Bayda is a Syrian/ British artist residing in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, who could work in a wide range of mediums. Bayda was trained by Sharon Smith Viles as an Asian Brush painter then moved on to teach that art form at Worcester Art Museum. She has vast knowledge in painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, Japanese weaving (Saori), mixed media and sculpture. Her work has been recognized in several local galleries, including Worcester Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, Attleboro Art Museum, Cambridge Art Association, Fountain Street Gallery, Davis Art Gallery & Whistler House Museum of Art, giving her a well-rounded knowledge of all stages of artistic production from conception through to presentation.

In 2011 Bayda was awarded the Frances Kinnicutt Travel & Study Award from Worcester Art Museum; and in January 2021, she was awarded Mass Cultural Traditional Arts Award in Arabic Calligraphy.

Bayda continues her ever-growing career as an artist and as a member of the New England art scene.

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Exhibitions & Commissions

2023        Exotica, National Prize Show (juried), Cambridge Art Association, Boston, MA
2023        Solo exhibit, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA
2023        Trio exhibit,(Juried) Fountain St. Gallery, Boston, MA
2023        Luna, Exotica, Interconnected, (Juried) Fiber Show, WSU, Worc, MA
2022        It’s A New Day, Weight of Words, (Juried) NESA, Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA
2022        Who We Are, (Juried) Celebrating Diversity-Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
2022        Healing Fibers: Democracy. PopUp Gallery, Worcester, MA
2022        A Wor(l)d of Dichotomy, Solo exhibit, PopUp Gallery, Worcester, MA
2022        It’s A New Day, (Juried) The Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2021        Wish I were a Bamboo, (Juried) 85 th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg, MA
2021        Paper Maze, paper sculpture commission, BoxFort, Natick, MA
2021        Un-Reckoning, Our Backs to the Sea, (Juried) Under the Same Flag group Exhibit, Framingham, MA
2020        Solo, collaborative sculpture with L. Simmons, Boundless Way Temple, Worc. MA
2020        Whisper (n), Duo show with L. Simmons, Davis Art Gallery, Worc., MA
2019        Woods in the Library, Solo Exhibit, Lamar Library, UMass Medical School, Worcester MA
2019        Healing Fibers: Unwoven Journeys, Pop-Up Gallery, Worcester, MA
2019        Natura, three-person-exhibit, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

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Awards

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2023        Member of New England Sculpture Association Council
2023        Mass Culture Individual Artist Grant, Worcester, MA

2021        It’s A New Day, Fiber Art Now Juried Exhibit, Excellence in Fiber VII

2021        Mass Cultural Council Traditional Arts Award in Arabic Calligraphy.

2021        An Artist on the Rise, August 31, issue; Saidnews.uk  
 

Memberships

New England Sculpture Association (NESA)

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

Fitchburg Art Museum

Sumi-e Society of America

 

Work Experience

WAM, Worcester, MA (2009 - present) Artist: adult art teacher.

UMASS Medical Group , Worcester, MA (Jan 2010- present)-Interpreter: Duties include medical interpretation for the Arab community in Worcester and surrounding area.

Healing Fibers annual art & social activism project, curator and participating artist/ performer, Worc. MA