Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1963
Beirut, Lebanon: 1972 – 1975
Detroit, Michigan: 1975 – 1984
Brooklyn, NY: 1984 – current
Education
2009 MFA, Bard College-ICP, New York, New York
1989 BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2012 A Sea of Patterns, Pegasus Gallery, Middletown, CT
2009 Now, Now, Again and Again, Every Moment, Already, ICP-Bard MFA Gallery, LIC, NY
Group Exhibitions
2019 Conditions of Exchange, 80 Nassau Pop-up Gallery, NY, NY
2015 An Aesthetics of Slowness, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, LIC, NY
2013 Editing the News, FoMu (FotoMuseum), Antwerp, Belgium
2013 War is for the Living, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Strike Anywhere, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, ICP, New York, NY
2012 Making History. RAY 2012 Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain, Frankfurter Kunstverein, MMK Museum Für Moderne Kunst, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt, Germany (cat)
2010 Fuse 2 (Manhattan Bridge video projection), DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Exquisite Landscape: A Transcript of Sight, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, ICP, New York, NY
2010 About Time: A Photographic Inquiry, JGS Forward Thinking Museum
2009 10 from 25: Emerging Artists Using Photography, 25 CPW Gallery, NY, NY
2009 ICP-Bard MFA, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, ICP, New York, NY
Panel Discussions / Artist Talks / Interviews / Awards
2020 Berio, Marina. “Misprints.” Artist Talk, The Hand in The Machine, International Center of Photography, General Studies Program, New York, NY, February 2, 2020
2017 Berio, Marina. “Misprints.” Artist Talk, The Hand in The Machine, International Center of Photography, General Studies Program, New York, NY, February 3, 2017
2016 Lutz, Joshua. “Misprints.” Artist Talk, Senior Seminar, Purchase College-SUNY, School of Art+Design, Purchase, NY, March 3, 2016
2015 Al-Adeeb, Dena. “Misprints: An Interview with Paul Qaysi.” Jadaliyya. November 1, 2015. Accessed January 3, 2018. http://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/32649/Misprints-An-Interview-with-Paul-Qaysi.
2015 Simon, Abigail. “Misprints.” Artist Talk, Towards a Philosophy on Photography, International Center of Photography, General Studies Program, New York, NY, March 20, 2015
2013 “The Instability of Perception,” A Panel Discussion Moderated by Exhibition Curator Chương-Đài Võ with Artists Ashley Billingsley, Paul Qaysi and Scholar Gabrielle Starr, Dorsky Gallery of Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY, February 15, 2018
2014 Qaysi, Paul. “Misprints.” InVisible Culture, Issue 21: Pursuit, 20 Oct. 2014, Accessed January 3, 2018. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/misprints/
2013 Francis, Linda. “Misprints.” Artist Talk, Pratt Institute, Graduate Department of Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY, April 24, 2013
2013 New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship; “Misprints,” Brooklyn, NY
Reviews
Schreil, Cristina, “Dorsky exhibit has a meditative approach, Interactive pieces from eight artists challenge viewer perceptions.” Queen Chronicle, 5 February 2015
Cotter, Holland, “War Is for the Living.” New York Times, 13 March 2013
Cornet, Laurence, “War is for the Living Art and Conflict.” Le Journal de la Photographie, March 2013
Catalogues
“Making History. RAY 2012,” Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain. Ostfildern: Hatje/Cantz, 2012