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Interconnected Artist Spotlight: Durrah Alsaif

Artist Statement & Biography

Photo Credit: Matt Law

Durrah Alsaif is an interdisciplinary artist, who received her B.F.A. in 2017 from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She has exhibited her work at galleries nationally. Alsaif had a public artwork in Stadium/Chinatown Skytrain station in Vancouver, BC for her work Qimash as part of the Capture Photography Festival in collaboration with TransLink. Originally from Saudi Arabia but now living in Canada, Alsaif is interested in exploring the ever-changing and malleable conditions based on cultural and socio-political notions in her home country via the lens of a person living in North America. She explores these ideas with photography, performance, sculpture, and installation.

www.durrahalsaif.com

durrahalsaif@explorasian


Durrah Alsaif’s Galleries

Queen, 2017, 44 x 52 x 6 inch, Car door, metal rods, fabric, and aerosol paint.
Watan, 2016, 38 x 77 x 52 inch, wooden chair, plaster, matches, aerosol paint and rug.
Gems, 2016, 92 x 128 x 23 inch, car tires, metal chains, aerosol paint.
Even the Birds are Walking Exhibition, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 2020.
Artwork from left to right: Gems, Queen and Qimash.

Artist Statement & Biography

Photo Credit: Matt Law

Durrah Alsaif is an interdisciplinary artist, who received her B.F.A. in 2017 from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She has exhibited her work at galleries nationally. Alsaif had a public artwork in Stadium/Chinatown Skytrain station in Vancouver, BC for her work Qimash as part of the Capture Photography Festival in collaboration with TransLink. Originally from Saudi Arabia but now living in Canada, Alsaif is interested in exploring the ever-changing and malleable conditions based on cultural and socio-political notions in her home country via the lens of a person living in North America. She explores these ideas with photography, performance, sculpture, and installation.

www.durrahalsaif.com

durrahalsaif@gmail.com