EDUCATION
2011 MFA Photography, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2003 BA Liberal Arts, Photography Concentration, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1999 Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Landmark. Manal Abu-Shaheen & Aisha Mershani, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, PA
2022 Beirut, Taymour Grahne Projects, The Artist Room, London, UK
2021 Mapping Utopia, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Beirut - Tallin - New Orleans, Manal Abu-Shaheen and Terttu Uibopuu, County College of Morris Art Gallery, Randolph, NJ
2019 To look at the sea is to become what one is. Manal Abu-Shaheen and Oscar René Cornejo, Radiator Gallery, Queens, NY
2019 2d Skin, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Theater of Dreams, Bernstein Gallery, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2017 Beirut, York College Fine Arts Gallery, Jamaica, NY
2017 Beta World City, Lord Ludd, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Familiar Stranger, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, curated by Shannon Egan and Aisha Mershani, Gettysburg, PA (forthcoming)
2021 Domestic State, curated by Elizabeth Hoy, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2021 Photo No-Nos Variety Show, organized by Jason Fulford, Aperture Foundation, online
2020 The Backroom, curated by Laura August, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, online
2020 Devil’s Lake, curated by Leeanne Maxey, online
2020 Postcards from the Pandemic, organized by Elizabeth Hoy, Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, online
2019 Our Land, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, curated by Anthony Hamboussi, SUNY Old Westbury, Long Island, NY
2019 Forced Collaboration, curated by Jacob Rhodes, Field Projects offsite exhibition, Lyme, CT
2019 Artfare Inaugural Exhibition, 9 W 8th St., New York, NY
2017 Taken on Trust, A.I.R. Gallery at Governors Island, curated by Roxana Fabius, Governors Island, NY
2017 From an Object to an Active Subject, Alexander’s Garage, curated by Felix R. Cid, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Annual International Photography Exhibition, The Society of Korean Photography, curated by Jun Hyung Yim, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Wish You Were Here Vol. 3, Month of Photography LA (MOPLA), curated by Brian Guido and Stephanie Gonot, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Anthology: Somewhere Not Here, Crosstown Arts, curated by Tommy Kha, Memphis, TN
2016 Bomb Pop Up Production, 1822 Fulton St, curated by Drea Cofield, New York, NY
2016 Queens International 2016, Queens Museum, curated by Lindsey Berfond and Hitomi Iwasaki, Queens, NY
2016 Transitional Landscapes, The Center for Fine Art Photography, organized by Natasha Egan, Fort Collins, CO
2015 Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, curated by Laura Napier and Hatuey Ramos-Fermin, Bronx, NY
2015 An Invitation to Sleep, Salvage Vanguard Theater Gallery, organized by Alexis Powell, Austin, TX
2014 No Greater Fiction, Bosi Contemporary, curated by Agnes Berecz, New York, NY
2014 Video Snack 3, The Print Shop at MoMA PS1 hosted by ALLGOLD, curated by Lauren Francescone and Zeynab Izadyar, Queens, NY
2014 Faculty Biennial, The Main Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, curated by Heidi Leitzke, Lancaster, PA
2014 Video Snack 2, hosted by The Varick Sessions, curated by Lauren Francescone, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Sarah Lawrence College Alumni Art Exhibit, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, organized by Conrad Vogel, Bronxville, NY
2014 Dreams: Illusion and Fantasy, Blackbox Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Pairings/Collaborations, Lynn and Carl Goldstein Gallery, Fashion Institute of Technology, curated by Joel Werring, New York, NY
2013 Buy What You Love, Bleecker Arts Center, organized by the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, NY
2013 post tech, Fashion Institute of Technology, organized by Doug Mulaire, New York, NY
2013 Swerve and Fracture, Camera Club of New York, curated by Kelly Cannon, New York, NY
2013 Video Snack, 56 Bogart, curated by Lauren Francescone, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Sarah Lawrence College Alumni Art Exhibit, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, organized by Conrad Vogel, Bronxville, NY
2013 Transformation, Lynn and Carl Goldstein Gallery, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
2013 Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012 Occupy! ICP Occupies Governors Island, organized by the International Center of Photography, Governors Island, NY
2012 Death is the Destination, Welch School of Art and Design Galleries, curated by John Decker, Nancy Floyd, Ruth Stanford, and Christina West, Atlanta, GA
2012 Sarah Lawrence College Alumni Art Exhibit, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, organized by Conrad Vogel, Bronxville, NY
2011 Yale MFA Photography, 2011, Curated by John Pilson organized by Nicole Klagsbrun Project, New York, NY
2011 Yale MFA Photography, 2011, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011 Yale Open Studios, Yale School of Art Edgewood Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011 College Art Association New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Second Year MFA Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2009 First Year MFA Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Mapping Utopia, organized by Christopher Rauschenberg, Blue Sky Books, Portland, OR
2021 Fulford, Jason, Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What Not to Photograph, Aperture Foundation
2019 Bishara, Hakim, “A Photography Exhibition Corrects a Mainstream Museum’s Failure,” Hyperallergic (Web)
2019 Hamboussi, Anthony, Our Land Catalog, L. Nour Editions, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cardoza, Kerry “Photos of the Capitalistic Imagery that Overwhelms Beirut’s Landscape,” Hyperallergic
2017 Martinez, Christina “Artist Profile: Manal Abu-Shaheen,” Foundations Magazine Issue 5
2017 Smithson, Aline “Manal Abu-Shaheen: Beirut,” Lenscratch: Fine Art Photography Daily (Web)
2017 Collins-Fernandez, Gaby and Escudero, Florencia, "Transformation," Precog Magazine
2017 Degnan, Luke “Artist Profile: Manal Abu-Shaheen,” The Felt Issue 3 (Web)
2017 Kiernan, Kat “Manal Abu-Shaheen: Photo of the Day,” Don’t Take Pictures Magazine
2016 Acha, Beverly, Zine: “Love for Love/Hate for Hate: A Glossary of Our Time”
2016 Martin, J.M., "New Horizons in Road Trip Photography," Hyperallergic
2016 Ruiz, Alan. “Uneven Development: On Beirut and Plein Air.” Queens International 2016 Catalog
2016 Berfond, Lindsey and Iwasaki, Hitomi, Queens International 2016 Biennial Catalog, Queens, NY
2016 Ciprian, Dexter and Felix, "Attaining the Unattainable: A Landscape in Conflict," Fresh Curators, Spain Fresh (Web)
2015 Napier, Laura and Ramos-Fermin, Hatuey, Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial Catalog, Bronx Museum, NY
2014 Berecz, Agnes, No Greater Fiction Catalogue, Bosi Contemporary, New York, NY
2014 Knoblauch, Loring, “No Greater Fiction @ Bosi Contemporary,” Collector Daily, New York, NY
2014 “‘No Greater Fiction’ At Bosi Contemporary, Musee Magazine, New York, NY
2014 “Fictional Realities,” The Vernissage, New York, NY
2013 Baker, Peter, “Swerve and Fracture,” Twice Two blog, New York, NY
2013 “Swerve and Fracture @ CCNY,” F-Stop Magazine, New York, NY
2012 “‘Death is the Destination’ at GSU Welch,” Art Relish, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Salameh, George, “Mapping Memories, 10 Lebanese Photographers,” WIP Issue 12, www.wip.gr (Web)
2011 Benson, Richard, The Book Remains the Same, Yale MFA Photography, 2011 GHP, West Haven, CT
2011 Cannon, Kelly, “Artist Profile,” Dimensions Art Journal, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2009 Nelson, Cat, Sarah Lawrence Visual Art Review, Bronxville, NY
COLLECTIONS
The Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2020 Cycle 51 PSC-CUNY Research Award, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation
2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography
2019 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
2019 Queens Council on the Arts New Works Grant
2018 Cycle 49 PSC-CUNY Research Award, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation
2017 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship
2017 Travel and Study Grant, Jerome Foundation
2017 Cycle 48 PSC-CUNY Research Award, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation
2017 New Works Grant, Queens Council on the Arts
2016 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace program
2016 Visiting Scholar program, New York University
2016 A.I.R Gallery Fellowship
2016 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award – Nominee
2015 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Artist in the Marketplace
2013 Camera Club of New York, Curatorial Call – Collaboration with Kelly Cannon, Caroline Wells Chandler, Pao Houa Her, Kate Merrill
2012 Fotovisura, Student Spotlight Grant – Honorable Mention
ARTIST TALKS
2022 Yale School of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Photography department, New Haven, CT
2021 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Yale School of Art, photography alumni panel, online
2021 Longwood Center for Visual Art, panel discussion, Longwood University online
2020 Rutgers University, Developing Room panel discussion, Global Photographies, online
2020 Wheaton College, Norton, MA, online
2020 Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA, online
2019 New York University, Guest Critic BFA Seniors, New York, NY
2019 SUNY Old Westbury, Long Island, NY
2018 Christie's Education, Field Studies Visiting Artist, New York, NY
2017 Montclair State University, Art and Design Forum, Montclair, NJ
2017 Eugene Lang College, The New School, New York, NY
2017 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2017 Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
2017 The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2017 County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2017 A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2016 The City College of New York, NY
TEACHING & CONFERENCES
2022 Yale School of Art, Photography M.F.A, New Haven, CT, Visiting Critic
2015 - Present The City College of New York, Art Dept., New York, NY, Adjunct Associate Professor
2017 - 2018 New York University, NY, Senior Studio Visits Critic
2014 Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Conference, Lancaster, PA, Committee Member
2008 - 2015 International Center of Photography, New York, NY, Faculty
2013 - 2015 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA, Adjunct Faculty
2013 - 2015 P.I. Art Center, New York, NY, Faculty
2015 P.I. Art Center, Winter Art Camp, Jeju Island, South Korea, Faculty
2012 - 2013 County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, Visiting Critic/Review Panelist
2012 - 2013 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, Technologist
2010 - 2011 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Teaching Assistant
2008 National Geographic Photo Camp, Bronx, NY, Teaching Assistant
2004 - 2006 Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, NY, Museum Educator