Lara Atallah is a New York-based artist and writer. Her practice is informed by her interest in the political nature of landscape, and the power it holds to reshape our perception of borders. Her work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, and is part of the Onassis Cultural Foundation's collection in Athens, The Met Museum, as well as the NYU Langone Art Collection. Her first book, Edge of Elysium, Vol.1 was published by Open Projects Press in September 2019. Her writing has appeared in Artforum, Camera Austria, Flash Art Italia, and The Brooklyn Rail among others. She is an Art Director at Everybody Press and is currently working on her first poetry collection forthcoming in Spring 2023.
News
March 8, 2023 — Association of Writers and Writing Program (Seattle)
Excited to release my debut poetry collection Exit signs on a seaside highway with Everybody Press at the forthcoming AWP conference in Seattle next March. You can pre-order the book through the following link.
July 14 - 17, 2022 — San Francisco Art Book Fair
Edge of Elysium, Vol.1 featured as part of Open Project's lineup at the San Francisco Art Book Fair this year.
July 16, 2022 — Everybody Press
Thrilled to be reading a few pieces from my upcoming book Fireflies at the Hot Poets Summer Salon organized by Everybody Press this weekend.
June 9, 2022 — The Brooklyn Rail
Grateful and honored that The earth leaked red ochre was reviewed by William Corwin in The Brooklyn Rail. You can read the piece here.
April 14, 2022 - June 12, 2022 — Miriam Gallery
Happy to have work included in The earth leaked red ochre, opening on April 14 at Miriam Gallery, curated by Re’al Christian. The show will be on view until June 12 and brings together my work alongside Simon Benjamin, Corinne Jones, Levani (aka Levan Mindiashvili), and Sara Jimenez.
February 24, 2022 - March 19, 2022 — Galerie Camille
Pieces from my body of work "your body is the warmest place" are included in in the group exhibition "To Make is to Stay", at Galerie Camille curated by Nour Ballout and featuring the works of: Farah Al-Qasimi, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Yasmine Diaz, Zeinab Saab, and Lara Atallah.
November 26, 2021 — VIOLET INDIGO BLUE, ETC.
I had the honor to contribute a piece to VIBE's MAPS folio.
November 12, 2021 — Floresta Magazine
Wrote a little something that got featured in Issue 1 of Floresta Magazine.
October 9, 2021 — Bahr Magazine
Honored to have a piece featured in Issue 2 of Bahr Magazine. So many great contributions from awesome people! I highly recommend spending time with this issue.
October 6, 2021 — Afikra
I had a great chat with Mikey Muhanna for Afikra about my forthcoming book The Sun That Stood Still. Replay will be available soon.
June 22, 2021 — Wendy's Subway x Fully Booked x Makhzin
I had the honor to illustrate the cover of Wendy's Subway's latest book "Among a Sea of Influences," edited by Mirene Arsanios and Rachel Valinsky.
The book documents a series of workshops and conversations between Marwa Helal, Mona Kareem, and Iman Mersal around the themes of poetry and translation. You can view and order the book here.
June 14 - July 11, 2021 — Red Bull Arts Detroit - Art Mile Editions
I have a piece included in this showcase curated by friends at Maamoul Press.
Maamoul Press is a guest curator of a Red Bull Arts Detroit - Art Mile Editions online exhibition, showcasing a range of contemporary works around a diversity of experiences and narratives from emerging as well as established artists in and around diaspora.
View the exhibition online through July 11, 2021.
April 1-30, 2021 — Arab American National Museum
Pleased to announced that I've been selected for a remote residency at the Arab American National Museum during which I will be working on my forthcoming book, The Sun That Stood Still. You can read more about it here.
March 18 - April 5, 2021
Honored to be showing The World Is an Island at HOME Gallery in chinatown
March 7 - April 30, 2021
For the next two months, I have two pieces featured in the ArteEast's Legacy Trilogy Exhibition on Artsy. You can access the show here.
November 16-23, 2020 — Tokyo Art Book Fair
Edge of Elysium, Vol.1 featured as part of Open Project's lineup at the Tokyo Art Book Fair this year.
October 16-18, 2020 — Vancouver Art Book Fair
Happy to have Edge of Elysium Vol.1 part of Open Projects' lineup at the Vancouver Art Book Fair this year.
September 27, 2020
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sheryl Oppenheim for Bomb Magazine about Edge of Elysium, Vol.1. You can read it here.
September 21, 2020
I am pleased to announce that my book Edge of Elysium, Vol.1 was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Thomas J. Watson Library.
August 22, 2020
I was invited by NY Cultural Majlis to speak about my work. You can watch the talk here.
July 17, 2020
I'm honored to have been included in Asiya Wadud's Echo Exhibit organized by the LMCC as part of the River to River festival.
From late June to early July, Asiya Wadud, Chia-Lun Chang, Madison McCartha, Alisha Mascarenhas, Sevinç Çalhanoğlu, and myself had 15 minute phone conversations with strangers, which we then turned into poems. Shannon Finnegan created vinyls out of these poems that now live on a few storefronts in Manhattan's Seaport area.
You can read our poems here.
June 25, 2020
Happy to have Edge of Elysium Vol.1 part of Open Projects' lineup at the Brooklyn Virtual Art Book Fair this year.
May 1, 2020
At 6:30 PM EST, I'll be reading —on zoom—from Edge of Elysium, Vol.1, alongside Magali Duzant reading from her book The Moon and Stars and Liz Sales reading from On Medicine & Madness.
