Dahlia Elsayed (born 1969) is a New York-based painter, writer, and teaching artist whose work explores the relationships between language and landscape.
[3] In her work, Elsayed often overlaps maps from the past and the present with people and events, serving as records of internal and external geographies.
[3] "Writing and painting are close processes for me and language is central to my work, both as formal element and subject matter.
For over a decade, I have been making text and image based work that synthesizes an internal and external experience of place, connecting the ephemeral to the concrete."
Some of the works carried a flag-like quality, evoking reflections on place and national identity, adding depth and context to her vision.