Join us at the HCP on Wednesday, September 28th at 6:30 PM as artist Muriel Hasbun talks about her practice and guides us through an exhibition walkthrough emphasizing her work in the exhibition Beyond the Record.
Muriel Hasbun, Todos los santos (Volcán de Izalco, amén) from the series Santos y sombras, 1991-2004
Born in El Salvador to a Salvadoran-Palestinian-Christian father and a French-Polish-Jewish mother, Muriel Hasbun addresses migration, displacement, and issues of personal and cultural memory in her work. An artist and professor, she is the recipient of numerous distinctions, including the 2021-22 Estelle Lebowitz Endowed Visiting Artist at Rutgers University, a FY21 AHCMC Artist & Scholar Grant, Trawick and Sondheim Finalist; CENTER Santa Fe’s Producer’s and Curator’s Choice, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Howard Chapnick Grant; Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in Photography and Media; U.S. Department of State/AAM Museums Connect grant; Artist in Residences at Chataqua/CU Boulder, Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador, and Escuela de Bellas Artes, Mexico; the Corcoran’s Outstanding Creative Research Faculty Award, and a Fulbright Scholar fellowship.
Hasbun’s work has been internationally exhibited and is in private and public collections: American University Museum, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Centro de la Imagen, Civilian Art Projects, Corcoran Gallery of Art, FotoFest, Lehigh University, Light Work, Maier Museum of Art, Mexican Cultural Institute, Museo del Barrio, Museum of Photographic Art, Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, Smithsonian American Art Museum, University of Texas-Austin, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the 50th Venice Biennale.
Building upon her career as a socially engaged artist and a photography professor, Hasbun is the founder and director of laberinto projects, a transnational, cultural memory initiative fostering contemporary art practices, social inclusion and dialogue in El Salvador and its U.S. diaspora. Her work is represented by RoFa Projects.