Islam Aly


• Honored to have a solo exhibition at the Islamic Arts Festival, 22nd Edition, " Books Beyond the Format", University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, December-January 2020 


• I  exhibited at the College Book Art Association Members Exhibition and Conference, Intersections: Book Arts as Convergence, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. 


• I showed my work at Focal Point Art Book Fair, Sharjah Art Foundation, Bait Al Shamsi, Arts Square, Sharjah, UAE.

• I presented my work at Swarthmore College’s Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary project exhibition,  March - October 2019, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA), Twelve Gates Arts (Philadelphia, PA), Parkway Central Free Library (Philadelphia, PA), Philadelphia City Hall (Philadelphia, PA), Booklyn (Brooklyn, NY).

• I  am honored to be part of Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered,  March - October 2019: Mark Twain Library (Redding, CT), Ridgefield Guild of Artists (CT), Ridgefield Library (CT), Putnam Arts Council (Mahopac, NY), Mahopac Public Library (NY), Five Points Gallery (Torrington, CT), University of Hartford Art School (CT)


 •  I  exhibited at​ Word | Image | Object, Juried Exhibition of contemporary artists’ book, Denver Public Library, July-December 2019, Denver, CO


• I  exhibited at Book As Art: Flight Edition exhibit at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Concourse E, through October 2019, Atlanta, GA.


•  I  exhibited at Codex 7th International Biennial and Book Fair in Richmond, CA, February 3-6  2019.


•  Four of my books (Metamorphoses 5, The Square, Sequence I, and 28 letters) were added to the special collections at Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.


  • I  exhibited at The Book As Art v.6.0 Pulp exhibition, Decatur Arts Alliance, August- September 28, 2018, The Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur, Decatur, Ga.


•  I  exhibited at Fertile Ground: Artists Respond to a Collective Geography, College Book Art Association Juried Members’ Exhibition, Curated by John Caperton the Jensen Bryan Curator, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA and Mark Dimunation the Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA January 4-6, 2018.


•  I  exhibited at Codex 6th International Biennial and Book Fair in Richmond, CA, February 5-8  2017.


•  I exhibited at 20/20 Vision, Curated by Steve Woodall, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, July 30- October 16, 2016


•  I exhibited at The Art of the Book, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, California, May 2 - June 5, 2016 


• I exhibited at Exceptional: Handmade Paper Beyond Substrate, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, October 23, 2015 – February 7, 2016


•  I exhibited  at Ten Years of Artist Books at the Brooklyn Public Library, Curated by Donna Seager, an exhibition celebrating ten years of "The Art of the Book" exhibition at Seager Gray Gallery, October 1, 2015 - January 24, 2016 
 

•  I exhibited at Hello Hedi, juried exhibition of book art celebrating influential book artist Hedi Kyle, 23 Sandy Gallery in  Portland, OR, June 5 - July 25, 2015.


•  I am honored to have my work featured on the Minnesota Center for Book Arts Book Art Biennial, Minneapolis, MN,  July 23-26, 2015.


• I exhibited my books at The Art of the Book , Tenth annual exhibition of handmade artist books, altered books, and book-related materials. Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, California, May 5 - May 31, 2015.


•  I exhibited at Reader’s Art: Concealed, Confined and Collected, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN,  May 8 – July 26, 2015.


• Images of one of my artists' book were published in 500 Handmade Books Vol 2, by Lark Books, 2013.