DAHLIA ELSAYED and ANDREW DEMIRJIAN use contemporary and historical research to create tactile objects and visual experiences that pull from the past to anticipate alternative futures. They are known for bright and thought provoking immersive mixed media installations which are influenced by their South West Asian and North African backgrounds.
Their collaborative work has been exhibited widely in the US and internationally, including: REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, The Ford Foundation Gallery, New York, NY, The Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC, Box Gallery, Rutgers University Newark, NJ, The Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland, and the Siren Arts Festival, Asbury Park, NJ. Their work has been supported and recognized by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Visual Studies Workshop, CEC Artslink, the Grand Canyon National Park Residency, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America and Hyperallergic amongst others. Dahlia Elsayed is a Professor of Humanities & Art at CUNY LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY. Andrew Demirjian is an Associate Professor in the Integrated Media Arts MFA and Film & Media Department at Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY.
In his solo artistic practice, Andrew has received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, two MacDowell Fellowships and three New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grants and work has been supported by the MIT Open Documentary Lab, Nokia Bell Labs, Puffin Foundation, Harvestworks, Rhizozme, LMCC, and The Bemis Center amongst others.
Global Performance + Sound Lab 