SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Parallel Incantations, Large-scale Installation at NY Penn Station for Art at Amtrak, NY, NY
Souvenirs from the Future, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn MI (with Andrew Demirjian)
2020
Common Language, Lemmerman Gallery, NJ City University, Jersey City, NJ
Which Yesterday Is Tomorrow?, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC (with Andrew Demirjian)
2017
Flag Days, Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston TX
Fictions, Frictions, Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA
Off in the Woods, Often, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Rome, Georgia
2014
Turn Of Phrase, part of Six Features, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Hither and Yon, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Navigations in the Present Tense, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Ideological Tug Of War, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2011
Possibles, Probables, Ice House Gallery Monmouth University, West Long Branch NJ
The Sticky Parts, S. Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
Perennial Bloom, BravinLee Programs, Artist Book Program, New York, NY
2010
Orienteering, Palace of Fine Arts, 12th Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
…And Then Some, Aljira Center For Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
All Of It, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
In Honor Of, Princeton Arts Council, Princeton NJ
2008
For The Realization of Every Wish…, Crybaby Gallery/City of Asbury Park, outdoor public art installation
2006
Periphery, Portlock Black Cultural Center, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2005
New Work, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY (two person show)
New Prints, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2004
Talk Back, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2003
Dahlia Elsayed, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Gallery, NJ
Monuments of Her Last Year, The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2002
Dahlia Elsayed, Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown, MA,
2000
Dahlia Elsayed, Gallery Of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Converging Lines: Tracing the Artistic Lineage of the Arab Diaspora in the U.S, Middle East Institute, Washington D.C.
ReGrowth Public Art Exhibition Riverside Park, NY curated by Karin Bravin
The Good and The True, Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2019
Ho-Hum All Ye Faithful, BravinLee Projects, New York, NY
Mapping Life, Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Psychogeography, Hewlitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
Process and Practice, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2018
Mapping NY, NYC Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Oh What a World!, Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Make/Work, Los Angeles Valley College Gallery, Valley Glen, CA
2017
Light Years Away, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Word Play, Maloney Gallery, College of St Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Made Here, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2016
Sheherzade’s Gift: Subverting Narratives, Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
The Cure For Anything, Walsh Gallery Seton Hall University, West Orange, NJ
2015
TXT, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum, New York, NY
Seeing Newark, Post-Pocket Utopia, Newark, NJ
Exquisite, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Then and Now, (traveling exhibition) Center For Book Arts, New York, NY (additional venues.)
2014
Natural Enemies, Pelham Center for The Arts, Pelham, NY
Lucid Gestures, McCagg Gallery, Barnard College, New York, NY
Ready Or Not, Newark Museum, Newark NJ
Promised Land, Transformer Projects, Asbury Park, NJ
In Site:The Creative Process, Robeson Galleries, Newark, NJ
AIR Show, Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
In This Place, Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA
Datascapes, Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Wind Up Wonderland, Gateway Projects, Newark, NJ
2013
Introduction, S&J Projects, New York, NY
Contemporary Cartographies, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
The EMO Show, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Mapnificent, AIGA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Your Body is a Battleground, Pristine Gallerie, Monterrey, Mexico
Women Redrawing the World Stage, Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Space Invaders, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
The rug pulled out from beneath you; you lie on the floor, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Memory of Here, Memory of There, Rutgers University Institute of Women and Art, NJ
Anywhere but Here, Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY
Size Matters, Small Works from the Fine Art Collection NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Through You into Action, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminister, NJ
Arctic Flow, Index Arts Center, Newark, NJ
2011
The Art of Mapping, TAG Fine Arts, London, UK
Cartographic, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Mapping, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington DC
Ritual, Art In Odd Places Festival, New York, NY
Blah, Blah, Blah, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Passport Projects, Submerged Gallery, Newark, NJ
2+2, COAD Gallery, NJ Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
2010
You Are Here: The Psychogeography of the City, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NYC, NY
Guggenheim You Tube Play, shortlist, Guggenheim Museum, NYC, NY
It’s Personal, Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Union, NJ
1001: The Narrative Tradition in Middle Eastern Art, William Paterson University Gallery, Wayne, NJ
2009
Tectonic, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
Kuf-Mold-Rotterdam, A-Locatie Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Unbounded: New Art for a New Century, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Flow: Art/Text/New Media, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2008
Kuf-Mold-Ghent, (site-specific installation) Gallery Jan Colle, Ghent, Belgium
Garden of Delights, Yeosu International Art Festival, South Korea
Orebro Video Art Festival, Orebro Kunsthall, Sweden
The Stories We Tell: Screening, Art in General, New York, NY
Return Home, Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
Sprawl, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2007
Noah’s Ark, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Desideratum, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ
Under_Construction in Venice, curated by Barbara Höffer, Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy
Sculpt-tour, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Personal Inventory, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
Receipts, Redsaw Gallery, Newark, NJ
2006
Personal Geographies, Hunter College Times Sq. Gallery, New York, NY
Science as Muse, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ
Drawing Stage, curated by E. Carmen Ramos, CWOW, Newark, NJ
Glossollalia, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ
100 NJ Artists Make Prints, traveling exhibition, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University, NJ
Monumental, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
NJSCA Fellowship Exhibition, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Knots, NJ City State University Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
RCIPP Fellowship Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2005
Between Art and Life, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Viewfinder, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
NJ Arts Annual, curated by Beth Venn, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Scope Art Hamptons, South Hampton, NY
Six Degrees of Separation, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Emerge Six, curated by Lilly Wei, Aljira, Newark NJ
Girl Talk, The Garage, Jersey City, NJ
Weird New Jersey, Here Arts Center, New York, NY
2004
Anthro/Socio, The Artist’s Network Gallery, New York, NY
Phantom Limb, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
Starring…, Gerber Seid Fine Art, New York, NY
Drawings, curated by Edsel Williams, The Green Barn, Sagaponack, NY
The Crystal Land, curated by Raul Zamudio, Aljira, Newark NJ
Synopsis 10, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Unveiling the Image, NJ Center for Visual Art, Summit NJ
2003
Modelarnia, Gdansk, Poland
2002
Arvest 2002 Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles CA
3rd International Gyumri Biennial, Armenia
Center for Contemporary and Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Ritz Carlton Hotel Battery Park, New York, NY
(130 works commissioned for their permanent collection)
The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ,
2001
Locust Projects, Miami, FL
ArtReach: The Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
When Two Become One, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2000
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
Women Metal Artists: Pen & Brush, New York, NY
4PLY Cooperative Exhibition, New York, NY
1999
Passion, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY
American Sentences, Union City, NJ
New Members Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
United Arts Council, Naples, Florida
1998
The Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
National Book Arts Show II, Fine Arts Center, Taos, NM
Image/Mileage, Union City, NJ
1997
Union Hill Studios-Group Show, Union City, NJ
1996
Open Book IV, Art & The Written Word, New York, NY
1995
Open Book III, Art & The Written Word, New York, NY
1994
Women of Steel, Skyline College, San Bruno, California
Open Book II, Art & The Written Word, New York, NY
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2019
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Fellowship Award
2018
MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH
2017
Wave Hill Winter Workspace Residency, Bronx, NY
Space and Time Residency, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2016
KKV Grafik International Artist Residency, Malmo, Sweden
2015
Liquitex Art Tank Residency, Asbury Park, NJ
2014
NEA Grant for an edition at Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, New Brunswick, NJ
2013
Joan Mitchell Center Residency Program, New Orleans, LA
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space Program, NY, NY
Center For Book Arts Workspace Grant, NY, NY
2008
Anderson Ranch Residency, Snowmass Village, CO
2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors
2005
Artist Fellowship, Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, NJ
Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for The Arts, Sausalito CA
2004
NJ State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
Artist in Residence, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
Artist in Residence, The Newark Museum
Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop
Emerge 6 Program, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art
2003
ArtsLink Grant for Individual Artists
Artist in Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Artist Teacher Institute Scholarship Grant, William Paterson University, NJ
2002
Artist in Residence, Center for Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2001
Visiting Artist, NJ Artists in Education Program, years 2001-2004
ArtReach Education Program Grant, Newark NJ
1999
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship
Artist in Residence, Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk NY
Geraldine R. Dodge Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
PUBLICATIONS
2018
“Remembering an Egyptian Artist Who Was Always Looking East.” Hyperallergic, October 30, 2018
2013
“Navigations In The Present Tense.” William Paterson University Gallery Press
2012
“Hybrid Careers: The Work of Balancing Your Work.” College Art Association Podcast
“Studio Manual.” La Norda Specialo, Number 9
2011
“Natural Wonder.” Zocalo Public Square, December 2011
2001
“Notes on A Mixed Marriage.” Ararat Magazine, Vol. XLII
2000
“Nature’s Wildcard: Hiroyuki Hamada.” Provincetown Arts Magazine, Vol. 15
1999
“Paterson Falls.” Open City, Number 9
1993
“Black and Blue.” Open City, Number 3
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2023
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2022
Velie, Elaine, “New Public Artworks Bring Beauty and Warmth to Manhattan’s Penn Station”, Hyperallergic, June 21, 2022
2021
Sheets, Hillary M., “Art Booms Along Nature in Riverside Park”, The New York Times, sec Arts & Design, pg 10
2020
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2018
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
Barnes, Julian, “Beyond Signal Flags: The Hidden Codes of Washington D.C.” Wall Street Journal Washington Wire, July 25, 2013
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2012
Graves, Jen “The Groin, Foods, and More.” The Stranger, Dec 12, 2012, p. 23, illus.
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2010
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2009
Harmon, Kitty, The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 illus.
Genocchio, Benjamin “The Newark Museum at 100 Years Old,” The New York Times, April 5, 2009
2007
Oweis, Fayeq, Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, illus.
Genocchio, Benjamin “Material Things, Catalogued,” The New York Times, Jan. 28, 2007
2006
Lindenbaum, Joanna “Personal Geographies” Exhibition Catalogue, Nov. 2006
Genocchio, Benjamin “Knots, In Practice and Theory,” The New York Times, March 19, 2006, sec NJ p.18
Wei, Lilly “On Locations,” Aljira Emerge 6 Exhibition Catalogue, January 2006
2005
D’Aurizio, Elaine “Eye of the Beholder,” The Record, March 20, 2005, sec L, pg 1-2, illus.
Venn, Beth “Place of Mind,” Montclair Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 2005
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2004
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2003
Berwick, Carly “How One Artist Filled the ‘Holes’ Known as New Jersey,” The New York Times, April 27, 2003, sec NJ p.9
Zimmer, William “The Happy Marriage of Words and Pictures” The New York Times, February 9, 2003, sec. NJ p. 11, illus.
Bischoff, Dan “Her Words Decorate Time and Place” Sunday Star-Ledger, January 19, 2003, sec. 4 p. 6, illus.
Díaz, Junot “New Jersey, Mi Amor,” Jan. 2002, Monuments of Her Last Year
Aranda, Rocío “Homelands”, Jan. 2002, Monuments of Her Last Year
2002
Yogaratnam, Dilani “A Present Visiting the Past “, Mirror-Spectator, September 28, 2002, p. 11, illus.
Khatoon, Aziza “Art Serves …” Via Dolorosa, July 2002, p.5, illus.
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2001
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2000
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Memorial Sloan Kettering
The Newark Museum
US Department of State – Art in Embassies
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
Morris Museum
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Hudson County Community College
The Ritz Carlton, Battery Park
TEACHING, APPOINTMENTS
Professor of Art/Humanities, CUNY LaGuardia Community College, LIC, NY
Board Member, CAA
EDUCATION
1994 Columbia University School of the Arts, MFA Creative Writing
1992 Barnard College, BA English, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa