Laylah Ali
Laylah Ali was an American painter, artist and illustrator (born 1968). She was born at Buffalo.
Laylah Ali in brief
- Born
- 1968
- Known for
- painter, artist and illustrator
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
Contents
Formation and teaching
Laylah Ali studied at Washington University in St. Louis, Williams College, Nichols School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Recognition and collections
Laylah Ali received William H. Johnson Prize. Work by Laylah Ali is held by Museum of Modern Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Catalogued works
4 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1998 to 2012.
Untitled, dated 2000, held by Buffalo AKG Art Museum, inventory 2001:11. Untitled (Egypt with Tall Hats), from the Greenheads series, dated 2000, held by Seattle Art Museum, inventory 2000.109. Untitled (Greenheads), dated 1998, held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, inventory 2013.84. Laylah Ali : artist-in-residence, winter 2012 : drawings, dated 2012, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory NC139.A37 A4 2012.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.
Buffalo AKG Art Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Seattle Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Minneapolis Institute of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Ali, Laylah, Oxford Art Online, 2010. Ali, Laylah, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Tarjamat Alf laylah wa-laylah., Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 4: The Shangoda Collections from Dagestan. Mythological Constituents ofAlf laylah wa laylah, The Arabian Nights and Orientalism, 2006. Hādhi al-Kitāb qismat al-awalī min kitāb al Alf laylah ṿa-laylah, Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic Printing in Baghdad Online. Obstacles facing English Teachers and Their Libyan Primary School Youngsters in Teaching/Learning How to Read (i.e.to be literate) in English), مجلة الرفاق للمعرفة, 2020. Extraction of Fixed Oil from Seeds of ammomum Sublatum (Black Cardamom), 2016. Forgetting, Memory, and Narrative Disruption in Lance Olsen’s Theories of Forgetting. Painting Between the Lines, 2012. Cult fiction : art and comics, 2007. Bennington College 2003 Lectures and Exhibitions (Poster), 2003. Art Forum Berlin, 2001. Clinical testing of drug treatment shortening in patients with TB using PET/CT imaging of lung lesions., Science Translational Medicine, 2026.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Laylah Ali studied at Washington University in St. Louis, Williams College and Nichols School.
The field of work recorded is painting.
Residence is recorded at Williamstown and Buffalo.
Work by Laylah Ali is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Distinctions recorded are William H. Johnson Prize.
Chronology
- 1968Laylah Ali born at Buffalo.
- 1998Untitled (Greenheads) (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
- 2000Untitled (Buffalo AKG Art Museum).
- 2000Untitled (Egypt with Tall Hats), from the Greenheads series (Seattle Art Museum).
- 2012Laylah Ali : artist-in-residence, winter 2012 : drawings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Hādhi al-Kitāb qismat al-awalī min kitāb al Alf laylah ṿa-laylah, Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic Printing in Baghdad Online
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Mythological Constituents ofAlf laylah wa laylah, The Arabian Nights and Orientalism, 2006
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Tarjamat Alf laylah wa-laylah., Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 4: The Shangoda Collections from Dagestan
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Laylah Ali.
scholarly index · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Laylah Ali (1 object).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 8.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q16002504: Laylah Ali
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 9.
“Laylah Ali”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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