Dina Goldstein b.1969 Dina Goldstein began her career 30 years ago as a photojournalist, evolving from a documentary and editorial photographer into an independent artist focusing on large-scale productions of nuanced Narrative Photography tableaux. Her work is highly conceptual and complex social commentary; incorporating cultural archetypes and iconography from the collective common imagination with narratives inspired by the human condition. Leaning into the visual language of pop surrealism, she stages compositions that expose the underbelly of modern life, challenging the notions of cultural influence and inherent belief systems. The vivid and provocative still imagery emerges through an entirely cinematic technique, with Dina’s established methodology following a precise pre- to post production process. Goldstein was inspired by personal events when she created the highly conceptual ‘Fallen Princesses’(2007-2009). The series questions the “happily ever after” motif created by Disney and Western society. These critical works are revered online, at exhibitions and within education. Goldstein's fascination with the theme of disillusionment is evident within her second major body of work ‘In the Dollhouse’ (2012), a 10 part sequential narrative that takes place inside a very pink adult sized Dollhouse belonging to Barbie and Ken. Dina has won numerous awards such as the Arte Laguna Grand Prize, which invited her to attend a residency in India that inspired ‘Gods Of Suburbia’ (2014), a visual analysis of religious faith within the context of the modern forces of technology, science and secularism. In (2016) Dina released ‚Modern Girl’, satirical ads based on iconic Chinese advertising posters of the 1930’s, examining identity, gender roles, diasporic cultures, and consumerism. (2017) Snapshots From The Garden Of Eden was commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum Of San Francisco for the exhibit Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid. The series features 11 large-scale Black and White tableau images with characters from Jewish Tales. This traveling series was exhibited at the Museo Ebraico Venice, (2018) and is currently presented at Jewish museums internationally. Goldstein’s series (2019) The 10 Commandments is based on her observations of the sea changes roiling America since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The narrative seeks to examine the socio-political makeup of America through its political icons, Presidential figures. For Goldstein’s latest portrait series OG PUNK (2021) she photographed key figures from the legendary punk rock scene of the late 1970s and 1980s in Vancouver and Victoria. The series was exhibited at the Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, and participated during CONTACT photo festival, 2022. Dina has recently released prints from her 30 year photography career to include in the Dina Goldstein Archive now available online to the public. XXX, 30 years of Photography, a retrospective publication, will be released later this year. Goldstein’s work has been the subject of academic essays and dissertations, and has been covered extensively in media around the globe. Dina was awarded the Prix Virginia in 2015, an International Prize for Women, inviting her to exhibit in Paris, France. Dina continues to independently produce works and to show internationally at commercial and public galleries, art centres, festivals, biennales and museums.