Archival pigment prints (available framed for $4,000.00 USD)
25.2"x 30 inches (framed)
edition 2 of 8
b. 1964, Beirut, Lebanon; lives in Boston
Rania Matar is a Boston-based Lebanese photographer whose work is informed by her cross-cultural personal narrative as a woman and mother living in America. These images from her series “On...
Rania Matar is a Boston-based Lebanese photographer whose work is informed by her cross-cultural personal narrative as a woman and mother living in America. These images from her series “On Either Side of the Window,” capture portraits of friends during recent socially distant visits. Reflecting on her own bifurcated experience as an immigrant, Matar noticed a breaking down of the “us versus them” mentality during the pandemic. The photographs from this series highlight the shared humanity, fragility, and priorities of all people, as well as the eternal desire for connection. Although millions have been confined to their homes during COVID, Matar seeks the beauty in the moment by emphasizing the gift of increased time with loved ones and by capturing signs of an enduring human spirit.
Matar is currently an associate professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), an artist-in-residency grant from the Mellon Foundation (2017), and a Legacy Award at the Griffin Museum of Photography (2001). A mid-career retrospective of her work was on view from 2019 to 2020 at the Cleveland Museum of Art and at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, titled In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar, and at the American University of Beirut Museum, titled An Image and Her Women. Matar’s work has been widely exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg; and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.