA | |
| Suspended After Image, 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 | Hammer Projects: Water Thief, UCLA Hammer Museum, 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 | 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
| 2014 | Apocryphal Times, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY |
| NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH | |
| Four Decades of Drawings and Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Tarīqah, Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | |
| Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice at USF, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL | |
| BLACK/WHITE, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 2013 | 10 under 40, Instanbul ’74, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Levity/Gravity, EXPO Chicago, curated by Shamim M. Momin, Chicago, IL | |
| Remainder, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK | |
| Cadavres exquis, Musèe Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France | |
| 1986-2013/An Artist Collecting Art, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway | |
| 2012 | It Ain’t Fair 2012, OHWOW, Miami, FL |
| Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI | |
| REORIENTED, Havremagasinet, Luleå, Sweden | |
| Jack Helgesen Family Collection, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway | |
| Jack Helgesen Family Collection, ARCIHTECTONS, Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway | |
| 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
| 2014 | Tarīqah, Sharjah: Barjeel Art Foundation, pg 38-51, February, 2014. |
| 2013 | Amirsadeghi, Hossein; Eisler, Maryam. Art Studio America: Contemporary Art Spaces, UK: Thames and Hudson, November 4, 2013 |
| Trigg, Sarah, Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools and Observations on the Artistic Process. pg 20-23. Princeton Architectural Press, 2013. | |
| Griffin, Jonathan, Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. pg 18 -19, Phaidon, 2013. | |
| Eden, Xandra; Volk, Gregory. Diana Al-Hadid. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013. | |
| Artaud, Evelyne; Fayard, Jeanne; Watteau, Diane. Cadavre Exquis, Suite Méditerranéenne. Paris, France: Editions Nova, 2013. | |
| 2012 | Buchakjian, Gregory, War and Other [Impossible] Possibilities: Thoughts on Arab History and Contemporary Art. Beirut: Alarm Editions, 2012. |
| Bua, Matt; Goldfarb, Maximilian, Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawings. London, UK: Laurence King, 2012. | |
| 2011 | Slavick, Susanne. Out of Rubble. Edizioni Charta, Milano, 2011. |
| Caravan. Sharjah: Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Center, 2011. (exhibition catalogue) | |
| Morse, Jed. Exhibition pamphlet published on the occasion of Sightings: Diana Al-Hadid, Nasher Sculpture Center, 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
| 2014 | Maine, Stephan, “Diana Al-Hadid: Regarding Medardo Rosso”, ARTnews, April 2014 |
| Agustsson, Sola, “Diana Al-Hadid: Regarding Medardo Rosso”, Whitewall.com, March 13, 2014 | |
| Small, Rachel. “Diana Al-Hadid’s Babylon” Interview Magazine. February 6, 2014 | |
| Urkycki, Mark. “A former Canton resident makes a name for herself in the art world”, WKSU – 89.7 Online. January 27, 2014. Accompanying radio interview. | |
| Howorth, Claire, “States of Matter: On Display”, The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2014 | |
| 2013 | Randall, Brent, “Diana Al-Hadid”, Husk, Winter 2013 – 2014 |
| Litt, Steven, “The Akron Art Museum salutes Diana Al-Hadid, a Kent State grad in search of art world success – on her own terms.” The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, November 27, 2013 | |
| Perry, Dee. Interview with Diana Al-Hadid. “Harvey Webster, Diana Al-Hadid & ‘Sensory-Friendly Theater’”, 90.3 WCRN/NPR: The Sound of Applause, November 25, 2013. Radio | |
| “Savannah College of Art and Design, Museum of Art: Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, December 2013 | |
| “Diana Al-Hadid at the 55th Venice Biennale.” Artist to Artist, art21.org, October 18, 2013 | |
| Zabludowicz, Tiffany, “The Female Gaze.” W Magazine, August 16, 2013 | |
| Kinsella, Eileen. 50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists. Art + Auction, June, 2013. | |
| Hicks, Cinque. “Diana Al-Hadid.” Artforum online, April, 2013 | |
| “Diana Al-Hadid’s Suspended Reality.” NewYorkCloseUp, art21.org, August 3, 2012 | |
| Amy, Michael, “Ghosts of Things: A Conversation with Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, April 2013, 32, 3, pp.20-27 (cover story) | |
| “GalleristNY: The 50-Artist Next Generation.” The Observer | |
| DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn. “Artist Brings ‘Incredible’ Sculptures to UNCG.” News & Record, February 11, 2013 | |
| 2012 | “YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Staff’s Picks for the Best Art We Saw This Year.” Artinfo, December 21, 2012 |
| Belcove, Julie L. “Builder of Mysteries.” Art Basel Miami Beach magazine, December 2012 | |
| Kabra, Fawz. “Towers, Portals and Myths.” Ibraaz Journal, November 2, 2012 | |
| Pollack, Barbara. “Diana Al-Hadid Makes a Sculpture: The Birth of a Multihued Venus.” ARTnews, November 2012 | |
| Amaya-Akkermans, Arie. “Impossible Possibilities.” Reorient Magazine online, October 31, 2012 | |
| Perrine, Forrest. “Diana Al-Hadid’s Melting Monuments.” Beautiful Decay, October 17, 2012 | |
| Jablon, Samuel. “The Threshold Between an Image of a Thing and the Thing Itself.” Hyperallergic, October 15, 2012 | |
| Mangiardi, Katherine. “In Conversation with Diana Al-Hadid.” Whitehot Magazine, October 2012 | |
| Battista, Kathy. “Diana Al-Hadid’s Vanishing Point.” PHAIDON, October 2012 | |
| “The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss.” Art in America online, September 9, 2012 | |
| “Datebook: September Exhibitions,” Art+Auction, September 2012 | |
| “Best Fall Shows.” Modern Painters, September 2012 | |
| Rapaport, Brooke. “Go Figure – Diana Al-Hadid,” International Sculpture Center Blog, August, 22, 2012 | |
| “Diana Al-Hadid’s Studio Boom.” NewYorkCloseUp, art21.org, August 3, 2012 | |
| Ryan, Dinah. “Diana Al-Hadid – ‘Review of Trace of a Fictional Third, 2011′.” ART PAPERS, July/August, 2012 | |
| Ritchie, Amy. “Three Dimensions: The VMFA Spotlights Diana Al-Hadid’s Haunting Human Figures.” Style Weekly, July 3, 2012 | |
| “Never Too Young.” Art+Auction, June 2012 | |
| Bonenti, Charles, “Invisible Cities: New Exhibition Examines Memory, Culture and Place.” The Berkshire Eagle, April 13, 2012 | |
| NewYorkCloseUp, art21.org, May 29, 2012 | |
| Misheff, Johnny, “Visiting Artists | Diana Al-Hadid.” T Magazine Blog, NYTimes.com, April 17, 2012 | |
| “Arts in Context: Artist in Residence”, Episode #206, Klru, PBS, March 29, 2012 | |
| Bressanin, Anna and Giuseppe Malpasso. “Diana Al-Hadid: Syrian American artist reconnects with homeland crisis.” BBC News, March 26, 2012 | |
| Campbell, Andy. “Diana Al-Hadid: An Afterimage for an Afterworld.” The Austin Chronicle, February 10, 2012 | |
| Gulesserian, Lisa. “Art + Architecture: Diana Al-Hadid’s ‘Suspended After Image.’” Viz., February 5, 2012 | |
| Graupmann, Michael. “’Bringing order into chaos’: Diana Al-Hadid constructs a mind-boggling installation for UT’s VAC.” Culturemap, February 4, 2012 | |
| “Diana Al-Hadid: Spring 2012 VAC Artist-in-Residence.” POST, February 2012 | |
| 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
| 2014 | Kent State University, Distinguished Honors Alumni, Kent, OH |
| Residency at Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy | |
| Residency at Flying Horse Press, nominated by Sarah Suzuki, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL | |
| 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
| 2014 | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Artist Lecture, April 30 |
| Siena Institute of Art, Siena, Italy, Artist Lecture, March 11 | |
| YoungArts MasterClass, Miami, FL, Visiting Artist, February 15 | |
| 2013 | Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH, Artist Lecture, November 22 |
| Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA, Panel Discussion with Ursula von Rydingsvard and Leonardo Drew, September 20 | |
| Savannah College of Art and Design, visiting artist lecture, May 1 | |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, “Artist on Artworks”, April 19 | |
| Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, visiting artist lecture, April 9 | |
| Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, visiting artist lecture, March 25 | |
| Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, visiting artist lecture, March 21 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, visiting artist lecture, February 26 | |
| Amherst College, Amherst, MA, visiting artist lecture, February 21 | |
| The Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Caroline at Greensboro, visiting artist lecture, February 8 | |
| 2012 | Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, visiting artist lecture, December 5 |
| University of Houston, Houston, TX, visiting artist lecture, November 13 | |
| “Studio Conversations: Diana Al-Hadid and Gregory Volk.” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, October 12 | |
| Visiting Faculty, “Installation Art.” Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Fall semester | |
| Visiting Critic, “MFA Fine Arts Workshop.” School of Visual Arts, New York, Fall semester | |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, visiting artist lecture, July 8 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, visiting artist lecture, May 1 | |
| Scripps College, Claremont, CA, visiting artist lecture, April 17 | |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, gallery talk, March 23 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA | |
| 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 | |
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Exhibitions
| Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Centre, Tarīqah, February 21 - October 24, 2014 |
| Columbus, OH Columbus College of Art and Design, Diana Al-Hadid, July 10 – October 2, 2014 (solo) |
| (Upcoming) Columbus, OH, Pizzuti Collection, NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, September 6, 2014 – June 20, 2015 |
| (Upcoming) Vienna, Austria, Secession, The Fates, September 11 – November 2, 2014 (solo) |
| (Upcoming) Los Angeles, CA OHWOW, April 11, 2015 (solo) |
| (Upcoming) New York, NY, Friedman Benda Gallery, Apocryphal Times, October 30 – December 13, 2014 |
Recent Press
| Maine, Stephan, “Diana Al-Hadid: Regarding Medardo Rosso”, ARTnews, April 2014 |
| Agustsson, Sola, “Diana Al-Hadid: Regarding Medardo Rosso”, Whitewall.com, March 13, 2014 |
| Small, Rachel. “Diana Al-Hadid’s Babylon“ Interview Magazine, February 6, 2014 |
| Urkycki, Mark. “A former Canton resident makes a name for herself in the art world”, WKSU – 89.7 Online. January 27, 2014. Accompanying radio interview. |
| Howorth, Claire, “States of Matter: On Display”, The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2014 |
| Randall, Brent, “Diana Al-Hadid”, Husk, Winter 2013 – 2014 |
| Litt, Steven, “The Akron Art Museum salutes Diana Al-Hadid, a Kent State grad in search of art world success – on her own terms.” The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, November 27, 2013 |
| Perry, Dee. Interview with Diana Al-Hadid. “Harvey Webster, Diana Al-Hadid & ‘Sensory-Friendly Theater’”, 90.3 WCRN/NPR: The Sound of Applause, November 25, 2013. Radio |
| “Savannah College of Art and Design, Museum of Art: Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, December 2013 |
| “Diana Al-Hadid at the 55th Venice Biennale.” Artist to Artist, art21.org, October 18, 2013 |
| Trigg, Sarah, Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process. pg 20-23. Princeton Architectural Press, 2013 |
| Zabludowicz, Tiffany. “The Female Gaze.” W Magazine, August 16, 2013 |
| Griffin, Jonathan, “Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing”, pg 18 -19, Phaidon, 2013. |
| Kinsella, Eileen. 50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists. Art + Auction, June, 2013. |
| Hicks, Cinque. “Diana Al-Hadid.” Artforum online, April, 2013 |
| Eden, Xandra; Volk, Gregory. Diana Al-Hadid. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013. (exhibition catalogue) |
| “Diana Al-Hadid’s Suspended Reality.” NewYorkCloseUp, art21.org, August 3, 2012 |
| Amy, Michael, “Ghosts of Things: A Conversation with Diana Al-Hadid.” Sculpture, April 2013, 32, 3, pp.20-27 (cover story) |
| “GalleristNY: The 50-Artist Next Generation.” The Observer, February 2013 |
| DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn. “Artist Brings ‘Incredible’ Sculptures to UNCG.” News & Record, February 11, 2013 |
Lectures and Presentations
| Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, September 25, 2014 |
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