Dima Srouji Palestinian, b. 1990
Dima Srouji is an architect, artist, and researcher interested in the ground, objects, displacement, restitution, forgeries, and living archives. Srouji looks for potential ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible. She works with glass, text, archival materials, maps, plaster casts, and film, understanding each as an evocative object and emotional companion that help her question what cultural heritage and public space mean in the larger context of the Middle East as well as a focused lens on Palestine. Srouji’s work lies in the expanded context of interdisciplinary research projects. It acts as a form of political commentary and as a place-making or unmaking tool. She questions ideas of identity and globalisation through historic strata and spatial edges, in connection to the spirit of a place and displacement through architectural projects, installations, product designs, and through her writing. Srouji’s projects are developed closely with archaeologists, anthropologists, sound designers, and glassblowers.
Dima Srouji was the 2022-2023 Jameel Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum and is currently leading the MA City Design studios at the Royal College of Art in London. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Dima Srouji (b. 1990, Palestine) is a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture and currently leads the MA City Design studios at the Royal College of Art.
She has exhibited her work at Sharjah Art Biennial (15), Islamic Art Biennial, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Corning Museum of Glass, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Art Dubai, Dubai Design Week, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Design Festival,The Palestinian Museum, and the Qattan Foundation. She has lived and practiced in London, New Haven at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Milan at Cino Zucchi Architetti, and Ramallah at the Riwaq Center for Architectural Conservation.
Srouji was the 2022-2023 Jameel Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
She is based between Ramallah, Palestine and London, UK.
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Dima Srouji: 'Charts for a Resurrection'
7 May - 6 Jul 2024 GalleryLawrie Shabibi is delighted to announce the first-ever solo exhibition for artist, architect and researcher Dima Srouji titled Charts for a Resurrection, set to open on 7 May 2024. Srouji’s...Read more -
Dima Srouji at London Design Festival
Spaces within the V&A Museum will be transformed by a collection of specially commissioned installations 16 - 24 Sep 2023 MuseumsDuring London Design Festival's 21st edition Palestinian architect, artist and V&A 2022-23 Jameel Fellow Dima Srouji presents objects and film that reframe the history of glass in Greater Syria and...Read more
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ARTREVIEW: The Top 10 Exhibitions to See in May 2024
Dima Srouji: 'Charts for a Resurrection'Louise Benson, ArtReview, May 8, 2024 -
The Art Newspaper: New design biennial launches in Qatar, highlighting talent from Palestine to Lebanon
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Arab News: Palestinian artist Dima Srouji’s ‘This is Not Your Grave’ explores architecture as shelter, resistance, oppression
REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR, ARAB NEWS , February 29, 2024 -
Canvas Magazine Artist Profile: Dima Srouji
Osman Can Yerebakan, Canvas Magazine, January 17, 2024 -
Architectural Digest: Dima Srouji featured in '7 Palestinian Artists You Need To Know About'
Maghie Ghali, Architectural Digest, October 31, 2023 -
Crafts Magazine: In the studio with artist Dima Srouji
Crafts issue 297: 50 years of CraftsCharlotte Jansen, Crafts Magazine, October 9, 2023 -
FAD Magazine: Dima Srouji's Glassware 'Forgeries' Take Center Stage at London Design Festival
Charlotte Rickards , FAD MAGAZINE, September 19, 2023 -
Financial Times: Palestinian artist Dima Srouji on creating ‘forgeries’ of V&A artefacts
Zehra Munir , Financial Times , September 10, 2023 -
'A journey of the displaced: Making sense of the reflections' - V&A Museum fellowship blog by Dima Srouji
Dima Srouji , Victoria & Albert Museum , July 21, 2023 -
ELLE ARABIA: Dima Srouji in the Sharjah Biennial 15
Elle Arabia , July 10, 2023 -
GQ Middle East: “Dima Srouji Spotlights Palestine’s Glassmaking Craftsmanship With Hollow Forms”
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Yung: “Dima Srouji – Fragile Vessels”
YUNG, March 13, 2023