Lina Dib was born in Montreal and currently lives and works in Houston, TX. She is a multidisciplinary artist and anthropologist. Her installations and compositions range from the experimental to the ethnographic. Using sculptural elements as well as sound, video and paper, she creates fluid architectures that highlight socio-technical and ecological change.
Dib teaches at Rice University where she is a fellow and lecturer at the Center for Environmental Studies and the Program in Writing and Communication. Her work has been supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Union of Concerned Scientists, AMIDA’s European training program, and the City of Houston among others. Recent exhibitions include the Ion Innovation Hub, the Houston Botanic Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens, Day for Night, Galveston Arts Center, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Discovery Green, Governor’s Island NY, the Whitney Biennial 2017, and Johnson Space Center NASA.
The barn
Lina Dib
A Gift From The Bower is presented by DiverseWorks and the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens (LSCAN).
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Lina Dib was born in Montreal and currently lives and works in Houston, TX. She is a multidisciplinary artist and anthropologist. Her installations and compositions range from the experimental to the ethnographic. Using sculptural elements as well as sound, video and paper, she creates fluid architectures that highlight socio-technical and ecological change.
Dib teaches at Rice University where she is a fellow and lecturer at the Center for Environmental Studies and the Program in Writing and Communication. Her work has been supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Union of Concerned Scientists, AMIDA’s European training program, and the City of Houston among others. Recent exhibitions include the Ion Innovation Hub, the Houston Botanic Garden, Yerba Buena Gardens, Day for Night, Galveston Arts Center, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Discovery Green, Governor’s Island NY, the Whitney Biennial 2017, and Johnson Space Center NASA.
The barn
Lina Dib
A Gift From The Bower is presented by DiverseWorks and the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens (LSCAN).