Rhonda Khalifeh is a Syrian-American artist based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Khalifeh’s practice centers around textiles and spans multiple formats including site-specific installations, multi-layered assemblages, and artists books. Khalifeh received her MFA from the fiber department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2017 and has been an artist in residence at SVA Bio Art Lab, Textile Arts Center, and Center for Book Arts. She published Project Z (2018) and Project Z Book II (2022) with Open Projects Press and currently self-publishes works under the imprint Z. Press. Khalifeh is a founding member of Book Arts Solidarity Network (BASN) and is on the editorial/production team for Makeready, BASN’s annual publication. Her work can be found in several public collections including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Fine Arts Library at Harvard University.
Khalifeh teaches letterpress printing and natural dye classes in and around NYC. For current class offerings please see the link below.