Fall 2013: Dahlia Elsayed
Dahlia Elsayed: "Navigations in the Present Tense" Exhibition Catalog
Extraordinary, energetic pairings of imagery and poetry.
Extraordinary, energetic pairings of imagery and poetry.
Elsayed is a graduate of Barnard College with a bachelor’s degree in English, and earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Columbia University. Her paintings, prints and artist books have been shown at galleries and art institutions throughout the United States and internationally, including exhibitions at the 12th Cairo Biennale, BravinLee Programs, Clementine Gallery and the Jersey City Museum. Her work is in the public collections of the U.S. Department of State, Johnson & Johnson Corporation, The Jersey City Museum, Zimmerli Art Museum, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Noyes Museum of Art, Montclair Art Museum, Newark Public Library, New Jersey State Museum, and Morris Museum. A large number of her works were commissioned for the permanent collection of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York. Elsayed has received awards from the Edward Albee Foundation, Visual Studies Workshop, The Newark Museum, ArtsLink, The Dodge Foundation, Women's Studio Workshop, Headlands Center for the Arts, and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
