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Born 1981 in Aleppo, Syria
Lives and works Brooklyn, New York

 
EDUCATION
2005
2003
MFA Sculpture Virginia Commonwealth University
BFA Sculpture Kent State University
BA Art History Kent State University

 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007Solo Exibition, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (forthcoming)
2006“The Gradual Approach of my Disintegration,” Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
"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 Arts Center,Washington DC
2005Studio M presents Diana Al-Hadid, Massillon Museum, Massillon OH
"Magic Mountain," Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA

 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006“Mutiny,” curated by David Hunt,The Happy Lion - Los Angeles CA
The Sanctuary and the Scrum, Black and White Gallery, curated by David Hunt- New York NY
AIM 26, Bronx Museum- Bronx NY
ADA Gallery- Richmond VA (two-person)
2005"Introductions," co-curated by Erin Chase Mackay, Irvine Contemporary- Washington DC
MFA Graduate Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center- Washington DC
"More Fresh Meat," Kim Foster Gallery- New York NY
"Sweet Substitute," Stevenson Blanche Gallery, CalArts- Valencia CA
2004"Top Shelf," curated by Lisa Schroeder, The Barrel Factory- Richmond VA
"Back from SPACELab: 10 Years of Innovation," SPACES Gallery- Cleveland OH
"No Pun Nintendo," 1708 Gallery- Richmond VA
Drawing Room, ADA Gallery- Richmond VA
2003"It Came From the Graduate Studios," FAB Gallery, VCU- Richmond VA
"Preliminary Inventories," Zygote Press- Cleveland OH
2002"SPACELab: Plated Cave," SPACES Gallery- Cleveland OH
"Three," Superior Gallery- Cleveland OH
2001"Making Sens[ory]," The Sculpture Center- Cleveland OH
"Six-State Photography Exhibition," FAVA Gallery- Oberlin OH

 
AWARDS AND DISTINTIONS
2007Visiting Artist Lecture Kent State University, Blossom Program, Kent OH
Visiting Artist Syracuse University Sculpture Area Artist in Residence
2006Bronx Museum, Artist-in-the-Marketplace Program participant
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship
Sculpture Space Residency Live/Work Stipend
Visiting Artist Studio Lecture Hamilton College, Utica NY
Visiting Artist Lecture DePauw University, Greencastle IN
Visiting Artist Lecture University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
2005SECAC Annual Conference presentation, Placeless Places and Mythological Landscapes, for session titled “Mapping the Landscape: Readings of Surfaces, Stratigraphies and Narratives from the Renaissance to the Present,” University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
Visiting Artist Lecture St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Panelist for Faculty Exhibition, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Adjunct Faculty, (Special Topics) Breaking the Mold: The Multiple and the Unique,
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
2004VCU School of Graduate Studies Fellowship
VCU Sculpture Department Graduate Fellowship
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007Figwer, Caroline, “Diana Al-Hadid: The Gradual Approach of My Disintegration at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art”, Art & Intrnet, CIMAISE-CECI EST UN MAGAZINE D’ART, March/April, p.77
2006Stone, Billy. "Going Down to Chinatown." Los Angeles Entertainment Today. November, 10-16,Vol. 38. No. 57.
"The Gradual Approach of My Disintegration" at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Sculpture & Installation, re-title.com, November, 8
2005Genocchio, Benjamin. “For Hopeful Artists, the Search to Be Just Themselves.”The New York Times. Sunday, April 9, 2006.
Rockwell, Steve. “A Stir in Richmond, Virginia.” D’Art International. Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
“AIM 26,” Catalogue 2006, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY.
O’Sullivan, Michael. “New Sensations.” The Washington Post. Friday, August 19, 2005.
Heartney, Eleanor. “MFA Thesis Exhibition 2005.” Catalogue, 2005. Anderson Gallery,
Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond VA
2004Bly, Lyz. “Invented Worlds: A decade of experimentation at SPACELab.” Cleveland Free Times. Friday, September 17, 2004.
Sparks, Amy Bracken. “Back in the lab: Artists return to a place at Spaces to show their Work.” The Plain Dealer. Friday, October 08, 2004.
“Back from SpaceLab: 10 Years of Innovation.” Catalogue, 2004. Spaces Gallery, Cleveland OH.
Tranberg, Dan. “Second Shot: Sinking, Swimming @ SPACES.” Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture. #17 November/December 2004.