Manal Abu-Shaheen

Manal Abu-Shaheen, Critic in Photography
Webpage: https://www.manalabushaheen.com/

Manal Abu-Shaheen (b. 1982, Beirut) is a Lebanese-American photographer currently living and working in the Bronx, NY. Her recent solo exhibitions include Beirut, The Artist Room by Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (2022), Mapping Utopia, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (2021), 2d Skin, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY (2019), Theater of Dreams, Bernstein Gallery, Princeton University, NJ (2018) and Beta World City, LORD LUDD, Philadelphia, PA (2017). Her work has been included in two-person and group exhibitions at Andrew Rafacz Gallery & NADA, NY (2024), Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, PA (2023), Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, MA (2021), Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2020), Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury, NY (2019), The Society of Korean Photography, Seoul, Korea (2017), Queens Museum, Queens, NY (2016), and The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (2015). She is a recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (2019), NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography (2019), Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship Grant (2017), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency (2016), A.I.R Gallery Fellowship (2016), and Artist in the Marketplace Residency at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2015). Abu-Shaheen holds a B.A from Sarah Lawrence College and M.F.A in Photography from Yale School of Art. She has taught at Yale School of Art Photography MFA program and Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. She currently teaches in the MFA and Photography programs at The City College of New York where she runs the Art Department’s Visual Media Lab.