gallery exhibitions
2013
- August 27, 2013 - January 12, 2014
Rawiya She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, curated by Ms. Kristen Gresh, Henry and Lois Foster Gallery, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston MA
Includes work from: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, and Newsha Tavakolian - November 2013 - January 2014
Ordinary Lives, Arab-American Museum, Dearborn MI - September 18 - December 5 2013
Women Collectors, Women Artists, Exhibition curated by Marcelle Joseph and Lydia Cowpertwait, Lloyds Club, London UK - September 2013
L'Enfant-Femme, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston MA - March 22 - April 21, 2013
A Girl and Her Room, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne Germany
Opening Reception: March 22, 8:00pm (poster) - March 21 - April 26, 2013
Tamziq: Scattered & Connected: A Conversation in Art by Middle Eastern and American Artists, curated by Joanne Hardy, part of the Odysseus Project, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown MA
Opening Reception: April 22, 2013, 5:30-7:30pm - January 7- February 8, 2013
A Girl and Her Room, Dana Hall Gallery, 45 Dana Road, Wellesley MA
Opening Reception and Book Signing: January 15, 5:00-7:30pm
(invitation)
2012
Solo Exhibitions
- December 10, 2012 - February 28, 2013
Hey, Alter ...!, LehmbruckMuseum, Duisburg Germany (invitation | installation view) - December 1, 2012 - January 27, 2013
Ordinary Lives: Women of the Middle East, Sana Gallery, Singapore
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: December 6, 2012, 7:00-8:30pm. Hosted by Sana Gallery and sponsored by the Middle East Institute
Reviews: Harper's Bazaar | The Strait Times | Bloomberg News | Canvas Magazine | Art Actuel - November 1 - December 4, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, Leica Gallery, Warsaw Poland - October 3 - November 6, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland OR - September 14 - December 9, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, SouthEast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach FL - September 6 – November 3, 2012
Girls in Between: Portraits of Identity by Rania Matar, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
Opening Reception & Book Signing with the Artist: Thursday, September 6. (virtual tour of the exhibition) - June 2012
A Girl and Her Room, Leica Headquarters, Solms Germany - May 10 - July 13, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, Exhibit and Book Signing, Umbrage Gallery, Brooklyn NY (invitation) - April 4 - 30, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, Exhibit and Book Signing, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut (invitation) - January 9 - February 17, 2012
A Girl and Her Room, The Foster Gallery, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham MA
(invitation | exhibition review video)
Group Exhibitions
- 21 October - 30 November 2012
You are my Mirror, curated by Costis Antoniadis, Athens Photo Festival 2012, view catalog published by Ariadne Photo Gallery - September 2012
A Girl and Her Room with the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2010, curated by Angela Rupprecht, Fotokina, World of Imaging, Cologne - September 2012
FotoGrafia 2012 - The International Photography Festival of Rome, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Book Exhibition, curated by Douglas Stockdale (installation view) - September 21- November 5, 2012
Inside the Outsider, curated by Brian Charles Steel, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta GA (view invitation) - May 22 – Jun 14, 2012
L'Enfant-Femme, FlashForward Photo Festival, Boston by Invitation, Exhibit of Boston Photographers, curated by Eunice Hurd from Robert Klein Gallery and Jason Landry from Panopticon Gallery - May 12, 2012
Party for the Park 2012, Auction Exhibition, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MA - April 28 - June 15, 2012
A World of Women for World Peace, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's 11th Annual Conference and Exhibit, Theme: "Women, Technology, & Peacebuilding", Rayburn Building, US Capitol, Washington DC
Group Photography Exhibition curated by 1814 Magazine - March 19 - April 30, 2012
Women on The Verge: Women Photographers from the Middle East, The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai (exhibition review) - March 12 - April 26, 2012
Exhibition from the Samawi Permanent Collection, Ayyam Gallery Dubai (view the catalog)
2011
Solo Exhibitions
- A Girl and her Room, The Mosaic Rooms, A.M. Qattan Foundation, London UK. This exhibit is part of Shubbak. (view the exhibition catalog)
- A Girl and her Room, De Santos Gallery, Houston TX
- Rania Matar: Just a Girl?, Boston Arts Academy, Boston MA (view invitation)
Group Exhibitions
- A Girl and Her Room as part of "American Life", curated by Mr. Robert Morton, Lishui Photo Festival, China
- Annual Auction Group Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, 808 Gallery at Boston University, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
- Ordinary Lives as part of FOTOGRAFIA 2011: "Motherland", Festival Internazionale di Roma, The Place Where I Belong, curated by Mr. Marc Prust
- ICA 75th Anniversary Exhibition: 75 Artists for 75 Years, Kim and Jim Pallotta Gallery, Boston MA
- BEY Route: "Roaming Images", Crossroads of Greek and Arab Culture Through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists: a Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Project
Part of the 3rd THESSALONIKI BIENNIAL. Opening at Zico House, Beirut
(view the invitation | Exhibition Review, La Lettre de la Photographie, by Clint McClean) - 2001-2011 A Decade of Photography in the Aftermath of 9/11, Exhibit and slide show, curated by Mr. Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Greenwich House Music, West Village NY (view slideshow)
- Exposure 2011 - 16th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, curated by Ms. Whitney Johnson, Picture Editor of the New Yorker, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University
- Winner of the Legacy Award, 17th Juried Exhibition, curated by Debra Klomp Ching, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
- Photo National 2011: A Survey of Contemporary Photography, Curated by Brian Clamp and George Kinghorn, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor ME
- Off The Wall, curated by Ms. Susan L. Stoops, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Worcester Art Museum, Danforth Museum of Photography, Framingham MA - Winner First Place
- Rebirth Group Exhibition, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut Lebanon
- Teenagers: Portraits of Identity and Expression, with Natan Dvir, Martine Fourgeron, Alison Malone, Rania Matar, Nancy Newberry. Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
- Party for the Park: Collectors' Collection Silent Auction 2011, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln MA
- Lens Culture International Exposure Awards: 31 Contemporary Photographers. Traveling Group Exhibition: Gallery 291, San Francisco CA; Espace Dupon, Paris France; VII Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
- XXI: Conflicts in a New Century, co-curated by Charles Dee Mitchell and Cynthia Mulcahy, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas TX
- Across the Divide: Critcal Mass 2010, Top 50 Critical Mass Winners. Traveling Group Exhibition, curated by Todd Hido: Photo Center NW, Seattle WA; Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR; Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco CA
- Houston Center for Photography 2011 Print Auction, Junior League, Houston TX
2010
- Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX
- 14th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York NY (view the catalog)
- A Girl and her Room, Gallery of Photography B&B, Bielsko-Biala Poland (view invitation)
- Paris Photo, Carousel du Louvre, Represented by The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai
- The Aftermath, Px3 - Prix de la Photographie, Winners Exhibit: Istanbul Photo Festival
- A Girl and her Room, Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA (view invitation)
- In Between: Portraits of Teenagers Around the World: Rania Matar and Natan Dvir
Schneider Gallery, Chicago IL (view the press release | view invitation) - I-95 Triennial Invitational Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor ME
- Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, curated by Dr. Jörg M. Colberg, editor of the blog 'Conscientious'
- The Aftermath, Px3 - Prix de la Photographie, Winners Exhibit: Espace DUPON, Paris
- Annual Juried Group Exhibition, curated by Darren Ching, Owner Klompching Gallery NY, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR
- Act of Faith, Noorderlicht Photography, Abdijdmuseum Ten Duinen, Koksijde Belgium
- Critical Mass 2009 Winners Exhibit, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA
- Benefit Auction of Fine Art Photography 2010, Focus on Aids 13
- International Art of the Lebanese Diaspora, Beirut Exhibition Center, Notre Dame University, Louaize Lebanon (view invitation | Rania Matar interview)
2009
- Ordinary Lives, the Institute of Contemporary Art, ICA Boston
- Ordinary Lives, Gallery Kayafas, with August Sander, Jules Aarons, Boston MA (view invitation)
- Ordinary Lives, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut Lebanon (view invitation)
- Three Concerned Women, with Stella Johnson and Susan Bank, curated by Constantine Manos, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA (view invitation)
- Ordinary Lives, The Mosaic Rooms Gallery, London UK (view invitation)
- Ordinary Lives, The Gallery at Mount Ida College in collaboration with the Center for Arabic Culture, Newton MA (view invitation)
- Beyond Place: Recent Photography Acquisitions, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
- Select Contemporary Photography: Collection of Lucille and Richard Spagnuolo, Georgetown University Spagnuolo Gallery
- Best of Show: The Photo Review, Winners of the 2009 Photo Review Photography Competition, curated by Lesley Martin, Aperture Foundation, The University of the Arts, GALLERY 1401, Philadelphia PA
- A Girl and her Room, Work digitally displayed at Aqua Art Miami Exhibition with MyArtSpace, Art Basel Miami, Miami FL
- Ordinary Lives, 14th International St.Petersburg PhotoFair by invitation, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg Russia
- New England Photographer's Biennial Exhibition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA
- The Pursuit of Happiness, Noorderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands
- Lebanon at the Crossroads, Semaine de la Francophonie, Alliance Francaise/French Library, Boston MA
- Ordinary Lives, St Botolph Club, Boston MA
- 27th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Juror Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe
- Benefit Auction 2009, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
2008
- 2008 Foster Prize Finalist Exhibition, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston MA
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene TX
- Contrapuntal Lines: A tribute to Edward Said, Koppelman Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Council for Foreign Relations, New York City NY
- Lebanon at the Crossroads, Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA
- Women of Islam in the Aftermath of War, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
- Lebanon at the Crossroads, Michigan State University, Lansing MI
- As with all Wars, Art Car Museum, Fotofest, Houston TX
- Life After War, Lebanon 2006, The Human Condition Group Show, Prix de la Photographie Px3, Gallery Farmani LA, touring New York & Paris
- MCC Grant Recipients Exhibition, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston MA
- Photographs of Children from the DeCordova Permanent Collection, De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln MA
- Transformations Touring Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, Annual National Competition
- Benefit Auction 2008, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
- Annual Fine Print Auction, Texas Photographic Society
- ARTcetera Aid Action Committee Art Auction, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA
- Annual Auction, Houston Center for Photography, by invitation
2007
- New England Photographers Biennial, Winner Purchase Prize, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA
- Act of Faith, Nooderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands and traveling, curated by. Mr. Wim Melis
- Ordinary Lives, MCC Grant Recipients Exhibition, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown MA
- The Forgotten People and Aftermath of War, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland Oregon
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg PA
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge MA
- The Forgotten People, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge MA
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont MA
- The Forgotten People, Moving Walls International, OSI, Soros Foundation, Espace SD, Beirut Lebanon
- National Juried Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio TX, winner 2nd Prize
- Aftermath of War in Lebanon, 6th Month Anniversary, Oxfam Offices, Oxford England, and Oxfam Offices, Jerusalem
- History Recalls, Curry Student Center Art Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston
- Interactions, Best of Show Juried Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography CO, juried by Ms. Alison Norsdtrom
- 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, curated by Ms. Anne Wilkes Tucker
- Thomas Kellner's Collection, Group Exhibition, Siegen Germany
- Benefit Auction 2007, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
2006
- Meeting with the Middle East, 9th International Photography Gathering, Aleppo Syria, Curated by Issa Touma
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, Segunda Bienal Argentina de Fotografia Documental, Museo de Bellas Artes, Tucuman Argentina
- The Forgotten People, The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington D.C.
- The Veil: Modesty Fashion, Devotion or Statement, MIT Simmons Hall, Cambridge MA
- Lebanon at the Crossroads, Eclipse Gallery, Boston MA
- National Juried Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, Juror: Ms. Bonni Benrubi
- The Looking Glass, Group Show Juried Show, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg PA
- National Annual Juried Show, Cambridge Art Association, 2006 National Prize Show, Juror: Ms. Cheryl Brutvan
- The Elements, National Annual Juried Show, Panopticon Gallery, Boston MA
- National Juried Show, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA, Juror Ms Mary Virginia Swanson
- The Forgotten People, Slide Show, FotoGrafia International Festival, Hadrian's Temple, Rome Italy
- The Art of Palestine, Group Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge MA
- Benefit Auction 2006, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA
2005
- Forgotten People, Photographic Resource Center, Northeast Exposure Online
- The Forgotten People, Boston Public Library, Boston MA
- The Forgotten People, UNESCO Palace, Beirut Lebanon
- The Spirit of Palestine, Winner First prize, National Juried Art Exhibition, The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington D.C.
- The Nude, Eclipse Gallery, Boston MA
- National Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
- Benefit Auction 2005, Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA