Rania Matar's Intimate Portraits of Women and Girls
Lebanese-Palestinian American photographer Rania Matar explores identity, femininity, and adolescence through intimate portraits of women and girls in the Middle East and the United States. Born in Lebanon in 1964, she moved to the US in 1984 and studied architecture at the American University of Beirut before studying photography at the New England School of Photography. Her natural, spontaneous style often sets subjects in domestic spaces, highlighting cultural differences and shared emotional experiences. Matar's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; LACMA; Carnegie Museum of Art; ICA/Boston; National Museum of Women in the Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Fotografiska; and the Institut du Monde Arabe.
Key facts
- Rania Matar is a Lebanese-Palestinian American documentary photographer and portraitist.
- She was born in Lebanon in 1964 and moved to the United States in 1984.
- She studied architecture at the American University of Beirut.
- She studied photography at the New England School of Photography.
- Her work focuses on personal and collective identity, femininity, and adolescence.
- She photographs women and girls between the Middle East and the United States.
- Her portraits are intimate, natural, and often set in domestic spaces.
- Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; LACMA; Carnegie Museum of Art; ICA/Boston; National Museum of Women in the Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Fotografiska; and the Institut du Monde Arabe.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- American University of Beirut
- New England School of Photography
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- LACMA
- Carnegie Museum of Art
- ICA/Boston
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Fotografiska
- Institut du Monde Arabe
Locations
- Lebanon
- United States
- Middle East
- Boston
- Los Angeles
- Pittsburgh
- Washington, D.C.
- Minneapolis
- New York
- Paris