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![]() © Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Women Walking, 1997. Gift of the artist for En Foco's Permanent Collection. ![]() © 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 Born: 1964, England Resides: Providence, RI Heritage: South Asian Selected Exhibitions: En Foco at Venice Arts, Venice, CA 2013 En Foco at The Arts at CIIS, San Francisco, CA 2013 En Foco at Aljira, Newark, NJ 2012 En Foco at the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC 2012 En Foco at Light Work, Syracuse, NY 2011 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: Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, 2001 En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Award, 1997 Residencies: Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH Visual Studies Workshop and NYSCA New Technology Grant, NY, 2000 Visual Studies Workshops, Rochester, NY, 2000 Light Work, Syracuse, New York, June 1999 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 1997 Publications: Blink, Phaidon Press Nueva Luz photographic journal, Volume 5#2 (En Foco: Bronx, 1998) 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: |
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