Diana al-Hadid
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| Born | 1981 Aleppo, Syria |
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| Known for | Sculpture, Installations, Drawing |
Diana Al-Hadid (born 1981) is a contemporary artist who creates sculptures, installations, panels and drawings using various media. She was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1981 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Al-Hadid was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1981. At the age of five, she emigrated with her family to Canton, Ohio. Al-Hadid decided at the age of 11 that she wanted to be an artist, although she wasn't initially sure how to pursue a career as an artist. Al-Hadid credits her immigrant background for her later success. The experience of being an immigrant in a new country helped her learn to properly navigate the grants process.
In 2003, al-Hadid received a BA in Art History and a BFA in sculpture from Kent State University in Ohio., In 2007, she received an MFA sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (2005),. Later, she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine (2007).
Diana al-Hadid's often large-scale work is shown internationally. Her sculptures, panels, and drawings often reference "art from centuries past." Al-Hadid also sources conceptual ideas and imagery from literature, history, anatomy, architecture, cosmology, and physics. Her work blurs the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. Al-Hadid has described her work as "impossible architecture." Her sculptures frequently draw from a myriad of incongruous sources in order to confront mystical and scientific understandings of the world. Al-Hadid says of her work, "I am not trying to discover who I am through my work. I am exploring those things that make less sense to me, where there is something new to discover." Despite their sheer physical presence, her monumental works are intricate and ethereal, inviting viewers to contemplate the human condition. Al-Hadid builds her sculptures in parts that can be assembled and disassembled as needed, and she explores the evolution of ideas as her work develops from beginning to end. Al-Hadid enjoys the process of creation: “That’s what occupies my mind: How do I build it?"
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