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Art practice

Explore art practice through works, recognition, study and practice. Each entry identifies its connection.

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19 entries

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TeachingFall 2026
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Teaching

Art Appreciation · Richard Bland College

Teaching art through looking, discussion and connections across visual culture.

Alex Dahdah · Instructor

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Qualification2022–2023 · class of 2023
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Qualification

MFA in Multidisciplinary Art

Graduate studio and thesis work at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, alongside critical theory and visual identity design.

Alex Dahdah · Master of Fine Arts awarded

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Research grant
2023
Maryland Institute College of Art · organization identityOrganization logo

Recognition context

Research funding

Graduate Research Development Grant

Maryland Institute College of Art

Recognises
Research funding
Recipient
Alex Dahdah
Qualification2021–2022
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Qualification

Graduate study at SFAI

Graduate studio work, critique, theory and directed study at the San Francisco Art Institute, before completing the MFA at MICA.

Alex Dahdah · MFA Studio Art programme · study at SFAI

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Exhibition
Opened 28 May 2022
Interlude

Related work · Interlude

Interlude · AUB Studio Arts final exhibition

Exhibition material and posters designed by Alex for the graduating Studio Arts BA exhibition. William Okaily was among its eight exhibiting student co-curators.

Alex’s role
Graphic designer · exhibition material & posters
Design2022
Complete Interlude exhibition poster: repeated lowercase lettering and eight people on a dusty pink field

Practice & context

Interlude

Alex Dahdah · Graphic designer · exhibition material & posters

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Roles & serviceSeptember 2025
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Professional role

Grant Review Panelist

Served on a review panel for the FY26 Capital Projects Grant Program, supporting the assessment of arts and humanities infrastructure proposals.

Alex Dahdah · Grant Review Panelist

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Personal award
May 13, 2022
San Francisco Art Institute · historical identity from Leonardo’s convening partnersOrganization logo

Recognition context

Personal award

PhotoAlliance Award

San Francisco Art Institute

Recognises
Personal award
Recipient
Alex Dahdah
Graduate fellowship
2021
San Francisco Art Institute · historical identity from Leonardo’s convening partnersOrganization logo

Recognition context

Recognises
Graduate-study support
Recipient
Alex Dahdah
CourseworkSpring 2023
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Study record

Mount Royal School of Art IV

The final Mount Royal studio term, bringing together thesis artwork, writing, an exhibition and a public thesis lecture.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkSpring 2023
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Study record

Using Critical Theory

Using theoretical texts to question and interpret contemporary cultural and artistic practice.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkFall 2022
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Study record

Art Worlds

Contemporary artists, curators and institutions, with research into how art engages social justice, identity, inequality and environmental questions.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkSpring 2022
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Study record

Directed Study: Topic Seminar

An individually supervised graduate topic seminar. Its specific topic and supervising instructor are still being confirmed from the course records.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkFall 2021 · Spring 2022
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Study record

Graduate Critique Seminar

Group critique of developing artwork, with discussion of conceptual and material decisions, readings and presentations.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkFall 2021 · Spring 2022 · Summer 2022
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Study record

Graduate Lecture Series

A programme of visiting-artist and practitioner lectures, recorded across Alex’s three SFAI study terms.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Lecture series

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CourseworkFall 2021 · Spring 2022
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Study record

Graduate Tutorial

Individual tutorial study supporting the development of an independent graduate art practice.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkSpring 2022
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Study record

MFA Intermediate Review

A formal review of Alex’s developing MFA work during his SFAI graduate study. This was an academic review, rather than a taught class.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Academic review

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CourseworkFall 2022
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Study record

Mount Royal School of Art III

Independent graduate studio work developed through research, visiting-artist critiques and reflection on presentation and audience.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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CourseworkFall 2021
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Study record

Inside the Artist’s Studio

A graduate course centred on the artist’s studio and practice. Further detail on the specific syllabus is still being confirmed.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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