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Exhibitions (Solo)
“Hard Feelings” Baxter Street Camera Club of NY. New York, New York. February 2026 (Forthcoming)
Exhibitions (Group)
“A Reference Letter for the Revolution” En Foco 2025 Fellowship Exhibition. Wallworks NYC. Bronx, NY. September 2025.
“DOMESTIC” Shrine of Muses Group Show. London, England. September 2025.
“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
Published / Press
Nueva Luz Issue 29.2, 2025 Photography Fellowship Issue. September 2025.
Dazed Magazine. Dazed 100 2024 US Edition. December 2024
Dazed Magazine. ‘This group show is a love letter to the community and chaos of NYC’. October 2024
Dazed Magazine. ‘8 rising photographers share their wok on intimacy and desire’. January 2024
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
Lectures and Panels
“Frame State Presents Un Prophete (2009)” Screening and Discussion with Emulsions Pod at Vowels Archive. New York, NY. April 2025
“PATTERNS” Launch with Farah Al Qasimi at Storm Books and Candy. Brooklyn, NY. April 2025
“Records of Presence - Portraits Against Ruin: Photographing Place with Dean Majd and Rania Matar” at Columbia University. New York, NY. February 2025
“The Sum of Many” with Daniel Derro-Regan, Rana Abdelhamid, and Ameer Kazmi at Serving The People (NYC). New York, NY. January 2025
“In Conversation – Dean Majd and Kelly Long on the Empathetic Eye” at International Center of Photography (ICP). New York, NY. November 2024
“Middle East Archive: New York” with Farah Al Qasimi at Storm Books and Candy. Brooklyn, NY. September 2024
‘Documenting Intimacy: Self, Family, Community’ Panel at The Museum of the City of New York for ‘New York Now: Home’. New York, NY. 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
Notable Acknowledgements
CPW Kingston Woodstock Artist-in-Residence (AIR), September 2025
En Foco Fellowship Award 2025
Shortlisted for CPW Kingston Woodstock Artist-in-Residence (AIR), March 2024
New York Times Portfolio Review: Participant. New York, New York. March 2023
Education
2013 B.A, International Relations, CUNY The City College of New York