Maria Kassab is a Lebanese Interdisciplinary artist and creative director, she studied Communication Arts & Fine Arts at the Lebanese American University, Beirut. She is based in Berlin and completed her MA in Photography at the BTK Arts & Design University Berlin, in 2022. Her work has been exhibited internationally, most notably in Beirut, Paris, Washington DC, Copenhagen, Brussels, Palermo, and Berlin.

 

Her works are published in international and local art magazines. Kassab's artistic practice focuses on the intersections of the political, social, and natural landscapes. It is an invitation to contemplate our place within these dynamic ecosystems. While using photography, image manipulation, and video work, she aims to connect these concepts and capture the interconnectedness of human society and the environment.

 

Recently she started to explore painting and drawing on different materials and textiles. It also allows her to engage in multi-dimensional dialogues while blurring the line between the personal and the broader societal discourse. Her deconstructive identity involves the decontextualization of subjects and objects from their natural habitat. She states that her work is a resistance to the political and social dilemma, narrating these transformations within fictitious spaces. Her images navigate between absence and presence while recollecting a timeline of events from her hometown Beirut.