Diana Matar's in-depth bodies of work investigate issues of history, memory and state sponsored violence.
Using photography, testimony and archive, her work explores the controversial question of how beauty can be used in the depiction of power and violence as they are imposed on individuals and society.
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Matar has been the recipient of the Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for Fine Art, the International Fund for Documentary Photography, The Arts Council of England Individual Artist Grant twice, and has been nominated for Prix Pictet in 2010 and again in 2015.
Her work is held in public and private collections and has been exhibited in numberous institutions including Tate Modern, London; The National Museum of Singapore; Museum Folkswang, Essen, Germany and The Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
