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Dala Nasser

Lebanese interdisciplinary artist (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dala Nasser (born 1990) is a Lebanese interdisciplinary artist based between Beirut and London. Her exhibitions have been reviewed in publications including Frieze, Artforum, Hyperallergic, and The Brooklyn Rail.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

She received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2021.[5]

Work and practice

Nasser works across painting and installation, often using materials such as soil, ash, and plant-based pigments applied to textiles and stretcher bars to create large format installations.[4] Her works use materials gathered from relevant geographical and historical locations.[3]

Writing in Frieze, curator Chrissie Iles stated that Nasser’s materials function as “witness[es] to historical and political conditions”.[6] In Texte zur Kunst, Taylor Stanton discussed her work in relation to colonial histories and material processes.[7][vague]

Exhibitions

Notable solo shows include Adonis River (2023) at the Renaissance Society in Chicago[2] and Cemetery of Martyrs (2026) at Nottingham Contemporary[8] in the United Kingdom.

Her work was included in the 2022 Carnegie International[9], the 2024 Whitney Biennial[10], and the 2025 Aichi Triennale.[11]

Awards and recognition

Nasser has received the Isola Sicilia Award.[12]

She was included in a 2025 Artnet News list of artists to watch and in an Artsy editorial feature on the Aichi Triennale.[13][11]

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