ABOUT

Linda Dounia is an artist, designer, and writer interested in the philosophical and environmental implications of technocapitalism. She is Senegalese- Lebanese.

Her artistic practice mediates her memories as alternative realities and evidence of excluded ways of being and doing. It is formed through the dialogue and tensions between lived experience, code, and AI. She is an advocate for greater agency over algorithms – how we percieve them and are perceived by them.

As a designer, she is interested in how technology can adequately represent and empower people, no matter who they are. She has managed design teams that leverage the power of play, co-creation, and prototyping with communities to better understand systemic inequality, and to make technology more accessible and useful to them.

In 2023, Linda was recognized on the TIMEA100 list of most influential people in AI for her work on speculative archiving — building AI models that help us remember what is lost. In 2024, she was also the recipient of Mozilla’s RISE25 award for her work in AI.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

Le Monde Selon l’IA
Jeu de Paume
Paris
(Upcoming)

Augmented Intelligence
CHRISTIE’S
New York

AI Action Summit: L’Elysée’s Official Event Curation
GRAND PALAIS
Paris

2024

World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM – PST ART
Los Angeles

The Wake/Xall Wi
SOMETHING – Dak’art Biennale
Dakar

Desert Threads: Weaving Tradition and Technology
TRAME
Marfa

True/False
KIKK FESTIVAL
Namur

Ce qui nous rassemble: langues, languages, et imaginaires
LA GAITE LYRIQUE – Sommet de la Francophonie
Paris

Once Upon A Garden: The Complete Series
FELLOWSHIP
Online

Sunu Diggante
LA GALERIE DU 19M
Dakar

Art on Stax: Tongues
LEDGER
Online

Once Upon A Flower
CINELLO – The Digital Art Mile
Basel

The Awakening is ~~Afropolitan~~
VLISCO HOUSE
Dakar

Faux Letters
AVANT ARTE
Online

Beyond AI: Resistance & Coexistence
M.BASSY
Hamburg

Flore Perdue
BRIGHT MOMENTS – Paris
Paris

Creating Connections: Digital Art For Connectivity
UNICEF + GIGA + CHRISTIE’S
Online

SMALL V01CE
HONOR FRASER GALLERY
Los Angeles

2023

MoMA Postcards, The First 15
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Online

Eroding Memories
INSTITUT FRANCAIS + SELEBE YOON – Biennal Sur
Dakar

Cartography Of The Soul
CHRISTIE’S + M.A.P.S
New York

Liminal Space
UNIT LONDON
Online

Tomorrow x Tomorrow
LARSEN WARNER GALERY
Stockholm

Female Future Forward
AFROFUTOURISM – Art Dubai
Dubai

Excavating Ex Machina
LUME STUDIOS + SUB¿ECTIVE
New York

Proof Of People
VERTICAL + REFRACTION
New York

In/Visible
FERAL FILE
Online

AB.
FAKEWHALE
Online

The Diamond Exhibition
PROOF
Online

Computational Realism
VERTICAL + THE NFT GALLERY
New York

2022

About Now #2
CECILE FAKHOURY GALLERY
Abidjan

FEMGEN
VERTICAL + ARTBLOCKS + RIGHTCLICKSAVE
Miami

Bauhaus’ Puzzle
MONO
Tunis

Future Of Cities
REFRACTION – Miami Art Week
Miami

Tales Of Togetherness
KIKK Festival
Namur

Guy Gi / Partcours
YENNENGA CENTER + ALT DEL
Dakar

Once Upon A Garden
ARTXLAGOS
Lagos

In Touch / Despace
TEZOS x VERTICAL
Berlin

Sparrows Do Not Fear The Sun / Grails II
PROOF + ICONIC + WHHA
Online

Spannungsbogen
QUANTUM GALLERY
Los Angeles

2021

The Digital Roots
VERTICAL + LUME STUDIOS
New York

22 for 2022
ARTSY
Online

Sacred Roots
CYBER BAAT – Art Dubai
Dubai

Humans + Machines
TEZOS – Art Basel
Miami

Reloading
ARTXLAGOS
Lagos

Inaugural Biennal
MUSEUM OF NEWFANGLED ART
New York

WORK EXPERIENCE

Art, Art Direction
SELF-EMPLOYED
Clients: IBM, (confidential), Safran, Vlisco, The Atlantic x Google, The Flip, Draup, Chanel’s 19M, Mozilla x Skillshare, ANO Cultural Institute, Ghana’s Museum Board, Ledger
03.2021 - now

Experience Designer
ZEERA (formerly REAL)
03.2021 - 10.2021

Interaction Design Lead
IDEO.ORG
Clients: The Gates Foundation, One Acre Fund, Preventive Care International, OpenIDEO, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Eastern Africa Grain Council, FP20230, Billion Girls Colab, MSI Reproductive Choices
08.2020 - 02.2021

Senior Interaction Designer
IDEO.ORG
Clients: The Gates Foundation, The Hilton Foundation, Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee, County Government of Siaya
01.2019 - 07.2020

Product & Learning Lead
ENEZA EDUCATION
03.2018 - 12.2018

UX Researcher
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY
01.2017 - 12.2017

Learning Experience Designer
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY
01.2015 - 12.2016

Associate
DALBERG DEVELOPMENT
06.2013 - 12.2013

Associate
GOOGLE
01.14 – 01.15

PRESS + PUBLICATIONS

‘An Echo Chamber of This World’s Order’: Stephanie Dinkins, Linda Dounia, and Marianna Simnett Confront A.I’s Ethical Tangle
Artnet

Is the Outrage Over Christie’s A.I. Auction Overblown? Artists in the Sale Weigh In
Artnet

The Art of Intelligence
The Atlantic

Time 100 AI: Linda Dounia Rebeiz
TIME

Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History
The New York Times

Black Artists Use A.I. to Make Work That Reveals the Technology’s Inbuilt Biases for a New Online Show
Artnet

Neo Botanica – An Atlas of Artificially Generated Flora
Vetro

Black Artists Find AI-Generated Images Of Black People Are Inaccurate And Distorted
People of Colour in Tech

Why These 8 Artists Are Making NFTs
Artsy

Artists Who Were Using Artificial Intelligence Before ChatGPT
Artsy

10 African Artists Using Technology as Their Canvas
Artnews

Is AI generating an ‘averaged’, one-sided, view of art history?
The Art Newspaper

Linda Dounia Explores The Use Of AI
Artnews AFRICA

Linda Dounia on Memory Machines
Le Random

10 Up and Coming Black Artists to Watch in 2022
Bettershared

La révolution des NFT
Forbes Afrique

ART X Lagos Shines a Spotlight on Growing Market for NFTs in Africa
Flash Art

Ghana appoints experts to draw up 'radical' new plan for museums and monuments
The Art Newspaper

How Linda Dounia Created a Supportive Space for African Digital Artists with Cyber Baat
Whitewall

From Ink to Algorithms
ARTXCODE journal

ESSAYS + TALKS

How can artists regain power over AI?
Sorbonne University + Microsoft Research AI & Society

Conversational Technologies
Lucerne Univeristy of Applied Sciences and Art / talk

AI tools paint a blurry picture of our current reality – so what do these biases mean for our future?
It’s Nice That / essay

Speculative archiving as resistance
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art / guest lecture

An Echo Chamber for Our World Order
Feral File Journal / essay

Blur Theory
University of Washington – HCDE / guest lecture

Exploring small AI and shifting realities
AIxDesign / talk

NFTs and the museum
Museum Folkwang/ talk

The Future Of Living
Bozar x EUNIC Brussels / talk

On-Chain Geography
Tezos x Art Basel, Miami / talk

NFTs From And For The Global South
Graduate Center C.U.N.Y / talk

Technoethics: Metaverse ethics
NYU Tisch / guest lecture

Destroying AI Monoculture
Museum of Cryptoart / podcast

Is AI Biased Against Literally Everyone?
Museum of Cryptoart / podcast

Studio visit: Linda Dounia
Outland / podcast

Even By Design
Figma (CONFIG) / keynote

Once Upon A Garden
ARTX LAGOS / panel

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Email

Linda is represented by ARTXCODE. For inquiries, please contact toni@artxcode.io or hello@artxcode.io.

Video sketches exploring black bodies in water.

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