EDUCATION

B.F.A. in Visual Arts                 Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC [2017]

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

The Portfolio Prize, 85-5 Visual Arts Foundation [2022]

Shortlisted for the Figureworks Prize [2019]

Longlisted for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize [2019]

Second Place 3D Works & Fibre Arts Award in ARTS 2018 Exhibition by Arts Council of Surrey & Surrey Art Gallery [2018]

Honourable Mention Award for Excellence in the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize Exhibition [2017]

Margaretha Bootsma Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Graduation Exhibition [2017]

Shortlisted for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize [2017]

Longlisted for the BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition [2017]

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Jawahir: Jewels, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC. [2018]

PUBLIC WORK

Qimash, Stadium/Chinatown Skytrain Station, Capture Photography Festival in
            Collaboration with TransLink, Vancouver, BC. [2018 – 2019] 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS          

Facing Time, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC. [January - March 2021]

even the birds are walking, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, AB. [January - March 2020]

Figureworks 2019, Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts By Wallack’s Galleries, Ottawa, ON. [2019]

Conflux: Inaugural BFA Alumni Exhibition, KPU Spruce Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2019]

Arts 2018, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2018]

Eight X Eight, Gam Gallery, Vancouver, BC. [2017] 

KPU 29th Annual Scholarships & Awards Dinner, River Rock Show Theatre, Richmond, BC. [2017]

Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize Exhibition, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC. [2017]

The Space Between, Kwantlen Graduation Gallery Spaces, Surrey, BC. [2017]

The Collective Unconscious, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2016 - 2017]

Private Inquiries, Public Exposure, Pop Up Newton Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2016]

Advanced Film Photography, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2016]

Private Public Inquiries, Kwantlen Fine Arts Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2016]

Public Private Inquires, Kwantlen Fine Arts Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2016]

The Lenticular Show, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2015]

Out of Place, Kwantlen Fine Arts Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2015]

Digital Self-Portraits, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2015]

Homecomings, Kwantlen Fine Arts Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2015]

A Sense of Place, Kwantlen Fine Arts Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2015]

The Print Exchange 2014, 7 Dunham Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA. [2014]

Colours in Design, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2014]

Urban Nature, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC. [2014]

ARTIST TALKS & INTERVIEWS

A Special Conversation with Noor Bhangu, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, AB. January 2020.

Artist Round Table Discussion | Q&A: "Out in the Wilderness: Life After Art School", KPU, Surrey, BC. September, 2019.

Artist Talk/Tour for the public work Qimash, Downtown Vancouver, BC. April 22, 2018.

Radio Interview with CBC News, On The Coast, Vancouver, BC. March 28, 2018.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ExplorAsianFestival. “Interconnected Artist Spotlight: Durrah Alsaif.” Explor Asian January 2022. Web.

“Durrah Alsaif a Visual Form .” KPU Alumni Magazine: Celebrating 40 Years, 2021: 6. Print

Phillips, Payton. “Gallery Review: Durrah Alsaif’s newest piece strikes up a conversation about gendered expectations.” The Gender February 2020. Web.

Anand, Simranpreet. “Material Questioning: Durrah Alsaif's Jawahir: Jewels.” Rungh August 2019. Web.

Alsaif, Durrah. The Space Between: KPU Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition April 2017: 2-3. Print.

Capture Photography Festival. Exhibitions. The Lind Prize. Capture Photography Festival. TD Bank Group, March 2017. Web.

Presentation House Gallery. Exhibitions. The Lind Prize. Presentation House Gallery. Rogers Communications, 15 March 2017. Web.

Alsaif, Durrah. "#TogetherToEndMaleGuardianship." KPU Faculty of Arts 2017 Calendar March 2017: September. Print.

Aguilar, Paula. "Fourth-Year Art Students Show Surrey Their Collective Unconscious." The Runner  [Surrey, BC] 31 January 2017: 9. Print.

Goble, Gord. “'Out of Sight' a Sight to See at Surrey Art Gallery.” Surrey Now January 26: A09. Print.

Keller, Joseph. "Kwantlen Art Collective Goes Public with New Exhibit." The Runner [Surrey, BC] 13 September 2016: 6. Print.

Alsaif, Durrah. “Kalaam El-Nas (Everybody Talks).” Pulp Summer 2016: 31. Print.

Alsaif, Durrah. "Values." KPU Faculty of Arts 2016 Calendar January 2016: January. Print.

Alsaif, Durrah. “Give Hope, Give Life.” Pulp Spring 2014: 6. Print.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Qimash (30 digital prints, 8” x 10”), Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC, Canada [2022]

Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY, USA [2014]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer, Knight Signs, Vancouver, BC [2019 — Present]

Photographer, The Artona Group Inc., Vancouver, BC [2019] 

Fine Arts Instructional Associate On-Call Auxiliary, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC [2019] 

Picture Framer, Canadian Art Prints & Winn Devon Art Group Inc., Richmond, BC [2018 – 2019]

Institutional Analysis & Planning On-Call Auxiliary, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC [2018 – 2019] 

Pre-Press Graduation Catalogue Designer, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC  [2017]

Digital Media & Art Gallery Technician, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC [2015 – 2017]

Art Contributor, The Runner Newspaper, Surrey, BC [2014, 2016]

Photographer, Saudi Student Society of BC, Vancouver, BC [2012]

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Graffiti workshop, Prague, Czech Republic [2016]

Kwantlen Fine Arts Field School, New York and Venice Biennale [2015]