2026
April 3, 2026, 5-8pm
SHE Opening reception
Pictura Gallery at the Far Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington IN
April 2, 2026, 5-6pm
Artist Talk with Rania Matar
The Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington IN
March 6, 2026, 4-5pm
Curator Tour of Book Launch Exhibition
The Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington IN
2025
- Book Signing, Where Do I Go?, Galerie Tanit, Beirut Lebanon, December 18, 2025
- Book Signing, Where Do I Go?, Galerie Tanit, Paris Photo, Paris France, November 15, 2025
- Book Signing & Official Release of Rania’s new book Where Do I Go?, KAPH Books, Paris Photo, Paris France, November 13, 2025
- Artist Conversation, Then, Now, Next: The Evolution of A Yellow Rose Project, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA, October 9, 2025
- Artist Lecture, From the Individual to the Collective: A Search for Identity, World Affairs Lecture Series, FIT, New York NY, September 25, 2025
- Opening Reception, Women to the Front, Lubeznik Center, Michigan City IN, July 11, 2025
- Artist Lecture and Closing Reception, SHE, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT, April 17, 2025
- Opening Reception, 50 Years Later: Where Do I Go?, Galerie Tanit, Beirut Lebanon, April 10, 2025
- Artist Discussion, Portraits Against Ruin: Photographing Place, with Rania Matar and Dean Majd, Columbia University, Maison Française, New York, NY, February 15, 2025
- Panel Discussion & Opening Reception, SHE, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT, February 13, 2025
- Winter Exhibitions Opening Celebration, Portraits from the ICA Collection, ICA/Boston, Boston MA, February 11, 2025
- Artist Lecture, Rania Matar: From the Personal to the Universal, Roger Williams University, Bristol RI, February 5, 2025
2024
- Opening Reception, Can You See Me?, Leica Gallery, Boston MA, May 17, 2024
- Opening Reception, Louder Than Hearts, Middle East Institute, Washington D.C., May 9, 2024
- Artist Lecture, From Personal to Universal: The Photography of Rania Matar, Springfield Museums, Springfield MA, April 11, 2024
2023
- Artist Talk, Oceans at My Door, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA, November 18, 2023
- Opening Reception, Le Liban n’a pas d’age, La Bibliothèque Orientale, Beirut Lebanon, October 3, 2023
- Lecture and Preview Party with Rania Matar, Rania Matar – SHE, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville AL, August 17, 2023
- Artist Reception, Shades of Compassion, Headley-Whitney Museum of Art, Lexington KY, April 22, 2023
- 2023 MassArt Auction, Mass Art College of Art and Design, Boston MA, April 1, 2023
- Kasmin x Radius Pop-up Book Signing, Kasmin Gallery, New York NY, March 24, 2023
- Opening Reception & Gallery Talk, Oceans at My Door, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA, March 19, 2023
- Artist Reception, A Girl and Her Room, Saint Anselm College, Manchester NH, February 22, 2023
2022
- Book Signing: RADIUS Books & Galerie Tanit, PARIS PHOTO, Grand Palais Ephémère, Galerie Tanit, November 11-12, 2022
- Photobook Book Group #50: Rania Matar, SHE, J. Sybylla Smith, Somerville MA, October 27, 2022 – [ Read the Introduction | Watch the Video ]
- Artist Reception, Arnold Newman Prize Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston MA, October 8, 2022
- Opening Reception & Book Signing, Rania Matar – SHE, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown MA, May 26, 2022
- Opening Preview & Book Signing at Robert Klein Gallery Booth 218, AIPAD 2022, Center415, New York City NY, May 19, 2022
- Conversations with Saint Lucy: Rania Matar and Orin Zahra, Saint Lucy Books, February 2, 2022
- i3 Photo Lecture: Rania Matar, School of Visual Arts, New York NY, January 25, 2022 – [ Watch the Video ]
2021
- Book Signing with Rania Matar, Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Part of the proceeds from each book sold will go to Offre-Joie and Al-Kafaàt, December 20, 2021
- Virtual Interview: Photographer Rania Matar, afikra Conversations, November 16, 2021 – [Watch the Video]
- Online & In-Person Presentation and Book Signing: Rania Matar, Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline MA, Photographic Resource Center / Boston, October 18, 2021
- Virtual Interview: From the Personal to the Collective – The Photography of Rania Matar
Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Center for Culture and Research, Muharraq | Bahrain, October 16, 2021 - Virtual Book Launch: SHE | RANIA MATAR, Palestinian Museum US, October 10, 2021
- SHE | Rania Matar, Weston Art and Innovation Center, Weston, MA, October 6, 2021
- Opening Reception and Book Signing: SHE | Rania Matar, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, September 25, 2021
- Book Club Live: Rania Matar, Photo London Book Club, May 27, 2021
- SESSION 14: From the Individual to the Collective, Rania Matar, Nobechi Creative: EVENINGS WITH THE MASTERS, April 7, 2021
- Imagemaking and a Global Pandemic, A virtual conversation with Rania Matar, Idris Talib Solomon, Haruka Sakaguchi, and Philip Montgomery, moderated by Yukiko Sakaguchi, ICP Presents – The Rules are Broken: A Year in Imagemaking, March 29, 2021
- Virtual Artist Talk: On Either Side of the Window: Portraits During COVID-19, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, March 23, 2021 – [Watch the Video]
- International Women’s Day: Virtual Festival – In Conversation: Rania Matar and Ambreen Butt, NMWA Assistant Curator Orin Zahra speaks with photographer Rania Matar and mixed-media artist Ambreen Butt, whose art examines contemporary global politics and female identities. March 8, 2021
- Intersect 21: The Cross Cultural Female Gaze, A conversation with artists Lita Albuquerque, Alia Ali, and Rania Matar. Moderated by Manal Ataya, Director General of the Sharjah Museums Authority, February 18, 2021
- BMA x NMWA Monthly Talk Show: YOUTH, Organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, February 9, 2021
- Sama Alshaibi and Rania Matar, Griffin Museum of Photography, February 3, 2021
- Online Event: From Personal to Universal: Artist talk with Rania Matar, SF Camerawork, January 13, 2021
2020
- The Artist’s Voice: Rania Matar, ICA Boston, December 3, 2020
- Virtual Featured Artist Talk with Rania Matar, PhotoNOLA 2020, November 23, 2020
- From the Individual to the Collective: The Photography of Rania Matar, Minneapolis Institute of Art, September 23, 2020
- Exposure Studio: Rania Matar, Exposure Photography Festival, August 19, 2020
- @Home with Women empowerment through a lens, with Sama Alshaibi and Rania Matar, moderated by Maya Samawi, The Art Circle/Abu Dhabi, June 25, 2020
- Studio Happy Hour with Rania Matar, Pictura Gallery at the FAR Contemporary Art Center, May 2, 2020
- Artist-mother-educator, a multigenerational panel discussion with Bea Nettles, Rania Matar, and Jessica Todd Harper, moderated by curator Jamie Allen, Eastman Museum Panel, May 2, 2020
- Annual Newman Lecture with Rania Matar, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis MN, April 30, 2020
- From Personal to Universal: Photographs by Rania Matar, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington IN, January 2020
2019
- NORTHSHORE PHOTOGRAPHY LECTURE SERIES, Firehouse Center for the Art, Newburyport MA, November 2019
- CUBE Studio Visit and Presentation, Boston MA, October 2019
- Artists Talk with Rania Matar, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill NC, October 2019
- Artists Talks, CENTER Festival, Drury Plaza Hotel, Santa Fe NM, October 2019
- Rania Matar Artist Talk, Governor’s Academy, Byfield MA, April 2019
- From Personal to Universal: Photographs by Rania Matar, University of Michigan, Dearborn MI, April 2019
2018
- From Girlhood to Womanhood: A Panel Discussion with Rania Matar (View the lecture), Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station, Cleveland OH, November 2018
- Communitas Lecture Series: Rania Matar, Utah State University, Logan UT, October 2018
- First-Year Experience Keynote Lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, September 2018
- Meet the Artist, Light Factory, Charlotte NC, June 2018
- Gallery Talk, Newport Museum of Art, Newport RI, June 2018
- “In Her Image”, Artist Talk, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth TX, April 2018
- Triplette Foundation Lecture Series, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro NC, April 2018
- Artist Talk with Rania Matar, The Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, Gambier OH, March 2018
Earlier
- ViewPoint – Rania Matar: From Personal to Universal, The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL, December 2017
- Womanhood: From Personal to Universal / Photographs by Rania Matar, MIT Architecture, Cambridge MA, September 2017
- On Streets, Within Rooms & Beyond Walls: Rania Matar, The Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, Gambier OH, April 2017
- Jennifer Karady & Rania Matar: Aftermath Photographers, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville FL, October 2016
- Artist Talk and Book Signing, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline MA, March 2016
- Artists in Conversation: “She Who Tells a Story” with Rania Matar, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, June 2016
- Department of Design’s Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, October 2015
- Artist Talk, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA, September 2015
- Artist Panel with Tanya Habjouqa, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, October 2015
- Kennedy Family Visiting Artists and Scholars, USF College of the Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, Fall 2014
2026
Online Workshop / Sep 9 – Oct 28, 2026
Portrait, Intimacy, & the Long-Term Project
La Luz Workshops
Workshop / Jun 22-26, 2026
The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar
Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe NM
Online Workshop / Jan 20 – Feb 17, 2026
The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar
Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)
2025
- The Creative Portrait, Maine Media Workshops, September 9 – October 7, 2025
- The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), April 22 – May 27, 2025
- The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), January 21 – February 18, 2025
2024
- Portrait, Intimacy, and the Long Term Project, Rania Matar with Special Guest Alessandra Sanguinetti, La Luz Workshops, September 4 – October 23, 2024
- The Creative Portrait, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, June 24-28, 2024
- The Creative Portrait, Maine Media Workshops, March 26 – April 23, 2024
- From the Personal to the Universal: The Tools to Create Intimate Portraits with Rania Matar, Griffin Museum of Photography Workshop, February 3 & 10, 2024
- The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), January 16 – February 13, 2024
2023
- The Portrait: Expressing Identity with Rania Matar, 2023 Master Artist Workshop, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville AL, October 5-7, 2023
- The Creative Portrait, Maine Media Workshops, September 5 – October 3, 2023
- From the Personal to the Universal: The Tools to Create Intimate Portraits, Santa Fe Workshops, March 21 & 28, 2023
- The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), January 17 – February 14, 2023
2022
- Portrait, Intimacy, and the Long Term Project, Rania Matar, with special guest Sian Davey, La Luz Workshops, August 30 – October 25, 2022
- The Creative Portrait, Santa Fe Workshops, July 11-15, 2022
- The Creative Portrait, Maine Media Workshops, May 3-31, 2022
- Portrait and Identity: The Long Term Project, MassArt online course, March 1 – April 26, 2022
- The Creative Portrait with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), January 25 – February 22, 2022
2021
- From the Personal to the Universal: The Tools to Create Intimate Portraits with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) webinar, December 4, 2021
- The Creative Portrait With Rania Matar, Santa Fe Online Workshop, November 29 – December 16, 2021
- Portrait, Intimacy, and the Long Term Project, Rania Matar, with special guest Hellen Van Meene, La Luz Workshops, August 31 – October 26, 2021
- The Portrait: Expressing Identity, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop, Snowmass Village CO, July 5-9, 2021
- The Creative Portrait, Maine Media Workshops, April 27 – May 25, 2021
- Portrait and Identity: The Long Term Project, MassArt online class, February 2 – April 27, 2021
- The Intimate Portrait: Staying Connected During Covid-19 with Rania Matar, Los Angeles Center of Photography online class, January 19 – February 23, 2021
2020
- Homebound: Intimate Portraits, Santa Fe Online Workshop with Rania Matar, September 17 – October 5, 2020
- Exposure Studio: Rania Matar, Exposure Photography Festival, August 19, 2020
- The Portrait: Expressing Identity with Rania Matar, Santa Fe Photographic Workshop, April 5-10, 2020
- Portrait and Identity: The Long Term Project, MassArt, Spring Semester 2020
Earlier
- Portrait and Identity Workshop, LA Center of Photography, Los Angeles CA, September 2019
- Photo Vogue Festival 2019 Juror, Milan Italy, May 2019
- The Portrait and Identity Workshop, Filter Photo, Chicago IL, September 2017
- Portraits and Identity by Rania Matar, Hampshire College, Amherst MA, September 2016
Artist Interview with Rania Matar
ICA Teen Programs
Rania Matar Book Edition
The Crit House
Rania Matar – MyFive
The Crit House
Rania Matar – Shared Humanity – Xposure 2024
Xposure
In Focus: Rania Matar
National Museum of Women in the Arts
In Conversation with Rania Matar
J. Sybylla Smith
i3 Lecture with Rania Matar
SVA Digital Photography Masters
Womanhood and Adolescence: A Photographic Journey
afikra
Artist Talk: Rania Matar
Rollins Museum of Art
In Conversation: Rania Matar and Ambreen Butt
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The Artist’s Voice: Rania Matar
ICA Boston
Talk – From the Individual to the Collective
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Intimate Photography In A Pandemic
GBH
Communitas Lecture: Rania Matar
Department of Art + Design, USU
MassArt 30th Anniversary Auction: Rania Matar
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Photographer Rania Matar: Telling Women’s Stories
Massachusetts Cultural Council