During this virtual program, multidisciplinary artist Suchitra Mattai joins Assistant Curator Hannah Shambroom and Senior Educator Adrienne L. Gayoso in conversation about her vibrant, layered works and how they speak to history, identity, and belonging. Join to learn more about how Mattai conceives of and creates her art, ask the artist questions, and celebrate the closing week of NMWA’s exhibition, Suchitra Mattai: Myth from Matter.

About the Artist

Mattai is a multidisciplinary artist of Indo-Caribbean descent whose work explores how memory, myth, and oral traditions can be harnessed to unravel colonial and patriarchal narratives. Mattai received an MFA in painting and drawing and an MA in South Asian art from the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas), Boise Art Museum (Idaho), Center for Visual Art at the Metropolitan State Museum of Denver, and the Sharjah Biennial (United Arab Emirates). She lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Roberts Projects.

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