Dina Danish’s work is incisive and humorous, with a keen sense of irony. Working across textile, video, performance, writing, painting, and sculpture, her practice explores how symbols, signs, and gestures question the value of language as a dominant form of communication. Drawing from historical events, global news, and overlooked incidents, she processes the world through miscommunication and misunderstanding.

She engages with recurring signs and phrases: exploring sports memorabilia and autographs and their potential aesthetic value, using tongue twisters as theatrical forms, examining the use of chewing gum by contemporary artists and in Egyptian cinema, and collaborating on tapestries that juxtapose bespoke craftsmanship with the fleeting nature of media coverage. Utilizing humor and wit, Danish investigates the absurdity and contradictions within historical narratives and media representations, reimagining how information and history are constructed and disseminated. 

Dina Danish (1981, Paris, France) holds a BA from the American University in Cairo and an MFA from CCA in San Francisco, and has completed a post-graduate artist residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 2010. Her work has been shown in museums and institutions such as MAC/CCB, Lisbon; MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna; Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam; Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam; Kunsthall Oslo; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Beirut and Nile Sunset Annex, Cairo; De Nederlandsche Bank and de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam; and South London Gallery. She has been nominated for the Volkskrant Prize and the Prix de Rome in the Netherlands and the Abraaj Art Prize in the UAE. Danish is the recipient of the illy Present Future Award at Artissima 18, a Celeste Prize, the Mondriaan Fund, and a Barclay Simpson Award at CCA. Her work is in the collections of the MAMbo, SFMOMA, MoMA in New York, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Getty Art Museum in Los Angeles, De Nederlandsvhe Bank, ABN Amro, Nomas Foundations, and the Texeira de Fritas Collection, among others.