Dina Danish (Paris, FR) is an Egyptian artist and educator living and working in Amsterdam.
In her multi-media work, Danish focuses on language and structure, incorporating humour and misunderstanding.
Awarded illy Present Future Prize and Barclay Simpson Award, Danish work was also shortlisted for Prix de Rome, Volkskrant Award and Abraaj Art Prize.
Exhibitions include Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, De Appel Art Centre in Amsterdam, South London Gallery, Beirut in Cairo, MAMbo Bologna, and Kunsthall Oslo.
Her work is held in several collections including De Nederlandsche Bank, Nomas Foundation,, ABN Amro Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and MoMA.
Galleries representing Danish are Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam and Barbara Seiler, Zurich.
Danish studied at the American University in Cairo and California College of the Arts. She was artist-in-residence at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, PiST in Istanbul, The American Academy in Rome, Rose Residency Programme MAMbo in Bologna, A.I.R. Dubai, by Delfina Foundation and ResO Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte in Poirino.
Danish teaches at The Royal Academy in The Hague and at Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.
Co- curator: Live from the Rijks, 150 Years of Artistic Practice
with Hermann Pitz celebrating 150 years of Rijksakademie
23 September -28 November, 2021
with new song release by Dina From Egypt
Group exhibition: Politics at Play, Play at Politics
curated by Zippora Elders (Kunstfort) and guest co-curator Vincent van Velsen, artists: Marcel van den Berg, Dina Danish, Bardhi Haliti, Hiwa K, Amina Menia, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, Martine Rose, Yara Said
5 September - 3 October, 2021
Group exhibition:Hot/Cold – Dry/Wet: On Art and Latitude
ART+CHATEAU SCHLOSS OBERDIESSBACH, SWITZERLAND
curated by Valentina Locatelli, artists: Alice Anderson, Philippe Bemberg, Marcelo Brodsky, Stefano Cagol, Dina Danish, Willie Doherty, Taiye Idahor, Verena Immenhauser, Remy Jungerman, Mathias Løvgreen, Esther Mathis, Daniela Schönbächler, Wang Zhibo, Zimoun
7 August - 5 September, 2021
with Antonio Catelani, Filippo Cristini, Dina Danish, Martinelli Venezia, Michele Spanghero and Marianne Vierø
17 June - 24 September, 2021
New Song Release: Cyanoacrylate Psychosis
10 January, 2021
faculty researcher with KABK Lectorate Art Theory and Practice
September 2020 - June 2021
Award: Stipendium for Established Artists
Mondriaan Fund
2020-2024
Duo exhibition: Victor Hugo was Here
1 October - 12 November, 2020
Group exhibition: 2nd Hazenstraat Biennale
individual works on view at Stigter Van Doesburg
collaborative work with Jean-Baptiste Maitre on view at Martin van Zomeren
Althuis Hofland, Wouter van Leeuwen, Caroline O'Breen, Stigter Van Doesburg and Martin van Zomeren
26 June - 4 July 2020
Duo exhibition: Street view: Victor Hugo Was Here
Martin van Zomeren and Stigter van Doesburg
12-20 June 2020
Group exhibition: Cinque Mostre
American Academy in Rome
20 February 2020
Group exhibition with Dina Danish & Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Catherine Biocca, Bert Medius
Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam
18 January 2020
Grant : International Presentations for Cinque Mostre exhibition
Mondriaan Fund
December 2019
Debate with Jean-Baptiste Maitre: Whatever They Do May It All Turn Out Wrong
Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
22 October 2019
Affiliated Fellows (with Jean-Baptiste Maitre)
The American Academy in Rome, Italy
September to December 2019
No habrá nunca una puerta. Estás adentro. Obras de la Coleção Teixeira de Freitas
Sala Arte Santander, Madrid
26 February - 9 June 2019
Whatever They Do May It All Turn Out Wrong
Villa Delle Rose, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna
30 November 2018 - 6 January 2019
supported by the Mondriaan Fund
Co- curator: Live from the Rijks, 150 Years of Artistic Practice
with Hermann Pitz celebrating 150 years of Rijksakademie
23 September -28 November, 2021
with new song release by Dina From Egypt
Group exhibition: Politics at Play, Play at Politics
curated by Zippora Elders (Kunstfort) and guest co-curator Vincent van Velsen, artists: Marcel van den Berg, Dina Danish, Bardhi Haliti, Hiwa K, Amina Menia, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, Martine Rose, Yara Said
5 September - 3 October, 2021
Group exhibition:Hot/Cold – Dry/Wet: On Art and Latitude
ART+CHATEAU SCHLOSS OBERDIESSBACH, SWITZERLAND
curated by Valentina Locatelli, artists: Alice Anderson, Philippe Bemberg, Marcelo Brodsky, Stefano Cagol, Dina Danish, Willie Doherty, Taiye Idahor, Verena Immenhauser, Remy Jungerman, Mathias Løvgreen, Esther Mathis, Daniela Schönbächler, Wang Zhibo, Zimoun
7 August - 5 September, 2021
with Antonio Catelani, Filippo Cristini, Dina Danish, Martinelli Venezia, Michele Spanghero and Marianne Vierø
17 June - 24 September, 2021
New Song Release: Cyanoacrylate Psychosis
10 January, 2021
faculty researcher with KABK Lectorate Art Theory and Practice
September 2020 - June 2021
Award: Stipendium for Established Artists
Mondriaan Fund
2020-2024
Duo exhibition: Victor Hugo was Here
1 October - 12 November, 2020
Group exhibition: 2nd Hazenstraat Biennale
individual works on view at Stigter Van Doesburg
collaborative work with Jean-Baptiste Maitre on view at Martin van Zomeren
Althuis Hofland, Wouter van Leeuwen, Caroline O'Breen, Stigter Van Doesburg and Martin van Zomeren
26 June - 4 July 2020
Duo exhibition: Street view: Victor Hugo Was Here
Martin van Zomeren and Stigter van Doesburg
12-20 June 2020
Group exhibition: Cinque Mostre
American Academy in Rome
20 February 2020
Group exhibition with Dina Danish & Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Catherine Biocca, Bert Medius
Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam
18 January 2020
Grant : International Presentations for Cinque Mostre exhibition
Mondriaan Fund
December 2019
Debate with Jean-Baptiste Maitre: Whatever They Do May It All Turn Out Wrong
Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
22 October 2019
Affiliated Fellows (with Jean-Baptiste Maitre)
The American Academy in Rome, Italy
September to December 2019
No habrá nunca una puerta. Estás adentro. Obras de la Coleção Teixeira de Freitas
Sala Arte Santander, Madrid
26 February - 9 June 2019
Whatever They Do May It All Turn Out Wrong
Villa Delle Rose, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna
30 November 2018 - 6 January 2019
Dina Danish (Paris, FR) is an Egyptian artist and educator living and working in Amsterdam.
In her multi-media work, Danish focuses on language and structure, incorporating humour and misunderstanding.
Awarded illy Present Future Prize and Barclay Simpson Award, Danish work was also shortlisted for Prix de Rome, Volkskrant Award and Abraaj Art Prize.
Exhibitions include Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, De Appel Art Centre in Amsterdam, South London Gallery, Beirut in Cairo, MAMbo Bologna, and Kunsthall Oslo.
Her work is held in several collections including De Nederlandsche Bank, Nomas Foundation,, ABN Amro Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and MoMA.
Galleries representing Danish are Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam and Barbara Seiler, Zurich.
Danish studied at the American University in Cairo and California College of the Arts. She was artist-in-residence at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, PiST in Istanbul, The American Academy in Rome, Rose Residency Programme MAMbo in Bologna, A.I.R. Dubai, by Delfina Foundation and ResO Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte in Poirino.
Danish teaches at The Royal Academy in The Hague and at Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.
supported by the Mondriaan Fund