Dahlia Baasher

Sudanese Artist based in Toronto.
My artwork explores the complex intersection of identity, power and resistance within the Sudanese community.
Through a blend of visual symbolism, figures, architectural references and layered narratives, I create work that challenge the viewer to question what is normalized, what is erased, and who gets to be seen and heard. Whether addressing state violence, displacement, or gender, I aim to unsettle passive viewing and ignite dialogue.

- Oil Painting Techniques Course, by the artist Muatasim H. Omar, 2022
- Media and Arts for Social Change online course by USIP - 2020
- What is Contemporary Art? Online course by MoMA (Modern Museum of Art), 2020
- Modern Art & Ideas Online course by MoMA, 2020
- European Painting: From Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya, Online course, 2020
- Portrait drawing workshop, by the Artist Tamim Sibai Gunied Cultural Centre, 2017
- Conflict Resolution & Peace-Building workshop to utilize Art in social change, Safer World Organization – Kenya, Nakuru, 2016

2025: Black Art Fair - Nia Art Centre, Toronto
2024: The Other Art Fair - Barker Hangar, Santa Monica
2023: Houston Art Fair - Matthew Reeves, Texas
2023: Detour - Saatchi Art Gallery, London
2023: Ici Le Soudan - Institut Français d’Egypte
2023: Sudan Heritage - Lamasat Art Gallery, Cairo
2022: Pink Flame - Village Market, Nairobi
2021: Solo Exhibition "A Place named Embrace", Savanna Innovation Lab, Khartoum
2021: Fragrance of Sudan - Karim Francis Gallery, Cairo
2021: Group exhibition "Art in Isolation" Middle East Art Institute, Washington DC
2020: “L’effet Papillon” French Institute, Khartoum
2019: “Sudan Contemporary Art” KICS, Khartoum
2019: Blanc et Noir - French Institute, Khartoum
2018: Conversation - French Cultural Center, Khartoum
2018: Women in Art - Khartoum Applied College (Gunied Cultural Center)