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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Dancers, NJ
Finding India in America series © 1995






Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Anirudh, The Virtual Immigrant series © 2006
Interpretation of a Lenticular print, 40x50”


Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
b. England, 1964
Lives in Providence, RI


Heritage:
South Asian

Selected Exhibitions:
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Sepia International, NYC
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Center for Photography as an Art Form, Bombay, India
The Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA
En Foco at El Taller Borícua Gallery, New York, NY
Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
Watershed Gallery, Bristol, England
DRIK Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Education:
MFA, University of Delaware, 1997


Awards:
Photography Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, 2001
New Media Residency Grant, Visual Studies Workshop and New York State Council for the Arts New Technology Grant, NY, 2000
En Foco's New Works Photography Award, 1997
Joseph & Rose Artist-of-Color Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO, 1997
Residency Photography, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 1997
New Media Resident, Visual Studies Workshops, Rochester, New York, May 2000
Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York, June 1999


Residencies:
Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

Publications:
Blink, Phaidon Press
Nueva Luz, Volume 5#2

“Being born in Britain, raised in India and now living in America, my mixed or ‘masala’ background continually shapes my photographs. My images are participatory interpretations of my life as an Asian-Indian woman living in a diaspora. Through my work, I explore the enigma of my cultural heritage and try to embrace the American culture that I have chosen to make my future in."
From Nueva Luz Volume 5:2


Website:

http://www.annumatthew.com/


 

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