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Diana Al-Hadid is a Syrian-American artist who currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Her sculptures take towers as their central theme, drawing together a wide variety of associations: power, wealth, technological and urban development, ideas of progress and globalism. Al-Hadid constructs forms that are a baroque complex of architectural structures and figurative allusions which appear to be in a state between construction and deconstruction. She re-interprets a variety of common sculpture materials, such as cardboard, wood, plaster and metal to create sculptures that are simultaneously dense with material yet seemingly ethereal and gravity defying. Many of Al-Hadid’s newer pieces blur the boundary between sculpture and painting.

Al-Hadid attended Kent State University where she received her BFA and later attended Virginia Commonwealth University where she received her MFA in sculpture. Notable solo Exhibitions include, Akron Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Nasher Sculpture Center. Al-Hadid has also shown in numerous Public Collections, which include, the Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art, Judith Rothschild Collection. 

Diana Al-Hadid
Exhibition
Diana Al-Hadid
Wild Margins November 15, 2024 – January 9, 2025
Abstract Perspectives
Exhibition
Abstract Perspectives
January 11 – February 29, 2024
Her Voice
Exhibition
Her Voice
An Exhibition in Honor of Gretchen Berggruen November 10 - December 23, 2022
Diana Al-Hadid
Exhibition
Diana Al-Hadid
Temperamental Nature January 14 - February 16, 2019, extended through February 23, 2019
Material Considerations
Exhibition
Material Considerations
February 4 - March 12, 2016
The San Francisco Fall Show
Art Fair
The San Francisco Fall Show
Fort Mason Center | Booth B4 October 16 – 20, 2024
The Armory Show
Art Fair
The Armory Show
Javits Center | Booth 213 September 6 – 8, 2024
Dallas Art Fair | Booth A2
Art Fair
Dallas Art Fair | Booth A2
Fashion Industry Gallery April 4 – 7, 2024
FOG Design + Art
Art Fair
FOG Design + Art
Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion | Booth 207 January 18 – 21, 2024
Art Basel Miami Beach
Art Fair
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center | Booth D13 December 8 – 10, 2023
FOG Design+Art
Art Fair
FOG Design+Art
Fort Mason Festival Pavilion | Booth 210 January 19 - 22, 2023
In a New Show, Diana Al-Hadid Breathes Life Into ‘Dangerous Things'
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In a New Show, Diana Al-Hadid Breathes Life Into ‘Dangerous Things'
Vogue | BY GRACE EDQUIST November 10, 2023
Diana Al-Hadid’s Nostalgic Tribute to Penn Station
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Diana Al-Hadid’s Nostalgic Tribute to Penn Station
Hyperallergic | By Taylor Michael January 30, 2023
Diana Al-Hadid and Physical Materiality | #5WomenArtists
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Diana Al-Hadid and Physical Materiality | #5WomenArtists
NYU Abu Dhabi | By Vamika Sinha April 18, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle Datebook | Do it for the ‘Gram: Predicting SF art week’s Instagram favorite
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San Francisco Chronicle Datebook | Do it for the ‘Gram: Predicting SF art week’s Instagram favorite
By Tony Bravo January 17, 2020