About
Biography:
Dahlia Dreszer (Panama) is a photo-based artist living and working in Miami, Florida. She graduated from Emory University with a background in Media and Photography. Her work explores identity, memory, and cultural heritage through large-format photography and immersive installations that blur the line between reality and artifice. Using carefully constructed still-life arrangements, Dahlia weaves together personal narratives with broader cultural histories. Rooted in her Latin American and Jewish heritage, her practice reflects the complexity of creating a sense of home across diasporas.
Dreszer’s ongoing project Bringing the Outside In debuted as a solo exhibition at Green Space Miami from March to May 2025. The layered experience of navigating between cultures informs her visual language, as does her commitment to preserving overlooked traditions, such as the Mola. Her recent work with Mola textiles will be featured in the inaugural edition of Pinta Panama, presented by the City of Panama in May 2025. She is currently exploring the intersection of tech, art, and nature, through her project Clone Dahlia, an AI-generated version of herself designed to explore simulated presence, identity, and adaptation.
Alongside her studio practice, Dahlia curates programs and public dialogues that center collaboration, technology, and cross-cultural exchange, including Gen AI in the Arts, Collectors Round Table, and Women Leaders in the Arts at her solo show ‘Bringing the Outside In’ in Miami.
Artist Statement:
I am a multidisciplinary artist from Panamá, working primarily in photography, installation, and fiber. My work explores cultural identity, memory, and the evolving meaning of home within the diasporic experience, how we carry, adapt, and reconstruct our sense of place across generations. Through my practice, I aim to challenge traditional still life arrangements by creating a multi-dimensional environment that invites viewers to reflect on the evolving nature of cultural identity. My personal connection to these themes arises from my family heritage rooted in migration and displacement, the migratory experience of making home in between homes, and the overwhelmingness of adaptation. My process is community-driven, research-based, and experimental. I create elaborate installations in domestic spaces, incorporating rescued flowers, family heirlooms, textiles, and folk art with colors and patterns that blur reality and artifice, transporting the viewer between household interiors and other worlds. I am especially drawn to compositions that are rich with information, color, and detail that bleed to the edges of the frame. I chose these materials to explore multiculturalism by juxtaposing elements that are not traditionally placed together, expanding a visual language that reflects the transience of culture and suggests that “home” is not a fixed place, but a convergence of memories within the spaces we inhabit.
Education
2018 | Bachelor's Degree in Media and Photography with a concentration in Film and Media Management, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
2024 | Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Photography Workshop
2024 | Main Meida, Creating Storytelling Collages with Photoshop Workshop
2025 | WOPHA Institute, A complete guide for successful application
Solo Exhibitions
2025 | Todo esto que parece inventado, Presented by the city of Panama, Curated by Maylin Perez, Panama City, Panama (upcoming)
2025 | Bringing the Outside In at Green Space Miami, Curatorial Advisor, Ronald Sanchez, Miami, FL
2025 | Bringing the Outside In, pop-up at Laundromat Art Space, Curator Ronald Sanchez, Miami, FL
2024 | Bringing the Outside In, Museo Grau, Bogota, Colombia - 3-person show
2023 | Invisible Cities, Boca Raton JCC Gallery, FL, USA
2019 | Mas Allà del Lente, Selina, Panama City, Panama
2019 | Mas Allà del Lente, Hombre de la Macha, Panama City, Panama
Group Exhibitions
2025 | 2025 Spring Fling Space Oddity Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, USA
2024 | Context Art Miami, Liquid Art Systems Gallery, Miami, USA
2024 | Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA
2024 | Art Wynwood, Liquid Art Systems Gallery, Miami, USA
2023 | Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA
2023 | Aqua Art Miami, Miami, USA
2023 | Aves Migratorias at Frost Museum, Miami, USA
2021 | Gallery Aluxiik Tulum, Tulum, Mexico
2021 - 2023 | After Art Gallery, Kent, UK
2019 | Time Atelier, Gallery Axis Pioneer Square, Seattle, USA
2019 | Photography Show & Media Art Happening, Gallery Axis Pioneer Square, Seattle, USA
2019 | Capitol Hill Art Walk, Cloud Room Exhibit, Seattle, USA
2019 | Abstracción, Sensación, Intuición, y Color, Raw Gallery, Panama City, Panama
2019 | Metáfora Salvaje, Museo Regional de Veraguas, Veraguas, Panama
2019 | Pop up Art, Macrofest Panama, Panama City, Panama
2017 | Cox Media Exhibit, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
2016 | Woodruff Library Photography Exhibit, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Professional Service
2024 | Gen-AI Art Gallery, Re:Invent 2024, Las Vegas, NV (85,000 attendees), presented AI Art installation
2025 | Perez Art Museum (PAMM), Kids JAMM, facilitated workshop on AI Art with Dahlia’s personalized AI Art Generator, Miami, FL
2025 | Pinta Panama, Public Art Project (Upcoming)
2025 | Frost Art Museum, facilitate teaching on AI Art for professionals, Miami, FL (Upcoming)
Permanent Collections
Liquid Art Systems Gallery, Miami, USA
Aluxiik Gallery, Tulum, Mexico
Publications / Bibliography
2025 | Lily Marks, “Why This Artist Isn’t Afraid of AI’s Role in the Future of Art,” TIME Magazine
2025 | Florencia Franceschetti, “Dahlia Dreszer Brings The Outside In at Green Space Miami,” Artburst Miami
2025 | Irene Sperber, “A Tale Of Two Galleries: 'Fragile Terrain' And 'Open Water' Bring the Outside In”, Miami Art Zine
Curated Panels & Moderated Events
2024 | Women of the Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL (Panel Moderator)
2024 | Women Leaders in FSI, Eden Gallery, NYC (Art + AI installation)
2025 | Artist Talk, Green Space Miami
2025 | Collectors Round Table, Green Space Miami
2025 | Gen AI in the Arts, Green Space Miami (Panel Moderator)
2025 | Women Leaders in the Arts, Green Space Miami (Panel Moderator)
2025 | Celebrating Photography Month, Green Space Miami (Interview)
Technical Expertise
Amazon Web Services, Solutions Architect Certification