Education
2013 B.A, International Relations, CUNY The City College of New York
Exhibitions
“Mirological: The Poetics of Mourning” Group Show at Pfizer Building. Brooklyn, New York. April 2025
‘New York...NOW!’ Group Show at 25 Allen Street. New York, NY. October 2024
‘Sumoud: Memory As Resistance’ Group Show at Pain Sugar Gallery. Riverside, California. February 2024
‘New York Now: Home’ Group Exhibition at The Museum of the City of New York. New York, New York. March 2023
‘Homecoming’ Group Show. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. August 2021
‘Queens as Family’ Group Show at Culture Lab LIC part of Photoville. Queens, New York. September 2021
‘Manual NYC: Viewfinder’ at South Street Seaport. New York, New York. December 2020
Manual NYC x Lower East Coast Art Basel Capsule Release. Miami, Florida. December 2019
‘Blame Your Parents Press III’ Group Show. London, England. November 2019
MixedUse Group Show. Brooklyn, New York. December 2018
‘You Want It Darker’ Group Show (Curator). New York, New York. July 2017
Published / Press
AnOther Magazine ‘Matte, the Publication Spotlighting America’s Rising Photography Stars’. December 2023
Matte Magazine Issue 62 ‘Exciting Photography Now!’ Feature (Cover/Opening Spread). December 2023, pp 8-41
‘New York Now: Home’ Exhibition Catalog (Book). March 2023
Sekka Magazine Neo-Arabs Issue “Dean Majd on Photographing the Palestinian Diaspora and More” (Print). November 2022
GQ Middle East "Palestinian-American Photographer Dean Majd Captures New York City’s Gritty Youth”. April 2022
‘Separation’ on AnOther Magazine “Dean Majd Documents Everyday Palestinian Life in Intimate Photo Series”. June 2021
‘Separation’ on It’s Nice That “‘I want viewers to see us’: Dean Majd on the importance of portraying Palestinians in a positive light”. June 2021
Aperture Profile (Introducing: Exciting New Voices in Photography) “The Queens Photographer Building a Legacy for His Friends”. December 2020
‘Blame Your Parents Press III’ Zine (Print). November 2019
Lectures
“Records of Presence - Portraits Against Ruin: Photographing Place with Dean Majd and Rania Matar” at Columbia University. New York, NY. February 2025
“In Conversation – Dean Majd and Kelly Long on the Empathetic Eye” at International Center of Photography (ICP). New York, NY. November 2024
‘Documenting Intimacy: Self, Family, Community’ Panel at The Museum of the City of New York for ‘New York Now: Home’. New York, New York. June 2023
‘Photo Talks (The Passion & The Business)’ Panel at Lower East Coast for Art Basel. Miami, Florida. December 2022
Pratt Institute’s Pratt Photo League. Brooklyn, New York (via Zoom). November 2021
Awards, Residencies, and Notable Acknowledgements
CPW Kingston Woodstock Artist-in-Residence (AIR), September 2025 (Forthcoming)
CPW Kingston Woodstock Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Shortlist, March 2024
New York Times Portfolio Review: Participant. New York, New York. March 2023