Exhibition by Dalia Hassan a current Akin MOCA member
Dalia Hassan is a visual artist born and raised in Cairo and she currently lives and works in Toronto. Dalia received a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the American University in Cairo in 2007, and has spent the majority of her career working as an independent artist in Egypt. Growing up and living in a densely-populated metropolis, Dalia's earlier work explored the themes of urbanism and city life where she used her art as a means to appreciate and endure the city’s ebbs and flows. Her paintings reflected the abnormalities of her urban environment in a fantasized setting and often with gallows humor. Since moving to Toronto in 2018, Dalia's practice has been transforming into abstraction, focusing on the mind and the relationship between consciousness and existence. She tries to capture glimpses of consciousness and mental processes, using color to trace a labyrinth of thoughts and emotions that layer up to form one's perception of existence. She is often inspired by topics in cognitive science, physics and philosophy. Her work has been exhibited in Cairo and Toronto.
Please note: this exhibition has been postponed. New dates to be announced shortly.