Dina Haddadin is an architect and a growing self-taught visual artist, living and working in Jordan. Haddadin is a multidisciplinary artist working with various techniques from traditional to experimental, creating multi-layered works conversing the struggle over the right to the city and the right to be different in a landscape of transient urbanization, a study of places in transition and changing geographies and its imagined places. Questioning where do we fit? And how can one resist? When change leads to a perception of progress and defined only by new constructions. Haddadin born in 1983 finished her B.A. in architecture in 2006. And is practicing her profession at symbiosis designs ltd. In 2008 she attended a number of courses at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and participated in a number of local and international exhibitions and workshops since. She won international art awards at an early age from Egypt, China and France. Her first solo exhibition 'Transit' was in March 2010. Haddadin’s works are part of collections in Jordan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, New York and London.
Dina Haddadin Born 1983 Architect and self-taught visual artist Member of The CSBE Architectural Forum, Diwan Al Mimar, a discussion forum on the built environment. A co-founder of 'Interruptions' magazine, an experimentation platform in art, design and architecture in the Levant, through publications, workshops and the creative network. Continuing education, Fall/Winter 08/09, School of Visual Arts, New York 2008 B.A. Architecture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan 2006 2006 – till now, Design leader/architect at Symbiosis Designs ltd, Amman, Jordan Exhibitions , 2013
' Trendsetting III', a group show 8 architects. Riyad Joucka, Abeer Seikali, Khalid Nahhas, Ammar Khammash, Rula Yagmour, Bilal Hammad, Jamal Joucka, Dina Haddadin. Nabad Gallery, Amman ' Topographies, the brush and the chisel ' two artist show, Nabad Gallery, Amman 'Suspended Certainties' , One month artist residency , exhibition, performative installation . Budapest Art Factory, Budapest , Hungary. 'Visible Differences', an exhibition by 18 women artists from Latina America, Europe and Jordan. At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Jordan
2012 ‘Fifth Beijing International Art Biennale ‘National Art Museum of China. "Jordanian Contemporary Art Gallery", group exhibition from the permanent collection of the 'Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts', part of the "Manama Capital of Arab Culture 2012", Manama, Bahrain. [A Refuge in Margins], solo exhibition at Nabad Gallery.
2011 [Idols and Heroes], group exhibition curated by AsILE association , TheStudio, Amman, Jordan [Beyond Emptiness] solo exhibition, Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2010 […and all of the spaces in-between] installation ‘the Architist’ curated by Lina Sergie , Sunny Art Fair 2010’; Amman, Jordan [17] group exhibition, Shift Gallery, London, UK [Transient Terminal] ,"The Utopian Airport lounge" public Intervention public performance in terminals around Amman, curated by Juliana Irene Smith, Makan House, Amman, Jordan [Braziers International Artists Workshop] residency/open studio, Oxfordshire, UK [Transit], solo exhibition, an abandoned house no.28, Amman, Jordan [Voices in the Gallery: Women artists speak out], group exhibition, Nabad art Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2009 [Bytes and Pieces] a multi-stage workshop organized by Darat al Funun and conducted by media artist and sound performer Tarek Atoui. [Shatan's International Artists workshop] a residency part of the Triangle Arts Trust, Shatana, Jordan [Catatonia] group exhibition multidisciplinary workshop, organized by tions, Makan House, Amman, Jordan
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ongoing project; [Interruptions], an experimentation platform in art, design and architecture in the Levant, through publications, workshops and the creative network.
Talks and workshops 2013 - 'Let's Urban Talk!' Hayyez and Project: Manifesto, discussing the existing Isolation Devices in our surroundings, Amman , Jordan ' Suspended Certainties' Artist talk, Art Factory Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. 2012 - ART + POWER + SPACE: Public discussion with Mario Gooden, Dina Haddadin, Saba Innab and Jack Persekian: What are the conceptual grounds for Architecture in the creation of new spaces for the engagement with and interpretation of Contemporary Arab Art in the Middle East? Colombia University (GSAPP) - Amman Lab, Darat Al Funun/The Khalid Shoman Foundation
Selected Press and Reviews, 2012 “artist of the month�, Mathew Hamilton, Viva magazine 2011 "featured artist', Andrew Splading, Amman Review 2011 "The empty city", Matthew Davis, JO magazine 2011 "Nature of emptiness", Rand Dalgamouni, Jordan times 2010 to be published, 'Where is Amman' a critique on 'Transit' by Eric Gottesmanin 'Log' Anyone Corporation NY 2010 Viva magazine, "Voices in the gallery" by Shauna Zajac 2010 JO magazine, "Haunted house 28" on 'Transit' by John Lillywhite 2010 "Ammani House in transition" 360 east blog by Ahmad Humeid
Dina Haddadin 67 abdel raheem al haj moh’d street, sweifieh po box 143292 amman 11814, jordan 00962777463230 dina.haddadin@symbiosisdesign.com dinahaddadin83@yahoo.com dinahaddadin.prosite.com symbiosisdesign.com