Diana Al-Hadid

Diana Al-Hadid was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1981. At the age of five Diana came to the US with her imigrant parents. She received a BA in Art History and a BFA in sculpture from Kent State University in Ohio (2003). She now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Al-Hadid's unique, highly imaginative sculptures combine monumental architectural forms with minute, often whimsical details, which she produces with ordinary, fragile media like plaster, fiberglas, poystyrene, wood, and occasional steel wires. Her works reflect such esoteric subjects as Cretan mazes, Greek myths, Babylonian towers, Gothic cathedrals, and the physics of Black Holes, which, in her mind, exemplify the fragility and hubris of man's ambitions.

This collection of her sculptures presents only a tempting fraction of her voluminous work of the past 5 years. More are found on her website.

Credits: All images were obtained from Diana Al-Hadid's Webpage

An interview with Diana Al-Hadid 2011

Spun of the Limits of my Lonely Waltz, 2006, wood, polystyrene, plaster, fiberglass, paint, 183x163x163 cm

Portal to a Black Hole, 2007, wood, polystyrene, plaster, fiberglass, cardboard, plastic, paint, 10x13x14 ft

Built from our Tallest Tales, 2008, wood, polymer gypsum, fiberglass, concrete, plastic, paint, 144x100x80 in

Tomorrow's Superstition, 2008, polystyrene, polymer gypsum, steel, silverleaf, paint, 60x48x90 in

Actor, 2009, polystyrene, polymer gypsum, steel, wood, aluminum foil, silverleaf, paint, 84x44x90 in

Water Thief, 2010 wood, polymer gypsum, fiberglass, concrete, plastic, paint, dimensions variable

Cenotaph for Two, 2011, mixed media, 132x90x90 in

The Trace of a Fictional Third, 2011 mixed media, 120x220x156 inch